Life in the Desert

It snowed here on Saturday. We woke up around 9am, and were chatting when I looked up at the skylight and saw snow on our roof! I looked out the window, and there was snow on all of the roofs (none on the ground, though). I can't believe that it snowed; our windows were open! I love living in the desert. You never know what you're going to get. Random. It's going to be 77 degrees tomorrow.

We were busy this weekend. We hung out with Jesse and Sharon on Friday night. On Saturday, we went to the Utah State Fair and saw a play. On Sunday we went to church and then harvested at least 5 gallons of grapes. I made grape juice, went wedding dress shopping with Steph, and sewed on a shirt that I'm making for Chris. I also got some fabric to make a duvet cover out of a sheet that I brought back from India in 2004. Yeah, I know, I got right on that.

I got a sewing machine for my birthday (from Chris), and I decided to start with a simple shirt. But it's not simple, and the pattern is a son-of-a-bitch. Steph helped me decipher some stuff that didn't make any sense, so maybe it'll be done in time for him to wear it during retirement. It is a Hawaiian shirt.

The grapes from our yard are delish and plentiful, but they're concord grapes, so they're not so great for eating alone. The outsides are sweet and tasty, but the insides are tart. I made juice, which is so tasty, but, it only took about a third of the grapes, and we probably have a gallon of juice. So tonight I'm going to bite it and actually can something. I'm going to make grape jelly. Wish me luck!

posted by Ami @ Monday, September 18, 2006