Pear butter 1

Ok, here's one of the activities I got done this week. It took longer then I had thought it would because of going north but I'm sure happy with the finished product. Dick, the neighbor next door, gave me the pears so other then buying three container for the freezer this was free pear butter and you can't find that to buy anyway!!
Jenna, you inspired me.



Here they are. the pears from Dick's over achieving tree. I only got about a peck but it was enough to get them ready! My hand didn't like that much time with the knife!

Here they all are, cut and seeds out ready to be cooked down.

I only had about an inch of water when I started. All the rest of the juice is from the pears.

I had help with the sieving. We kept alternating bowls and in the next post you'll see just how much we got.
I also added some sugar, clove, all spice, nutmeg to the mix so it is a spiced butter.

Pear butter 2

Here is the crock pot, full of the pulp, ready to cook down. Little did I know just how long that was going to take!

Out of everything in the pot when we started cooking the pears, this is all that was left when we got it all sieved. Pretty good idea of why they went to the work of doing all this if you really got that much out of the fruit!

Here it is starting to cookdown. We started this on Wens. and let it cook all night. It didn't get very far so we ended up putting it in the fridge while we went north for Poppa D's birthday. Came home and let it cook all night on high.

And this is what we got! That's it. that's all the pear butter but boy is it good. the little one is in the fridge just to be eaten adn the other two are in the freezer for later!

Bonus pics from the garage.

Ok, three in one day. Just don't get use to it! LOL



The box pile from the door into the house.

The box pile if you are standing on the driveway looking back in.

ready for what I'm not sure! LOL

He was going to be sanding off paint and later found out he really didn't need the mask.

more pics.

Ok, here's a few more pictures for you to enjoy.


The kitchen with dirty dishes and the valence and blinds on the window. Also the new clock.

Albie found the neck pillow very much to his likeing!

Here is the dinning area. I really like it. I do need to take out the extra in the blinds.

Finally, the furniture

Ok, we finally have have furniture in the bedroom. The rest of the room is NOT ready for pictures but here is the new stuff!



Jay's night stand.

New headboard.

My night stand.
I think there are going to be new lamp shades. The gold just doesn't got with the orange.

Here's the whole set.

about that new furniture

It's in the bedroom. Part of it is wrapped in plastic while we are painting. Seems we have moved right on to the painting without ever getting to the putting. I got the paint this morning for the room with one wall being a different color. For all who read this who have been to my house in the past, when thinking of the new colors for the bedroom, just think of the old kitchen!!!!
I really wasn't planning it that way, honest. But we got three samples of the three colors I liked and when we got them on the wall and I got to looking at them I realized that they were basically the colors that we had painted over in the kitchen! But they work with the accessories I want to use and I like them! Heck I had them in another part of the house for a couple of years didn't I?
There will be pictures soon, I promise.

New furniture

Well, the new head board and night stands are here but you won't be seeing a picture of them for a few days. Seems that we need to do a lot of book packing and then rearranging in that room to get it in where we (ok I) want them. and then we will just be moving it all again when we paint! OH well.