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Chicken dinner!

Grandma Norma called me up yesterday after work and asked if Shaun and I would want to meet at the Jubilee Cafe for dinner. So, last minute, we drove on out to exit 82 and met her and Grandpa for chicken and pie. Gotta love a restaurant where none of the sides are truly vegetables, and the one labeled "vegetables" ends up being corn. Shaun and I had a good chuckle over that. The chicken was quite tasty, and I would go back for sure. It was great to see Grandma and Grandpa, and they also brought a big basket of apples ready to be cut and frozen for winter pies. Fun night!

Apple Picking

Today Vanilla Bean Counter and I drove to the farm to visit Grandma Norma and Grandpa Joe. It's apple-picking time, and we decided to help. (This is only fair, considering I use the apples throughout the year to make my favorite apple pie). Despite some rain, we had a very nice time. Grandma made cheese soup and lemon dessert, and we worked for a couple hours. After two wheelbarrows of apples, we had bags of sliced apples ready to freeze and two large bowls of applesauce.