This weekend felt like a success for the first time in a while!

Saturday morning I finally finished the 2 pounds of baby alpaca I was spinning for a customer!  YES!  I really hope I can get a picture of the finished item once she gets it complete!  That was exciting for sure, as I had been plugging away at it for so long!  I've packed away the roving, wheel and swift until after the new baby arrives, and that felt good too.

On Saturday afternoon, we celebrated my oldest child's 19th birthday! Yes, 19th!  I was only 6 months older than him when he was born!  That's a scary thought.   I seriously can't imagine him in charge of another humans life at this stage.  He's barely managing his own at this point.  How on earth did I ever do it?  I'm sure I wasn't the best ever, but I know I wasn't the worst either.  It sure does make me feel old either way.

On Sunday, my daughter and I went at the canning again, this time to do apple pie filling.  It went so much more smoothly this time around!  We didn't have quite enough apples left for the whole recipe, but we got 5 pies worth of filling canned, and 2 extra jars of the syrup that we can use for another pie, or for ice cream or pancake syrup!  

It was very nice to feel like I accomplished a few things again!