Yesterday I worked in apples. Each day I’m trying to do something with all of these apples we have. Yesterday was “dried apple” day and today was meant to be “applesauce” day.

Last night I was blissfully drying my apples. The kitchen was clean and there was a nice “appley” smell as well as the comforting hum of the dehydrator. I’m feeling good…blissful. And, see that Pal’s cup of tea? Ahhh…if you drink Pal’s tea, you know the good feeling! If you don’t live here, I’m sorry.

But that was interrupted. Abruptly. Loudly. Panic. Mike came in and told me that he’d accidentally locked the truck up with both sets of keys in it. With our two dogs in it. Our dogs who are 15 and we love so much. Thank goodness it was a cool evening. We had to do something that I can tell you is very hard to do. No coat hanger would work. No locksmith lives nearby. We had to break the rear cab window and I crawled through to unlock the doors. I got a few small cuts, but what else was there to do? Bam…with a hammer on a truck that isn’t four months old, and my fat butt is climbing through glass with only the desire to touch my shivering, scared dear girls. Mike and I were handling this like two adults…yelling and swearing mercilessly at one another.

And AGC Automotive — you make some mighty strong glass, and why didn’t you give me a glass cutter for a retirement gift? Really.

Then…after all this excitement and Mike spending hours cleaning up the glass which shattered in the rear seat, me kissing on the dogs and reassuring them that they were fine, Mike not daring to come into the house where I was, I continued drying apples. Life goes on in spite of emergencies.

Here’s how apples look before you put them in the dedydrator…

And after you put them in the dehydrator…these are so sweet and chewy. And little!. I”m going to sleep in the dehydrator tonight. If these apples are any indication, I’ll be tiny tomorrow. And tanned!

I then put them through the sealer, and they are now in the freezer.

Done! Only six more baskets to go and one truck repair scheduled for Saturday. So far this week, I’ve taken out an iphone and Mike has taken out a truck window. We are 2 for 2. How ’bout them apples!!