Crazies have begun...

Wow, I haven't been here for a while. The crazies have started even though the Holiday season is a whole month away. I sneaked a peak at my Rumtopf and stirred it to be sure there was no sugar lurking at the bottom. Baked cookies Sunday and Monday for 200, that was fun. Have about 20 college boys coming over Sunday to watch the races, it's supposed to cool down considerably tomorrow so believe I'll make the first pot of chili for the season and apple pie (better make one cherry, Greg isn't fond of apple). A mess of Bernie's students are coming on Monday night some are vegetarians, think I'll roast a pork-loin and make a rice pilaf with vegge stock and add some roasted pecans to it, probably a nice pasta salad with lots of vegges too. Dessert, hmmmm, college kids still have a tendancy not to adventure far from the norm, I do like to try different things though. I have a strange recipe that makes an apple crisp with vanilla wafers it's a little unconventional and I put it aside because it sounded so over sweet, but it might just work...I'll let you know.