Peaches, Painting and Politics

Just a little update on our lives lately. I bought two boxes of peaches and have spent the last week trying to figure out what to do with them. I honestly spend three days peeling and cutting peaches. Man was I glad when that was done. I ended up freezing and drying all of them. I didn't want to can them. I like dried and frozen better. But now it is all going to happen again since we have an apple tree and grapes in our yard. Shortly I will be making apple and grape juice as well as drying some apples and maybe making apple sauce. I've never made apple sauce before but people keep telling me that I should. Maybe I'll listen mostly because all members of my family expect me love apple sauce.

We (I guess I should say Chris) have decided that it is time to remodel our house. I'm excited and anxious at the same time. We live in my grandparents house so it is in desperate need of some updates. The major thing is the carpet in the kitchen. Yes, we have carpet in the kitchen and it is horrible. I hate it. So we are going to rip it out and put down tile instead. We also ripped the wall paper off of the walls in the living room and are going to paint them. The biggest problem is now that we started I don't think we will be able to stop. There is so much that Chris would like to do to this house and a lot of updating that could be done.

Finally, there is an interesting situation in our ward right now. A guy in our ward is the state representative for our district but his challenger this election is another member of the wards mother. The current representative I don't really know. I've never talked to him but have talked to his wife. The challengers daughter is one of my really good friends in the ward. I am finding that it is going to be a learning experience for me. I admit that in the past I would have voted for either one since I had some sort of connection no matter how small it is. But this election I am going to have to actually do some research and decide which one represents my opinions better. Imagine that. On a related note, the currents reps wife knocked on our door the other day and asked if we would put one of her husband's signs in our yard. I had to tell her that I wasn't sure who I was voting for yet. I felt a little awkward but decided that he could put some effort into my vote and he hasn't yet. I also had to wonder if Chris's situation had anything to do with them wanting a sign in our yard. Would it effect others opinions if the token military member of the ward supported a certain candidate?