Celebrating Fall

I've come to expect it now, that whenever I travel, I get home and get sick. I think all the traveling has worn me out. The back to back trips to Florida, Georgia and Michigan wore me out. We got home Monday night and I was so exhausted I just collapsed in bed. Have had a cold all week and couldn't get up for the past 3 days. I'm finally feeling better today and decided to celebrate the cooler fall weather by baking an apple cake and an apple pie from scratch. It's been a very long time since I made pie crust and unfortunately I didn't find a vegan recipe, so it has good ole' butter. I just hope it takes good. Haven't tried it yet. When we were at Rachel's and Sean's house last Sunday, Sean made this amazing apple pie and he was kind enough to share his recipe with me. He inspired me to bake, so bake I did. I have missed baking and now I know why I haven't been able to do it too much. It was hard to take too many breaks while I was coring, peeling, slicing and rolling out the dough... so now, I am having lots of shooting pain and throbbing on my arm and right chest. But, it's all worth it, I hope :-) I did use organic pastry flour, which has whole wheat flour in it. So it's a little healthier I hope. I just hope it tastes as good as it looks :-) One of these days, I'll post the pictures of the pie and the cake :-)

I'm loving the cooler weather and the leaves falling. Fall is my favorite time of year. Today I was reminded to just 'be still and know that I am God'. My friends 19-year-old daughter, Elyssa, started an online inspirational website. www.messagesonline.wordpress.com. Please check it out. I needed to be reminded that. I've been restless and not feeling well and I was glad to be reminded that God is there and He is in control. No matter what happens, I know that He is there with me. I hope you celebrate fall wherever you are and celebrate God's faithfulness and goodness to us.