when all is said and done...

 Well, I don't know, because nothing is ever all the way done!  This fine day, I stayed home.  There was the usual puttering, and the morning coffee, which is delightful every single day.  I had that food processor out, and I was trying to procrastinate those pies, but, well, I moseyed out to that kitchen and got started.  Eight pie crusts, so four double batches, two sticks of butter for each, as there's one stick in each crust.  

I whirr up the flour, salt, sugar, then add the two sticks of butter, in slices or chunks, whir it just until those butter pieces are in pea sized pieces.  Today, I dumped each flour mixture into a different bowl, then when I had four bowls, I sat down with a big measuring cup of ice water, and started tossing each bowl of dough into two balls, wrapped them up, and into the refrigerator.  I measured out frozen wild Maine blueberries, then grated lemon peel for the blueberry mixture.  I added lemon juice, then the sugar, corn starch, flour, and a dash of cinnamon.  I also added lots of fresh blueberries.  

In addition to the big fat pie, which flattened quite  a bit, I made two cute little dairy free blueberry pies for Emily, using a shortening crust.  Then for Mariel, a little gluten free pie.

It was time to peel the apples while the blueberry pies baked.  Camille, in the mean time, was playing with the new Kitchen Aid.  She made a meringue cake thing with fresh lemon curd.  

I peeled so many apples!  Two heaping pies, into the oven when the blueberry came out.  We put frozen chicken breast chunks in the soup pan, added broth later, then veggies, and a separate pan of noodles, some seasonings, and a nice hot bowl of soup when we were done baking.  There are two pie crusts left in the refrigerator for the two pumpkin pies I'm making tomorrow.  Cam will be making a lemon meringue with a graham cracker crust.  I might make a sugar free pumpkin, maybe a dairy free one too.  We'll see.  

I don't know where the day went, honestly.  I did vacuum, and washed some bedding, and of course washed all the dishes between baking stuff, I am a clean-as-you-go person, don't like a big mess at the end.  

I do have some pie pictures, they are a little neater, I trimmed them before tucking the edges.  I used an egg wash, and regular sugar on top, as the coarse grain stuff was all gone.  I usually use heavy cream, not sure I like the egg wash look, but they're fine.  

Ah well....I'm getting really tired...when you stare off into space thinking what you're going to write, then you realize you just don't feel like writing at all...goodnight!