Apples, Apples, Apples

So I went visiting teaching the other day and one sister said she had some left over apples on her trees if either of us was interested in them. The thought of fresh apple juice provoked me to take her up on free apples. So the kids and I picked a box full of apples. I've spent the last 3 days canning apples. Oddly enough, a whole steamer full of apples only yields about 2 qts of juice. Then I had all of these steamed apples left over. I didn't want to just toss them so I had the grand idea of running them through my strainer so I could make apple sauce and apple butter. Wow, I had a lot of apple pulp! All in all, I have 8 qts of apple juice, 7 qts of apple pie filling, 12 pts of apple butter and 11 pints of apple sauce. I was going to do some apple jelly from the juice, but once I was finished with the apple sauce, I was too appled out! Maybe next week I can make a batch of apple jelly!
As luck would have it, chicken has just come on sale. Just when I've had enough canning for a while, the chicken I've been waiting for is now on sale. So I guess I'm not quite done with canning!
Meanwhile, I still have laundry to do, a bathroom to clean and a sticky kitchen floor to mop. But not tonight, I'm too tired. :) We did, however, get our garage cleaned out! My kids are on Fall Break so they helped me with the garage. Buddy has been a great help with the canning too. But they were all tired tonight and said they'd be glad when school starts again. "Being home is too much work!" That was my goal!