i mean, how hard is it to peel and steam and apple? then frow it inna blender? not hard, i tell you. and it's soo sooo cheap.

but i do thank you for your conviently-sized jars, collected from the recycle bins of mothers that have gone before me. they make my life so much easier.

also, if anyone has a recipe for a low (or no) sugar cake/frosting recipe, i'd appreciate the info within the next 5 and 1/2 months. smootches.

in other news, i'm having a garage sale in a couple weeks. ugh. don't get me wrong, i love to take other people's money, but i also hate garage-sale folk. i mean, these people will haggle with you over a few cents. "yeah, you gots this marked ten cents ... would you take five?!" i realize that this bargain-basement haggling is all part of the garage-sale culture, but fer real, people, it's TEN CENTS. just pay up. but garage sale days always leave you with good stories to tell later. like the dueling marble men. last garage sale i took part in was to start at 8 am. we got up around 6 and started hauling our crap out into the driveway ... only to find we already had a customer.

marbleman1: got any marbles for sale?

me: uhhh, no, sir. sorry.

marbleman1: (walking away) grumble grumble

we go back inside to bring out another load of crap, around 610 and come out to find yet another crusty old guy poking arounnd the still-disorganized piles.

marbleman2: got any marbles for sale?

me: uhmm, no, sir. sorry.

marbleman2: (walking away) grumble grumble

me: you know, you're the second person today who's asked about marbles.

marbleman2: (with a terrible scowl) you mean Lester was here already?! damn him!

i just had no idea there was such a well-developed marble-collecting underground.