Spent a goodly chunk of the afternoon picking over and chopping up the free fruit I was given yesterday by my friendly neighborhood shopkeeper. Even though it was getting past it's prime, most of it was still ok -- and I ended up with strawberries, blueberries, bananas, cantaloupe, and peppers to stick in my freezer. The kids love smoothies and shakes, so it will all be used up that way (aside from the peppers!). The bunches of bananas I did purchase yesterday for cheap, are already nearly all gone. Heh, we've had a houseful of kids for the last 18 hours, including a sleepover and everything -- so need I say more . What good eaters! I just may make my way back over to the shop again this afternoon to buy more bananas for the banana butter I want to make (although it IS snowing here to beat the band right now...).