The weather has been really dreary, cold and rainy….the perfect day off! I’ve been at home relaxing, catching up on schoolwork, and even being a little domestic! Will has been doing so much cooking and housework so I can keep up with homework, and I’ve also been working late quite a bit. So today I made him a homemade apple pie, using a Southern recipe from a cookbook we got as a wedding present!

I’m really proud that it turned out so well, based on my history! This is actually the second time I’ve tried Mrs. Louise’s recipe, the first time was a little bit (ok, a lot) of a disaster. I made it for Christmas Day last year and had high hopes, but a stick of Crisco is twice as big as a stick of butter but I didn’t happen to notice that. When it came out, Will asked me if a pie was supposed to be that ’squishy’?