The Most Wonderful Time

It's beginning to look a lot like a tiny Christmas.

And we love it.

Have you started the Christmas movie nights yet?

Little Women is first on my list. Then I need to track down While You Were Sleeping.

With Elf before, after, and in between, probably.

Tis' the season!

Into the Weekend

Lesson learned:

Salsa is not as much fun to make as raspberry jam,

if your food processor is acting smarter than you.

But, when your husband comes home to play the hero,

and teaches you that the outlet is to blame...

and you make amends with your food processor,

apologizing for all your wrongly made accusations....

You get some yummy stuff.

So yummy that when the wonderful 

maintenance man comes to fix the evil outlet,

he walks away with a jar for saving the day.

Thanks Pam, for the delicious recipe!

We're headed to a food truck party tonight! Rain and all.

 Then, we are excited to listen to our church leaders this weekend:

Come join us!

P.S. If any of you out there are sad that England gets new episodes of Downton Abbey now,

and Americans have to wait [very very im]patiently until January...

Just go here.

Kind of a sketchy site, but definitely worth it.

Life Before Monday

Life has been good. We're going to give major credit to Fall for that one.

Best time of year by far, right? Right. 

(It's my blog, so you summer-lovers don't have a say right now.)

Since my job offer, my days haven't changed all that much.

But they DID go from feeling totally aimless to total...

vacation time.

Hence the mornings spent in grandma slippers, seen above.

And the time spent learning random skills, seen above.

You can't call that little chain there a skill yet, but just you wait. I've got big plans for crocheting.

Ok, just these and this. So not big...but, definitely medium. 

I even bought 1,000 (count 'em) popsicle sticks today so I can make this, too. 

Crazy? Maybe. But I'm taking advantage of my last week of funemployment.

And guys, it's October. Have you stocked up on your Count Chocula yet?

Don't ask me why this is just an annual cereal. Maybe they're just not sure how to re-brand,

so they've painted themselves into a Halloween corner.

Anyway, it tastes like chocolate Lucky Charms, 

but SO much more magically delicious than the original.

It's the only reason I tolerate Halloween. That, and Reeses Pumpkins.

Don't hate.

p.s. We just got home from a fun-filled weekend in Evansville!

We rode horses, had a bonfire, laughed a lot with family, watched these great talks,

and just wished weekends didn't fly right by.

Now, we're home with Michael's dad's beautiful fresh tomatoes,

and we're ready to make yummy salsa! Come try some :)

Sucker for Swift

You know what I said the first time I heard Taylor Swift's new song?

That she sounded like Avril Lavigne. And that the country world would not be happy with her.

But deep inside I knew...

I only needed to hear it (minimum) two more times before I'd be belting it in my car.

How does she do that?

Why is she so good at that?

Whatever, who knows, here you go:

I just wish I had her in my adolescent roller coaster years.

She sings wisdom that I would have loved to belt in my old Hyundai Excel (RIP).

Doesn't stop me from belting it today, though.

You go, Taylor.