Spooky Life Updates
First of all, in case you missed it, check out my guest post on Elisabeth’s blog yesterday! I was so excited (and slightly intimidated) when Elisabeth reached out to me… really? Little old me? Elisabeth’s blog is incredible, and I’m really happy with how the post came out. Thanks, Elisabeth! One of the things that came up in the post is my love of waffles, and someone asked in the comment section for my favorite recipe. Well… I’m not sure anyone would really want my favorite recipe, but here it is: two cups of oats, two scoops of protein powder, one banana, two cups of water, salt and cinnamon. Blend it all up and voila! Waffle batter. However, if I really want to live it up, I make this recipe for pumpkin waffles. I still tweaked the recipe- used whole wheat flour, left out the sugar and used stevia instead, and substituted 1/2 cup of coffee… heh heh… for some of the soy milk. They were so good! Even my husband liked them, and he’s usually dubious about my “healthified” recipes. Anyway, on Sunday after I finished my pumpkin latte waffles, I got out the Halloween decorations! My first thought was, “WHO put that Christmas decoration in with the Halloween stuff?” Then I remembered… That’s our Snoopy “countdown to Christmas” ornament, and last year on December 26th my son suggested we start the countdown right away. I explained that the earliest you can set it is October 1st, and he said “Let’s put it in with the Halloween things and start the countdown on October 1st then!” Of course my son isn’t here to experience the start of the official countdown, but I sent him a picture. Just for the record- I really don’t want to start counting down the days till Christmas, because it reminds me that time is ticking away and eventually it will be December 26th, which is a very, very sad day! On the other hand, 84 days is a lot. I love this time of year. Now that it’s October, I can get out my new Halloween mug… The last thing in the world I needed is another holiday mug, but I couldn’t resist. Snoopy! Purple! Here’s the other side… I’ll be drinking lots of tea out of this mug during the month of October. Are you embracing the spooky season? Do you like holiday mugs? Is it too early to start the countdown to Christmas? – Yes. Yes it is.