Reading and Eating
Well, I’m nearing the end of Winter of the World. There’s a quote on the cover that says “This book is truly epic… The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages.” Well, yes I do!!! Luckily there’s one more book in the trilogy, Edge of Eternity. I’ll be starting that one next. Last week I went to Barnes and Noble to look for some of the books Allison mentioned in her guest post on Engie’s blog. Guess how many they had? ZERO. Darn! Barnes and Noble doesn’t have a very big horror section. I still had fun though. I sat in the cafe and read this magazine… And I found a planner I love! Well, I love the cover. The inside might not be quite what I’m looking for, but I love the cat so much (the top of the cat’s head and eyes are peeping up on top of the pages as well) that I might try to make it work. I decided to think it over a little before I buy it. (Should you get a planner just because you love the cover? Probably not.) Now I’m excited because tomorrow (my day off) I’m going to a used bookstore! I’ve never been there and didn’t even know it existed until recently, but it’s not far from me. I hope I walk out with an armful of books. Okay, eating. Remember the grand plan of prepping ingredients on Sunday for a week’s worth of bowl dinners? Well, the last two Sundays I worked. Not a lot, but just enough that I didn’t ALSO feel like doing meal prep. Somehow we got through last week anyway. And, since this Sunday was the start of Pumpkin Palooza, I made my favorite Pumpkin Baked Ziti (recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Veganomicon.) My sister and I were commenting how the orange and brown color combination looks so pretty now- but once Thanksgiving is over, it looks drab. When I take down the fall decorations and put up all the sparkly, colorful Christmas things, I can’t believe how dreary orange and brown look. But for now, I’m loving it! Lastly- pumpkin oatmeal for breakfast! I just make my regular oatmeal, put in a couple dollops of pumpkin, and all the pumpkin spices (don’t forget cloves- very important!) I’m not quite sure what we’ll have for dinner the rest of the week (leftover ziti will be making an appearance) but we’ll get through it. Do you like used bookstores? What are you reading now? Top photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash