Favorite #1: Fall of course! Every year I judge the season's progress by my birthday. When I was in middle school and high school and had to walk home, I remember always paying attention to the weather during the week of my birthday. Sometimes by Oct. 22 the leaves had already fallen weeks earlier, sometimes the leaves were at their peak and about to fall, sometimes it was still the end of summer, and other times we already had our first snow and it was the beginning of winter. It was a pretty rudimentary way to study the effects of global warming.
Favorite #2: Jackass 3D. Go see it. It's totally worth it and despite how disgusting the Jackass guys can be, you will laugh for two straight hours. Also, how much fun is it to be in a theater with a bunch of laughing, booing, groaning, gagging people? Answer: so much fun.
Favorite #3: Television programming in October. I'm not big into Halloween, but boy do I love all the Halloween/scary/cheesy movies on tv. Witches, Night of the Living Dead, Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Friday the 13th, Aliens, Bride of Frankenstien, Creature From the Black Lagoon, etc.
Favorite #4: Martha Stewart's Everday Food cookbook. It has BEAUTIFUL appetizing pictures, simple recipes, AND it is all organized by season. Granted you don't have to choose recipes from your current season, but I DO and they ARE categorized that way for a reason. Yesterday I planned some meals for the next few weeks and went to the store to gather ingredients for Pureed Butternut Squash Soup, Braised Chicken with mushrooms and Oven-baked Polenta, Chicken Stir-Fry Wraps, Parmesan-Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Tomato and Olive Penne, roasted veggies, etc. Also, I'm back in the cooking game with some recent successes: Slow-cooker beef stew, Chicken Parmigiana, and homemade/homegrown marinara sauce. Nothing says fall-time like home-cooked meals (D is especially pleased).
Favorite #5: Halloween costume craft time. Again, I don't partake, but every year I end up doing all the work on David's last minute costumes and I love it. It's a challenge. I get him all dressed up and send him out the door, and the next day I have to do repairs before the next costume party. Here are some masterpieces from years past:
He has not yet decided if he wants to be Tron...or Luigi this year.
Favorite #6: Birthday! coming up here on Friday, Oct. 22, I will again celebrate the day of my birth, and as my dad says, "Another revolution around the sun." I'm always much more excited about the months leading up to my bday, and then turn kinda bla the week before, but this year is different and I'm trying to stay positive. Plus, there is always the guessing game of 'What will David get me this year?' Of course he is last minute, but there is $600 with my name on it in his 'bedside Becca savings drawer' so I'm pretty sure I'll like whatever it is. (sorry I sound like a schmuck). I will be celebrating by taking the day off work and seeing the Bodies Exhibit with my dad, then dinner at night with D, and BBQ on Saturday with the family (organized by D, thank god).
Happy October!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how FUN. i can't wait to find out what he got you. and why did you decide to become an amazing cook AFTER i left? i would have loved to try all your dishes at lunchtime. beats mcdonalds salads.
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