Where did the month go?

October always seems to fly right by. It's my favorite month of the year so I imagine the old saying, time flies when you are having fun, holds true. I even witnessed a rare OC thunderstorm. Any time there is "real" weather here you have to enjoy every second of it because you never know when it'll return. So, back to the fun that I've had this month.

I had a special day...

36 is going to be my best year yet! Wait, aren't I starting my 37th year since I celebrated having already surviving through 36 of them? Anyway, best year ever! I will make it that way.

I got to see my very favorite thing at Disneyland on my special day...

Seriously, there is nothing better than when The Haunted Mansion is transformed into Haunted Mansion Holiday. I could go on that ride for hours. There is just something about it that makes me happy. If you haven't seen it then your life just isn't complete. On with the show.

I learned that I can bake awesome bread...

I used to think that bread baking was for overachievers. That was until I bought the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I'd love to just stand outside and hand this book out to everyone who walks by. It's that good. So now even people too lazy to bake bread can knock out some crazy awesome home baked bread every night of the week and enjoy sinking into a carb coma.

I also tried my hand at decorating Halloween cupcakes...

Monster eyeballs, anyone? Too bad that I can't hand out cupcakes for Halloween. It's sad that we are all so worried about people poisoning our kids these days. But I suppose that kids would get frosting all over their costumes and it would snowball from there. Fine, I've changed my mind about wishing I could hand out cupcakes to Batman and the princess. I am prepared for the alternative. My stomach told me that I needed 20 bags of candy. My brain told me that 10 kids will ring the doorbell. Ya know, I don't run out ;)

What's wonderful is that October isn't over yet. There is still all the other Halloween goodness that needs to get done. Like watching It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (again). And it's not Halloween until I've watched the movie, Halloween. I'll also make sure to get a viewing of The Nightmare Before Christmas in there too. I sense lots of good knitting time coming on. I'm so glad I have until Monday to live it up and enjoy my favorite month of the year!

 

 

 

Comments

[Viki]

I have that book. Turns out I'm not only too lazy to bake bread, I'm also too lazy to read the book. Must get on that!

[mitchypoo]

Wow, your bread does look yummy! So does your birthday cake and the cupcakes.

[Amanda]

I'm SO with ya on so many thing in this post :) The Haunted Mansion, Artisan bread, cupcakes, Nightmare Before Christmas... YES to everything! That cake looks DELISH, sounds like your b-day was a rousing success. I mentioned a knitter's Disneyland day last night and a few ears perked up... will keep you posted!

[domestic extraordinaire]

Loved the Artisan Bread book, did not love the amount of space that the bowl took up in my fridge to keep the bread. But I found a quick yeast bread recipe so I am very happy.

Happy Belated Birthday!!

[JessaLu]

Happy Belated Birthday!

I love the Artisan book, too! I wish I had more fridge room though, if I did, I'd make bread more often!