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So! This week has been mostly fun. I made homemade "chex mix" Monday, which was quite yummy.
Ingredients:
4 C rice chex (or crispix)
2 C pretzels
2 C goldfish
3 T melted butter
4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
hot sauce to taste (sriracha is great)
1) Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
2) Mix all the ingredients and put in a 9x13 pan.
3) Bake for 45 minutes, turning every 15.
*I do it for a little less time as my oven runs hot.
4) Dump out on paper towels and let cool.
Then I made pumpkin bread Tuesday! This was the second time I've made pumpkin bread. I found this recipe on Once Upon A Chef, which is also where I found a delicious recipe for chocolate banana bread.
Now, the first time I made this pumpkin bread was last week, and it was the first time my husband ever tried pumpkin bread. He is generally anti-pumpkin because of all the pumpkin spice outrage. I believe his actual words on the topic are, "I'm sick of it." BUT he tried it, and he really liked it! Score! Plus Rin really likes it too. So....double score! And me? I love pumpkin bread, and this tasted amazing, soooo....TRIPLE SCORE FOR THE WIN!!!
Since this recipe makes two loaves, though, and I'm not sure there's a good way to cut it in half, this week, I made it on a day that we had friends over and "forced" them to take some home with them.
Speaking of! We tried a new game this week (after the peanut had gone to bed....because playing tabletop games is IMPOSSIBLE if she's awake) called Ascension. Oh my gosh, you guys, it is so much fun. And not too complicated. Beginner's luck was with me on this night too, because I kicked butt the second time around. I normally wouldn't brag, but I almost never win games with these guys, so I'm still feeling excellent about it!
The rest of the week included the first pot of chili of this autumn season. We strained the chili so Rin could eat it, and eat it she did.
And today, I tried something new. Rin likes to "help" with the laundry, so I got her to put her own clothes away (yeah, not folded, but she yanks them out randomly anyways, and I get tired of re-folding them). She LOVED it. Thank goodness. I'd like to think that if we cultivate good habits in her now, she'll keep at them when she grows up. Then I remember what I was like as a teenager/young adult, and I can't help but think "Lord help us all." Haha!
To conclude the lighthearted section, here's Miss Thang playing blocks with her daddy:
Now, on to more serious matters.
I'm finding out a lot during this current presidential election season.
I'm finding...
...that this country is deeply divided on almost everything.
...that I know less about my extended family than I thought I did.
...that hatred in this country is rampant.
...that we, as a people, seem to have forgotten that the president, while the face of this country, is not who holds all the power.
...that we, as a people, don't seem to care about the smaller elections, thought those make a more regular difference in our lives.
...that the "liberal left" and the "conservative right" tend to view each other as enemies.
...that we, as a people, can't seem to accept that others see life differently.
...that we, as a people, see different from us is just wrong.
...that we, as a people, have lost (if, indeed, we ever had) the ability to work together to find a compromise.
You guys, if you talk to someone who isn't voting the same as you, or who doesn't believe the same as you, don't listen just to have the chance to attack them. All that does is create animosity. Maybe if we listened to understand, we could instead compromise our positions to find one that works for all people. Or maybe you could find your mind changed, or at least expanded.
It hurts my soul to hear and see some of the things people are saying to each other. They call each other stupid, sexist, racist, arrogant, misogynistic, lazy, and many other names I won't repeat Maybe in some cases, it's sadly true. But I can tell you what we mostly are, and that is ignorant. We simply do not know everything. We don't know as much as we should because we turn a blind eye and refuse to listen to the valid concerns of our neighbors.
We are no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. We have become largely the land of hatred of differences and the home of the scared of everything different.
And that, my friends, breaks my heart.
If you wish to know more about what I personally believe, or anything else, feel free to ask. Until next time...
And today, I tried something new. Rin likes to "help" with the laundry, so I got her to put her own clothes away (yeah, not folded, but she yanks them out randomly anyways, and I get tired of re-folding them). She LOVED it. Thank goodness. I'd like to think that if we cultivate good habits in her now, she'll keep at them when she grows up. Then I remember what I was like as a teenager/young adult, and I can't help but think "Lord help us all." Haha!
To conclude the lighthearted section, here's Miss Thang playing blocks with her daddy:
Now, on to more serious matters.
I'm finding out a lot during this current presidential election season.
I'm finding...
...that this country is deeply divided on almost everything.
...that I know less about my extended family than I thought I did.
...that hatred in this country is rampant.
...that we, as a people, seem to have forgotten that the president, while the face of this country, is not who holds all the power.
...that we, as a people, don't seem to care about the smaller elections, thought those make a more regular difference in our lives.
...that the "liberal left" and the "conservative right" tend to view each other as enemies.
...that we, as a people, can't seem to accept that others see life differently.
...that we, as a people, see different from us is just wrong.
...that we, as a people, have lost (if, indeed, we ever had) the ability to work together to find a compromise.
You guys, if you talk to someone who isn't voting the same as you, or who doesn't believe the same as you, don't listen just to have the chance to attack them. All that does is create animosity. Maybe if we listened to understand, we could instead compromise our positions to find one that works for all people. Or maybe you could find your mind changed, or at least expanded.
It hurts my soul to hear and see some of the things people are saying to each other. They call each other stupid, sexist, racist, arrogant, misogynistic, lazy, and many other names I won't repeat Maybe in some cases, it's sadly true. But I can tell you what we mostly are, and that is ignorant. We simply do not know everything. We don't know as much as we should because we turn a blind eye and refuse to listen to the valid concerns of our neighbors.
We are no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. We have become largely the land of hatred of differences and the home of the scared of everything different.
And that, my friends, breaks my heart.
If you wish to know more about what I personally believe, or anything else, feel free to ask. Until next time...
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