All Is Good

 "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." (Marie Curie)

 

Hello, my lovely friends!  

 

     Sorry to leave you hanging with that cryptid-themed "I'll be back Tuesday" note! Seriously, things are actually going fantastically over here. I should've led with the good news instead of the folklore—my bad! 

 

     Get ready for some great news: Mike is officially here! He rolled in on Saturday, and we've been spending every possible second together. Honestly, it feels like he's been part of our beautiful chaos forever—he's blending right into the family crazy! The best part? He and my mom are thick as thieves. It's been absolutely brilliant having him around!

 

     He's officially part of the furniture! We've just been doing our usual thing, and he's completely blended in. But the real news? Tonight we're hitting Casa Bonita for their Día de Muertos celebration! I've seen some TikToks, and it looks absolutely incredible—think cliff divers meets an epic, colorful party. On the home front, we're deep into movie marathon mode, and get this: even Scooter has decided he's an old pal now. It's like they've known each other forever! I’m really happy with things. We clicked online and now we’re doing it in real life. 

 

     Can you believe we're almost at the end of our first holiday together? Time flies when you're having fun... and planning for scares! 

 

    This year, we're skipping the trick-or-treat candy handouts. Instead, we're going old-school with a full day of frights. We'll be glued to TCM for a marathon of the classic Universal Monster movies! Think Dracula, Frankenstein, and the whole gang. Then, once the sun sets and the true darkness descends, we'll cap off the night with a double dose of Michael Myers: the original $Halloween$ (1978) and $HalloweenII$ (1981). It's going to be a night of cinematic horror history!

 

 So glad you stopped by! Wishing you the coziest morning/afternoon/evening ahead. Can't wait for our paths to cross again!

Enjoy the Journey

 

I'll be back on Tuesday

Harvest Apple Salad (recipe)

 "The grass isn't greener on the other side. It's greener where you water it." (Author Unknown)

Hello, my lovely friends!

The Autumn season is really in full gear here and I wanted to make something for the season, but healthy for you. My mom wanted a salad and that’s when I knew I wanted to add apples, nuts and cranberries to it. I didn’t take any pictures (my bad), but I still wanted to share the recipe with you all. 

Harvest Apple Salad
What I used:
Bag of salad (any kind, I used an Italian one) I always re-wash my salads that are in a bag
Choice of veggies (bell peppers, grape tomatoes, radishes, & carrots)
Apples, 2 cubed
Parsley, handful cut up
Boiled eggs, 2
Salad Toppings (croutons, cranberries & pecans)
Chicken breast, 2
Bacon, 4 slices

Maple Bacon Mustard Dressing
2 TBSP. Bacon Grease 
1/3 cup Maple syrup (I used the sugar-free syrup)
2 TBSP. Red Wine Vinegar
3 TBSP. Honey Dijohn Mustard
¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
1/8 tsp. Pepper

Directions
1. First thing I started was my eggs. I place the eggs in a pan add cold water over them and put them on the stove. When they start boiling and really a rolling boil I turn them off, cover them with a lid and let them cook for about 8 minutes. I peel them and place them in the fridge (my mom likes them cold)

2. Next I cooked the four slices of bacon. I let it cool down before I cut it up into pieces to top the salad. I always keep my bacon grease, but this time I put it in a small jar to make the dressing. 

3. In the same frying pan I cooked the bacon I all cooked the chicken. I went simple with just some salt and pepper on it. After the chicken cooled down I cut both pieces into bite-sized pieces.

4. Toss all the veggies, apples and herbs with the salad. We added our own chicken bacon and toppings to it. My mom likes cutting up her egg into her salad and I eat them cut in half with salt and pepper.

5. Salad recipe add everything together into a jar, put a lid on it and shake it up. 

There you have it a perfect salad for the autumn season. You could also add pears instead of the apples and that would be yummy!

 

 So glad you stopped by! Wishing you the coziest morning/afternoon/evening ahead. Can't wait for our paths to cross again!

Spread Your Magic

 

 

Halloween 2019

 “Hark! Hark to the wind! ’T is the night, they say,
When all souls come back from the far away—
The dead, forgotten this many a day!”
(Virna Sheard)

Hello, my lovely friends! 

 

   Throwing it back to 2019 Halloween! Peep the decorations we had scattered around the house—I forgot how much fun that was! The biggest shock, though? Our yard trees. They've gone from cute little guys to absolute giants! I officially miss the seasonal decorating craze. Next year, I'm promising myself a glorious, over-the-top Halloween comeback!

 

 

 

 

Throw-back Thursday Halloween Q&A

 "When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween." (Author unknown)

Hello, my lovely friends! 

 

Let’s have a Halloween Q&A today. You can also answer the questions in the comment section. Have fun!

1. What is your favorite Halloween candy? 
I'm a huge fan of anything Wonka. My favorite has to be the Laffy Taffy, I tend to take them all out of the bowl on Halloween. Poor kids, no Laffy Taffy for them. 


2. How long did your Halloween candy usually last? 
When we were kids my parents would put our candy in a paper bag and on top of the fridge. We would be allowed a little bit every day. I think it lasted close to Thanksgiving, at least mine did. My dad knew he could take all my chocolate candy and I liked the tart things. 


3. What was your best costume? 
For the most part I was always a witch. I still dress up as a witch. Some years I had warts, green faced, or frizzy hair. It was always a witch thought. 


4. What was your worst costume? 
When I was little my parents bought me a princess costume with those plastic masks and I hated it. I didn't like the mask on my face and they never got me a store bought costume ever again. I think by the end of the night the mask was crack and falling apart. 


5. Did you buy or make your own costume? 
Piggybacking from the store bought princess costume all my costumes were homemade. I normally would come up with an idea and my Mom would find a way to make it work. Most times we took a trip to a thrift store to put it together. 


6. What is your favorite Halloween tradition? 
I love doing the whole decorating, but I love Halloween night giving out the candy to the kids coming. I dress up and its just a fun night. The kids are amazing, and everyone has fun. 


7. What is your all-time scariest Halloween movie? 
I love horror movies, but they don't scare me. If I had to pick one it would be the original "The Haunting". I love that you never see the evil in the house, but you know its there. Although my first horror movie was “Halloween” and my mom had to sleep with me that night. 


8. Do you prefer gore or thrillers? 
To me gore movies is all about how much blood and guts can we throw at you and there's not much of a story. Movies like that bore me. I want suspense and a story. 


9. How old were you when you saw your first horror movie? 
I believe I was 9 or 10 when I saw "Halloween". It was daytime and my parents, sister and some neighbors were at our house watching it. It did scare me the first time, but now it's one of my favorites.


10.  Favorite horror or Halloween-themed song? 
I love the creepiness of the Halloween theme song, but whenever I see Halloween decorations in the store I start singing the song from "Nightmare Before Christmas", "This is Halloween, Halloween..." and that is all I sing and it goes over and over in my head.

 

So glad you stopped by! Wishing you the coziest morning/afternoon/evening ahead. Can't wait for our paths to cross again!

 

Happy Thanksgiving Friends