So, I haven’t made one of these posts in a while, despite saying I was gonna because the whole, ya know ‘it’s really great for my mental health and I like being positive and talking about my week’ thing – sending a massive side-eye to my past self. Reason #1- all those things my past self said were all very true; reason #2- it’s fall and thus the whole thankful thing is actually kinda relevant outside of my own head; and reason #3- why the heck not.

Beautiful Fall Days
So, the temperatures have really dipped lately, and although the leaves are still mostly green- just a few yellows and reds popping out in a few rare trees- it’s really starting to feel like Fall. And with that has come the clear blue skies I’ve come to associate with Autumn in my area. The lack of rain can become a problem eventually, but for the time being I’m not missing the humidity. I took the opportunity to take a drive the other day and the blue was so rich, without a single cloud, stretching out in front of me.

A Day Off
I’ve been subbing at the local high schools again this year, and thankfully, I’ve managed to get a fairly steady run of days. Still, it is nice to be able to get caught up on the stuff around the house sometimes. I didn’t get called in on Tuesday, so I had time to tackle the pit of chaos my house sometimes devolves into, plus makes some recipes that need a bit more energy and time to prep for than a normal work-day allows.

Yummy Food
The Autumn Equinox was Tuesday, incidentally the day I had off, so I decided to take advantage of it and cook some fall stuff. I had forgotten how much I love sweet potatoes! I added some to my brussels sprouts and topped with a bit of bacon and it was so good! Plus I made my family’s Cheese Apple Crisp- one of my favorite deserts ever and one that the diabetes doesn’t get too much in the way off. Eventually I’ll get that recipe up on my other blog.

Time Capsule Cooking
Yes, I have another blog. I started a retro food blog a few years ago over on blogger, but getting the diabetes diagnoses kinda took the wind out of my sails- food wasn’t so fun to think about for a while- and my camera was really sucky, besides. Now, I’m used to my dietary restrictions, and I’ve got a new phone, so I decided to bring the blog over here to wordpress. It’s been really fun to play around with a new site again, and go through my recipes. It’s not much right now- just a recipe or two that I’ve managed to transfer over, but I’ll be adding more to it soon.

The Magnus Archives
And yeah, this thing is a little not like the others, but I just found out that The Magnus Archives is back off of hiatus, and I am so looking forward to sitting down and listening to all of the horrible, terrifying things that some of my favorite characters are dealing with. Right in time for fall creepiness.