Ramblings of a Thirty-Something

How many of you like easy recipes? Yep, me too. Especially delicious ones, right? Okay then, I’m about to drop some knowledge for you. These two recipes are fall staples in my home. I made the first at Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, and we may have sat around the bowl, shoveling it into our mouths for quite a while. The second is one that I love to make and share. Oh yeah, they’re both pumpkin flavored. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about this pumpkin fluff dip . It isn’t “fluff” as one thinks, with cream cheese and sugar, but it is “fluffy” in texture, so there you go! Mine never looks this fancy... Did I mention that it’s easy? All you need is:  -a 12 oz can of pumpkin puree -a small box (3ish oz) of vanilla pudding mix -a 16 oz container of whipped topping -1 T of pumpkin pie spice Mix those ingredients together. You’re done. I serve it with vanilla wafers or those Scooby Doo cinnamon cookie things

So right now, things are a bit stressful in the life of this rambler. I've got my evaluation coming up, I've got library school assignments to complete, I've got about 7,000 things on my to-do list {actually might be a low estimate}, and I'm trying not to think about how I still have 6 more days until I know if I was accepted to the grad program. Like I said, stressed. And thus, today's post is a bit rambly. It's a list {I love lists} of all of the things I am currently consuming in the beginning half of October, whether it be content of varying forms or food and drinks. Maybe you'll find something you love on this list. Maybe you'll find something new to love on this list. Maybe you'll find something you hate on this list--if that's the case, don't tell me. I don't wanna know. {Name that holiday TV special!} My Current Books Since I finished my Wines & Spines Book Club's next selection { The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn.

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” This beautiful line has been quoted quite a lot recently, turned into beautiful artwork with pumpkins and jewel tones. But this line is really just one line—one line of a different love letter to October, penned by writer L.M. Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables. The passage begins thusly: October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in aftermaths. Anne reveled in the world of color about her. “Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Do