Hi Fall!

 Autumn weather has finally arrived! I am so excited to pull my sweaters and scarves. I love this time of year. The sights, the smells, the crisp air. LB2 hates November but tolerates October. I'm down with either one.

I adore cooking with seasonal fruit and vegetables and Autumn is one of the fun seasons to work with. I enjoy making soups, stews, and pot pies. Baking bread on a cool crisp day is always a highlight. The kitchen is a nicer place to be in when you're not sweating like you've entered a furnace. 

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When did I become that girl?

 Earlier this week, I found myself sitting on my bed, eating ice cream with my mom while watching a k-drama. How did I become that stereotype of a single 20 something year old woman who lives at home? Also, Blue Bell is totally to blame. Their "Bride's Cake" Ice cream is too delicious to not eat.

My mom didn't understand why I was mortified. When I was younger, I dreamed of having tons of friends who would share my interests and we'd hang out in bookstores and cafés, talking about life. Instead, I lost contact with my one non-family friend and LB2 is my present BFF. I'm pretty sure he'd trade me in if he could.

I don't mean to sound like I'm having a pity party. I'm not. I am happy with my life and if I could change any of my life choices, I wouldn't. I'm just feeling a little weird about how different my life is from the one teen me imagined.

If any of you get what I'm saying, feel free to leave a message below.

Italian Cream Cake is soooooo Good!

 On Sunday, LB2 made three Italian Cream cakes. If you've never had one, fix that quickly. You will probably not regret it. If you are on a diet, sorry. It was divine, sublime, perfection, and all the good adjectives out there. Pics below.

Yummy, right? LB2 got the recipe from Pinterest. Toasted Coconut and Pecans cover the rich Cream cheese frosting. The moist cake beneath is studded with tender pecans and coconut as well. It is a treat that is not to be be missed. 

If I made.you all drool, my job is done for today. As always, feel free to leave a message below.

Rampaging hair conquered by ....... Crochet hook?

 As I have mentioned before, I am biracial. Part of the wonderful gene pool that makes me, well me, has given me hair that pretty much lives its own life. All through my preteen and teen years, I want that Pantene hair. You know what I mean. Shiny, bouncy lush hair swinging in time to Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten. My hair said hard pass.

We coexist now in semi peaceful harmony. It tangles like mad but has thankfully stopped catching on everything and everyone. Only thing is, my hair has declared a state of war against bobby pins and Claw clips. It defies logic, really it does. My hair will find a way out the bobby pins and just drop 'em on the ground. As for Claw clips, my hair consistently breaks the teeth. I have yet to find teeth thick enough not to break. Goody made one once that my hair seemed to love but the springs snapped after a few years. I have yet to find those again.

One day as I was cleaning, I came across an old crochet hook that had slipped out my work bag. Being busy, I popped it into my hair and forgot it was there for a few hours. When I remembered, I tried putting my hair into a bun and anchoring it with the hook. It worked! My hair can't break it and crochet hooks are designed to not let projects slide off. I frequently use crochet hooks in my hair now.

If you have had the same issue or just think I'm being silly, feel free to leave a message below. FYI: I'm serious. Crochet hooks rock!

I may be slightly hooked on Manga

 I, yet again, have no idea how it happened. One minute I was watching the anime series, The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting and, before I know it, I've read all the published manga. Then, I did the same with Spy x Family (which is an awesome series that you should totally see).

I just made an account with a site that lets you read manga for free. I think I might be here a while. I got a lot of reading ahead of me. I saved a bunch of series that I wanted to read.

If anyone out there feels me, don't hesitate to leave a message below.

Blackpink's "Pink Venom"!

 I honestly don't know when I became a K-pop fan. I think it may have started with Blackpink and Lady Gaga's "Sour Candy" or BTS's "Dynamite". Either way, I'm a fan and my sibs are quietly supportive. They may be scared I will try to make them like it by forced immersion. I learned my lesson with Hamilton.

Any way, Blackpink has released their new comeback called " Pink Venom". It's a funky, beautifully fierce nod to the artists and music that shaped them. You can't help but bop to it and imagine yourself as a take-no-prisoners Runway model who will always slay. Or maybe that was just my daydream?

As always, feel free to leave a message below. I'm going to go break my replay button.

So sore!!!

 Yesterday, I walked about half a mike to our local pharmacy to by teething tablets. My wisdom teeth were making me feel like gnawing on people. While there I picked up some things that we needed at home and carried them back. Now, my body is sore and I feel like sleep is always an option. Plus, my gum are itching me again.

Why do they call them wisdom teeth anyway? All they do is bring pain and act as a food trap. I need to take some teething tablets. That spoon handle is looking mighty fine.

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