Currently in October

 It's the first Wednesday of October  and time for the Currently link up with Jennifer. This month we're talking about what we're currently loving, looking forward to, wearing, reading, and cooking. 

loving-- Our weather and our hikes. Evan and I have been hiking nearly every single day, ever single week for the past couple of weeks and I am loving it!








looking forward to-- We will get to see Alec 3 weekends in a row this month! We have parent's weekend coming up this weekend and then the next 2 weekends in a row he's supposed to come home so he can work (he made a deal with his old job that if they trained him to cook breakfasts he'd come home for a couple of weekends in fall when they're busiest and work the breakfast shifts-- they agreed to give him a salary increase when he did!).

wearing-- Our weather has turned pretty chilly this week so I've broken out all the sweaters, pants, long sleeve shirts, etc.... and apparently a lot of burgundy! 








reading-- I'll have a full summary of all the books I read in September up on the blog tomorrow but I'm currently working my way through 2 more books-- By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult & Bad Reputation by Emma Barry.



cooking: A whole variety of dishes and treats.  A lot of them are new recipes we've been trying from around the web and I'm working on pulling a whole "recipes we've been making lately" post together. 

We made this Heath cheesecake for Evan's birthday

I made another batch of marinara (our sauce looks orange because we had yellow and orange tomatoes to use up)

We grilled steaks and roasted potatoes and broccoli served with some steamed corn and salad for Evan's birthday dinner 

We tried a new orzo dish with chicken

And a new sausage/pasta dish. 

A yummy new pearl couscous & chicken one dish bake with a side of zucchini and mushrooms.

Then pulled together a double batch of my chicken fajita chili with some cornbread-- though I ended up changing the recipe quite a bit so I'll have a new improved recipe version up on the blog soon.



I also made some sandwich bread from scratch--OMG! It was so good!




Linking up with: Fine/Whatever,










Comments

  1. Maria RineerOctober 2, 2024 at 5:17 AM

    Your food pictures look so good- I want to eat that steak dinner and a loaf of your break and I am not even hungry right now! Glad your weather is cooperating for walks. It looks so pretty there!

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  2. Denyse Whelan.October 2, 2024 at 5:48 AM

    Yummo Jo! Lovely post. Denyse #TeamWWWhimsy

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  3. AnonymousOctober 2, 2024 at 6:05 AM

    Thats a great deal Alec was able to negotiate and you get to see him as well. Yay! Your food pics look so good!
    Ruth@playworkeatrepeat

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  4. Kathrine EldridgeOctober 2, 2024 at 6:24 AM


    Loving all these nature pics and the bread looks so delicious!

    https://www.kathrineeldridge.com

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  5. Jennifer GoodwinOctober 2, 2024 at 6:26 AM

    I'm impressed over your sandwich bread! I love your outfits and meals for the month. I wish it would get cold here! We never have much of a fall, it turns out. I'm so ready for sweaters!

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  6. BriOctober 2, 2024 at 7:55 AM

    Your hiking photos are so pretty! That cheesecake looks delicious!

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  7. LyssyOctober 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM

    I've been loving this weather too! So nice not going for a walk and coming back all sweaty.

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