A Day in my Life; October

Here we are in October! My regular readers know that I need to be dragged into the Autumn season, but now that it's truly here, I'm decorating and embracing the beauty of it all.  (While praying that winter stays far away!)

So, October is here, and here's how the first day of the month went for me.

It was a cool and misty morning. I started the day with my usual walk. Here I'm walking on my road.

A little further down the road.  A pretty view, but the sky is dark.

As I got further down the road, it started to rain.  Shortly after it started, a truck came down the road - it was Bob, coming to rescue me!

He took me home and I finished my morning walk in the basement.

After my walk, I had breakfast and read this daily devotional which I really enjoy.

Then it was time to get some things done in the kitchen.  I cooked some eggs in my Dash egg cooker (it's a wonderful little thing to make my daily boiled eggs in).  I browned some ground beef and packaged it for the freezer.  I also made some cream cheese bars in preparation for some friends coming for supper that night.

After eating lunch, I walked around the yard and gathered up some of the last tomatoes from the garden.

As it wasn't raining at the moment, I took a short walk down the road.  You can see a few signs of Fall. There are just a few trees showing color. The second photo is our driveway, where acorns are falling like crazy!

When I got back, I worked on decorating the porch with some Autumn decor.

Then I did a little vacuuming so the house was ready for friends coming over.

We've been working on our bedroom and curtains I ordered arrived.  Bob hung the rods and I hung the curtains.  (I'll show you what we did in there later)

In the meantime, it was raining again. This is the view out our front window.  We ended up getting 1 1/4 inch of rain on this day.

Excuse the poor photo!  I forgot to take a picture until our meal was done...  As I mentioned, we had friends over.  I made burritos for supper.

We had cream cheese bars for dessert.  These bars are so easy to make (only 4 ingredients!)  and are always a hit.  If you want to try them, here's the recipe.  

Our friends left around 8:30 and we watched an episode of Midlife Stockman on youtube. He's a guy who works around Detroit, cleaning up houses and yards for people who've had hard times.  

And that was how the day ended.  Blessed to have another good day!

Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

I have such a good recipe for you today.  Is it good for you?  No!  But I think it's ok for an occasional treat and it is so very good.

This is a cinnamon bread, that has the gooey taste and texture of cinnamon rolls. It starts with frozen bread dough, so it's easy to make. Try it - you'll like it!

Cinnamon Roll Bread

1 loaf frozen bread dough
6 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
powdered sugar frosting

Place frozen dough in large loaf pan and allow to thaw and rise until dough is just over the edge of the pan.
Melt butter and stir it together with the corn syrup. Place in a large flat bowl or pan.
Stir together the white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Remove dough from loaf pan and make 5 deep slices, diagonally across the top of the dough, cutting almost but not quite through to the bottom. (It will look like a mess at this point, but don't worry.)
Place dough into the melted butter mix, flip over and let butter get into the slits you cut.
Spread sugar mix over the dough, ensuring the outside and all crevices are coated.
Place parchment paper in loaf pan, making sure the parchment drapes over the edge to allow easy removal of bread. Spray parchment with non-stick spray.
Place dough into parchment lined loaf pan, also to rest for 15 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, checking frequently at the end.
Allow to cool and frost with powdered sugar frosting.