Wednesday, October 06, 2021

Currently: October 2021

It's time for the October edition of "Currently..." with Anne at in residence. For some reason, this edition feels very October-ish, if that makes any sense, although I did struggle with a few of the prompts, as you will see :)

[borrowing]

 image from here

Since my beloved Blue Jays did not make the playoffs (they missed it by one game), I am going to be "borrowing" another team to cheer for during the postseason. I really don't love a lot of the teams who are playing this year so I think I might cheer for either the White Sox or the Cardinals. We shall see... One thing is certain, pretty much no matter who is playing, I will be watching a lot of baseball this month :) Also, if you have a compelling reason I should cheer for a specific team, let me know below.

[buying]

 
We've never been big Amazon people. As in "before this year we made an Amazon purchase about every five years." Well, as of October, we've now made four Amazon purchases this year alone! The last thing we bought were these PopIts. Rachel saw them on the sidelines at one of Sam's baseball games this summer and has been asking for them ever since. She's gotten a lot of use out of them so I think it was worth it.

[planning]

We picked up the first of our fall harvest CSA shares last night and now I'm "planning" what to make with all these root vegetables. We have two kinds of squash, pumpkins, rutabagas, and red onions. And this is just some of what we received. I think we'll have a lot of yummy soups and roasted veggies in our meals in the near future. Yum!!! 

[prepping]

I don't know if any of your kids do this, but our kids will eat the same thing for weeks and then, all of a sudden, never want to touch it again. Well, one of our kids went off peppers this past week. Thus, I chopped a bunch of them up and am freezing them on a cookie sheet to use in recipes over the next few months. I'm telling myself that the half hour of "prepping" will be so worth it when I can toss a cup of frozen peppers in a recipe some night without having to chop them. 

[reading]

The One 

I think my friend Erika recommended this book. The idea is that couples are matched by a dating service through their DNA. What happens when you're genetically predestined to be together? What happens when it all goes wrong? I told Dave he might need to read this one when I'm done with it...

If you want to see what I read the last half of September, come back on Friday as I hope to have my end of month book review up by then.

Thanks for reading about what's up with me (us!) currently. Remember, if you have a postseason baseball team you really think I should be cheering for, let me know below.

21 comments:

  1. So smart to have your food prepped in advance. My team is out of the MLB playoffs too, so not sure who I will root for yet. Baseball will be on every night in our house!

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  2. We are into Popits here too :)

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    1. Rachel has been LOVING them! I think we'll order some more for her for Christmas/Channukah.

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  3. I am a very very happy Red Sox fan!! The pop it fidgets are all the rage here!

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  4. My kids definitely change their minds about foods they've been eating forever!

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  5. We're, of course, cheering on the Braves. Those PopIts look quite fun. I guess their like the new fidget spinner.

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  6. No post-season baseball recommendations here. Blue Jays are out, I'm out! Bring on the Raptors.

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    1. Yeah, I haven't gotten excited about any of the teams which are left yet. Bummer :(

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  7. Yes! My kids do that very same thing. I feel like I no sooner get the hang of buying their new favorite foods when they tell me they don't want them anymore.

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    1. Exactly!!! I don't remember doing that as a kid. Do I have selective memory?!?!?!

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  8. I really need to get into the habit of planning meals and prepping in advance. Those peppers look so good!

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    1. I don't know what I would do without meal planning in advance. It makes the whole "what are we eating for supper?" dilemma a lot easier.

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  9. I LOVED that book!!!! Its one of my favorites of the year.
    I have to see what these PopIts are all about - I see everyone talking about them.

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  10. I really want to read The One. I think it's a movie or something on Netflix, but I'd like to read the book first if I can.

    Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  11. I love, love root vegetables...but I'm the only one in my family who likes squash, so I don't prepare it nearly enough! Have you ever tried butternut squash lasagna? It's fantastic (but a bit naughty!!)

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    1. Okay, I'm off to Google butternut squash lasagna recipes now. Yum!!!

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  12. I've never tried freezing peppers, but that is a good idea! They do take a little longer to cut. And at least they don't go to waste.

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    1. It works really well and makes cooking so much easier when you use them. I just pop them straight from the freezer into whatever I'm making.

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  13. I bought those exact pop-its for my nephew for his birthday. They are so popular right now! I'm putting mini pop-its in the kids' Christmas stocking.

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  14. I love the "french fry" pop-it. Definitely considering getting one for my kiddo for Christmas. They are so cute!

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