Seizing My Day

October was a bit odd this year… usually by October my life is in Fall routine and I am going with the flow… but not this October…I should have known it was going to be an odd month … when my daughter started wearing her pillow on her head =)

274/365

Here is my Odd Month at a semi-QUICK glance… 365 photo style…

yep I know… quick is very unlike me … if I succeed! =)

275/365

Sammy and I did some baking together

(that isn’t too weird for us)

276/365

Gluten Free banana bread

(I will type this recipe out for y’all one day!)

A good gluten free version.. not too gritty.. just moist enough… =)

277/365

isn’t this steamy picture kinda dreamy? =)

278/365

home made cranberry sauce for Canadian Thanksgiving on Oct 10th

Easy sneezy:  1 cup Apple Cider, 1 tbsp Vanilla, 1 Cup Sugar, 1 bag o berries… boil… reduce heat and simmer your steamy pot til the berries break down to your liking… puree a bit for thicker sauce… sweeten it more or less… Tasty!  eat on turkey…eat on bagels… eat on cheesecake… eat by itself!!  YUM!

(this doesn’t count as talking I was sharing a recipe!~!)  =)

279/365

Amazing Spicy Pumpkin Syrup

www.thepioneerwoman.com

Click on the tasty kitchen ~ search ~ as titled above.  =)

You WON’T regret it!!!

and you will want some when you make these!!

280/365

Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes = a little bit of bliss!

381/365

you didn’t think I wouldn’t tell you HOW did you?

1 egg, 1/3 cup Apple Cider, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon,  1/4 cup pumpkin… whisk… add gluten free bisquick (about 1/3 cup give or take) til it is kinda thick but still pours… I find GF pancakes hard to flip… thicker SMALLER pancakes flip easier for me in my Cast Iron pan… with a little extra oil… this amount serves two happy kids or one happy grown up!

282/365

Note … smaller pancakes… =)  can’t you just smell em cookin?

I am obsessed with pancakes right now… Cider, pumpkin, gingerbread…

SO AMAZING!  all my own creations!  =)  I should write a pancake cookbook!

283/365

hubby on the roof = ODD.

he doesn’t do handy work often~

its not his thing …

told ya Weird month…

284/365

mini submarine just crusin down the highway…

not somethin we see every day…

285/365

Abby at a book signing… this kid LOVES to read folks…

she wants to be an Author one day…

286/365

Rick Riordan ~ Author of The Percy Jackson series = )

more recently The Heroes of Olympus series

Our city was 1 of 7 on this mini tour!!

ODD we got chosen over a bigger city like Seattle or Portland… =)

Exciting times for my little reader!

287/365

Check out these funky fall clouds in the sky

we have had some weird clouds/skies this Fall!

I have a few funky Nov. sky pics too!

speaking of skies…

288/365

Crazy sparkle sparkle falling from the sky!!

wish I had my camera ready when the sparkles first flew into the sky!

we were packing up to leave (darn it!!)

289/365

You see… we were in Seattle

290/365

at  the last home game of the Sounders

in the ‘regular season’

291/365

my little soccer players’ team went as a group…$10 tickets!!

the soccer girls and all their families… all 60 of us… fun time!!

(the soccer families don’t know I have a blog yet… no group pics… I don’t post pics of folks w/out permission!)  =)

292/365

last 10 minutes are always the most exciting!

The Sounders scored in the last 3 minutes & won…

sending them into the playoffs… (I think)   =)

*just like my little girls soccer team**   (odd)

293/365

This little brother is SO OVER Soccer!

he’s been attending sisters soccer games for 9 months straight…

(well 5 years + 9 months each year …what a trooper!!)

Abby plays in a Rec league…  but this year was a bit ODD…

Her team were undefeated in the regular season!!

so they had a special play off  b/c there were two groups in the local league this year…odd… they took the 2nd place title in that tournament… their first loss in the season! =)

AND

Abby’s team played in a tournament … 4 games later they took

The District Championship!!

which means we go on to play Regionals and maybe State??

(its going to be a LONG FALL… soccer’s going to be 10-11 months this year)

One loss the whole season … with the two extra tournaments!!

**what a great season**  SO MUCH SOCCER and we are not done yet…

Better stock up on more of this

294/365

YUM… egg nog anyone?  more importantly coffee anyone? =)

we had an odd little visitor this month too…

295/365

I definitely needed coffee after this guy visited

296/365

he was a pesky little stick stealer =)

297/365

a pesky little ball taker  =)

298/365

a pesky little shadow when Merlin barks at the folks passing by =)

AKA a pesky little mail man barker

299/365

pesky little bugger sitting right in front of Mr. Super Sniffer

whilst he sniffs out the nearest cat, squirrel, deer, raccoon to chase/bark at…

300/365

but boy he sure was CUTE…

and he made my blurry girl a happy girl that day!

puppy sitting is fun b/c you get to send him home at the end of the day!

301/365

speaking of weird/odd…

this guy steals my camera and takes odd pictures of himself

ALL… THE …TIME !

he deserves a post all to his~self!  *soon* very soon*

302/365

another crazy cloud day…

doesn’t this one remind you of dementors

you know … in Harry Potter… ????

303/365

speaking of Harry Potter… doesn’t this little lego guy look just like him!!?! odd.

For Halloween this year we had a “Halloween Hide-In”… odd I know.

We introduced our children to Harry Potter… fun times!

dark house, glow sticks, good snacks, sugary treats and a movie…

PERFECT Quiet Warm Halloween!

304/365

We packed up our Halloween stuff last week…

and our kitty has been missing ever since…

any ideas where she might be? =)

ha ha ha ha ha…

thats NOT funny!

ok ok …

I think its time to sign off… and come see what y’all are up to these days…

I hope my bad blog habits aren’t scaring you all away completely…

I miss this odd land when I can’t seem to find the time to visit!!

Hope you all are having a Happy Fall!!

Blessings~

Jenn

the odd one.