I must start off by telling you about the most wonderful vegetable in the world. Spaghetti squash. If you have not tried it yet...you must. If you have...how come no one told me about it? You cut it in half and put it in the oven for about 45 min. Then you just run a fork around it...and TA DA spaghetti. I made it the other night with our favorite red bell pepper tomato sauce and it was amazing.
It has been a very happy week. I have been feeling so good. Olive and I have been having a blast every day. I was dreading voting because of the tales of the awful lines. Olive is not a calm, patient person by nature. I packed a bag full of "quite" toys (they don't work at church...I don't know why I thought they would work here) and headed out in the rain. I thought about waiting until the rain let up, but I strategically planned the day and the line waiting according to Olive's nap so we trekked out despite and hoped that the rain would stop others and therefore create shorter lines. We walked into a nearly empty retirement community, I signed my name, and headed for the booth. No line, not even one person ahead of me. It was a wonderful experience. Hallelujah. The walk to and from was so much fun. Olive is to big to regularly ride in a sling anymore, but it was so much fun to have her so close. I miss the sling days. She really thought the umbrella was a spectacular toy. The rest of the day she kept pointing to it and pretending she was walking with it over her head.
SNOW! I know others are not so happy to see snow...the cashier at Sunflower FM sure was not, but I am. Olive was scared of the snow when we first left the house the morning. She wanted to sit on the porch and watch, but nothing more. After a little persuasion she followed me to the car. After a few minutes she was in love. She couldn't get enough. She held both her hands out to catch it. She would look up and laugh and laugh as the snow fell on her face. This afternoon we bundled up and spent an hour playing outside. It was a lot of fun.
I love this time of year. I love the weather, the music, the festive decorations at the mall and even at the grocery stores. I love the smells, and the food and the anticipation. I have broken out a few Christmas Cd's, but in an attempt to be fair to those who have low tolerance for early Christmas music (James) I only listen to them at home with Olive. That girl could dance around the house to jingle bells all day long.
Pictures of Halloween, voting and playing in the snow to come. Stay tuned.
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Stefanie! I have a gazillion spaghetti squash from my garden! Come take half of them, seriously!
I have not tried spaghetti squash yet but it sounds pretty cool. But does it taste like squash? That might be a deal-breaker for me...
When I tasted it with only the olive oil...it did, but once it had the sauce on it, it was spaghetti. James was very apprehensive, but by after like 5 min. he said if I would have put it on a plate, instead of leaving it in the shell he would have thought it was pasta. You should try it Natalie...it was so easy (except cutting it).
Lynette...really? I will get some next week at the dye party.
Some of them are small... like single serving style, but I still have 6 or 7 left and that's after giving a ton to my family.
I always ate spaghetti squash growing up, but we never used it like pasta. My mom is a big fan of eating it with just S&P and butter.
I didn't start using it like pasta until my South Beach days. You should also give making zucchini noodles a go (when they are in season).
I am excited to see updates on the babe. I've never tried spaghetti squash but I will definitely keep it in mind. Your recipe sounds pretty good.
How are you guys?
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