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Felecia at Flower In The Rain tagged me with listing my fall favourites, and since I haven’t done any tags in awhile I thought I’d give this a go ’round. Now, I love fall, especially here in Indiana where you can watch the trees turn to beautiful colours of red, orange, maroon, yellow, and brown. However, I do NOT like the freezing cold weather that slowly moves in! Eeeek! I wouldn’t mind if it didn’t get lower than 40….but here are my favourite fall things.

1. Favorite Smell? fading leaves as the wind blows more than usual
2. Favorite Food? pumpkin pie or bread
3. Favorite Color? burnt orange
4. Favorite Drink? hot tea with honey and creamer
5. Favorite Treat? egg-nog
6. Favorite Place to go? walking through the harvested fields back the woods
7. Favorite Candy? I don’t care for candy
8. Favorite Movie to watch? Little Women
9. Favorite Clothing to wear? my 6yr old blue hoodie that used to be Danielle’s sister’s… years ago.
10. Favorite Outdoor Activity? walking
11. Favorite Football Team? Uh none
12. Favorite Fall Holiday? Jesus’ birth (he was actually born in Setpember, not December)
13. Favorite Haunted place? you know haunted means “frequently visited”? I’d say the woods or the fields.
14. Favorite Food at Thanksgiving Dinner? greenbean casserole and turkey
15. Favorite Pie? pumpkin
16. Favorite Fall Hobby? looking at all the pumpkins or finding interesting leaves
17. Favorite Fall Memory? when Amanda, Rachel, Eric, Hannah, Mother Dear, and I went down the hill, made a leaf pile, and all played in it.
18. Favorite Fall Sight? the trees far off that look like a painted-masterpiece…. oh wait they are.
19. Overall Favorite thing about Fall? the colours
20. Overall Favorite Season? summer changing into fall

I guess I’m suppose to tag someone, but instead I shall put a linky on and if you post your fall favourites you can link it.

I do wanna know one of your fall favourites though!

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It is a bit after 10 and I planned to be in bed awhile ago, however I was baking cookies and cleaning up the kitchen... We had pork chops, corn casserole and mashed taters for supper.. Don't ask it was kinda kids pick the meal night.. LOL Of course Jeremiah wanted green beans, but did not tell me till to late to get them cooked.. He is so funny everynight just about he says hey mom can we have......... and I will say way it will say starts with Gre...................en and ends with beeeeeeeeeeeeannnnnnnnnnnnnnnns,,LOL He loves green beans. He is even learning to cook them...

Jill is the only one still up besides me and she is finishing her homework from where she missed yesterday due to dentist and most of today for another appointment.. She is almost done.. I myself am getting ready to go to bed as well.. You can tell the weather here has been crazy the kids were wild after school today.. LOL I was like what is the deal and so it took a bit of extra time to wind down and get to sleep.. It was raining and cold here this evening.. Tomorrow they go with their dad for a bit after school.. I always say boy I hope they act for you like they have acted for me and my ex always says well that is not very nice of you.. LOL I then say why should I be the only one to have this much fun.. LOL  Of course he has said the same thing a couple of times to be...

Well I would love to chat more, but I am off to bed.. I wanted to say Good Night my Blogging friends... Sleep well..

God Bless,

Mars

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Tonight I tried making Mazidra.  A lentil dish that is saute'ed before adding the water.  The effect is to create a more nutty texture, rather than the traditional mushy lentil texture.  However, I used red lentils, which already appear to be shelled and I still ended up with a mushy texture.  The flavor was good, but it was a bit to soupy for me.  It was supposed to be poured over rice or potatoes.  I made baked potatoes and the finished dish was similar to a rice soup, with a real watery broth.  In looking at the picture in the recipe book, that is not really how it is to turn out.  The flavor was good enough for me to try it again with some brown lentils.  The rest of the family hasn't tried it yet, as it wasn't done until a bit later than when the potatoes were done.  I did wait to eat it with my potato and found it ok, once I strained the water/broth a bit. 

As I look at the dish, however, it is not one that will appeal to the rest of the family, so I think I will continue my search with some more recipes.  I myself enjoyed the dish and may make it again for me, if I get to wanting a lentil dish.  It tasted similar to a recipe I have called Armenian Lentil Loaf. 

My Dad came to visit and he took us out to eat.  We went to a buffet and had a tired little one with us (we were eating later than normal) and saying no brought loud screams.  If it was just us, I would have left the restaurant, but beings my Dad was visiting and had a long day, I succombed to allowing cottage cheese.  I did limit it to one scoop, but I fear it was enough to bring on another tantrum at another date when she is told no.  She wanted cheese on her baked potato tonight and we ran out because dd number 2 ate what we had left.  This caused a small ruckus at home, but when she realized she wasn't the only one not having cheese, she calmed down.  I also ate some cheese when eating out and I am unsure if the stress of dealing with saying no to Paige is doing me in, or the dairy allergy is becoming more noticable since I was not eating it.  I have a good case of the hives.  Dh thinks it is silly that I'm trying to eat better and here I am appearing sicker.  He knows that something is up with Paige however and that we are on the right track.  Even though we are at square one again with the wetting, we know that going back to not eating dairy that it likely will go away again. 

Now to stay firm.  That is so hard.   Like last night, the restaurant just didn't have much for options.  The salad bar was slim to say the least... then there was the choice of pizza or chicken for the main meal.  We went with chicken to stay away from the cheese, but still ended up with little variety and I suppose I could have sat and ate a salad with unripe tomatoes and mushy peas... that was about my only choice as a vegetarian, non-dairy.  I realize now that I ate the mashed potatoes which likely had milk in them as well.  UGH!  So much thinking to do!  This restaurant just didn't have enough variety, even though Dh and my one daughter thought there was plenty of variety... once there they were like... bugging me about eating cheese and I wanted to say... my Dad just paid $8 for me to eat and you want me to pick at the food and eat a obviously poor salad choice and that's it?  I shouldn't feel sorry for myself, but it seems that I am the only one thinking about the big picture when it comes to eating out and in.  Somehow it is up to me to do it alone.  Which if it helps both my daughter and I to feel better, it will be so worth it.  I need to keep that in mind as I start feeling down about my "lot" in life right now. 

Tomorrow is a new day with NEW aspirations... Hopefully we will start anew and have new determination and vigor in this fight against allergies.  Oh how great to know that when we mess up... we can start fresh and new in our walk with God.  If I can smile with that thought, I will make myself smile with our battle of the food intolerances and allergies.  May they open my heart to God's mercies as we experience the ups and downs of this battle of appetite in our war against the foods that hurt us.   

Warmly, ~Melissa

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