LOVE ME A FRESH START

Whelp. I cried today at work. Had a pretty good cry-free run, I did. I'm good with that. And I'm soooo happy the puzzle got solved. Started with tears and then turned into a very good day. Huge thanks and shout-out to my co-workers who helped solve a difficult problem.  With that issue complete, it feels like a fresh start.

Love me a fresh start. 

In other news, do you guys change your blog? I do. This time I changed settings not to allow annoymous comments and also removed almost everything from the side of the blog. Not sure if I'll add recipes with food photos on the side, post cartoons or move the blog posts to the middle and ditch the side bar stuff.

I'll give a play. 

In other, other news, after work we did something we haven't done in years, go out to eat. After that we stopped at Home Depot to walk through the Halloween display. Then ended the night under the covers, on the couch, in the dark, re-watching Harry Potter. 

Not too shabby.

With that, I wish you a yummy weekend ahead as I close this post with a Halloween cartoon.

STICK A FORK IN ME (I'm done)

Stick a fork in me I'm done. Although, I gotta say, the last two days some problems bubbled up at work and the old me would have cried first. The new me went straight to problem solving mode, sans tears.

That feels WONDERFUL.

In other news, fries are in the air fryer. Going for simple, quick and easy tonight. For Tim, leftover pizza. 

In other, other news, this is the new area for shooting pictures. That's the baker's rack from the kitchen. Moved it back to the office corner. I'll fill the shelves with camera gear. Nice to have my old corner spot back. I love having a place to shoot stills. 

Check out the mummy below. Saw him and had to snap a shot at the store. I love his little elbows and the resting hand. So stinkin' cute.

And that my Boogerbutts is all that's fit to print. 

Huggs & Bugs, Me. 

DRUMROLL PLEASE ....

Soooo it's Friday morning before work and guess who has three days, count'em three days off in a row? 

In other news, this weekend the project is ... drum roll please ... break down the kitchen and go through every bake dish, spoon, plate, cup, mug, Mason jar and also, dry good ingredients as well as fridge and freezer. 

I haven't done a mass declutter like this since 2016 although, I did do something similar a couple of years ago when I gave away most of my aluminum baking things. Though that was just of that particular category. 

Because when I declutter it's always by category, not by room so any bakeware or cookie cutters hiding the in bedroom closet, those need to come out and boom, everything in one category swept through in three days.

That my folks, is happiness. With that, I wish you a wonderful weekend and leave you with today's cartoon.

Huggs & Bugs, Me.

HELLLOOOOOOOO FRIDAY (now with more popovers)

Whew, whew, whew. I'm POOPED. Pooped, I say, pooped. Also, my brain is FULL because I had three days of training, an hour drive each way. 

I'm tired. 

It's a good tired though because I learned soooo many things at the training and in doing that, resparked my energy for work. I love learning new things then using those new things in real life.

In baking news, popovers, popovers and more popovers. Delightful. Next batch I'm trying fresh herbs to see how that goes. So far I've baked spicy, salty, everything bagel mix, not dogs (fake hot dogs) with non-dairy cheese, cinnamon maple sugar, pumpkin spice and good old salt and pepper. 

So yummy. 

Lastly, a loooooong time ago when the world was flat I featured Friday Question with prizes. Bringing that back today. 

Friday Question: When eating popovers, which combos sound good? To everyone who answers, I award three broken pieces of glass, a paper clip and one rotten toe.

Friday Question: 

Spicy

Salty

Sweet

Savoury

Raspberry

Strawberry

Blueberry

Blueberry Lemon

Pumpkin Spice

Cinnamon Spice

Everything Bagel Mixture

Onion

Onion & Cheese

Hot (or not), Dogs with Cheese

Pepperoni & Cheese

Plain Salt & Pepper

Cranberry

Herb-Style

Garlic 'n Cheese 

Brand New Week (bring on the bakes!)

Good Morning Booootteeeful Bloggers. It's early Monday morning, been up since before the birds and soon to head to work. Here's what I freakin' love. Waking up WAY before leaving for work and using that time to get crap DONE!

Doing this gives me a boost in energy to use toward to demands of the outside-of-the-home, work week. 

Love that! 

In other news, I'm groovin' on the song by Luke Combs from the Twisters soundtrack. Up next, see the movie. Saw Wolverine a few weeks ago. He was delicious. My only complaint is that the Wolverine didn't have his shirt off enough during the movie. 

In other, other news, homemade popovers seasoned with everything bagel seasoning are cooling on the table. Bringing them to work today. And, and, and, working on that banana bread formula to share here. This weekend I made Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread in mini loaves. Those who don't like, ginger, cinnamon, glove and nutmeg, no biggie. Easy enough to leave the spices out. Still a darn yummy bake. More to come on that front. 

For now, That about wraps things up. Cheers and boogie boogie! 

And .....

THAT CALLS FOR A TRIPLE HOT DOG

Hey Bloggers. It's been a hot minute. Guess what? Lots of good things going on and some I'll have to share later. For now, I'm popping in from Barnes to say HOWDY! I also started bringing the tablet to work during lunch and it's been nice to read blogs there. 

In other news, I just bought new bluelight readers using Barnes Rewards which paid for a third of the price and these are crazy comfortable. So comfortable that I broke out the tablet to give them a go.

Hot dog. 

In other, other news sooooo much writing food and baking going on in the kitchen. I even set up the C-stand to shoot videos in the kitchen, which is something I really, really didn't think I wanted to get back into. Turns out I was wrong. So I've been editing food videos before work and filming recipes after work. Really going well and when I edit/write before work, I often have a much, much better day at the job. Which by the way, I still have.

Double hot dog. 

Did I mention how comfy these glasses are? Good golly they're nice. I never used bluelight glasses before. Already my eyes feel refreshed and less tired. I'd say that calls for a triple hot dog.

Lastly, the lung issues are well-past gone though I still don't have full-smells back. Some things I smell and others, just don't compute. Taste, I never lost. Funny thing, before all of this, I believed smell and taste were forever married to each other. Nopers. 

Lastly, lastly, bring on Halloween and autumn. Leaves here already turning, walnuts hitting the ground and I freakin' LOVE it. Monster of Frankenstein cartoon up top, little Sally below and more spooky fun to come. 

That's all for now my wonderful Boogerbutts. 

Chat again soon. 

Huggs and Halloween Bugs, Me.