If you want your house to smell DIVINE and you are looking for a sweet treat to add to your breakfasts/afternoon snack game, make these Pumpkin Pecan Biscotti. They’re filled with pumpkin spice and studded with pecans. They have just the right amount of sweetness to enhance a morning.
Make a batch. Invite a friend over for coffee & biscotti. Daydream about pumpkin patch visits, warm scarves and fireplace moments.
This month was a busy one. It also felt kinda long? We’re back into school. We’re into the swing of things! My brother and his wife moved to San Francisco. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Cooper had a few baseball tournaments that took us away for a few weekends. I had quite a few social commitments, met my dad’s girlfriend and worked myself out of a funk. Being around positive people HELPS.
My grief doesn’t take up as much space in my brain as it used to. But when it hits, IT HITS. One of the side effects of sharing my journey online is that I get a lot of messages from people dealing with a loss as well. I am so honored that I am able to help someone else’s journey by sharing mine. It’s just that sometimes I find myself pulled back into grief (after having a period of feeling OK) when someone messages me about their grief. It’s a good problem to have, I guess. Focusing on helping others helps. We all need to be reminded that our life on this Earth is limited. Let’s not waste it.
This weekend was fun AND productive. We had a date night! Cooper had a sleepover and we went out to dinner. It was nice to have some quality time and no solid plans. A lazy morning just the two of us was needed after having baseball two weekends in a row.
On the productive frton, I helped my friend clean out her pantry:
before:
after:
The best part is that I WAS ON A ROLL. Working in someone else’s space made me go on a cleaning/organizing binge when I got home. We cleaned out the garage, cleaned the inside of my car, organized the kitchen and started laundry. It feels so good to start the week with a clean car.
Note to self: add vacuum out the car to Cooper’s chore list. He rocked it!
Need a project done? See if you can barter with your friend! My friend is going to help me with gardening now. Need to get focused? Set a 20-minute timer and challenge yourself.
This week I am headed to New Mexico for a wedding.
Got any food recommendations for Santa Fe? Let me have them!
I have a lot to do before then.
Cooper turns TEN on Tuesday! Gotta make him some treats and CELEBRATE!
Let’s get my Intentions for the Week to start to mentally prepare me for all I have to do. HERE WE GO
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/ Cooking Scrappy
