Pumpkin Because it doesn t make any sense

So let me tell you a story.  It’s about a young woman of a certain age living in a great townhouse in a bedroom community.  She had been living in this home for years, and was quite happy.  Even the neighbors had proven to be friendly. This home had a back yard.  Nothing fancy, really.  It was the right size for the townhouse.  Her blind dog Zeke considered it his last sanctuary between him and the big bad world.  It had a good amount of grass and half the yard was in shade all day from her deck... read more

So about a month ago, Jorge and I had a HUGE craving for pumpkin pie around 12 midnight. So we went to Safeway on Ocean Beach (it's 24hrs), but they didn't have it. Not out by the baking area or in the freezers. So we thought of going to a different Safeway, and then on the way saw DeLano's (another grocery store open 24 hr), and decided to go there. Well, we found the pie...it cost $17, because it's "handmade" in Marin. Okay, whatever, we desperately wanted pie. So when we got home, we started...

I've found that sometimes I go a relatively long time without posting, and when I finally get around to it, I have so much I need to say! Well, hopefully I kept my birthday update short enough to hold your attention till the end. Now, for the FUN! I made Pumpkin Spice bread last week and it was oh so delicious. So, I'm posting up the recipe (does anyone ever try them? I hope I'm not wasting space with these recipies) and I hope that you all get to enjoy the wonderfulness of Pumpkin Spice Bread...

I've found that sometimes I go a relatively long time without posting, and when I finally get around to it, I have so much I need to say! Well, hopefully I kept my birthday update short enough to hold your attention till the end. Now, for the FUN! I made Pumpkin Spice bread last week and it was oh so delicious. So, I'm posting up the recipe (does anyone ever try them? I hope I'm not wasting space with these recipes) and I hope that you all get to enjoy the wonderfulness of Pumpkin Spice Bread...

  Here is a scarry Alexis wearing her new hand knit Pumpkin Hat.   It is made of 100% wool from Brown Sheep's Lanaloft.  I used the colors Marmalade and Sandstone Cove. The needles size is US #8 circular.  The pattern is a handout (I paid $) from my LYS.   It Knit up really fast.  And one last picture of a happy little girl in her pumpkin hat.  She lost her front teeth just for Halloween!!! Or was it because she is 7 yrs.old?

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I present to you, Pumpkin Cheesecake. Here's the list of ingredients: Crust 2 ¼ cups of graham cracker crumbs ¼ cup of sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground cloves ¾ cups of unsalted butter, melted Filling 1 1/3 cups sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground cloves ¼ tsp ground allspice ½ tsp salt 1 15-oz. can pumpkin 1 ½ pounds (3 packages) cream cheese, left to soften at...