NaBloPo: I ain't got time for that

 

November is a great time for blog fans.  It's National Blog Posting Month which means that some of my favorite bloggers write daily posts.  

I've thought about it for the past few years, but there's no way that I can commit to a daily posting schedule.  This year when folks started talking about it, I made some noise in comments that yeah maybe I would do it but as the time got closer, once again I realized that I just ain't got time for that.  Besides, it's just going to be a bunch of "what I ate" plus random pictures of all of the Halloween candy carnage on the streets that I saw on my lunchtime dog walk.

And then as I saw all of the new posts coming out today I got a case of FOMO.  I still don't want to commit to posting daily so what to do...hmm...in running there's a name for when you aren't registered for a race but you show up on race day and run anyway.  It's called "banditing".  So I'm going to sneak on to the NaBloPo course and run for a long as before I have to drop out because I wasn't prepared.

Want the real scoop on NaBloPo and links to all the good stuff?  Head over to The Inbetween in Mine.

Here are a few random things that have gone down since we last talked.

Halloween 2022 was a success!

We had our traditional Halloween candlelight dinner.  Stepson #1 calls the candles "Skelley Boys" and since Halloween dinner is always pretty rushed and/or I forget about them, we've had them for several years now.  I'm not much of a seasonal decorator;-)

Stepson #1 is a die hard Halloween fan, but for the past few years stepson #2 has been "too old" for such nonsense.  But this year #2 was suddenly all about Halloween again, so he hit the streets with his brother.

Surprisingly we didn't have a ton of traffic, so we didn't have to stand at the door for two hours straight, and we didn't run out of candy, both of which have happened in previous years.  It was just a nice and chill Monday night.  Yes we have leftover candy but we also have two teenagers in the house so it's a problem that will solve itself.

Hubs took a quick look at what was on Amazon Prime and pulled up a seasonally appropriate movie for us to watch in our downtime between trick o' treats.  I know you won't believe it from the trailer, but I am here to tell you that Elvira Mistress of the Dark was an unexpectedly not-bad and overall delightful accompaniment to the evening.

I Have a New Food Obsession

Lately all that my family eats for dinner is tacos and I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that especially since the majority of my meals are taco-adjacent.  I helped them out by making up a big pot of Instant Pot Chipotle Chicken for Sunday dinner.  I was craving tacos as well, but not the kind that anyone else in the family wanted.  I sauteed up a pound of shrimp in Trader Joe's crunchy jalapeno lime onion and let me tell you that it was to die for.  It lasted me for Sunday and Monday dinners and today's lunch and I have another pound of shrimp in the freezer so the odds are 100% that I'll make up another round this week.

Possibly Controversial Seasonal Food Item

Yay or nay?

I love eggnog dearly, but couldn't begin to imagine what eggnog flavored yogurt would taste like so I had to try it.

Verdict: Yay?  It's a bit hard to describe.  Yes it's eggnog flavored yogurt but that doesn't quite do it justice.  The best that can I tell you that it was "interesting in a good way".  I only got one and I won't be going back to TJ's for a while so I may never have the chance but yes, I'd get this again.

That's all I've got for right now!  Expect more of the same for as long as I can keep this up!