1. Cinnamon sugar donuts made from (get this!) canned biscuit dough. No lie. These are so simple to make (claims my husband, since he's the one who actually makes them). You take a small can of biscuits, a deep fryer (or a pot of oil on the stove), an apple corer, and sugar/cinnamon mixed in a bowl. Preheat the oil or deep fryer. Open the biscuits -- does anyone else (aside from me and my friend LL) call these "whomp biscuits?" Anyway, open the biscuits and use the apple corer to cut a small hole in the center of each biscuit. Drop the pieces you just removed into the oil -- they will immediately puff up. When they are evenly browned, take them out and drain them on a napkin/paper towel/etc. Drop the biscuits into the oil. Let them cook evenly on each side. In the meantime, take the donut holes and coat them in the sugar/cinnamon mix. Do this while they are still hot because the sugar will stick better. Once the donuts are finished cooking on both sides, allow them to drain briefly and then douse them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Simple.
2. We've spent a lot of time at soccer games these past few weekends. Cass's season is now over, but Cami will still be playing up through the first week of November.
3. "Cami, don't play cards with that stuffed animal."
"Why not?"
"'Cause he's a big cheetah!"
4. Words cannot explain just how much I adore this face. Of all the adorable photos I have of her, THIS ONE is my favorite. Without a doubt.
5. The perfect place to spend a somewhat rainy fall Saturday. Sharing it with my sister makes it even better. Even if there were crazy old-man cops and scary black vans.
6. Chris's desire to have a house with a view like this is really starting to rub off on me. I'm still not sure if I'd be okay with the 30-minute drive, in reality, or not.
7. I honestly think I buy more flowers in the fall than I do in the spring. That doesn't make sense, but I can never turn down a huge bouquet of sunflowers like this.
8. I love to just soak up all the little details.
9. All week long, she has wandered through the house, looking for her girls. She will be happy when they are both finally back home. So will I.
10. Our living room TV (the only one in our house, I should add) finally gave up the ghost. It's a 19-inch that we've had for 18 years; I won it at my high school Project Graduation in May 1993. We finally decided to replace it after it started malfunctioning this week (the power button quit working, so you had to plug it in / unplug it to watch it). We got a 42" LCD LED flatscreen and it looks huge in our living room. It will take a while to adjust, I think.
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