Good evening bloggy faces. Can you believe it is already November! Where has the year gone!? I have really found that as I get older, the time seems to fly by faster and faster. It seems like we just had Christmas, and now I am already looking forward to another Christmas season - but I am not complaining - I LOVE Christmas!!

I was in the mall this past weekend looking for Halloween stuff, when I noticed that the shelves were bare of Halloween products and were starting to fill up with Christmas chocolates, gifts, and wrap. I must admit - it made me giddy! I cannot wait to start Christmas shopping, and baking, and decorating!! Ooooooh, there is nothing better in my opinion! When do you start getting in the Christmas spirit? For me, it is right after Halloween!

This morning for breakfast I had mocha, banana oats:



- 1/4 cup chocolate milk, 1/4 cup coffee, 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 pureed banana
- coconut and Chia seeds sprinkled on top



Lunch was leftover mac and cheese from supper last night:



And an apple:

This evening for dinner I had a Banquet for my professional confederation and union. I did not feel like it was appropriate for me to take a photo of my dinner in front of all my superintendents, etc. - you understand :-)

This is what I ate:

• 2 slices roast beef
• 1/2 cup mashed potato
• 1/4 of a bun with margarine
• 1/4 cup garden salad with Italian dressing
• 3 T pasta salad
• 1/2 a small cabbage roll
• 1 glass red wine
• 1 mini brownie

The hubby has been busy working in our basement lately - painting baseboards, and putting them on, putting together our built-in computer desk, installing the suspended ceiling etc.. I look forward to the day (in the VERY near future) when I can have my hubby back! (And to when I can show you all the before and after pics!!!!)

Fortunately he just asked if I wanted to watch a show with him :-) We love catching up on our PVR'd shows! Which shows do you PVR? or TIVO? Or Tape?

Good morning lovelies! Thank-you so much for all the sore throat remedies - I am going to try them all because I find sore throats UNBEARABLE!!
A couple of people commented that dinner last night looked good ... the reason I didn't post the recipe, is that it wasn't that great!
The hubby only ate half of his. I like mine and ate it all, but it wasn't the best pasta I've ever had. If anyone really wants the recipe I will happily share it though ... just thought I should let you know why I didn't post it initially.

For breakfast this morning I wanted an extra blast of nutrients to help fight off this cold.
I made a GREEN Monster with about 1 cup of this:

One of these:



3 Giant Handfuls of this:



One package of this:



1 T of this:



And 1 scoop of these (chia seeds):



It was delicious and FULL of nutrients.
Perfect way to start the day, in my opinion.

I am off to work with a cup of black java ... have a great day everyone!