Cool Stuff I Like

Happy Friday! So. How was it? Did you have a fabulous Halloween? Julia loooooved her day. School party, lasagna dinner (her favorite), and for trick or treating we...ventured beyond our neighborhood onto another street. She and her pals were impressed with themselves. I was not impressed with myself because I wore my boots and my boots are not good trekking around boots. My mom brought over her puppy and he pooped on our floor. I just feel like I will mention that A LOT because it was very traumatic for me. Guess what! It's not October any more! That's weird, doesn't October seem kind of endless? I'm excited to be done with Halloween though, I have many many other things that I want to talk about. Like dragons, Little House on the Prairie and Moomins. So be on the lookout for that. Also be on the lookout for my new photo website, because guess what, it's pretty much done and it was like going through childbirth all over again getting that thing organized, I tell you. I'll share the link next week, if I can ever stop tinkering with it.


COOL STUFF to me this week:

Spiced Buttermilk Cake with Pears.

Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats.

20 of the Most Beautiful Children's Books in the World.

This is such a cute idea!

Have you ever heard the whole soundtrack from 'Nightmare Before Christmas'? It's really so incredibly awesome.

A whole website devoted to cuteness.

Hello, my name is Melissa and I've already bought an advent calendar.

Did you know these existed? Guess what. They're IN MY HOUSE.


Cool Book of the Week: 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt. OMG I am so so excited for this. Did you guys ever read 'The Secret History'?? It's one of my all-time favorite books. And this one......people are comparing it to Dickens in its scope and 'Great Expectations'-esque vibe. It's supposed to be FABulous. My BFF Amazon says: "The Goldfinch is more than a 700-plus page turner about a tragic loss: it’s also a globe-spanning mystery about a painting that has gone missing, an examination of friendship, and a rumination on the nature of art and appearances." I don't really care what it's about, I'm just so excited that Donna Tartt is writing again!

Have a lovely weekend! We'll be here chillaxing (I promise never to write that word here again) and coming down off of all the candy. You know, I'm not even tempted by all of this candy. But the Trader Joe's mini pumpkin pies in my freezer? THOSE are calling my name....they are wonderful, you should go buy some and help me feel better about buying so many pumpkin products.

~Melissa