It's finally the holiday season! I'm so excited! It seemed like it really snuck up on us this year... I feel like it's barely October! Anyway, I'm happy that the weather is getting cooler and I can start doing fall and winter things. Like making pie! This morning, I made two pies which will hopefully be enjoyed tomorrow, Thanksgiving day. First, I made the classic: Pumpkin Pie...

Pumpkin pie is easily my favorite pie. A lot of pies are too rich for me, but pumpkin pie got it just right. I'm not sure that there's anything pumpkin-based that I wouldn't be a fan of...

For example, my second pie of the day: Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake...

Yum yum yum! Can't wait to eat it!

I can't wait to have a family, if only so that I'll have more mouths to feed. I love making pies, cakes, cookies, etc., but the problem is, it's just me and Paul here to eat it all. And I don't like letting food go to waste.

So, there you have my accomplishment of the day.

Let's take a look at what Paul's been up to ALL DAY...

A new video game came out this morning, Gran Torismo 5. He's been waiting for it for years, he says. It's a racing game. He did warn me that he'd be playing all day. I should have known to take him seriously. Oh, all the great things he could do with his time if it weren't for video games...

Lindsay and Mike's wedding shower is this weekend. I hope it's as great as my bridal shower was. It will sure be different.

I can't believe how fast these past few months have gone by... It's almost December! It will be our first married Christmas. Let's just pray that we have enough money to actually buy each other presents...

Money is annoying.

Okay, so I got that job I interviewed for. and then Paul interviewed for the job and got it, too! And then I quit the job. Ha. It really wasn't the job for me. Actually, up until my second interview for the job where I spent the whole day out with a Sales Consultant, I didn't even know what the job was! And, by the end of the day, I was really unsure if I even wanted the job. In fact, when they sat me down to talk about the day, I was planning on declining the job if they offered it, and hoping that they wouldn't. But, they did and I just couldn't say no. So, that is just my explanation of how I wasn't crazy about the job from the beginning. I feel pretty guilty about quitting, so I have to keep convincing myself it was the right thing to do. Anyway, Paul has the job now and he likes it! In fact, he's out on a business trip this week in Palm Springs. He left early this morning and won't be back until Thursday or Friday. So, I'm home alone all week with no real obligations. Pretty lame. This will be our first night apart since we've been married. :( Well, that's not counting the handful of times he stayed up all night playing video games... But, at least he's making money! He said he made a pretty good amount of money today! Go Paul! So, I'm jobless again. I feel pretty pathetic, but I'm confident it will turn out for the best eventually.

As far as loosing weight, it was going pretty well for a while, and then I bought Halloween candy. I bought it for the trick-or-treaters, but we ate a lot of it before Halloween night. And then it turned out we didn't even get any trick-or-treaters. So, we just ate a lot of candy. Mostly me... bad. So, Halloween wasn't very eventful. We spent the whole day watching football. I'm really starting to get into football. I never thought this would happen. Really. Never ever. I'm watching it right now. By myself. Crazy crazy.

I miss my Pauly.