Happy Halloween!

All dressed up and ready to go to watch the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall for Mahler's resurrection but I thought I'd get in the Halloween spirit thanks to Zombify.

Happy Halloween! Time to get my culture on, yo!

Moving on out!

It's official.  I'm moving to Greece!  Just kidding.  Wouldn't that be amazing?  Actually I'm moving about 40 minutes north of Grand Central, and in with J, and all things Greek.  I'm super excited, but also a little nervous...things are so great...what if they're horrible once we live together? What if he suddenly finds me annoying? What if he won't let me decorate for Christmas?! Gasp! I think it will be fine, I'm actually more excited than nervous.

In the meantime, I'm living half here, half there, and trying to pack stuff and clean, and it looks like my apartment exploded! :(

I'm going to miss this apartment and it's charm, but I'm not going to miss the drafty windows, the unreliable heat, the ceiling fan that doesn't turn off, or the fact that it's not my apartment and almost everything in here belongs to someone else.  I feel like I've been house-sitting for the past year and a half, and paying for it. 

Oooooh Spooky......

But not really....perfectly family friendly.  I barely have a voice still so all night I kept saying, "oooh spooky" in a strange warbly half-squeak, half growl voice which was I'm sure made everyone else's night. 

We went to the Great Jack-O-Lantern Blaze in Historic Hudson Valley, and it did not disappoint.  Even though I had to pretend to be better until it was over so that J wouldn't say I was too sick, it was worth it!   I probably should have stayed home, I'm definitely worse today, but I'll recover, and this event sells out, so you can't just go a different day!

Zombies & Cookies

Oh my goodness I'm sick.  J is annoyed that I keep saying I'm better so that I can go to holiday, but I love holidays!  Especially when get-togethers call for themed sugar cookies, I must have washed my hands a million times, and these were SO tasty. 

We went to J's friend's Halloween get together where everyone drank, and ate cheese platters until we convinced the host that we were too hungry for cheese platters and zombie cookies.  The cookies were a huge hit, and are enjoying some Instagram fame.  Unfortunately, I'm the zombie now, no voice at all and so tired, but must rally for the Great Jack-O-Lantern Blaze on Tuesday night!

Target had this zombie sugar cookie kit on sale, but I just swiped the cookie cutters and used my mom's standard recipe and homemade icing

Maiden Voyage of the S.S. KitchenAid

It's funny how you grow up, and suddenly the things that you see your parents doing become your standard of adulthood.  My mom always baked, and always had a KitchenAid stand mixer.  How do people live without one?

I recently came across a screaming deal online, and so I splurged.  I was contemplating returning, and then I made banana bread and I just can't stop mixing things...