What I’m Into ~ November edition
Sometimes it’s all about the little things, you know? I love fall for many reasons, but one of my favorite reasons has got to be the pumpkins. 
Pumpkin picking…pumpkin carving…okay, maybe I’m not so much into the carving as I’m into watching my family carve. My job is to roast the seeds. My favorite recipe for these is as follows:
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Heat oven to 375.
Place pumpkin seeds (rinsed, de-gooped, and patted dry), in a thin layer on a greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle with onion powder, garlic salt, and paprika, to taste.
Roast 20 minutes or so, stirring once.
Then of course there’s pumpkin eating. Imagine my delight when, during my most recent foray into Trader Joe’s, I discovered that they are into pumpkin too! I went just a little bit crazy there, finally walking away with Pumpkin O’s, Pumpkin Ravioli, Pumpkin-Butternut Pasta Sauce, Pumpkin Scones, Pumpkin Spice Cookie Butter, Pumpkin Spice Cream-Cheese Muffins, Pumpkin
Bread mix, and Pumpkin Spice Salted Caramels.
So yeah. I’m kinda into pumpkin these days.
I’m also into free books, even when my TBR pile reaches to the ceiling. If you can relate, you may want to know about this sweet deal from LifeVerse Books, where you can subscribe to learn about free (or almost free) inspirational fiction and non-fiction e-books 
every day. Special thanks to Bev, fellow book-lover and Bible-study leader extraordinaire, for making sure I knew about it.
And then there’s this whimsical family portrait, which we siblings gave my parents in celebration of their 50th anniversary. Isn’t it fun? It’s the inspired work of illustrator and storyteller Gracie Klumpp, whom you may remember meeting on my blog earlier this year. Working with Gracie was a complete joy. Her can-do attitude, not to mention the finished result, knocked our socks clean off.
So that’s it for me. What are you into these days?
Katherine, well, you have me hooked! As soon as the month turned I found myself looking forward to reading your “What I’m Into” post. It’s not only enjoyable but gives me new ideas. In fact, I think I told you that I borrowed the idea and am now doing one of these on my own ministry site each month. Just about to hit publish on the November edition. Your family’s pumpkins are so fun! I noticed all the pumpkin products at Trader Joe’s when I was there this weekend, but I ended up with macarons instead! Blessings…
Love hearing from you, Maggie! And am delighted with what you’ve done over on your own site. Super fun. Now I have something to look forward to every month too!
My job is always roasting the pumpkin seeds too. And I so enjoy watching my family carve pumpkins. I look forward to your What I’m Into each month. Thanks so much for sharing your life with us!
Thank you, Paula! Always a pleasure to hear from you.
Thanks for the shout out, Katherine! Your portrait was so much fun to do! Also, I completely second the pumpkin-mania. 🙂
My pleasure, Gracie!
I love that family portrait!! So cute!! And thanks for the heads up on the site – I’m definitely going to check it out.
I have a pumpkin bread recipe waiting for me this weekend 🙂 🙂
Yes! Gracie actually hails from your neck of the woods…Texas. ‘course, that’s a mighty big woods, but still… And yes, you’ll want to check out that site. I grabbed myself a freebie just today.