Is fall here?

its nearing Halloween time, people are asking "Do you have plans for thanksgiving?" And of course thoughts turn to what gifts can I make for Christmas? We will be in the 90's today but when I got a craving for fall soup, I made it anyway.

Tried the first sample with cheese-something I don't usually do...and won't do again. Soup should not string when you eat it!

It starts out like chili but I like a bit of pasta in it so by day two it looks less like chili and more like goulash.

The underlying fact here is I cooked! The scales and I had a talk Saturday and we are not friends right now. Thus, cooking needs to happen more and less of the "I'll just have a sandwich" mentality.

Today I don my work armor and will attempt to complete the workday with grace and dignity.