Pumpkin Spice French Toast

It’s that time of year again. You see everything pumpkin spice in the grocery store except peanut butter and I would not be surprised if they have that too.

I am not a fan of Pumpkin spice but I try. I will try the flavor every season. Maybe one day I’ll acquire a taste for it. This time, the pumpkin spice swirl bread caught my eye. I love this bread in strawberry but I thought I’d give this Fall flavor a try. It was actually good. It was sweet and didn’t have too much spice.

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Waffles are my favorite breakfast food, but French toast comes in a close second. I glanced over at the new bread and knew I had some egg beaters in the fridge. Pumpkin Spice French toast sounded like a great idea.

I pulled the pan from the cabinet and sprayed it with spray butter.
I added a couple tablespoons of liquid egg to a plate. Just enough to coat my bread on each side.

I remember mom used to make french toast and it would have a ruffle of egg on the edges. I would normally use real egg but these egg beaters fit better in my diet.

I fried the toast on each side until lightly golden then topped with a few walnuts and sugar free syrup.

It was delicious and easy.

What is your favorite Pumpkin spice treat? 

The Poncho

As I keep taking a shot of this whole fashion post thing, I have learned that my yard is not as private as I wish. The other day I peeped around to make sure no neighbors were at home so I could take some photos using my tripod and wireless photo snapper. No one was at home so I ran outside to set up my camera. I turned around after a minute and the teenage neighbor across the street was at the end of his driveway snapping photos of me with his camera (not phone camera, but big camera). I just waved at him since he does not understand English and I ran inside. So that's why most of my photos are taken inside the house with no natural back grounds or lighting. I hate it but, I'm a little bashful doing my own fashion show for the neighborhood.

Now to The Poncho:

When I was younger, my mom made me the most colorful little poncho. It was made for me to wear over my bathing suit.

It was brightly stripped with colors of summer and was always too big. It hung off my shoulders and down to my ankles. I always thought it looked like this.......

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Ha ha ha- Just kidding...Not really. 

It was basically a circle of pom pom trimmed terry cloth with a large hole for my head and two small holes for my arms. This was back in the 70’s and I do not remember ever wearing it then, but here it is today.

This poncho has hung in my closet for years. I would look at it and thought I needed a sombrero to wear with it.

I never wanted to get rid of this piece of clothing. There was always something about it that made me want to keep it. 

Maybe it’s the bright colors with the cute pom pom trim.

Maybe it was because it was like a blanket.

Or maybe it was just because my mom made it for me and that's something special.

My daughter would play with this poncho when she was small. She liked to put it on and twirl around while she danced. 

Now when she gets into my closet and sees ‘The Poncho’, she laughs and says “Mom, you still got that thing?"

"Yes, I think I’ll keep it for my grandchildren".