Mushroom Log Workshop

Joe, Saylor, and I attended a mushroom log workshop. I've never been a fan on mushrooms in culinary terms until VERY recently. But, Joe has always loved them, and is very fascinated in how they work. His interest sparked mine as well. We met a really nice couple at the farmer's market. They had a booth with all these different types of fungi. The talked us into coming and doing this workshop and we had a BLAST! We'll be going to the coast this weekend the the Yachats Mushroom Festival as well. They'll have more workshops and guided mushroom picking tours. So cool! It feels good to get out and learn new things in a hands on environment!

In other news, the 'house buying bug' has bitten both me and Joe again. The fact that we rent is OK, but we both feel really unproductive just throwing money away each month, and having nothing to show for it. It's bitten us a couple of times, but now since I'm working it's seeming a little more plausible. We'll see!

The rain has come and shouldn't go away for a while now! But it's nice having our green grass come back. We biked downtown in the pouring rain yesterday and it was so much fun! We have rain pants/jackets for all 3 of us, plus Saylor is in her rain safe bike carrier. As long as your body stays dry and warm, it stays fun!

Not sure if I mentioned that Saylor's old bike trailer got stolen a month or so ago. But on my way to work yesterday, I passed a homely looking gentleman towing it behind his bike. I just smiled. I was glad to see that someone less fortunate was getting good use out of it, even though I wish he could have gone about it in a more honest way. Truly, if he had just asked me, I would have given him permission to have it! But that's OK.

I hope everyone is LOVING this fall weather and is getting stoked about the plethora of fun holidays that are soon to come. My favorite, HALLOWEEN! Saylor is going to be a "scary ghost"! Not sure what Joe and I will do for Thanksgiving. We have a lot of friends who will be staying in Oregon and missing the time with their families as well, so maybe we'll do a big pot luck! I think I'm finally confident enough in my cooking this year to attempt the turkey!! (?) I'm already getting ready for Christmas, too! Looking forward to getting crafty this year! Well poor Joe- he really doesn't like cinnamon. But fall isn't fall to me without pumpkin, cinnamon EVERYTHING, so I have to wait until he leaves, but then our house gets febreezed, candled, and incensed to smell like HOLIDAY SPIRIT!

Love to you all!