I'd rather be walking in a field of flowers

I find that I'm very pleased that tomorrow is Friday. I am very ready for the weekend. We don't have a lot planned, just a movie on Saturday morning and then football on Sunday, but just the act of hanging out, sleeping in, and perhaps reading some and taking a nap is a decadent one for me right now. All things concerned, it hasn't been a great week, but it could have been worse. And now I'm eager for it to be over.

    We did finish the first season of "Titans" tonight, and began the second season, as well as watch a little bit of the football. Since Brian was home when I got home, we watched a couple of our shows, and then moved on to the football and such. Entertainment is a good thing, friends!

And I've just started watching them alone

I've been watching a movie here and there this week. There are a few on the streaming services that Brian isn't interested in that I want to see, so I've decided to just start watching them. Yesterday, I watched "No Sudden Move." Today, I watched the documentary, "Val," about Val Kilmer. Both were good, neither were great, but I feel better having put my eyes on them, having added myself to the numbers who have watched the films, thereby promoting Brendan Fraser and Val. There are a couple more I want to see, but I can't think of them right now. I should have a running tally, but I never think of that when I'm thinking of the movies.

"Titans" is a good show; we're liking it

Tonight's agenda includes watching a few more episodes of the show, "DC's Titans." It's a grown-up version of the 'Teen Titans" cartoon, and is a live-action, adult situations show. The third season has just started streaming on HBO Max, and the advertisements intrigued Brian and I enough so that we started watching it from the beginning last week. We're several episodes into the first season, and very much enjoying it. It's unfortunate that a new show comes along just as football season begins, because now there's no time for television on Monday, Thursday or Sunday. But we'll soldier through, as we do. I've got the show queued up for once Brian gets home.

    I've got the movie "The Mummy Returns" on my television right now, and Brendan Fraser is making me quite happy. He's awesome. I'm very pleased with the Fraser renaissance happening in film lately, and am very into supporting it. There is so far one movie, "No Sudden Move," that he stars in that I have access to. Sadly, I haven't watched it yet. JJ didn't really like it very much, and I kinda want to watch it with Brian, but I don't have the energy to argue for it, I suppose. I guess I'm waiting for it to land on one of my movie channels. Okay, so I decided to go hunting for it, and have found it on HBO Max. I just started it. I guess I'll have an opinion in bit.

I'd like nachos again this week, please

I did have nachos the other day, and they were delicious. I was down a full pound last Friday, so that felt super good, and I totally celebrated with a plate full of chips covered in black beans and a ton of cheese. That may just become my cheat meal of choice, as everything else I eat can be enjoyed in moderation and still be within my points. I feel like the nachos are totally not that.

    Our Pumpkin/Pumpkin Spice Challenge is going well. We've tried a few more things: a pumpkin spice latte, a pumpkin tart and a pumpkin/brownie poke. I have no idea what a poke is, but it seems to be a kind of muffin? It's heavier than a cupcake, but that may have been the brownie in it. Anyway, Sprinkles has its pumpkin cupcake right now; we have a pumpkin whoopee pie on the counter downstairs; and I'm waiting for the pumpkin coffee I saw at AJ's to return. Also, Nothing Bundt Cakes has its pumpkin cake available for now. What I'm saying is that this Challenge is a commitment.

    For the first time in many weeks, Sydney and I don't have a single appointment in the afternoon at all this week. I hadn't thought too much about that until I realized it early this morning, and I gotta tell you, it's pretty awesome. It's like a carefree week that will only cost me my lunch money.

Yes, definitely nachos and maybe Ikea

So because Sydney had an appointment this afternoon, I have already missed out on a day of writing from the sofa in the afternoon. Also, because of football.

    Alas, tomorrow is Friday. On that day, I will weigh in for my Weight Watchers. I honestly don't expect to be down at all, and if I am I'll be very pleasantly surprised, but I do know that I did pretty well this week, but I definitely know where my failings were, and next week I'll do better. Having said that, I'm also definitely having nachos I think for lunch tomorrow, and yummy breakfast on Sunday. So there's that.

    Sydney and I have a Super Secret Girl Day on Saturday, and I'm compiling our options for the day. We'll see how the kiddo feels, and move forward from there. There are no movies at the theater for us this weekend, which sucks, but there is a lot of streaming television for us all to sit for.

Pumpkin/pumpkin spice is the name of the game

As far as Septembers go, this one is going okay. I figure that as long as the days are still in the single digits, I can still celebrate the month as a new one. I had wanted to get through one full month of postings, just a single month where I manage to post every night, and that has not happened, nor do I think it'll happen before the end of the year. I'm too late for September, I have out-of-town weekends in October and November, and December is December, meaning so much other stuff going on.

    So having given up on the posting-every-day goal for the month, I have grasped a new and more interesting and calorie-stuffed experience for September. Sydney and I have decided to taste every pumpkin and/or pumpkin spice item we come across this season. Duly noted, that is a whole lot of items. I've had three things so far: pumpkin scone, pumpkin tart, brownie/pumpkin poke. And irritatingly, of all of those things, Sydney hasn't tried any of them. She was all in when we discussed this initially, but since then, she's bailed on the tasting. So I've been tasting and tossing out the second half. I don't want to eat it all, per Weight Watchers, but to be committed to the experience, I do have to at least take a couple bites. All the better to have an intelligent opinion. I already have another item, and have yet to get my pumpkin spice latte, so there is a lot of ground yet to cover.

    What else? Oh yeah, I'm posting right now from my sofa in the living room in the early evening. I've decided that I need to start posting in the afternoons. Waiting until nighttime when I'm upstairs isn't working out too well lately. So for now, I'll be taking my posting to an earlier time slot.