Roasted Pumpkin

This past month, I've been doing a bit of cooking here, filling in as needed.  

I've done some baking. too, and, yesterday, I served a spice cake for Sr. Mary Ruth's birthday.  

Although I enjoy cooking, I'm glad that my three day stint is almost over.  It takes some energy planning and preparing meals and doing the dishes and cleanup afterward.

This morning, as I was preparing a family favorite for our entree, Sr. Mary Ruth passed through the kitchen, making a comment about a “cooking pumpkin.”  
 
She saw that I was wearing my jack-o-lantern costume which I’d made with my mom in grade school.
 
She teased that she didn’t smell roasted pumpkin.  I responded that I was a roasting pumpkin, as I was now very warm with my sweater, costume, and apron over my jumper.  Need I mention that I was working with the stove and oven?
 
Later, a nurse from our infirmary stopped through as well.  I decided to show her my costume, as I thought we had talked about it recently.  I took off my apron and she took my picture.
 
This afternoon, having finished cleaning up and doing dishes, I took a look at the photos she had sent me.  I noticed that my costume looked wrinkled.  I hadn’t taken the time to iron it this year, and thought it would be good enough.  
 
Before heading over to St. Gerard’s (our nursing home across the street) to help with trick-or-treaters this evening, I may try and see if I can’t get it pressed.
 
Before that, though, I should get my numbers changed…
 
I am leading Office this week, and thought I was being really on top of things by putting the new numbers up before morning Mass.  I thought I was ahead of the game!
 
However, this afternoon, when I had time to breathe and think, I realized that tonight we begin the celebration of All Saints with Evening Prayer I.
 
The numbers I posted are wrong and will have to be changed!
 
So much for working ahead and being well-prepared!

​Happy All Hallows Eve!