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Tacos and Spooky Books

 Happy Tuesday!

A happy taco Tuesday to you as well. I like to think of Monday evening as “taco Tuesday eve.”

Some people are either in the corn tortilla, or flour tortilla camp. I like both, but I like making homemade flour tortillas. This is a really great recipe. However, I also love taco shells, and that's the kind I'm having tonight. With a side of refried beans, of course.

Now that October is just around the corner, I have to start thinking about appropriate Halloween-ish reading. Last Halloween, I listened to the audiobook, Dracula, by Bram Stoker.


That was a terrifying story. Whenever I hear “Carpathian Mountains” mentioned, my mind instantly goes to Dracula.

So for this year's spooky book, I'm thinking of reading Frankenstein. Hopefully it won't scare me as much as Dracula!

Meanwhile, although Sampler September is wrapping up, I feel that I've made good progress on my latest chart, Red Alphabet Sampler.


As October is in a few days, in my next post, you'll see Trick-Or-Treat Moon again. Boo!

Happy stitching!

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