November pushed October out of the way before I realized what was going on

I have no idea what happened to the last two weeks. It's Thursday, November 3rd. Spaceboy's 3rd birthday is the 16th and I have been caught completely off guard. I have some vague ideas about baking a cake and having guests over, and then the next week baking a turkey for our Thanksgiving meal with the in-laws and their entourage (I think this year is including two friends of the family, one girlfriend, and two girlfriend's sisters in addition to the family). Last year at this time I was already making lists and taking notes, even buying some ingredients. This year I'm just trying to not get snowed under while scaling Laundry Mountain.

Here's a picture of my living room, because I think some of you got a kick out of what it looked like before. Not a whole lot has changed, although I did organize my sewing table.

I had a post planned, it was going to be about delicious soups that are almost as easy as opening a can, but ten times as delicious. Then I noticed the date and got all flustered. Maybe I'll try again later. Until then, here's a teaser.