This day started off on a super high note. How could it not with this for breakfast?

Hello, fabulous. Looking mighty fine. I nabbed two thick slices of my Pumpkin Carrot Cake Bread I whipped up yesterday afternoon along with a banana for my breakfast this morning.

It looks like a small breakfast, but it was actually really filling and satisfying. That bread is so dense, but still so moist, chewy, and nutty. It’s perfection. As Chandler would say.

I also had two cups of coffee because I simply had to go back for a second cup. I didn’t have iced coffee ready (sad day) so had to settle with the hot stuff. I figured if I was going to make hot coffee and have some pumpkin flavah, then why not do some pumpkin coffee?

I tossed a hefty sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice directly into my coffee grounds and brewed up my coffee. It gives it a subtle pumpkin taste, but such a rich aroma.

How I get my pumpkin coffee fix most of the time. Have to save on the moolah.

After breakfast and reading/playing with the kids for awhile, I decided to actually shower before 10 am today. It’s a rare occurrence. I even remembered to put on my everyday body lotion with SPF.

Yet another thing I have been slacking on. I’m good at remembering the SPF face lotion, but I haven’t been on top of my game with the body lotion. Why did it matter today? Because in my mind it will keep  my dermatologist from scolding me for being overdue for a check-up.

Kind of like flossing the week you have a dentist appointment or taking extra time to style your hair before a salon visit.

So, I had the pleasure of spending an hour of my day getting looked over head to toe. Well, only about 20 minutes was the actual check-up. Why do doc offices insist you spend most of your waiting time naked in paper robes staring at a white wall? Just how I want to spend my time.

The visit went well though. I had one mole removed to get tested…which seems to happen every time. I’m not too concerned but better safe than sorry. I’m just a mole-y, freckle-y gal. Which automatically makes me think of that scene from Austin Powers with the mole. Moley moley moley moley. Moooolllllleeeeeeee.

Well, I think I better end that post here before I spew any other randomness at you. Hope you’re having a great afternoon!

• Do you regularly visit a dermatologist?
• Do you do anything to “special prep” for certain appointments?

I woke up in a crabby mood this morning. My “ow ow ow” run didn’t particularly help things. I think I just needed some good food to resolve the cranky pants issue at hand.

In my wildest dreams we could have the fresh fruit of summer with the fall weather and traditions, plus the goodies of holiday baking. I scored two out of three of those today. Fall weather has decided to go AWOL for the time being.

Now that the temperatures have soared back up in the 90s I want the fresh, sweetness of summer fruits. I sadly know things like fresh berries and peaches will soon form a distant memory in my mind, so I have decided to do my dang best at eating them in mass quantity before I let that happen.

I find fresh peaches so finicky. They stay hard as a rock and not nearly juicy enough for what seems like for-ev-er and then suddenly turn into rotten mush. I thought my last of three peaches from my groceries this week would have bit the dust by this morning. Imagine my delight when I discovered the perfect juicy peach. Half of that sucker went right atop my oats along with some berries.

The other half went right into my belly, of course. I needed something to occupy my mouth while my breakfast cooked nuked.

The perfect breakfast. I shall miss you, fruit, in the coming fall and winter months! Thank goodness for Honeycrisp apples to ease my woes.

And for holiday/seasonal baking. It makes me smile. So, I will bust open a can of pumpkin (pumpkin pie mix fail has been resolved!) and bake up a pumpkin good even with things still teetering between summer and fall. Fall themed baking and fresh summer produce all in one day? Yes, it’s what dreams are made of.

Just like this Pumpkin Carrot Cake Bread.

Oh, ho ho. You read that right. I had mad cravings for carrot cake muffins…and then for pumpkin bread. Let’s allow the two to meet, get a little frisky, and craft this love baby. It may have ruined dinner because I couldn't stop "taste-testing", but it was sooo worth it.

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Moral of the story: Good food can definitely mend a sour attitude. Especially when it features the best of both worlds.

• What would the season of your dreams look like? Activities, foods, etc?
• After the reader request topic of more details on blogging money, I thought there might be other topics of interest out there. Any topics you would like me to cover?