TMST: If you had to teach a class or give a TED Talk, what would it be about?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general hosted by That's What I'm Talking About

This week's TMST is if I had to teach a class or give a TED talk, what would it be about?

And OH MY GOODNESS.. I could talk about books, movies (Especially horror), photography, cryptids, mushrooms, gardening, crafting, zombies, and survival for HOURS. 

Which might be why I talk about all of that on my blog.

Or homeschooling, that would be good too.

What about you? What could you teach a class or give a ted talk on?

Top Ten Tuesday: These Make Me Happy

 

Top Ten is an original feature/weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl that features a great bookish top ten every week.

Oh man, there is SO MANY books that just when I think of them I feel so happy. These are 10 books that I grew up reading that just make me feel nostalgic. 
The Shadow Children series is the series that got me into reading, Goosebumps (Specifically Say Cheese and Die and Monster Blood), Fear Street (Specifically Hide and Shriek) are all books I read as a child that shaped me into the reader I am now. 

Brothers, Boyfriends, and Other Criminal Minds is the first book I remember reading at book club. Beauty, Twilight, The Named, and Uglies are all books I read as a teenager with friends. 

And Harry Potter, specifically Deathly Hallows, was such a pivotal book in my teenage years, I remember going to the midnight release of it at Hastings (Man I miss Hastings.. Those were the days)

It's Monday! How About a Check-In?

It's Monday! How About a Check-in? Is a weekly feature I created to post updates on any goals, challenges, etc. 

This is my first one! I am not quite sure how I want to format it, so this might change over the weeks. For now... I guess I'll just do my challenges.

Goodreads

2026 reading challenge: 

Seasonal reading challenge Fall 2026:

The Seasonal Reading Challenge is a group I help run on Goodreads, and every three months we have new tasks to complete! For fall it runs from 9/1-11/30

I've finished 15 out of 54 tasks

I've read 21 out of 71 books! 

Pick One For Me:

This one is from the group

Every month someone picks 3 books off my list for me to read that month. So this will change monthly.

I've read 0/3 so far.

Movies:

2026 31 Days of Halloween Horror Challenge:

Here is my list in order, I'm a day behind because Finn was at his dad's. But we will get caught up today. If there is an original or remake we are trying to watch both, but at the very least we're watching the one Finn hasn't seen/the one that fits the prompt.

And that is where I am right now! More next week!

What challenges are you doing? Have you completed any?

Awe Monday! First Meeting

   

Awe (Awww) Mondays is hosted by Comedy Plus! Just post a photo that makes you say AWE! and link up.

I absolutely love this photo, this was at her 95th birthday party and it was her first time meeting her great great grandson. I am so grateful that I got to capture this moment.

Finn's Noms: Broccoli and Cheese Stromboli

 

Finn's Noms is a weekly feature where Finn picks recipes out of the (many) cookbooks we have, and then cooks them for us!

Finn made a broccoli and cheese stromboli! He also made garlic roasted green beans, but that wasn't from the cookbook.

What book: Cookbook for Kids 

What recipe: Broccoli and Cheese Stromboli

Did we change anything: We just doubled it 

Why we chose that recipe: It looked tasty

Thoughts:

It was really good, it needed more protein though. 

There wasn't many steps but the steps themselves were lengthy, it was really easy to cook however. 

Would we change anything

Definitely needs protein. Maybe chicken?- Ash

Adding protein, probably chicken- Finn

Would we cook it again.

Yeah!

3.5/5 Yums

I really liked this one, I almost always love what Finn makes, but this one was so simple. It was easy and quick to make and it was yummy.

My only complaint is it didn't have any protein really, so adding chicken and maybe like a cheddar cheese would really add to the flavor plus adding in the protein. It would have helped to stretch it further too so we had leftovers.

The green beans were also simple but so good.

Next week we will be making Hasperat!