september wrap up: country music and pizza.

Here is my monthly wrap up of some of the things I’ve watched, eaten or drank, or just loved for the month of September. Happy Fall!

What I’m watching:
I’m continuing to watch PBS and this month I have been riveted by Ken Burns’ documentary miniseries Country Music. It’s an 8-part series that recounts the beginning of country music and its rise in America. Starting in the early years of country music with the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, each episode covers approximately a different decade and ends in the mid-1990s.

I thought this documentary was fascinating. It contains interviews with numerous artists and people in the industry and is filled with photographs and footage. I guess I had never thought about how any of the music genres had begun but it was interesting to learn the beginnings of country music and how the country sound has evolved over the years. Whether or not you are a fan of country music, I think this is an engaging documentary filled with history.

What I’m eating:
Pizza. Pizza almost every weekend. Sometimes I feel like I am obsessed with pizza! Usually, I buy either a frozen pizza from the grocery store which can last me a couple days or I’ve been making french bread pizza. To make french bread pizza, I get a small baguette, cut it in half and smother it in pizza sauce and cheese, and pop that into the oven for about 10 minutes or so. It’s an easy and quick way to satisfy my pizza craving.

P.S. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve burnt my mouth on pizza because I can’t wait for it to cool down. Why is it that whenever you order pizza at a restaurant, it’s always delivered to my table at a tolerable temperature but when I make it at home I have to let it sit for 10 minutes after I pull it out of the oven?

What I’m loving:
I was trying to think of what I am loving this month and then it hit me yesterday at lunch. I had walked over to the library to browse and check out some books and I realized I’ve been really using the library this month. I had a number of holds come available all at once and I have just been reading up a storm. Not that the library doesn’t make me happy every month, but I feel like I’ve been getting a lot of use out of it lately! So, the library is what I have been loving this month.

See you next month!