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A wonderful surprise arrived in our post office box yesterday! I SEE things like this in Somerset Magazines, but I'm not sure I've ever actually held one in my hands before...Thank you, DARLA!

It has found its home on our (fake) fireplace mantel along with the year-old white ceramic pumpkin and the little plastic ornament. Inspired by the all the reminders of the season and the nippy air this morning, I think I shall make some pumpkin soup for our mid-afternoon lunch/dinner today!

BREAKING NEWS! I just "invented" pumpkin soup! 1 chicken bouillon cube dissolved in 1 cup of water, a can of 100% packed pumpkin, about 1/2 cup of chunky peanut butter and milk (I used skim) to make it the desired consistency. A taste test resulted in the addition of some white pepper. Yum! Can't wait to have a bowl this afternoon! I've put ingredients for our favorite bread machine bread into the bread maker. It will go well with the soup, I think.

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UnknownOctober 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Hi Rebecca,
Could anything really be this easy? Pumpkin soup yum yum. Do you know that you were one of my first blogger friends. Thanks for the friendship. In love,Meg
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RebeccaOctober 22, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I didn't realize I was one of the "first", Meg. I'm honored and humbled at the same time.
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Deb ZOctober 22, 2010 at 3:42 PM
The soup sounds delicious. I have some pumpkin puree left from making pumpkin chocolate chip bread. I think you have given me the perfect way to use it. Thanks!!
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JackieOctober 22, 2010 at 4:34 PM
I'm making this!!!
Yummy.. :)))))))))))
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SueOctober 22, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Great surprise in the mail, Rebecca. I must try this soup real soon, and the fresh bread sounds delicious too.
Thank you for coming by today and for your sweet comment, however after 4 attempts to fix my post, blogger for some reason deleted the whole post. lol I decided it was time to take a break, so i went and did laundry, at least I had something to show for the day. lol
Enjoy your weekend,
Hugs,
Sue
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BernieOctober 23, 2010 at 12:58 AM
I think I will try this as well Rebecca, I love everything pumpkin.....:-) Hugs
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RebeccaOctober 23, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Friends, You probably know that many pumpkin soup recipes call for heavy cream and chicken broth (neither of which I had on hand). I'm sure these would have made it even better - but both my husband and I enjoyed it the way I made it.
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Donna's Book NookOctober 23, 2010 at 7:08 AM
I just caught up on reading the last 10 of your blogs! There's no way I can comment on them all. I think the pumpkin soup sounds delicious and want to try it.

I'm still not home; hoping to get back to a more normal routine soon. The cruise was wonderful and now I'm in Hilton Head helping a friend clean and organize her condo--it was recently remodeled--dust and stuff on everything.
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God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
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