{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/29/2022 }

Good morning sweet ladies, how are you all doing this last Monday of August? Can you believe it? Thursday is the first day of September, my word, but, at least we are heading into Fall right? There's always a silver lining.

I have already been out of the house, and am back home now to get my day started. I have a lot I want to do, so need to write up a list and try to get to it as much as I can.

I wanted to quickly take a moment, to just thank you all for the comments and being so sweet with my return to full time blogging. I hadn't realized just how much I missed it, until I started. And then one day back in July, July 13th to be specific, I made my first daily blog post.....Wednesday Catch Up!


I went into it thinking that it wouldn't last, like so many attempts before, I would start off great and within a few days, just stop. But something clicked within me that day and I'm so glad it did, it's been such a blessing sitting down every day to write up a post. Makes me miss our old blogging days.

Anyway, enough about that, just thank you for commenting, interacting and making this comeback so wonderful. I appreciate you all so much.

Now, let's go see what is happening around our homes. Have a wonderful, blessed week!

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥
Wonderful. We've stayed in the upper 80s and lower 90s, since our rain last week, and it's cooled things down so much. The garden, the trees, the lawn is thriving, it looks so green out here. Love it.

Monday - A stray shower or thunderstorm, 96
Tuesday - Partly cloudy, 95
Wednesday - Partly cloudy, 96
Thursday - Partly cloudy, 96
Friday - Mostly sunny, 96
Saturday - Mostly sunny, 97
Sunday - Mostly sunny, 95



♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
There is a slight breeze which is making the trees sway back and forth. From my bedroom window I have a perfect view of my garden, and I can see the cucumber plant filled with little yellow flowers, clinging onto the fence. We are so late in producing anything in the garden this year, so I am hoping that we get a harvest before the first frost sets in. Which also reminds me, I need to figure out when that is, so I can get the Fall/Winter crops into the ground.



♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
On my bed, typing this post while Kaia and Elliott nap next to me, one on each side of my leg, so I'm kind of pinned down. We have this routine, or rather they have this routine, where every morning, after 8am, they both climb onto my bed, snuggled into the blankets and take a 2 hour nap. I'm not even kidding, this is their daily routine and if for some reason it doesn't happen, they are a mess the rest of the day.

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I am planning on doing a new routine schedule for myself. I used to have one when the kids were little, and as they've grown and we moved States, first to Idaho then to Texas, the routine just fell apart.

Since then I've been just flying by the seat of my pants, and it's not a feeling I enjoy. I feel so lost some days, and I much prefer to have a set routine to stick to. Just need to figure it out, and adapt it to my new chapter in life, which is that of a much older mom, with adult kids who do their own thing.



♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥
So tired. I woke up at 2:30am to go to the bathroom, then for the life of me, could not fall asleep again. I laid in bed, I prayed, I let my mind run rampart....have you all noticed that when you can't sleep, is usually when the enemy will come into your mind and one by one, lay down every failure, every thing that is wrong in your life, everything you messed up....it's so frustrating. I usually combat that by praying and praying until my mind clears, God calms my heart, and I fall asleep again. Problem is, by the time I drifted back to sleep, it was 4:30am and the alarm goes off at 6.

Coffee, lots of coffee is going to keep me going today.



♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Cup of coffee with pumpkin spice creamer, and two mini croissants, toasted and buttered.



♥♥ On the lunch plate ♥♥
Salad, just lettuce, tomato and onion with olive oil and vinegar, salt and pepper.  It's what I feel like.  Also, I'm going to start having just salads for lunch as well, so if you have some healthy tasty salad recipes, send them my way.  



♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken, Rice, Garlic Spinach

 

 

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
One of my summer dresses, you can see it in the picture above showing Kaia and Elliott.



♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥
Reading through Isaiah in the Bible. 

Paul David Tripp New Morning Mercies devotional.
I still need to finish Butter in the Well, didn't get much time to read last week, but it needs to be finished.  I have so many other good books to get through, plus I have the Fall and Winter book tours starting in a few weeks with more amazing books to review.  

 

One I'm quite excited to review is this one.....

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥
Mad About You - finishing off the show then will have to find something else to watch with hubby
Homemaking vlogs
House of Dragons



♥♥ On the menu ♥♥
Will need to start working on the new menu plan this week.  I'm already craving chilis and soups and slow cooked meals.   So, I have meals until Thursday, then will see what is left in the freezer to make a meal for Thursday night.  Friday I go grocery shopping, so new menu plan will kick in there.

 

Monday - Slow Cooked Sticky Chicken, Rice, Garlic Spinach 
Tuesday - Honey Chipotle Slow Cooker Ribs, Corn on the Cob, Scalloped Potatoes
Wednesday - Creamy Taco Pasta, Garlic Bread, Salad
Thursday - 

Friday -
Saturday -
Sunday -



♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥
I need to tidy the living room, just fold blankets on couches, fluff pillows and vacuum.  The kitchen just needs the breakfast dishes done and the counters wiped down.

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥
- Clean master bathroom
- Vacuum carpets
- Dust living room, den, bedrooms

- Prep salads for the week



♥♥ Something fun to share ♥♥
If you love medieval anything (like me), and you also enjoy ambience videos where you can go about your day with just background noise, then you'll surely enjoy this ASMR  Medieval Castle video.  

 

I love popping one of these on, and getting to my chores around the house.  

 
 

 

 

 

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥
One of my favorite things to photograph, is nature.  You don't need to add anything to the picture, just look at those gorgeous colors.  

 

♥♥ Devotional ♥♥ 

The Bible is not a collection of stories of human heroes.  No, the Bible is the story of a hero Redeemer who transforms weak and ordinary people by His powerful grace.  

— New Morning Mercies Devotiona by Paul David Tripp