{ Blog 365 #30 - Happy Homemaker Monday }

 

Good morning my sweet ladies.  Welcome back to my little corner of the world. 

 

It is so cold this morning, the current wind chill is 5.  5!!!!!  

 

We are under another Winter Storm Watch from 6am today through Thursday.  I have a feeling things will be shutting down again as the roads become undrivable.  

 

Anyway, I have a very hot cup of milky tea, just had my breakfast too and now I'm settling in to work on this post.  I do have to go out in about 2 hours but then I'll be home.  I have a house to clean, need to get some baking done too and really want to get things ready for the incoming storm. 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and wish you all an abundantly blessed week ahead.

 

Now, let's get on with our Happy Homemaker Monday. 

 

Have a blessed week friends.

Sandra

xoxoxo 

The Weather:::

Currently 20 degrees with a wind chill/real feel of 5.  So cold.  Our winter storm is incoming, so between rain, freezing rain and snow, it will be quite a mess.    

 

Monday - Cloudy, 26

Tuesday -  Winter storm, 27

Wednesday - Winter storm, 32

Thursday - Partly cloudy, 52

Friday - Sunny, 55

Saturday - Partly cloudy, 62

Sunday - Sunny, 62

As I look outside my window:::
Grey cloudy skies, and very windy.  My poor gazebo is struggling to stay in place.  I see a lot of the outside decorations, all over the yard, which means I'll have to go out there this morning, collect them all and put them in under the patio. 

Right now I am:::
Sitting in bed, sipping my hot milky tea, typing up this post, and watching a homemaking vlog on the telly.     

Thinking and pondering:::
About sewing projects I want to do.  I tend to leave my sewing machine packed away for months on end, then when I pull it out, I want to sew, sew, sew as much as I can. 

On my bedside table:::
Bottle of water, my cup of coffee, the tv remote and a crochet hook for the bag I'm finishing off. 

On my tv today:::

Youtube videos - homemaking, book hauls

Period drama of some kind

 

Listening to:::
The sound of the video on the tv, and the wind howling outside.   

 

 

On the lunch plate:::

Not sure, but I made chili yesterday and have a little tiny bit left, so may have that.   

 

 

On the dinner plate:::

American Goulash, Salad, Garlic Bread

On the menu for this week:::

Will be working on the new menu throughout the week.  But, this is what we have coming up from today until Friday.

Monday - American Goulash, Salad, Garlic Bread

Tuesday - Honey Pepper Chicken with Macaroni and Cheese, Sauteed Squash

Wednesday - Salmon Croquettes, Tomato Rice, Salad

Thursday -  Cheeseburger Gnocchi, Garlic knots

Friday - 

Saturday - 

Sunday -

 

On my reading pile:::

Ecclesiastes

A Feather on the Water by Lindsay Jane Ashford, on my Kindle

On my to do list:::
Clean and tidy the house

Take out ground beef for dinner

Make sandwich bread

Make Cinnamon Rolls

Make sugar cookies (I have a package in the fridge that needs using up)

Bible Study

Laundry - take load out of dryer, fold and put away

 
Plans for this week:::
Finish my second kitchen towel, and make one or two more

Start second crochet bag and take pictures of the first one I made last week

Post every day

What I am creating:::
Lucy's Crochet Bags and kitchen towels 

 

My simple pleasure:::
Reading cookbooks.  That may sound strange, but I don't just flip through the pages and look at the recipes, I actually enjoy reading the descriptions, who made the recipe, and how it came about.  My favorite are the cookbooks that have family stories included. 

 

 
Looking around the house:::
It is quite dark.  I haven't opened the curtains today, usually it's the first thing I do when I head to the kitchen to fix our coffee.  However, it is so cold, so I'm keeping the curtains closed to keep the warmth in.  

 

I have two piles of clean laundry on the dining table, waiting to be folded.  I'm also really wanting to switch my table back to my window.  If you know me, you know I switch the couches and the dining table every year.  During the summer, the couches are by the fireplace and the dining table by the big window, so we can look out into the beautiful trees while eating.   But, I kind of want to read by the fireplace, and want to have dinner while watching the winter storm outside......so this week I plan on switching everything around again.

From the camera:::
Blogging is hard.  If you're a blogger you know what I mean by that.  It's not always easy to sit down, think of something to say and share.  However, I am so glad that I have pushed myself to stick with it, since that very first post on February 6th, 2006.

 

I had been reading blogs for a while, but starting my own was so scary.  I just jumped in and went with it and I am so glad that I did.  Because, even though it gets hard at times to keep going, the memories that are stored within this little corner of the web, are priceless.  

 

This picture below was taken when we were stationed at Luke AFB.  We used to take the kids out every day for a walk, after dinner.  They loved it, and we enjoyed the time out with the kids and our two pugs, Bella and Lola.   It's funny how a picture can bring back so many memories. 

 

 

 

 
Bible verse, Devotional::: 

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have a home, it's all a miracle.