{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 09/04/2023 }

 

 

Good morning, and a very happy Monday, to you all!!!

First, I want to welcome September.  I am so glad to see this month come around, not only because it means Fall is literally around the corner, but this hot weather has long overstayed it's welcome.  It's time to go.

I can't begin to put into words, just how happy I am to see this month and this new week start.  The guests have all returned home, my stepmom is back in South Africa, and there are no get togethers or plans for the near future.  I needed a break, and I'm sure happy to see it.

Now, let's get right on with our post.  Hope you all have a blessed week ahead!

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥ 

We had a little break in the heat wave, not much, but even just a few degrees cooler, helped a lot.  Unfortunately it was short lived, as we're heading back into triple digits this week again.  Ugh!!! 

 

Monday -  Abundant sunshine, 106

Tuesday - Partly cloudy, 106

Wednesday - Sunny, 105

Thursday - Sunny, 108

Friday - Mostly sunny, 109

Saturday - Mostly sunny, 100

Sunday - Partly cloudy, 99

♥♥  As I look outside my window ♥♥

From my bedroom window, I can see our fire pit area, our seating area, the pool, and the chicken coop.  I love all these little corners of my home.               

 

 

♥♥  Right now I am ♥♥ 

Just finished cleaning the coop and giving them fresh water and food.  I am now sitting down to work on this post.    

 

 

♥♥  Thinking and pondering ♥♥ 

About what I need to do this week, and leading up to our pecan harvest.       

♥♥ Listening to ♥♥

SIC Portuguese live tv.  

 

♥♥  How am I feeling ♥♥ 

My back has been hurting.  I cleaned the pool out yesterday and that didn't help.  It helps a lot while I'm in the pool, but after, I suffer from lower back pain.          

 

 

♥♥  On the breakfast plate ♥♥ 

Just coffee with vanilla creamer and some bread with butter.                

 

 

♥♥   On the lunch plate ♥♥ 

Not sure, there is leftover spaghetti from dinner, but I may just have yogurt with fruit.  It's too hot sometimes for a hot meal.        

 

 

♥♥  On the dinner plate ♥♥ 

Pataniscas de Sardinha, Arroz de Tomate.  (Sardine fish Cakes, Tomato Rice)

 

 

♥♥  What I'm wearing  ♥♥ 

Shorts and a tank top.  I'm starting a treadmill workout today, to hopefully lose some of this hormonal weight which is just not budging.                    

 

♥♥  On my reading pile ♥♥ 

Nothing at the moment.

 

 

♥♥  On my TV this week  ♥♥ 

In the morning, usually live Portuguese TV....the news, talk shows etc.  

 

At night, I usually watch my Turkish shows.  I just finished Carpisma.  Starting Ruhun Duymaz, but it's a new one and ongoing, so there aren't many episodes.  I will probably also watch Genecin Kralicesi. 

  

 

♥♥  On the menu  ♥♥ 

Monday - Pataniscas de Sardinha, Arroz de Tomate.  (Sardine fish Cakes, Tomato Rice)

Tuesday - Homemade Rotisserie Chicken, Potato Bake, Steamed Broccoli

Wednesday -  Korean Beef Bowls   

Thursday - Shrimp Tacos, Cilantro Lime Rice

Friday - Smoked Sausage Stuffed Sandwiches, Curly Fries

Saturday - Leftovers, Sandwiches, Whatever

Sunday -  Sheet Pan Tacos, Salad

♥♥  Looking around the house  ♥♥ 

It needs to be tidied up, just basically pillows fluffed and placed back on the couch, and carpets need vacuuming.                       

 

 

♥♥  To Do List ♥♥ 

Ironing

Workout

Clean pool (never ending job)

 

♥♥  Devotional, verse, thoughts  ♥♥ 

Sin is more than bad behavior.  It's a condition that results in bad behavior.  That's why we can't independently defeat sin. - New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp