{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/28/2024 }

Good morning sweet friends, and welcome back to my blog.  Can you believe this is the last Happy Homemaker Monday of October?  Where did this month go?

 

We are inching ever so closer to the last day of prayer for our husbands as well.  I know some of you don't like the overwhelming posts every day, but it's something I only do every few years, and it's important.  So, just 4 more days of praying for our husbands, then the blog will go back to normal.  Now that doesn't mean after these days we stop praying for them completely, we pray for them every day, of course.

 

Anyway, it's the start of a new week, and I wish you all a very blessed week ahead. 

 

 

 

 

*** The weather in my neck of the woods*** 

We're still seeing pretty warm days, it's just a weird October.  We do have a good week ahead, weather wise, so I'm going to enjoy it to the fullest, especially the rain in the forecast.  We also have 3 days of wind which I am dreading, because they make my allergies flare up something fierce.

 

Monday - Windy and partly cloudy, 93

Tuesday - Windy and partly cloudy, 89

Wednesday - Windy and partly cloudy, 89

Thursday - Sunny, 73

Friday - PM showers, 74

Saturday - Thunderstorms, 72 

Sunday - Thunderstorms, 77

 

 

 *** Things that make me happy ***

Rain, lots of rain.  Rainy days, cloudy days, pitter patter of rain while I sip a cup of tea and read a good book. 

 

 

*** Book I'm reading *** 

Book of Romans, in the Bible.  

 

I finished Woven in Moonlight and the second book after, Written in Starlight.  Loved both but I don't like the way Isabel Ibanez ends her books, I always feel like it's mid sentence and I'm left hanging, if that makes sense?  

 

Next book on the list is Gwenhwyfar by Mercedes Lackey.

 

Also finished  Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection Book 1), on the Kindle.  It was a quick cute story based on the popular Beauty and the Beast story we all know.  I have now started a Historical Fiction called A Light in the Window by Marion Kummerow.  It is available for free on the Kindle!  

 

 

*** What's on my tv today *** 

Vlogtober Videos on YouTube, they're also coming to an end this week.

The Great British Baking Show on Netflix.

 

 

*** On the breakfast plate *** 

I had my usual cup of coffee.  Today's pick was Texas Pecan and it is delicious....with my 2% milk and Splenda.  I also had a bowl of Greek Honey Vanilla Yogurt with my homemade granola and a sliced banana.

 

 

*** On the lunch plate *** 

Probably a chickpea salad, as always.  On the weekends, hubby and I usually have our cheat days and eat things we don't usually eat.  I just had some KFC chicken tenders and a small fry, and let me tell you, my body did NOT like that.  I feel so yucky, my stomach felt heavy and so full after it.  Time to detox all that junk out of the system this week.

 

 

*** On the dinner plate *** 

Sausage and Kale Stuffed Spaghetti Squash.

 

 

*** On the menu *** 

Monday

Fish Fillets in a creamy spinach sauce, Basmati rice (cauliflower rice for me), zucchini in tomato sauce

Tuesday 

Steak Pizzaiola, Mashed Potatoes, Salad

Wednesday 

Shrimp Fajitas, Beans, Cilantro Lime Rice

Thursday

Ham Alfredo, Salad, Focaccia

Friday

Homemade Pizza

Saturday

Fend for Yourself

Sunday

Beef Curry and Rice, Homemade Naan

 

*** On my to do list *** 

Monday home reset - laundry, changing bed linens, vacuum, carpet cleaning, dusting, window cleaning

Bible reading, devotional. 

Nordic Crochet Blanket.

 

*** New Recipe I tried or want to try *** 

Not a new recipe but something I've made only two times and really enjoy it.  I will make another this week and take some pics so I can post it on the blog.  Avocado Bread, which makes the best sandwich ever. 

 

 

*** What I am creating ***

Nordic Winter Afghan. 

 

*** No words needed (favorite photo or picture) *** 

I love my mornings with my babies.  They usually nap or sit and watch tv with me for a little, before we get up for the day.     

 

  

 

*** Devotional, Prayers, Bible Verses *** 

Praying for my sister in law Nadine.  She celebrated her 50th birthday yesterday, and unfortunately spent the day in the hospital with horrible stomach pain.  They've run a bunch of tests and thought it might be her gallbladder, but that didn't show up on the ultrasounds, so they're doing more tests today.  Please keep her in your prayers.