{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 01/27/2025 }

 

 

Good morning dear friends!!!

I haven't posted since Thursday.  I was doing so well, and then things kind of got a bit crazy around here.  Friday I didn't have a chance at all to post, but I will be putting a post up backdated, just because I don't want to miss any daily blogs.  

 

Saturday, I had just arrived to the gym with my husband, and as I got on the treadmill, I received a phone call from one of my brothers to tell me that our uncle had passed away.  Needless to say, I immediately got off and we came home.  My uncle Tony is my mom's brother, and he was 76 years old.  He lived alone in a little apartment in Johannesburg.  My stepmom, his sister.....I know, I know, maybe one day I will tell the story, it's a bit confusing, but my stepmom, my mom and my uncle Tony are siblings.  

 

Anyway, he texted her all the time, and Saturday morning he failed to contact her, when she tried to call him there was no answer.  She asked the next door neighbor to check on him but he said he wasn't answering the door.  She of course panicked and immediately drove over, where my older brother met her.  They had to break into the apartment by breaking a window, and sadly found him on the ground, dead.  We don't know for sure what happened, but we believe it may have been a massive heart attack.

 

Needless to say, I haven't had the brain to do much of anything, I've been on the phone with my stepmom constantly, trying to keep her company and help her through this.  Her mom and dad have passed on, my mom is in a nursing home with dementia and her brother was all she had left, and now he's gone.  It's sad and difficult, and it all falls on her to go clean out his apartment and deal with everything from memorial, to the red tape and paperwork.  Anyway, please pray for Nela, if you could, I would appreciate it very much.

Now, let's get on with our post, sorry for babbling so much.  Have a blessed week friends! 

 

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

It's been really cold the past few days, and it looks like we have a rainy week ahead, which I am very happy for, you know I love rainy weather.

 

Monday - Mainly sunny,  51

Tuesday - Cloudy, 58

Wednesday - Thunderstorms, 56

Thursday - Rain, 64

Friday - Sunny, 65 

Saturday - Sunny, 71 

Sunday - Sunny, 70

 

 

 *** Things that make me happy ***

Reading old letters.  I was cleaning out some old paperwork last week and found two letters that my mom had written me, about 30 years ago or so.  Just love having memories like that.

 

 

*** Book I'm reading *** 

Currently doing The Bible Recap.

 

 Women of the West series, by Janette Oke. I am currently reading the second book, Julia's Last Hope.

 

I started the new Portuguese book I got, but I decided to maybe leave it for another time because it's a huge book, 600 and so pages.  I need something smaller to read right now, so going back to the Women of the West series which I can read quicker.     

 

*** What's on my tv today *** 

YouTube

Homemaking vlogs  

 

Hallmark

When Calls the Heart

 

 

*** On the breakfast plate *** 

I had a cup of coffee at 4am, then at 6 had my breakfast which was 2 eggs and 2 pieces of multigrain toast with Irish butter.  I also had the leftover coffee that was brewed which was about half a cup, but this time I had it black with some sweetener. 

 

 

*** On the lunch plate *** 

Salad   

 

 

*** On the dinner plate *** 

I got some Sam's club rotisserie chicken this weekend, for a quick lunch, and I have a lot leftover, so I'll be using that to make dinner.  I'm thinking either some chicken curry, or a Greek Inspired Chicken Bowl.  Probably the Greek Bowl. 

 

 

*** On the menu *** 

Have to work on the new meal plan.  I don't know what I'm making on Tuesday and Wednesday.  I will have to raid my freezer to see what kind of meats we have.

Monday

Greek Inspired Chicken Bowl

Tuesday 

 

Wednesday 

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

*** On my to do list *** 

Today:

Get my 10k steps in

Do my workout

Iron laundry

Post a blog for Friday and maybe a roundup for the weekend or individual days

 

This week:

Clear out and reorganize the pantry

Grocery shopping

 

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

Almond Flour German Pancake  

    

 

*** What I am creating ***

Nordic Winter Afghan

Garden plan

 

 

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

If one image could encapsulate my idea of the perfect home, it would be this one.  I love absolutely everything about it, the house itself, the garden, the sweet wooden fence laying crookedly, and the huge trees hugging the home.  ♥  

 

 

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

 Matthew 5:14 says, "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden"