A Saturday of pottering around

 

It is currently 6:46am, and I have been up since 4.  Thank you daylight savings, thank you for this nonsense every year.  I must say that when we were stationed in Arizona, for those 5 years it was wonderful not having to ever switch the clocks, back or forth.  

Wish I could go back to that.

I was supposed to come in and do this post yesterday, Saturday, but I was so busy cleaning and pottering around, that I didn't get a chance, and by the time my lower back begged me to stop, I just had time to jump in the shower and get in bed.

 

 

My day actually started kind of slow.  I wasn't going to do anything but laundry, of course, and then I sat and read through my Spirit of Christmas book.  Just mindlessly turning the pages, chatting with whoever walk by, and really just doing nothing.

Then the afternoon came around, and all of a sudden I felt this need to clean all the carpets.  I did try to push that thought out of my mind, but it was like my body was on automatic and I got up, and immediately started working on the house. 

In between carpet cleaning, I dusted and switched out the dining room curtains with clean ones, so that I could wash the ones currently hanging up.

 

Pottered around the kitchen, cut up the fresh parsley and cilantro, for the freezer.  Also cut up a watermelon and gave some to the chickens as a snack, they love it.

I moved around my house with a purpose.  When we look at our homemaking with fresh eyes, and a mind focused on purpose and on glorifying God, everything is easier, and suddenly the tasks at hand don't seem do daunting.

By the time my back signaled that I was starting to overdo it, I realized it was way past dinner time.  Thankfully my husband and son reminded me that I don't cook one day on the weekend, and that I didn't have to make anything, they would fend for themselves.  However, they did end up picking up Sonic, which I will say used to be one of my favorites and now is just a disappointment.

Is it just me, or is take out just disappointing lately?  I find it all so heavy, greasy and not good like it used to be years ago.  Maybe I'm growing up and not enjoying it, but I am not the only one thinking it, I have seen plenty of family members and friends complaining about the same.  I don't know what is going on, but truth be told, we would all be better off not eating that stuff anyway, so maybe this is a way of quitting?

 

Overall, it was a good productive Saturday, and I'm glad I got it all done yesterday, because this afternoon Jasmine and her boyfriend are coming over, along with my brother and sister in law, for a coffee and cake.  

Since I have church this morning, I really didn't want to come home after church and then rush to clean or tidy up.  Oh don't even laugh, you know you do the same when you have someone visiting, no matter how much your house looks put together, you still rush to try and make sure it's all perfect.  I don't know why we do that, because none of my family cares about those things, but me personally, I do.

Might just be a pride thing for us homemakers.

Anyway, I am going to be serving coffee, I'm also going to make a Chocolate Yogurt Cake, a Bola de Carne (Portuguese Bacon, Ham and Chourico Bread), and then I also have some hotdogs which I'll make into some Brazilian Hotdogs for an early dinner.  I figure if we all eat these, no one will be hungry for a big dinner anyway.  I guess it will be a snacky kind of early dinner for us all.

But I'll take pictures of everything, and show you after.

I'm going to get ready for the day, and start baking.  Have a blessed Sunday ladies ♥

Productive Saturday!!!

I should have put this post up on Sunday but got busy and didn't get a chance to.  Doesn't matter really, I can still show you my productive Saturday, you won't mind that it's a few days late will you?

Over the past few days it's gotten considerably cooler in our area, and this weekend was picture perfect Fall.  Dark skies, cold, and lazy days.  We quickly realized that we needed to get the fire going but for that, wood needed to be gathered and chopped etc.

So began our productive day......

I remember watching shows or reading books about families living in the country, and always wondering what it would be like to have to gather the fire wood, get the house ready for winter, or use what is at your disposal to decorate inside.

What would it be like to live that way?

I can't say that we are living or following in the exact same footsteps of the pioneers, but living out here in the country has sure provided us, and me in particular, with a greater appreciation for simpler times and for what it really means to become one with your land.

We have tons of wood at our disposal, some easy to gather, other in the form of huge tree stumps which we need to chop down.

My husband and son have taken to that job very well, they quite enjoy going out there and swinging that axe, but then, what man wouldn't right? Maybe it's the male instinct in them, that need to chop and destroy.

While they chopped wood for me to bring inside, I took a walk around the property and gathered a bunch of pine cones and some juniper for decorating.

My plan is to actually make some wreaths, one for the front door, and one each for the big windows we have in both living rooms, the windows that face the front of the house.

We brought in quite a bit of wood and in no time had a fire going, it quickly warmed the whole house up.  Makes me so happy knowing that I don't have to depend on the central heating, which can get so expensive in the winter months.

So yes, a productive Saturday though it may not sound like it from this post.

Today we're expecting severe storms, mainly overnight, but all day long the weather has been super windy and weird.  It's certainly been causing these guys to go nuts, they've been flying huge flocks from one tree to another.

Aside from the crazy birds, one thing is for certain....the minute the winds come in, it  immediately kicks my allergies into high gear.  The sniffles, sneezes and the itchy nose are out in full force, oh my word, does anyone else find it so frustrating when you feel like you just want to scratch your face right off???

And unfortunately I'm all out of Benadryl so I'm having to suffer through it.  UGH!!!

Anyway, I started this post this afternoon and it's now a couple hours later and I'm finally finishing it up.  The life of a busy homemaker and mom right?

Well friends, I'm closing off, going to relax and maybe crochet a little, catch up with a show on TV and wait for these storms to move in.  I'm hoping we don't get very bad ones and that the tornado warnings subside, crossing fingers.

Goodnight all :)