So last night we had rain, hail, thunder & lightening, all followed by a tiny bit of snow. Oh, and now it’s cold again. Thankfully, not bitter cold. Just average winter cold but I’m ready for those warmer days to stick around for good. I’m ready for sitting on a sunny front porch surrounded by blooming flowers.
However, for now, I’ll sit inside and continue to dream of those days while joining in with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom for another Happy Homemaker Monday. (And look two in a row for me posting on an actual Monday!)
The Weather
Already mentioned it a bit to start my post. Cold. Snow on the ground (though not much and the roads were fine when I went grocery shopping). It’s supposed to get back into the upper 40’s/low 50’s tomorrow and Wednesday before we get another chance of more snowfall on Thursday into Friday. While I don’t necessarily want the snow, we do actually need something wet (I’d prefer rain) to soak into our ground around here.
As I Look Outside My Window
This is a cheater picture as it’s from early Sunday morning (prior to our weird weather) but I was so excited to see a goldfinch at my feeder! Today I’ve seen mainly cardinals, snowbirds, and sparrows. And of course the Carolina wren pictured above (though not at the feeders). 
Right Now I Am
Freezing! And wondering why as it’s usually a bit warmer in the basement from a heater we have down here. I’m about to go check and see if the pilot light on it might be out or if it’s just cold here by the window. (Heat is going strong, must be cold because I’m by the outside wall/window)
Thinking And Pondering
Wondering about J, we had a full diagnosis type appointment at the therapist office on Friday (so many surveys and questions and I still have one that came via e-mail to complete). Hoping, however, it gives us answers so he can feel better. Of course, everything always takes so much time. Pondering that. 4-6 weeks for answers. Not their fault, we’re in line…lots of people needing help these days. And of course, hoping the answers are simple and not scary. I don’t expect them to be scary but all of this is a new experience and while I can kind of guess the answers, I’m waiting for the experts. Also, thinking I probably should be reading something other than a nonfiction book that’s an account of several sons in a family suffering mental illness.
Homemaking Tips
I got nothing.
How I Am Feeling Today
Well, in one of those only I could manage it moments, I pulled my inner thigh muscle (or maybe a ligament) while kicking the recliner part of our loveseat last week. The chair gets stuck when reclined and I *possibly* kicked too hard in trying to get it to go back. I spent all of Saturday (bummer, too as it was a nice day) resting and elevating my leg. Felt better but now I’ve walked on it a bit too much and it hurts again. Stairs are not very fun, going down isn’t bad but the trip back up them is a bit brutal. Otherwise, I feel okay.
On The Breakfast Plate
Boring as always, oatmeal, coffee, water, and vitamins
On My Reading Pile
Usually, I don’t do this but I have 3 books in rotation. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker. The one about mental illness, I’m not very far into it as it just popped up yesterday but it is interesting, one of my skip the line library loans. The Fix by David Baldacci, the 3rd and final installment in the Amos Decker series. It’s not really holding my attention well but I plan to finish it at some point. Finally, since the Baldacci book wasn’t holding my attention on Friday, I started reading Both/And by Huma Abedin. I thought it was just a memoir when I started it but I guess she was one of Hillary Clinton’s aides. The part about her background was very interesting, I’ve just hit the part where she’s starting her career in politics, hoping it doesn’t get overwhelmingly political as I read on.
On My TV
So since I sat and rested my leg on Saturday, I did watch a bit o’ TV. The Dropout on Hulu is very good. Then annoyed as season 1 was only 3 episodes, I switched over and watched The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley on HBO Max, also very good. (And if you’ve not read the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, start with that. I read it last year or maybe in 2019). Staying in a documentary mood, I also watched on HBO Max, Gaming Wall Street about the GameStop stock controversy. Definitely worth your time. And then just for fun, I started playing catch up with D.C. Legends of Tomorrow. This week will be more of that along with the finale of Joe Millionaire on Thursday!
On The Menu
Struggling with my menu planning today.
MONDAY: Might be an OYO kind of night. Leftover roast, leftover taco meat, etc. *J has a baritone lesson at 6:30*
TUESDAY: Pork chops, baked potatoes, salad
WEDNESDAY: Pepper chicken? (Like pepper steak but I’m making it with chicken)
THURSDAY: Spaghetti or Korean meatballs, undecided
FRIDAY: Possibly BBQ shrimp (we have a seasoning packet) or maybe something else *J has an appointment at 3*
Sat/Sun: Chili?/Homemade pizza
From The Camera
The Carolina Wren singing its song
Looking Around The House
I did clean off the kitchen table this morning (really cleared it completely). That’s about all I accomplished.
On My To Do List
- This Post (almost done)
- Clean off kitchen table DONE
- Grocery store DONE
- A bit of laundry
- Start cantaloupe and honeydew seeds DONE
- Finish survey from therapist office
On My Prayer List 
Friend who just lost her brother, and now her uncle. The people of Ukraine. An end to the ridiculous war over there/peace in the world. Family, friends, strangers.
Quote For The Week
I smiled when I read this in the current issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. It’s so very true in this area. 
Had fun visiting – have a great week and hope your leg feels better
Thank you! My leg is feeling much better though not 100% yet, at the frustrating part where it feels better, I do too much, hurts again. Hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Hello Sweetie!
Just know you’re not alone in being so over cold wet season and looking forward to warm and bright one.
I hope your leg feels better!!
I keep seeing things about The Drop Out – may need to check that out.
Have you ever watched Outlander? It’s on season 6 now – but well worth catching up on if you want a different series to watch! 😉
I hope you have a great rest of the week. xo
Thank you! We’re getting another round of snow today, it’s been snowing off and on the entire day, snow days all around though I think tomorrow will be back to normal. I tried the first 2 episodes of Outlander, whoa….definitely not a “living room” type show. Seemed kind of slow but another friend said to stick with it so… Anyway, hope you have a wonderful rest of your week and weekend!
Hope your leg is feeling better.. I am ready for cooler days, so do send some of your cold weather over here! Take care xx
Thank you! We’ve been getting a bunch of snow all day so I’ll gladly send you all the cold weather you want or trade you for some warm sunny days? Hope you have a great rest of your week!
So sorry to be so late this week! I sure hope spring has arrived by now and is sticking around. Hoping that for myself too – a false spring day here or there makes it easy to latch onto 🙁 I hope your leg is better – those darn simple things like love seats… Have a great weekend.
Well, this week leading up to official spring is supposed to be nice or rather was…might have pretended not to hear them say something about a late wintry mix on Thursday (of course!) evening. Hopefully, it won’t stick around much. My leg is much better, thank you. It’s amazing how nice it is to go up and down the stairs quickly with no pain. Learned my lesson about kicking at the chair (for a while anyway). Hope your week is off to a great start.