Happy Monday! I’m a bit late today as I worked this morning, then went shopping for a bit. Came home, lunch, housekeeping, cat entertainment, and now at almost 4p.m. am just sitting down for this post.
Joining in for hopefully every Happy Homemaker Monday this year with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom.
The Weather
Chiefs excitement in the air! Sounded a bit like New Year’s Eve again last night. Also in the air? Lots of wind and rain. We were supposed to have a winter storm today/tonight but it went north of us. So, just rain, maybe a bit of snow on Wednesday. Pretty normal temperatures for January, 30’s mostly though it looks like it might be close to 50 on Friday. A fairly mild winter so far, most my heavy sweaters still stored as I haven’t need them.
How I Am Feeling This Morning Afternoon
Mostly at this point, sleepy and a bit grumpy. Didn’t accomplish most of the things I thought I might.
On My Mind
Plans for the rest of this week, husband’s upcoming birthday (in early February around Super bowl time), work, dinner. Usual stuff.
On The Breakfast Plate
Seems like a long time ago but I had apple cinnamon oatmeal and two sausages. Coffee and vitamins, too.
On My Reading Pile
Last week, I read The Conjurer (Vine Witch #3) by Luanne G. Smith. Best one of the 3 in the series. Then, on a whim, I picked up (well, as much as you can pick up an e-book) The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.
That book got to me a bit. Didn’t expect to enjoy it and yet, I couldn’t put it down. The sibling relationship, the sitting outside of the house where they no longer live and reminiscing, it just left me with so many feelings. And made me miss my sister (who I’ve not spoken with in a few years, family squabbles and all that. The not speaking part is not my decision, by the way, nothing would bring me more joy than a phone call from her.)
Moving on to this week’s reading choices. Starting with something lighter, in honor of my attempt to join in the Rudolph Day fun (planning for next Christmas), I’m reading Christmas Island by Natalie Normann and enjoying it so far. And this week’s serious choice: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
On My TV
My book choices probably gave you a clue what musical I watched on Disney plus over the weekend. Also, working my way trough the Marvel movies in time line order (an ongoing thing), ready for Captain America: Civil War. Watched a teeny bit of TV this weekend, caught the newest Wandavision episode on Friday. And of course, the Chiefs game (sort of watched/didn’t watch for luck) on Sunday evening.
This week, I’ll watch my favorite show of the moment Prodigal Son on Tuesday evening and probably continue to work my way through the Marvel movies.
On The Menu This Week
MONDAY: Hawaiian pulled pork sandwiches, sweet potato fries *I worked 8:30-12* *J has a baritone lesson at 6:30*
TUESDAY: Chili or tacos
WEDNESDAY: Chicken Cacciatore, Parmesan roasted leeks (vegetable of the week)
THURSDAY: Pork chops, baked potatoes, salad *I work 1-3:45*
FRIDAY: Homemade pizza, salad
From The Camera
Didn’t pick up the camera nearly enough last week.
Looking Around The House
Not awful, needs a bit of a clean up and then, I plan to pull out the Valentine’s Day decorations tomorrow
New Recipe I Tried Last Week or One That We Really Enjoyed
Not much to report here from last week, the favorite of the week was basic spaghetti. I’ve finally come around and started doing shredded Parmesan as opposed to the green shaker can. I buy it shredded in the bag so not completely fresh but wow, a huge difference over the green can.
To Relax This Week I Will
Drink a cup of tea in the afternoons, read my books
Something I Want To Share
Found a fun site when trying to figure out what/how to do Rudolph day, followed a few links to find:
On My Prayer List
Family, friends, our world, end to this virus, a lot more peace and kindness everywhere.
Quote For the week
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. (Maya Angelou)
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I am so glad I visited with you today, my friend.
I love love love the snow link!
Thank you for that.
And I know exactly what you mean about the switch from the green can!!!
It makes a world of difference.
Who knew??
Joining you in prayer as well.
Have a cozy day!
Glad you enjoyed the snow link. We got a tiny bit of actual snow overnight and supposed to get a bit more tonight. I really had no idea it would be that big of a difference with the switch. Happy Tuesday!
How cute is that snow? I found one with a cozy Christmas café and Christmas music the other day. Love it!
Rudolph day – I watched one of the Christmas movies I had dvr’d.
Lots of things for you to celebrate in February, birthday, Valentine’s day…
Have a great week
Oh, that one sounds nice! I’m not exactly sure what I’m doing with Rudolph Days yet. Yes, February is a busy month around here. Hope your week is off to a great start!
Can I confess something? While I absolutely love real Parmesan or Romano, I always keep the green can around too. Sometimes you just NEED the shakey cheese (especially on pizza)! Hope you’re having a great week!
Ha, yes, sometimes we do need the shakey cheese though I’m currently out. Of course, I think we have a few packets from our last pizza order (I always keep those). Hope you’ve had a happy week so far.
Hello Dearest,
Saying big prayers for resolution for you and your sister. That’s so sad and my heart feels for you. I think the fact you keep an open heart may change everything one day. 🙏 I need to check out that prodigal son show one of these days. I’ve heard lots of good things about it. I need to get my Valentines decorations out too! I haven’t done that yet.
Blessings on the rest of your week Jean. xoxo
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Thank you. Honestly, I’ve never understood the walk away mentality but I guess some people need it. There’s a dispute like that on my husband’s side as well where I’m the only one willing to say “no, not going to do that” though it’s a bit more of a delicate situation. Prodigal Son is a fun show, which seems an odd thing to say about a police drama regarding a serial killer’s son but it’s so smart and witty that the yucky murder parts aren’t so much the focus as much as the relationships. Still working on my Valentine’s decorating over here as I’m changing things up a bit this year. Hope you have a great Thursday and a wonderful weekend!
Okay, I have to ask, Cat entertainment? Hope Tuesday and Wednesday found you less grumpy and doing better. Congratulations on the Chiefs win! I’m excited for the Superbowl. I LOVE Prodigal Son – just enough of a comedic element to the suspense to make it interesting. I’m so sorry about your relationship issues, siblings can be a tricky thing as adults. I’ll keep you in my prayers that you find healing. Have a GREAT rest of the week.
Cat entertainment = entertaining the cat, lol. Actually, my youngest son had the idea to re-install Peggle (and older computer game, hooray for us we easily found the disc-it’s that old) on our desktop and the cat pounced on it. There’s a “bucket” that goes back and forth across the bottom of the screen and she was mesmerized by it. Tuesday and yesterday were okay, I got a few things done and worked. It’s been an up and down kind of week. YES, I love the comedic element of Prodigal Son, the actors play those parts so well, I think. Thank you, it’s just the way the past few years have gone though I’ve never been especially close to my siblings (I’m the youngest with a 7 year age gap, they have their own history from before I was born), it’s still a painful thing at times. Hope you have are having a wonderful week!