Can you believe this is the last week in April? I’m spending this last week of the month with a fairly full work schedule so I’m just going to get right into things this morning.
As always, I’ll be joining in with Sandra, our host, over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom.
The Weather
The weather continues to be up and down and even sideways here. The photo above was from one day last week when the sun was shining and it was raining all at once. We could just pick our weather depending on which direction we wanted to look.
After a warm weekend, it’s 45 degrees this morning and we’re under yet another frost advisory for overnight. I hope that’s the end of those! It’s back up in the upper 60’s/low 70’s for the second half of the week.
As I Look Outside My Window
I see birds at the feeders and spring flowers finally blooming. Plus blue skies and sunshine!
Right Now
A bit of laundry and trying to get this post up before I head off to work at noon.
Thinking and Pondering
The weather warmed up and so I’m pretty much focused on the outdoors right now. I have too many projects going but picking just one is a struggle. Front porch? Flower garden beside it? Vegetable garden? Adding a garden in front of the porch? New garden area in back yard? And on and on my mind spins.
Homemaking Tips
Not sure if I’ve shared this before but I’ve found storing kitchen storage containers with the lids on makes such a huge difference. No pile of random lids falling on my head. An automatic control on the cabinet filling with too many containers (my husband never met a take out container he didn’t want to keep, drives me nuts!).
How I Am Feeling This Morning 
Not too bad. After feeling under the weather most of last week, I had lots of energy for the weekend and it’s spilled over into today.
On The Breakfast Plate
Oatmeal, water, coffee, vitamins.
On My Reading Pile
After finishing The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan, I was quite shocked to find it was a very controversial book. Mainly because of the conclusion that likely another Jewish person had been the betrayer in an effort to save his own family. Apparently, there were concerns it was anti-semantic .And that the publisher had apologized, removing it from the shelves in many countries. I thought it was well-written and researched and did not get that vibe from it at all (the last 20 percent of the book was nothing but footnotes/bibliography material many times listing the number of people killed in the various concentration camps).
After all that, I picked a lighter read for my next choice. Alison Sherlock never disappoints and I enjoyed a much needed return visit to Cranbridge in The Village of Happy Ever Afters.
On My TV
Probably not much tv watching this week. Masked Singer, Just Call Me Kat, Moon Knight on Disney+, catching up on Fear the Walking Dead, and also watching Better Call Saul on AMC+.
On The Menu
I had lots of inspiration at the grocery store yesterday and was making a mental list of meals while shopping. Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten it already. Let’s see if it comes back to me.
MONDAY: Leftovers/whatever is in freezer (we had roast yesterday) *I work 12-5:30* *J has a lesson at 6:30*
TUESDAY: Lasagna *I work 7-3:30*
WEDNESDAY: Ham steaks, cornbread, salad *I work 7-3:30*
THURSDAY: Pepper steak maybe? *I work 12-3:45*
FRIDAY: Probably OUT *I work 3-6*
From The Camera
I didn’t really pick up the camera over the weekend as I was busy doing yard work. So with the exception of the rainbow, all the other photos in this post are from this morning. 
Looking Around The House
I still don’t want to do that! It’s not terrible but I spent too much time outside doing other things this weekend. Like feeling this Lamb’s Ear plant. I might have a new front porch favorite! 
On My To Do List
Tried to do a few things over the weekend as I knew this would be a busier week. Not making a super long list at all for this week.
- Laundry
- Figure out when my next hair appt is scheduled
- Check kitchen pantry for ants (don’t really want to do this but thought I saw one)
- Write and mail a letter
- Sort out winter/early spring clothes and switch for late spring/summer clothes
- Continue to research plants/flowers for garden areas
On My Prayer List
A friend recently diagnosed with skin cancer who is struggling with the news, friends, family, strangers. The people of Ukraine. The continued receding and a disappearance of the Covid-19 virus. A return to a kinder, gentler world. Peace.
Quote For The Week
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. (Hebrews 12: 14-15)
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I am so thrilled my SIL fixed my commenting ability! YAYA Oh, Jean, I am so much like you,I am so ready to want to get outside and take care of some chores, Of course, though, Lynn really won’t wash the porch til all traces of pollen are gone. But getting the porch cleaned and set up is so much fun! Amanda gave us a lovely hanging basket and I bought a potted azalea for fall so I do have things to take care of!!
Blessings, Schotzy
So glad you’re back to commenting! Pollen is really bad here right now but hopefully another week or so is all that’s left. I need my husband to power wash our porch but need to clean up all my mess from last year first. Azaleas are such pretty flowers! Hope you are enjoying them and your week.
It will certainly be nice to get outside and do some much needed yard work and do something with my flowers, but I don’t know if the weather will ever cooperate or not. I feel that spring may skip us and we will go into the hot summer and I am not looking forward to that. I just found a few ants yesterday in my kitchen so tomorrow’s plan will be to eliminate them. How I hate ants!
I do love the summer but hope spring doesn’t skip us as I do enjoy a bit of a transition, not sure we’ve had one the past few years though. Still need to check my pantry. At work yesterday, a little girl left her lunch box opened and on the floor with sugar spilled in it (she’d had strawberries to dip in it) and oh, the ants! Ew. It was a mess but I think she learned her lesson about cleaning it out. Ha. Hope your week is going wonderfully so far!
I LOVE your weather description, especially the sideways part! LOL 😀 Love all your pictures, especially the bleeding hearts which are one of my favorites. Have a WONDERFUL week and I hope your weather evens out soon.
That’s how it feels even today, we’ve already gone from cloudy to kind of sunny to rain and back to a bit of sun. I don’t mind as long as the freezing temps are gone (Hopefully, they should be!). Thank you, I love bleeding hearts as well though I’m partial to the pink ones. Saw some white ones at the nursery but wasn’t as enamored. Hope you are having a great week so far!
Hello my Lovely!
Catching up after my travels. I’m SO envious of your flowers. And getting at least real moments of Spring. The ice still isn’t fully off the bay here! Let alone any flowers anywhere. Sigh. Spring is just really late this year and we get that in the northwoods often.
I like that you sound like you have energy. I keep praying for J too. And prayers for your friend with their new diagnosis.
I believe better weather, and better days of peace, are ahead. I hope you have a blessed week! xoxo
My husband said everything is running about 2 weeks behind here. Sounds right as usually by this time I’d have lots more flowers for you to envy, ha! Hopefully, spring finds you very soon and that ice melts away for good (or until next Winter anyway). Thank you for your continued prayers for J, things seem to be going better so I’m cautiously optimistic. Yes, I like the sound of better weather and better days of peace as well. Hope you’ve been enjoying your week so far!
I found that storing boxes with lids on, helps so much. I’ve reduced so much this way, you can see exactly what you have and what is excess that can go. Mark likes to hoard stuff too… just in case. I never throw out his property but everything else, I tend not to ask him. I always have too many projects on the go at once – craft, DIY, gardening and general repairs etc. nightmare! Have a lovely weekend x
I guess opposites do attract, huh? I tend to have too many projects going on at once all the time as well. Hope you have a wonderful weekend as well!
Sorry so late in visiting. Hoping you have a wonderful week!
Thank you! Hope you are enjoying the weekend!