First, yes I know it’s Tuesday. Day late seems to be the usual for me lately.
And now, for my unpopular opinion at this time of year. I love when we switch off Daylight Savings Time. It makes me so happy to have daylight in the mornings again. No more taking J to school in the dark. No more missing the beautiful sunrises because I am already at work or busy with other chores.
My only complaint this year is the later switching really did mean it gets dark already at 5:30! Ugh. If we’d switched a bit sooner, we could’ve eased into the darker evenings a bit more.
Okay, enough about that. Time to plan the rest of the week ahead by joining in with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom.
Breakfast Plate…What Is On The Plate This Morning
Something different for a change! A pumpkin English muffin and a bowl of maple sugar instant oatmeal. Coffee and vitamins remain constant breakfast fare.
Looking Around The House
Giving it a decent tidying and perhaps some cleaning definitely on the list for today.
On Today’s To Do List
- Laundry
- This post/menu plan
- Write another blog post
- Figure out plans for J’s birthday next week
- Whatever the Flylady kitchen missions are for yesterday and today
- Write and mail a letter
Currently Reading
Midnight Kisses at Willow Tree Hall (book 4 in the series) by Alison Sherlock. I read a couple of her other books over the weekend. They’re not long reads and are just happy, feel good romances.
On The TV This Week
The Voice and La Brea tonight, Masked Singer tomorrow. Not sure about the rest. Probably finish up The Flash for my laundry folding show.
The Weather Outside Is 
Beautiful! Back to a late summer/early autumn feeling. High of 70 degrees yesterday, low 60’s today. Still a bit windy though so not quite as warm. Cloudy this morning. Then, good chances for rain tomorrow and cooler temps for the weekend. It’s typical up, down, and sideways weather for us.
On The Menu This Week
Continuing to struggle with what to fix….went to the store yesterday but we’ll see if that helps me think of anything.
MONDAY: No idea what G ate, J and my husband had rotisserie chicken and I had a bowl of cereal *I worked 8:30-1* *J had a baritone lesson at 6:30*
TUESDAY: Hamburgers/cheeseburgers on pretzel buns, maybe I’ll make onion rings on the side
WEDNESDAY: Pork chops in crock pot, rice (depending on my mood, may just switch this and make tacos)
THURSDAY: Spicy potato soup
FRIDAY: Grilled cheese, soup
If I Have A Few Minutes To Myself, I Will
Take my camera and go for a walk!
New Recipe I Tried Or Want To Try This Week
I have a very few red tomatoes left from our garden (turned them red in a brown paper sack) and thinking I’m going to half this recipe for tomato crostini to use them up before they go bad.
One Of My Simple Pleasures
Seeing the sunrise in the early morning hours
Favorite Photo From The Camera
Didn’t take many photos at all last week so all my photos are of the same first day of no daylight savings sunrise. This one was my favorite of the bunch. 
Praying For
Friends, family, strangers. That the people from the car accident blocking the road last night were okay. A peaceful holiday season.
Quote For The Week 
Darkness cannot drive out darkness.
Only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate.
Only love can do that.
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Jean, thanks for your visit, and surprise of surprises, today when I saw the doctor he reported that with one more endoscopy to finish off that pesky stone sometime in Dec, I may never need to get my g b out .the surgery would be rather risky if I opted to have it, but he really thinks surgery won’t be necessary, so I am trusting God to oversee my situation, and I can even now go on to Boston for Thanksgiving as originally planned! Yippee!
Oh, I’m so happy for you. Hope you enjoy your upcoming holiday celebration in Boston. Have a wonderful week!
I’m not opposed to switching off of daylight savings time – I just wish they’d pick one and stay with it! I do LOVE your sunrise photos though so I vote for off daylight saving time 😀 LOVE the MLK quote! We’ve turned quite cold her so your weather sounds WONDERFUL! I hope you have a GREAT rest of the week.
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Thank you. There is just something for me about light in the mornings (now if we could work it out to have light in the mornings and a little later in the evenings, I’d definitely be okay with that!). The quote was part of the marching band’s performance this year and I really do love it. Not sure why I never thought to share it on here before yesterday. The cold is coming here later this week but I’m enjoying the warmer weather while it’s here. Happy Wednesday!
Hi Sweetie!
Always better late than never. 😊
I’m with you and love it brighter in the mornings now. Gives me so much more energy!
I don’t mind the dark nights once Christmas stuff is up and all those lights everywhere.
Love the pics of the sky. So pretty, doesn’t look real.
Blessings xo
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Thank you! Glad I’m not alone in loving the early morning light (let’s not talk about what time I’m finding myself dozing off for the night, however). One of the houses on the way to J’s lesson Monday night already had their Christmas lights up and on. A little early but it did look pretty. Happy Thursday!