Greetings from balmy Kansas City!
Today’s a holiday for most but my husband still went to work. J’s enjoying his last full day of relaxation before his spring college courses start. G’s asleep as is the cat. And I’m sitting down here to take some time and plan out this week.
Glad to have the inspiration to do it from Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom. Always fun to join in this weekly link up of bloggers.
The Weather
Like I said, it’s balmy outside. Ahem. I’m trying to wait until the temperature crawls up to 0 for my weekly grocery store run. We do get a bit of a heatwave on Wednesday when it’s going to be 32 for our high! Bring on the shorts. Then, it plummets again for the weekend. I did sneak a peek at the 10 day forecast and next week looks warmer and rainy with highs in the low 40’s. I don’t even know what’s normal for our area anymore.
UPDATE: It’s noon and we’re barely above 0 now! Woohoo.
As I Look Outside My Window
Lot of birds under the birdfeeders. I ran out of food but it seems they’ve knocked enough on the ground to sustain themselves for a bit.
Right Now
How did we end up with so much laundry? Laundry, coffee, computering.
Thinking and Pondering
J’s new college schedule leaves me very limited on my available working hours. Not sure what to do about it. Not sure to be perfectly honest what I want to do about it. It was kind of nice to slow down last fall so maybe this is a sign to slow down a bit more? Classes start tomorrow so I’ll have a better handle on how his schedule truly fits after this week. Might just take this week completely off from work. Probably have no choice on that. Not like I don’t have plenty of at home tasks to keep me occupied.
How I am Feeling
If I hadn’t had quite so much coffee this morning (trying to use up the end of the Keurig pods to put the machine away until next year)….I’d say tired. Unnamed little gray cat wanted to play and cuddle last night or um, early this morning? Two a.m. SIGH
On the Breakfast Plate
Did I mention the coffee? Also, cinnamon toast and vitamins
On the Lunch Plate
Depends on when I actually go to the store. Feels like it might be a blue box mac and cheese kinda day
On The Dinner Plate
I’m not sure, probably going to make pork chops and baked potatoes depending on my store timing
On The Menu
Giving everyone an assigned day didn’t work out very well (yet). So I’m basically on my own again this week:
MONDAY: pork chops, baked potatoes, salad?
TUESDAY: chicken/rice/broccoli casserole (J requested this, I made it a long time ago, no idea what recipe I used so…this could be an interesting dinner night)
WEDNESDAY: hamburgers and sweet potato fries (gotta celebrate that heatwave!)
THURSDAY: honey garlic baked chicken legs, mashed potatoes or maybe noodles (trying new recipe)
FRIDAY: maybe spicy potato soup in the crock pot? Or leftovers…
What I Am Wearing Today
purple v-neck sweater, jeggings, and right now, slip on leopard print shoes (changing into other footwear if I go out, of course)
On My Reading Pile
I finished Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam and it was one of those rare instances where the movie was so much better than the book. How they made a decent movie out of that trainwreck is beyond me. Now, I’m reading a much more intriguing one called Almost Surely Dead by Amina Akhtar. One of my First Reads (get two in January) and I’ve been pretty much unable to put it down to the point I’m almost finished with it.
On My TV This Week
You know I have to say it: How ‘Bout Them Chiefs!!!?
And also, for Carrie: How ‘Bout Them Packers!!!?
Is this the year our teams are going to finally meet again in the Super Bowl?!
Later, I hope to really be saying How ‘Bout Them Steelers!? Ha. Okay, I’ll quit boring the non-sports fans now.
I’m also just about finished with The Last Of Us on Max, started watching because I needed my zombie show fix and it was the best I could find. It’s surprisingly good. And I also decided to give the new Percy Jackson series on Disney plus just one episode and now I’m hooked. So I’ll be watching that each week (glad to have a weekly show to watch). Not sure what else I’ll watch, it’s tv season but the writer’s strike threw the timing off on all my winter shows. Probably just those silly game shows and whatever else I stumble across.
Looking Around the House
Cleaning and clearing is definitely on today’s list. And finally putting away the rest of Christmas, still some lingering bits here. I think it’s time for the greenery around the kitchen doorway to go. I did clean the inside of the fridge yesterday so if you come over, I’ll open it and you can admire our clean fridge instead of gawking at the rest of the messy house.
On My To Do List
- Grocery store
- Put away rest of Christmas
- Clean our bedroom/sort out rest of winter clothing
- Pay bills
- So much laundry
- Take a walk when it warms up on Wednesday!
- Clear some clutter in the bedroom (I’m working through a challenge)
- Paperwork/filing
- Clean the bathrooms
- Decide if I want to go to Bunco tomorrow night
From The Camera
These pictures are all from last week when it was slightly warmer outside.
Quote for the Week
Now, I’ve enjoyed your blog again. Those funny snowmen. I suspect we have somewhat similar weather. About the bird in your photo, does it have a white belly or does it just look that way? I probably don’t know that species.
And tell me, what are sweet potato fries? Are those fries made from regular potatoes, sweetened, or from sweet potatoes? Mmmm… sounds like a tasty combination. Your cat is a beauty, but he should sleep at night! Does he catch mice in your house?
Lots of love, Aritha.
It does have a bit of a white belly, the bird with the white on the belly is a dark-eyed junco (though my dad always simply referred to them as snowbirds, they migrate to our area during late fall and leave sometime in the early spring). Sweet potato fries are French fries made from sweet potatoes 🙂 Ha, that little cat would probably be as scared of mice as me or play with them like toys. She did sleep last night or else kept someone else awake. Hope your week is off to a wonderful start!
Love sweet potato fries. Cute cat. Have a great week, I’m sure the schedule will work out for the best.
Thank you! We get another day to ponder the schedule as it snowed more than anticipated and with the crazy cold most schools (even my work & that’s super rare) closed for today.
Hellooooo Beautiful!
Yes, how’s about them Chiefs & Pack?? 😁 Boy has football been getting fun. It would be downright epic if we got to meet in the Super Bowl! From your fingers to God’s ears. 😉
Bitterly cold here and I need to run around but waiting for warmer time as well. Lol Your furry gray baby is so adorable. And the goldfinch pics so pretty. 💛
I hope that the J schooling and your work becomes a plan you’re happy with, however you do it. 🙏🏻
Sorry the fellas aren’t stepping it up and helping with that weekly menu. Maybe Mom needs to go on strike? Lol
Blessings xoxo
That would be amazing if both teams managed to get there this year! Hoping the cold snap ends soon, I don’t mind the snow so much but the artic air is a bit much. Oh, going on strike might be fun 🙂 Ha. Hope your week is off to a great start!
How ’bout them Lions? lol Haven’t been able to say that pretty much in my lifetime! I don’t follow football. Like, at all. But I do love my city and finally having the Lions WINNING does a lot for Detroit.
Thank you for the reminder about First Reads! I nearly forgot. I got the book you talked about and the one about the band and the secret woman who broke them up – it had the best reviews. Nothing else really grabbed me.
Our weather is the same as your weather today. Very cold! Insane windchill.
Have a great week!
Oh, of course, how ’bout them Lions! I was definitely pulling for them to win also! Going to have to look for the one about the band, sounds intriguing and I haven’t picked out my 2nd book yet. Hopefully, our weather warms up to “normal” winter very soon. Happy Tuesday!
Oh, that quote is so true.
Yes, it is, such a good one, I think. Hope your week is off to a wonderful and peaceful start!
Peace is four times greater than justice!
Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc (Romania)
How cute are the snowmen!
Hugs for you!
Oh, I love that quote! We had fun building the snowmen, been quite a while around here. Hope you are having a happy weekend so far!
BRRRR, but I’ll take a low temperature with snow cold over the wet cold we’re having here! LOVE the snowmen though. Is the cat’s name really “Unnamed”? I LOVE your little gray cat – reminds me of my Sady. I thought about you and Carrie both during the playoffs last weekend – so happy for you both, but what happens if you both make it to the Superbowl? Who do I root for? I guess being a KC girl by family I’ll have to side with you 😀 Perfect quote for the day! Have a great rest of the week.
Not sure you’d want temps this low, another round though I don’t think the windchill is as bad (all the local schools are in session today). Ha, no the little cat has a name: Chelsey. And she’s been giving us so much grief in this cold weather, cabin fever like a kid, I guess. It would be so fun if both our teams made the playoffs, guess we’ll know after this weekend. And thanks for cheering on the Chiefs! Hope you had a great week and are getting ready for a wonderful (and not too cold or wet) weekend!