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Friday Catch Up Week in Review 10 Comments

Someday I’ll get back to publishing Friday catch up posts on Fridays. This week was a bit of a whirlwind over here.  I mean when did this even happen?  Walked out to feed the birds this morning and the bleeding heart plant is blooming!

You might have noticed I didn’t post all week long. Full work week with the exception of Wednesday. So for most of the week, it was this:

Wednesday, I had the cleaning bug and spent most of the day giving the house a good cleaning. The weather’s turned chilly again after a round of storms on Tuesday night that caused this:

Poor lemon tree! (It was in a ceramic pot on a small table.) I can save it but it’s been too cold outside to do much. It’s in another pot (not pictured) with a bit of dirt waiting right now. Also, just for clarification the green up there over the dirt is from a different plant (asparagus fern), the vines just fell into the dirt when I moved it.

So basically, spring around here moved from sunny and warm to rainy and cold (all tropical plants back inside as we’re supposed to dip down in the 30’s overnight. Brrr!). Pansies will be fine though.

Could Be Allergies…

After spending all day Wednesday cleaning, I started to get a tickle in my throat that evening. And woke up feeling a bit blah, scratchy throat, watery eyes. Sick or allergies?

Felt worse as Thursday progressed but made it through (left work a bit early) and then, did manage to make it through Friday. Thinking the answer might be sick. Moral of the story: Don’t clean, it’ll make you sick. Ha! HA! Could’ve also been all the stuff stirred up from Tuesday night’s storm. Or I picked up a virus somewhere at work.  Job hazard.

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Still not feeling 100 percent this morning but thought I’d do a quick check in here on the blog. Probably going to put on a “sleeping movie” here in a bit and snuggle in for what appears to be another cold and rainy day over here.

Hopefully, I’ll do a bit better with posting and responding to comments next week! So far, not looking as busy.

 

 

Saturday Summary

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Since it’s not Friday, I guess this is going to have to be a Saturday summary in lieu of a Friday catch up post. Could also be a sleepy Saturday summary thanks to a certain little gray cat. She seemed to think I wanted 5AM to be my new wake up time.

This week divided into home and work with 2 days at home and 3 days at work. Thankfully, I had beautiful weather no matter where or what I did. Not really much to share so I’ll just share some random bits.

buds on the dogwood tree

Spring is definitely here!

A Pretty Dinner

I thought the ham and potato stir fry looked pretty in the pan as it cooked on Monday night. Didn’t come out quite as well as my first attempt, thinking I cut the potatoes a bit too big this time.

Squirrel Food?

If you pop back to Wednesday’s post, you can see where I planted 3 hyacinth bulbs in my teacup planter. So imagine my shock at returning home from work on Thursday to find only 2 bulbs in the planter. My prime suspect is a squirrel. So far, thankfully, the other 2 bulbs remain.

Maybe because they’re starting to bloom?

Work Stuff

My work days weren’t bad at all. Getting to enjoy the wonderful weather with the kids is a great perk of working at a preschool. Fresh air and sunshine? A nature walk in the middle of the day? Sold! Also, in the class where I worked on Thursday and Friday, a parent brought us all amazing iced coffees from the local Dutch Bros not once but 2 days in a row!  Much welcomed by me as I had to open the school both days which meant getting there around 6:45 in the morning. 

Also, a sweet little girl gave me a dandelion and told me I should put in my hair.  And then, another child gifted me more flowers. So I wound them in my ponytail holder. Nothing like getting home and realizing you have dead flowers in your hair, ha!

Tulip Time

 

I must’ve planted a very early blooming variety. Tulips usually don’t bloom quite so soon around here. This lovely little yellow tulip also randomly bloomed in the flower garden beside the front porch. It’s a solo tulip.

Happy Discovery

In addition to the lone yellow tulip, I finally found my peonies emerging in the front yard. I transplanted them a few years back and had thought that perhaps the long summer drought did them in last year. Glad to see these shoots coming up out of the ground.

Hibiscus Blooming Time

The silly hibiscus bloomed almost all winter and here it goes again. I actually have 2 tropical hibiscus purchased on clearance from Menards, this one though is 3 maybe 4 years old. I need to replant it but I’m a bit nervous. We’ll see how it goes. Clearance purchase or not, I’ll be sad if repotting this is what does it in.

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It’s another beautiful weather day once again so perhaps after I get a handle on the laundry (yikes, talk about a laundry monster!), I’ll get out there and enjoy it. We are supposed to possibly have severe storms tonight. Not much else going on. Hope everyone is out enjoying the weekend no matter the weather!

Joining in with Cathy over at My Creative Life for the Friday Catch Up although as I said, mine’s a Saturday summary this time.

 

 

When Am I Ever Wordless?

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Not sure what to write about now that I’m done with the hot chocolate trials for the year. Back to regular coffee in the morning. Had a Dr. Pepper with my lunch (that’s rare but it sounded good today).

Trying to decide whether to have a theme for my Wednesdays moving forward, used to do wellness Wednesdays a while back, or just skip it. Every blog post doesn’t need a theme.

For today, just some random photos from this early afternoon. I woke up and the weather was glorious! Sunny and in the 50’s (it’s in the 60’s now). Ran to Menards for bird seed, a new birdfeeder, and finally, they had some early spring flowers out! Did I need any of that outside of the bird seed? No. Did I buy it all anyway? Yes.

Came home and still managed to fill 2 yard waste bags in the time before our trash service came today. Go me! I was excited about that one.

New Front Yard Flowers

Finally bought a hanging basket of pansies. They take the cold if the temperatures dip back down again. The sunshine yellow called out to me today.

And a container of columbine flowers, another one that can take a dip in the temperature.

Small floral project

They had small containers of hyacinth on sale in Menards and so I thought they might look fun in my teacup planter.

We’ll see how it looks after they bloom. What do you think of my dragonfly art? It was a rain gauge but the glass broke while I was cleaning things on the front porch this morning. Keep it there or not?

After lunch, I went back out to do a bit more and the weather? My weather?! What happened?

Chance of Rain?

This morning it looked pretty much like this:

And this afternoon, after lunch, the sky suddenly looked like this:

Reminding Myself Rain Helps the Flowers Grow

My Bleeding Hearts are coming back!

Cat’s Corner

Nothing to do with the rest of this post but here’s a photo of an uncooperative cat.

Time to go see if it’s the 50 percent rain or 50 percent not rain out there…..

Do you have a favorite spring flower?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Homemaker Monday, It’s Spring!

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We made it through winter and now, it’s officially springtime!

Joining in with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom for the Happy Homemaker Monday link up.

The Weather

A bit chilly and cloudy, 55 degrees right now. Supposed to bump up into the 70’s by the end of the week. Along with a few thunderstorm chances.

As I Look Outside My Window

Thought I saw a goldfinch on the feeder earlier but I was too slow to get to another window to confirm.

Right Now I Am

Finally sitting down to finish up this post at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Something Fun To Share

I always come across great stuff in the weekend favorites by Courtney Carver. 

How to Feel More at Peace was my favorite one from this past weekend. Much needed!

Thinking And Pondering

Spring cleaning. Decluttering. Whether or not I like the lilac scented candle. Can’t decide if it smells more floral or too much like old lady perfume.

On My TV

Did a bit of tv watching last week: Wicked, Moana 2 for movies. White Lotus, Spring Baking Championship, Righteous Gemstones, Tournament of Champions, and started a rewatch of The Last of Us for streaming series. Also, still on Brooklyn Nine-nine. On regular tv, The Voice, Next Level Chef, and started Farmer Wants A Wife.

On My Reading Pile

Still working my way through my James Rollins book. Need to read more this week.

Listening To

Currently nothing. Two weeks ago with no warning the 2 most popular morning radio shows in our area were cut. So I’m boycotting those stations while searching for something else. (And I’m not alone in my boycott) It’s a very small thing but I very much miss my morning radio program!

On The Menu For This Week

not very successful carrot cake muffins

Tried to plan out the fridge/freezer a bit.

MONDAY: ham/potato stir fry with asparagus (keep forgetting it’s in the fridge!)

TUESDAY: tacos

WEDNESDAY: pork loin on the grill with fresh green beans

THURSDAY: roast in the crock pot

FRIDAY: open

On My To Do List

Pay the bills (DONE), grocery store (DONE), a bit of spring cleaning and clearing (not done) more yard clean up (not done) not sure what else, having trouble focusing today

Happening This Week

Not much, official spring break is over but I’m currently not scheduled to work until Friday (7:30-4)

What I Am Creating

Thinking about Easter basket ideas….that’s about it

My Simple Pleasure

A good night’s sleep. I didn’t get that last night.

Lesson Learned The Past Week

It was spring break, didn’t have time for learning! Ha. I’m sure I learned something but I’m drawing a blank right now. Oh wait, I know. Don’t walk around in those little foot mask socks from Target or you could hurt your foot.

Looking Around The House

It’s not looking great, lots of tidying needed.

From The Camera

Spring is in bloom around the front yard

 

Prayer List

Friends, family, strangers, the world.

Quote For The Week

The renewal that comes in springtime refreshes not only the earth but us as well. (George H. Bonner)

 

 

Spring Break Summary

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Question for you. Do you count spring break (or a vacation) from the Monday to Friday you have off or do you include the weekends?

I think of it as only the Monday through Friday as I am off on the weekends either way. By that standard, today is, sadly, the last day of my spring break. It’s been a fun and relaxing one.

Outside Time

Spent some time in the front yard doing a bit of yard work and noticing new spring blooms. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I ran out of yard bags and didn’t get more until yesterday. The weather’s not been the most cooperative this week either. Sunny and warm, then wind/rain/snow, and cooler. Today the sun is out there but whew, windy! Reminded myself spring jackets are a thing as I froze on a quick grocery store errand.

Fun Outings

G also works at a school (a local college) and our spring breaks happened to align. So we went to the movies on Tuesday afternoon. I skipped my dinner out with bunco friends but I wasn’t a fan of the restaurant pick so I’ll just catch up with all of them next month. How many chances do you get to go to the movies with your adult children after all?

We saw Mickey-17. It was good, a bit different from the book but not in ways I minded too much. We skipped the popcorn (but I won’t skip Junior Mints, brought most of them home) opting instead to go out for a quick dinner afterward. My birthday gift card from my work covered dinner for both of us at Panda Express!

Also, yesterday, G and I again did some running around going to a game store for him. Then, World Market to get a few hard to find ingredients for Korean Fire Chicken. A dish J has been wanting to try. And then, a quick lunch from Freddy’s.

Fun Food and Drink

Since Monday was Saint Patrick’s Day, we did go to Arby’s and get our traditional mint shakes. Arby’s mint shake > McDonald’s shamrock shake. Definitely. So much better. Maybe a bit pricier? We only get these once a year on Saint Patrick’s Day. A nice, simple tradition.

Made the Korean Fire Chicken dish. Also, spilled a quarter of a bag of Jasmine rice (was trying to stretch the meal as I read too late that it only served 2 but they must have been big servings as we have leftovers?)

Picture on left is from the cookbook, right is my efforts.

Pretty close! I did make a few mistakes as I don’t think I got the rice cake slices quite crunchy enough and they turned gummy and I put a bit too much oil in the chicken coating (didn’t read!).

We all liked it but said we preferred the spicy Korean chicken I make on the grill. So I’m not sure this dish is going to be a repeat.  (The Asian market visit didn’t happen due to weather thus settling for World Market).

Hazy Lazy Days at Home

Spent some time catching up on television shows and movies. And catching up on laundry (doesn’t count as a fun thing but nice to be done with it for a day).

Finally watched Moana 2 yesterday. Not as good as the first one but I really enjoyed it. At some point today or tonight, I’ll finally watch Wicked as well. Reading my books as well.

Revelling in not getting up with an alarm, lazy mornings, afternoons of my choosing, and I would say staying up late. However, the truth is I still go to bed fairly early. Morning person problems…

Looking Toward The Weekend

Nothing planned. And I’m okay with that. What about you? Anything exciting planned for your weekend? How was your week?

Joining in with Cathy over at My Creative Life for the Friday Catch Up.

Best for Last

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Today is the last day of winter. We made it! And I tried a new hot chocolate every week of the winter.

After beautiful spring preview weather, winter’s not leaving without a few words (and maybe snowflakes!). It’s currently 43 degrees and starting to rain. Supposed to change over to snow later. Not supposed to stick thanks to those warmer days. And a high wind warning until later tonight. I was just out there feeding the birds and the wind was calm right now. Howled earlier though.

Didn’t drink this hot chocolate today. Actually had it on Sunday when again, winter shared a few parting words. Since it was almost Saint Patrick’s Day, mint hot chocolate easily won the contest for the final flavor.

Mint Hot Chocolate

I loosely used the ideas in this Andes Mint Hot Chocolate recipe.  First major/maybe minor difference is I didn’t use Andes mints. I do like those. However, we had these on hand:

Dark chocolate and mint? Yes, please! I also skipped the peppermint syrup, didn’t have any and didn’t think it needed it.

Had my guest judge of J along again for my final hot chocolate tasting of the winter. He opted for a full cup of hot chocolate this time. Sans marshmallows/whipped cream. I added the whipped cream and chocolate syrup to my cup to make it look photo fancy but it didn’t need it. Enjoyed it more once I spooned through that layer.

Title says it all. J and I both agreed this was the best hot chocolate of them all. Not that I didn’t very much enjoy some of the others but this one was just perfect. Easy to make, not overly rich, no weird aftertaste. Just everything to enjoy about mint and hot chocolate combined.

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Hope you’ve enjoyed reading along as I’ve tried so many hot chocolates this winter. If you are interested, most recipes and quite a few others I didn’t get a chance to try are listed on my Drinks Pinterest Board.

A few I didn’t get a chance to try: s’mores hot chocolate, Colombian hot chocolate with cheese (very intriguing), and orange hot chocolate.

Technically, I only did this for January, February, and the beginning of March as I followed the idea on my 25 for 2025 list. Will I pick it back up in December? Undecided. For now, I’m switching over to coffee and hopefully, very soon iced tea and lemonade (sometimes together/sometimes separate). And of course, water!

 

 

Happy Homemaker Monday, Spring Break!

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It’s Spring Break week here. So nice to not have to think about work for an entire week. My plan is to do something in the “need to” department each day as well as something fun. We’ll see how that plan works.

And of course, we’re celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day today. Just minor things, mint shakes somewhere and something Irish-esque for dinner.

For now, I’m joining in with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom for the Happy Homemaker Monday link up community.

The Weather

It’s been interesting. Warm and windy. Cold and rainy and sleet plus snow on Saturday night. By the time I remembered a photo, all that was left, a bit of ice on the deck:

No snow this week but up and down, windy, sunny, rainy weather. It’s March.

As I Look Outside My Window

Blue skies and sunshine today!

Right Now I Am

Working on this post, was filling out my passport application while waiting on photos to load. No tripped planned but thought it might be a good idea to get one. Just in case the process becomes more complicated (or expensive!) in the future. Plus, I do want to travel some day!

Something Fun To Share

Tomatoes are coming! (hopefully)

Thinking And Pondering

Things to do this week, fun things and spring cleaning things

 On My TV

Spring Baking Championship is back (woohoo), Tournament of Champions (also a cooking show, watching this with the husband), Righteous Gemstones (again, watching with the husband), and White Lotus. Probably The Voice on regular tv plus Next Level Chef. Catch up on some other shows maybe.

On My Reading Pile

Arkangel by James Rollins, a few cookbooks, Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M Katz, and something by Wendy Corsi Staub on the phone (sorry can’t remember the title, it’s a thriller just downloaded)

Listening To

Birds chirping outside

On The Menu For This Week

Not really sure, didn’t go to the store yet and may put it off until tomorrow. It’s spring break after all!

MONDAY: Irish coddle (sausage, potatoes, kind of like a stew), soda bread

TUESDAY: Husband’s choice *my bunco group decided to eat out this month in lieu of playing the game*

WEDNESDAY: ???

THURSDAY: ???

FRIDAY: ????

On My To Do List

onions returning in the garden

Enjoy my spring break! A bit of spring cleaning and a bit of fun for the week! (Still need to go to the grocery store, Target, and do a bit of laundry plus pay bills)

Happening This Week

Mint shakes for St. Patrick’s Day today, think the boys and I are going to eat lunch at Arby’s. G and I have plans to go see Mickey-17 in the theatre. Dinner out with my Bunco group on Tuesday night. The boys and I may go explore a semi-local (40 minute drive at least) Asian supermarket. Time outside! I listed all the fun stuff, more exciting than the spring cleaning items.

What I Am Creating

I’ve got nothing

My Simple Pleasure

Spending time with family and friends

Lesson Learned The Past Week

The reminder that sometimes peace is better than being right.

Looking Around The House

Needs some attention and cleaning/clearing of the clutter

From The Camera

Prayer List

Friends, family, strangers. The country, the world. Peace, love, and kindness to overtake the hatred and bitterness out there.

Quote For The Week

 

God spoke in flowers today, and I, who was waiting on words, almost missed the conversation.
(Ingrid Goff-Maidoff)

 

 

Are We Awake Yet

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Welcome to the Friday Catch Up, the new improved version of Five on Friday, hosted by Cathy over at My Creative Life.

I might still do five topics but this new version gives us a bit of flexibility. Today, I’m just going to look back at my week. 

Daylight savings started on Sunday around here thus my title. Wondering if we’ve all adjusted or are feeling tired after a week of mixed up times.

Oh, and I did pick up my “real” camera yesterday so I’m randomly adding photos of outdoor flowers and such to each heading.

MONDAY

First day after the time change and I was dragging a bit but also busy with errands. Hair cut in the morning (had no idea, good thing she sends reminders and I got one on Sunday afternoon). Tried to keep my face neutral while my hairdresser informed me of her price increases. Not sure I succeeded. I understand but wowza. Reminding myself of the old adage: You get what you pay for.

Followed the hair cut appointment up with grocery shopping. Where you don’t always get what you pay for anymore. Trying to be very conscious of budget, using what we already have, and not wasting food so actually spent a little less than normal.

TUESDAY

Another sort of busy day although I did sneak in watching the first episode of Spring Baking Championship. Of all the cooking/baking shows, the baking championship shows are my favorite. Is it that the host, Jesse Palmer, is funny  and not bad viewing for the eyes? Is it that everyone on the show is so nice and supportive to each other? Is it watching them bake things that I wouldn’t dream of attempting? I do have to armchair coach sometimes though. Or is it all of the above? Yes, that’s it.

I did break up my viewing into 2 parts as I also had to work a bit on Tuesday and had plans with friends in the evening. My evening out was just okay. I just felt kind of off, ever get like that?

WEDNESDAY

An unexpected work day. Bit of a long day as the kids were a bit crazy (full moon and a lunar eclipse incoming!) and we had an animal presentation. And, of course, the tornado sirens went off during that. It’s a Wednesday thing in this area. The first Wednesday of every month, they test storm sirens. Unless, like last Wednesday, there’s an actual storm (it was a snowstorm but…still, no sirens). Usually, we practice the drill. However, we told the kids, just stay seated and let’s keep watching the animals.

A few other crazy things happened (typical crazy things) so I was glad to get home and relax.

THURSDAY

Was that just yesterday? Why does it feel like it was a week ago? Not even sure what I did prior to working for a couple of hours that felt like an entire day. Well, I guess I did pick up the camera for a bit and walk around the yard.  Trying to transition the indoor plants back to the outdoors so every day, out go the lemon tree and hibiscus and few others. Then, every night, back inside. Except today, we have high wind warnings starting at 11:00 AM and I can already hear the winds this morning.

A bit of weirdness from yesterday: I have to go check again but I have a little cup holder trash can and I swear the lid disappeared while I was at work, like someone stole just my lid. It’s not under my car seats and I am almost sure it was there when I drove to work. However, J did empty it for me on Sunday so I have to double check he didn’t accidentally throw it away. My laziness pays off here as the bag of trash (it’s just a Target sized bag) is still in the car.

FRIDAY (TODAY)

Sure sign of spring: my little purple flowers (scilla) are popping up in the yard.

I have the day off and next week is spring break at my school! So, I feel like I get to start my break a bit early. Very excited for that. Great weather predicted for next week also. Fairly certain the topic of next week’s Friday catch up is going to be spring break related.

Today, I’m spending my bonus day doing some spring cleaning in our bedroom. Debating a pie for pi day, local business partnered with a former bakery owner to sell them. Wondering if I can sneak in a walk before the wind makes me question it’s safety. And of course, lots of books to read and shows to watch (Moana 2 finally hit Disney+, my preschoolers keep me updated, LOL.)

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Whew! I was chatty today. How was your week? Big weekend plans?

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Welcome again to Winter Thursday! Oops. I ended up working all day yesterday. Since the weather was insanely warm, I really wasn’t in the mood for hot chocolate.

Next Wednesday is actually the last Wednesday of Winter though technically it’s already meteorological spring (and feels like summer almost).

Look it’s a summer bloom!

(Full disclosure: I’ve had a little geranium plant inside all winter and it decided to bloom this week)

Enjoy the above photo because the hot chocolate ones aren’t great.

Chai White Hot Chocolate

Yes, you read that right. I tried a white hot chocolate recipe (sort of…)

This chai white hot chocolate recipe inspired me today. However, I think most of you know how I feel about white chocolate (an abomination!) so I didn’t have any on hand. What I did have handy was this:

Going to be honest, I “stole” this from my older son. Someone gave it to him for Christmas but I know he wasn’t interested and it’s been sitting in the kitchen since before Christmas so I claimed it.

Basically, I followed the beginning of the recipe I linked up there, steeping my tea bag in the warm milk for 5 minutes. (And I only had green chai so that’s what I used). Then, stirred in the little mix pictured above.

The little sprinkles all melted into the hot chocolate except for the silver nonpareils which were at the bottom of the cup as a nice little crunchy surprise.

My Thoughts:

I didn’t hate it. It reminded me a bit of the chai lattes I sometimes get at the coffee shop. Afterthought here: I should have added vanilla. Also, if you’re a chai latte kind of person, next time order a vanilla chai latte, takes it up a notch! Did this on barista advice and it was great. And now, back to the hot white hot chocolate review.

As you can see in the photo up there, I opted to skip the whipped cream. Wasn’t in the mood. Also, my cup doesn’t look quite as full because J wanted to try it and so poured a small amount into another cup. He didn’t hate it either and said it was way better than the evaporated milk hot chocolate from a couple of weeks ago.

We both did agree though that it was the chai that saved it. I don’t think either of us would’ve enjoyed white hot chocolate by itself. Maybe hatred of white chocolate is a genetic thing like with the people who think cilantro tastes soapy?

It’s not something I’d want all the time but if more white hot chocolate mixes come our way, I’ll know just what to do!

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Happy Homemaker Tuesday, Time Change Blues

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Oops, I think I overshot the spring forward bit as it’s now Tuesday! Really, just a fairly busy Monday.

I’ll skip the part where I share my opinions on this spring forward stuff and just suffice it to say Sunday wasn’t exactly the best day. Been in a bit of a mood the past couple of days. However, here we are at a beautiful sunny and warm Tuesday!

A day late but still linking up with Sandra over at Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday.

The Weather

Spring is coming!

It’s sunny and in the 50’s this morning. It was almost 80 degrees yesterday. However, rain and cooler temps (should say normal weather) predicted for the weekend.

As I Look Outside My Window

Blue skies and sunshine!

Right Now I Am

Taking a break from my put away the heavy winter sweaters project. So, yes, if it snows (shudder) again, it’ll be my fault. I do think we’re done with the crazy cold though. And I don’t have anything to wear for warmer days (workwise) so it was time for a mini clothing switch.

Something Fun To Share

Kansas City is a host city for the World Cup in 2026 and Tech N9ne released the theme song for our city this morning:

Thinking And Pondering

Do you really want to know? Probably not.

On My Bedside Table

Currently, nothing just the way I like it. We aren’t going to talk about the husband’s table. Suffice it to say: opposite.

On My TV

Excited to watch the first episode of The Spring Baking Championship later this afternoon (or tomorrow if I run out of time today).

On My Reading Pile

Finished The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave. Gave up on The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, skimmed it and gave it back for the next person. Now, I’m reading Arkangel by James Rollins.

Listening To

Silence.

On The Menu For This Week

The beginnings of some chicken tortilla soup I made Saturday afternoon

 

It’s all on my grocery list which is somewhere in my purse….

MONDAY: Stir fried potatoes and ham from the Korean cookbook. *It was a success*

TUESDAY: I’m going out so may just leave it up to the husband

WEDNESDAY: Grilled pork chops, asparagus

THURSDAY: Chicken wraps, air fryer French fries

FRIDAY: Open or Rigatoni pasta with vodka sauce and spicy Italian sausage (probably this)

On My To Do List

just to continue to get the yard and inside ready for spring, also sort through and organize the pantry (I’m trying to stock up a bit here and there just in case), and the usual grocery store/laundry/cleaning/pay the bills stuff

Happening This Week

  • What idiot makes an haircut appointment for 9AM on the Monday after daylight savings? This one! SIGH.
  • I work today and Thursday from 2-4 PM (Could change but right now I’m good with a lighter schedule this week)
  • Mom’s Night Out tonight (Tuesday), meeting friends for dinner/drinks
  • Grouchiness from the time change
  • Hopefully, lots of yard clean-up

What I Am Creating

Some  “word art” on my mango Pepsi (I read somewhere they weren’t making it anymore so picked some up yesterday, it’s my favorite but I don’t drink it very often which means sometimes other people drink it all before I’ve had a even one can):

My Simple Pleasure

The hope of spring (and summer) flowers starting to bloom

Lesson Learned The Past Week

Sometimes it’s just as important to speak up as it is to KMBMS (keep my big mouth shut). The key is knowing when to do each. Ongoing struggle.

Looking Around The House

I cleaned a bit yesterday so it’s not awful but still needs attention

From The Camera

Yet another week where I didn’t pick up the real camera. Actually, I did pick it up and try to go for a walk but the road to the park I wanted to visit was closed. And the other place was way too busy. SIGH. Maybe tomorrow? 

Prayer List

Friends, family, strangers, the country, the world. Health, peace, compassion, and kindness.

Quote For The Week

22 And Jesus said unto him, “I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

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