Captured by Sarah Photography ~ August 29, 2012

Monday, January 9, 2012

happy homemaker monday

Linking up with Sandra again (if I can!) ~

 


The weather:::
unseasonably warmer than normal.  We've been having highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s.  Because we have NO SNOW.  It was actually 60-something last Thursday!


On my reading pile::: 
Bible ~ this year we are reading a chapter in Proverbs each day plus spending a month each in several NT books, starting with Mark.

Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
I recently read Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist, which was a pretty light vacation read which I indulged myself with after finishing my treasurer reports for 2011.  Then I started in on Charles Martin's Chasing Fireflies.  Wow, someone else told me a while back how much she enjoys his books - and they are worth recommending.




On my TV:::
It's really Sunday, so I can hear my kids commenting on the NFL game they are watching.  I would like to watch part two of Emma, which is on soon, but I'm guessing the TV will remain on the football game.

On the menu for this week:::
Monday - spicy goulash
Tuesday -turkey barley soup
Wednesday -farmhouse bbq biscuits
Thursday -chicken enchiladas
Friday - pancakes
Saturday -calzones
Sunday -taco rice casserole

On my to do list:::
menu plan is done for the month!  :D
...but there are always more bills to pay and school papers to check


What I am sewing, crocheting, knitting or creating:::
culottes for the Popper are still waiting to be finished... My new goal is to have them done before this Wednesday.


Looking around the house:::
the Popper and I put away tree ornaments yesterday, but the lights still need to come off... I leave those for Tim usually since he puts them on the tree too  ;-)  But maybe he missed that memo?


From the camera:::
...still not available...  :-\


Something fun to share:::
Read Rachel's post about the listening mom {from distracted mom}


Bonus Thought:::
Just so you know, I am battling with insanity to prepare this post.  Our desktop computer is at Mr. Fix-it's {aka Carousel Computer, since we have a restored Herschel-Spillman in town}.  Thus I am using 'my' laptop, which is tempermental at best - and Mozilla is locking up every time this post goes into auto-save.  and seems to not want to respond much in between either. 
This also explains why I will not be producing more posts until my desktop comes home with it's hard drive all better.   E-mail will remain my best social venue in cyberspace.  And If I answer all the other prompts here, you should be duly impressed with my perseverance.   ahem


On my prayer list:::
relationships, teaching (modeling) responsibility, ...


Bible verse, Devotional::: 
Philippians 4 ~ please read it all for yourself, my time here in blogdom is gone!

"I have learned ... to be content"