HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY
Hello and Happy 2022 from the snowy Northwoods Friends! 🌟
A bright shiny new year that will hopefully hold many blessings ahead for us all.
I like having a new word for 2022...instead of resolutions. And I think my word this year is going to be LIVE. As in, no longer be in the limbo I've been in for so many years, but finally really live my life. I know the world is still kind of crazy. And limited at times with the pandemic. But I want to choose more living in some way through every realm of my life. Physically through more healthy activities. Mentally through more reading and learning. Emotionally through healing and continuing to open my heart to Matt in our dating. And spiritually through more time in the Word & with the Lord, and giving more of my time in hospice work. Do you do resolutions or choose a word for the new year?
This past week we mainly stuck around home and were restful. Annie is feeling better but is still congested and has a cough. I had to bring my sweet Aaron to the airport this past weekend and see him off back to TX. Always hard to say goodbye for this Mama heart. 😢
But on a bright night my Packers are #1 in the NFC after their win against the Vikings! - woo hoo! 😀
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
apple, coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST:
errands, groceries, hospice work, projects around home, Annie's appts
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
Still have the Christmas decorations up. I'm hosting the gf Christmas my girlfriends and I do every year in January. We've been doing it for like 25-30 years now! (except last year). So I'm keeping my decorations up so it will still feel Christmasy - even though we aren't getting together for a couple of weeks yet. I don't mind because I love the glow each night.
CURRENTLY READING
Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs
ON THE TV TODAY:
Ted Lasso, This is Us, New Amsterdam, The Rookie, Amazing Race, Ghosts, Shark Tank
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - blueberry waffles, fruit, bacon
TUESDAY - chicken tender & veggies in a spinach wrap, fruit
WEDNESDAY - slow cooker pot roast with veggies
THURSDAY - one pan pineapple salsa chicken tacos (HF meal)
FRIDAY - rosemary demi glace pork chops with mashed potatoes & roasted veggies (HF meal)
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
read, craft, work on playing the harp ♥️
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
cocoa anyone? 😉
FROM THE CAMERA:
Aaron and his gf Helaina gave me my Christmas gift last week because of delays on their order. It was this beautiful charcuterie board - personally engraved on the top and with my initials on the tools. So pretty and I just love it!
I thawed out thanksgiving turkey and homemade turkey stock I had frozen and made soup last week and it was SO perfect on those freezing cold days.
Last Wednesday would have been my 26th anniversary with Ad (& 34 years together). Matt sent me these gorgeous flowers that day with a note that said "here's to new annual traditions". I really adore that guy.
♥️♥️♥️
I love the sparkle on new snow
Somebody got her hair cut last week 💕
Stay cozy friends....
PRAYER LIST:
Prayers for gratitude and thankfulness for so many blessings. I pray for an end to the virus. For peace and unity everywhere. For health care workers, first responders and all those who work so hard to take care of others. Prayers for anyone struggling to feel hope in this new year - that they will feel God's love and be abundantly blessed. For all of you to be extra blessed this year my Friends... and I thank you for your support, friendship, visits and kind words always.