Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Hello my Friends! 

I was doing hospice work earlier today, so getting to this post a little late. I hope you're having a wonderful Monday and a great start to your week. Did you have a nice weekend? 

We had a fun one here. The C's weeekends have still been crazy busy with their daughter's volleyball and now she started soccer too, so we didn't see them. We've been wanting to get together but I am going to do lunch with Mrs. C this week. ;)  

Matt got us tickets to a theater performance of Into the Woods as one of his employees was in it. So we went to that this weekend. It was really cute and the company did a great job! Besides church and going out for brunch, we also walked 2 miles in the sunshine yesterday. Yay! Yes, the sun has been shining and temps are more mild and the snow piles are going down a bit. Fingers crossed this is true Spring showing up. We also had Ruby and Bubba spend more time together to get ready for living together in the future. 

Now on to the week ahead...

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

A piece of toast, cutie and a coffee

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

Run errands and get some groceries (canceled hello fresh for now) on Matt's day off, my hair appt, dinner with my Mom and step Dad, going out with a friend, home projects, hospice work, daughter's hockey banquet this weekend

THINKING ABOUT:  

The Spring cleaning and organization I want to do in rooms in my home. 

CURRENTLY READING

The Wonder by Emma Donogue

ON THE TV TODAY:

Quantam Leap, The Rookie, Survivor, HGTV and cooking shows, Breaking Bad, Greys Anatomy, Shark Tank, Ghosts, Ted Lasso

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - beef enchiladas

TUESDAY - dinner at my Mom's

WEDNESDAY -  breakfast for dinner (eggs, keto cinnamon toasts, fruit)

THURSDAY - dinner out with a friend

 

FRIDAY - baked salmon with pesto butter, roasted lemon parm broccoli

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

read, cross stitch, give myself a mani

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

FROM THE CAMERA:

Out at the theater

Guys that work for Matt had to take a car run up the north shore and went to a place known for their pies. Matt had them pick up stuff for him also, and he surprised Annie and I with a blueberry cream pie and butterfinger crunch pie - oh my...so good!!

Walking in the sunshine ☀️ 

Matt has a fully furnished lower level too, and we blocked that off so Ruby couldn't get to Bubba's cat litter. And we just let them hang out with no leash on Ruby this time. It went great! ;) 

Some spring touches in the lower level of my home. 🌸 

A little creative therapy time - playing around with watercolor pencils and finished more on my cross-stitch

PRAYER LIST:

 For an end to the conflict in the Ukraine and other areas of the world living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence.  For anyone sick, suffering, in pain or fear... that God bring them comfort and peace. For His Light and Love to cast out the dark everywhere. For everyone affected by the storms in Mississippi. 🙏 

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Thank you so much for visiting and sharing with me here in blogland! I hope you have a blessed week ahead. I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.

Wordless Wednesday

 

(Guess what we got more of last night? 🙈 )

Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello, Happy Monday, and 1st official day of Spring! 🌸☀️ 

However, it doesn't remotely look like Spring here. Lol So I'm hoping when I make rounds to visit you friends - you may have some Spring to share? I would sure enjoy that! ;) 

It felt like a fast but lovely weekend here. I got in some good Matty mine time with our usuals errands etc. Then yesterday my Mom came over in the afternoon a bit (my step Dad was doing things with his daughters). And both of my kiddos were here and one of Annie's pals and we had snacks, laughed and played trivial pursuit all afternoon. We even did the fun trend right now on social media to roll a little vanilla ice cream in a fruit roll-up. It changes the whole texture of the fruit roll up and makes it crunchy instantly. We all tried it and really liked it! It sounds weird I know but I challenge you to give it a try. It was such a wonderfully fun day and alway makes this momma heart so full. Now looking ahead to a busy week filled with appointments and yep....more snow in the forecast. Ugh!!!! 

Also, sharing some photos below of St. Patrick's fun and things we did on Matt's day off during the week last week. ♥️ 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

a cutie, cup of coffee with vanilla almond creamer

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

a meeting for end of year things at Annie's school, Matt's day off errands and fun, Annie & I both have dentist appointments, my yearly check-up MD appointment, meeting with a friend for her belated bday lunch, hospice work

THINKING ABOUT:  

All things Spring - how I want to go through things in my closet and put away some winter things, dig through my Spring clothes, all the flowers I want to plant this year, and maybe even some new deck things Matt & I want to pick up this year 🌞 

 

CURRENTLY READING

Going to start The Wonder by Emma Donogue (she wrote the book Room)

ON THE TV TODAY:

Quantam Leap, The Good Doctor, The Rookie, Survivor, HGTV and cooking shows, Breaking Bad, Greys Anatomy, Ted Lasso

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - tacos & fixings

TUESDAY - Matt's making dinner - sausage & cabbage skillet

WEDNESDAY -  Chickie chip melts on french bread - a family recipe I grew up with you can find here Chickie Chip, veggie platter & dip

THURSDAY - french onion soup - use leftover french bread to make the cheesy big "crouton" on top, Springy salad with raspberry vinaigrette 

FRIDAY - out for dinner?

 

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

read, cross stitch

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

FROM THE CAMERA:

We've had such an insane winter for record breaking snow and it caved in part of the roof of our big local shopping mall 

On Matt's day off last week - we went out for brunch and did some shopping in some specialty stores before running errands. We ate at a wonderful place that had views of semi frozen Lake Superior. I had lobster eggs benedict and it was phenomenal! Matt had the Lake Superior breakfast that included walleye on it and a lemon dill sauce. Amazingly yummy brunch. 😋 

We're both foodies and enjoy cooking (& I love to bake as you know 😋) so we went into some specialty kitchen and gourmet foods stores. We found gifts for folks. Matt got me some thing I've been needing to replace in my kitchen - such a sweetie 💕  And I picked up a couple treats for myself....

The treats for myself were these gorgeous hand painted stoneware pottery pieces from Poland. I have a lot of Polish heritage and I have an Aunt that has gorgeous sets of Polish stoneware and I always drool over her pieces. So I decided to splurge on some for myself. The ladle I'll use with my gravy boat on special occasions. And the other is a bread pan I plan to use often to bake lots of yummy things.  Aren't they beautiful? i picked up a gift for my Aunt's bday too. She's my Godmother. But it's still wrapped in bubble wrap and I need to ship it soon so I didn't get a pic. But it's a gorgeous footed dessert dish hand-painted in blues with flowers and blueberries. I would have loved to buy every piece of Polish stoneware they had! ;) 

I also have a lot of Celtic heritage (Irish, Welsh, English etc) from the other side of my family and I gave myself a St. Paddy's mani with my green and my gold coin polish. And Ruby happened to have her grooming last week - so they dolled her up so cute! ☘️ And I made chocolate chip cookies with a little green food coloring for the occasion too. 

PS: if you want a really delish low cal/low point treat that satisfies cut up an apple, heat up some peanut butter in the micro and drizzle over the apples and top with mini semi sweet chocolate chips. So good!

Even though outside it looks like winter - keeping the Spring vibes strong inside 🌸 🦋

PRAYER LIST:

 For an end to the conflict in the Ukraine and other areas of the world living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence.  For anyone sick, suffering, in pain or fear... that God bring them comfort and peace. For His Light and Love to cast out the dark everywhere. For so many dealing with crazy weather to remain safe, patient and not lose faith in the
Spring that is to come. 🙏 

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Think Spring! ☀️ 

I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.

Pineapple Coconut Quick Bread

 

Hello Friends! 

Well big surprise - it's snowing in the northwoods again. Predicting maybe another 8 inches by the time it's done. Old Man Winter just won't take the hint he's not welcome here anymore. Lol Our big local area shopping mall had so much snow on its roof that a portion of it caved in and they're dealing with that right now and it has been closed for days. This added snow today isn't helping their situation I'm sure. Geesh - we need some Spring to make a visit asap!! 

So I've been doing all the things to think warmer thoughts and even got into tropical vibes by baking this yummy quick bread. It was delicious and had almost more of a cake-like texture. It was another recipe I found on pinterest and you can find it under my board "breads".

And how could you go wrong with some sunny pineapple.

And tasty tropical coconut? 

Sprinkle a little more coconut on top for good measure and bake. The only thing I changed with this recipe is I didn't cover my bread. I just kept an eye on it. But everyone's ovens are different so I would say be careful not to burn it towards the end. If mine hadn't been baked through at the end I would have covered it then. 

Here's the recipe. Enjoy!