Hello dear Friends!
I hope you're starting out on a very happy Monday. I know one that may not sadly ...you have my sympathies & big hugs Jean. 🙏🏻 The Super Bowl was probably kind of brutal to watch for a Chiefs fan. But I hope you were still able to have fun snacks and enjoy the commercials! ❤️
We had our friends, the C's, over to watch. We did a numbers pool and I won one of the quarters - yay! We did a big nacho bar with taco meat, slow cooker queso dip, slow cooker bean dip & all the fixings. Plus, I made blackberry swirl cream cheese brownies - they are delish! And Mrs. C brought veggie pizza and slow cooker buffalo chicken dip. We were well fed all night and have lots of leftovers! Which is nice because I have an Uncle coming to town today and needing to stay over here tonight.
Also this weekend (well since mid last week) my son and his Jill stayed over with us and went home early yesterday. That was wonderful to get such quality time with them. We played lots of games. Ate great food and did lots of visiting. We're kind of becoming the air B&B for family when they come to town now that we have spare rooms. Lol I'm not mad about it. I love my family so much!
Now on to the week ahead...
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
Coffee with splash of protein drink and some natural pistachio creamer
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
errands, help my Uncle to his medical appointment (why he's staying over), meeting with financial planner, help my Mom with some things, some home projects I'm working on, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
the next organizing projects around here I need to get done
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
I'm watching the morning news. Both of the furry babies are sitting by me. It's sunny out my window but so cold this AM! It's going to be a cold week. It's a bummer as the bay looks so nice to go for walks on and someone used a snowmobile or 4-wheeler to plow paths on it. Maybe when it warms up a little we can get some workouts in down there.
CURRENTLY READING
I just downloaded some samples of Amish novels by Karen Harper (still need to finish my cottage core book though)
ON THE TV TODAY:
When Calls the Heart, All Creatures Great & Small, The Rookie , Miss Scarlet, Shifting Gears, Jeopardy & Celebrity Jeopardy, Ghosts, Shark Tank, still catch up TWD
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - leftovers but also going to make slow cooker chicken gnocchi soup (like Olive Garden's) to have for dinner with a salad tonight with my Uncle here (he's having a procedure and will probably want something more gentle to eat)
TUESDAY - leftovers
WEDNESDAY - Onion BBQ crunch chicken, roasted cauliflower side dish
THURSDAY - homemade spicy spaghetti sauce with healthy noodles & salad
FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
work on our wedding scrapbook I'm making, read, play cards with Matt
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
Have you ever made homemade goodies for your dog? I'm thinking of making this at some point for Ruby 💗
FROM THE CAMERA:
Slow cooker queso in the works (I'll share recipes later in the week) and the blackberry cheesecake swirl brownies. Pic with our besties the C's - they said we needed a group selfie because their younger daughter wanted one and to see all of our food 😂 (she was at a friend's house watching) We always have the best time with these guys!!
Bubba always trying to steal the show (those are Mr C's feet in the pic 😂) You can see our football numbers pool. I won $25 one quarter and I won bragging rights as I predicted the closest to the amount of points that were scored on the night. But Mr. C won the big final quarter $50!
The furry babies forever have my heart. And we're still loving the glow of candles and twinkle lights at night.
This adorable memory came up in my phone of Annie from a production in middle school (she still had braces!) and my Mumsy had come to watch too. So sweet! And the fuzzy hearts are the wallpaper in my phone right now in honor of Valentines day - I think they're so cute. :)
