Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Hello dear wonderful Blogging Beauties!

Thank you so much for all the prayers, love and support on my last post. My face surgery went well. They were able to get all the cancer cells with only one shave in the Mohs surgery. I felt so badly for other people that were up there all day long, due to having to go back for multiple cuttings. I was there only about 2 hours. It was a heftier surgery than I thought it was going to be though. It required internal stitches and 8 stitches on the outside of my face. I have a line from right below the corner of my eye all the way to the bottom of my nose. I took a pic to show my kiddos and they said I look like one tough Chick. Lol I'll spare you the more gruesome pic, but here is one from right after the procedure to show you how it requires a large dressing on my face. It got pretty swollen and black and blue - but even that is getting better now. I will get the stitches out later this week and then it will take a several weeks to more fully heal up. Fun, fun. 

So needless to say it was a pretty quiet weekend overall. Matt has been the biggest Sweetie and taking very good care of me. It got really cold here over the weekend and we even had our first snowflakes flying in the air! It didn't accumulate to anything...but Mother Nature was letting us know it's just a matter of time. ❄️

 

 

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

some cereal with fruit, coffee

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

laying pretty low this week, get stitches out, do hospice work from home, working on hibernation projects (cleaning out cabinets etc), Christmas gift projects, may start wrapping as I've gotten a fair amount of shopping done and I can bag them up all wrapped to then store away until we decorate for the holidays

THINKING ABOUT: 

lots of holiday things on the brain

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

My comfy bed and pillow! I had to sleep in the recliner for several days after the procedure and it made me appreciate my bed that much more. 

CURRENTLY READING

?? - doing more crafting etc lately

ON THE TV TODAY:

 Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor,  Shifting Gears, Ghosts, Holiday baking shows, Hallmark movies 

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY -  leftover ham & scalloped potatoes, asparagus

TUESDAY -  Matt made us some steaks Sunday...maybe leftover steak to go with eggs (breakfast for dinner) with leftover asparagus and side of fruit

WEDNESDAY -  pasta bolognese, salad, garlic bread

THURSDAY - Asian soup dumplings, cauliflower rice, edamame, veggie spring rolls

FRIDAY - order in?

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

sketch and paint, crochet, work on Thanksgiving menu and shopping lists

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

Today is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. You may remember the song by Gordon Lightfoot? It has real meaning here as that ship loaded up on iron ore in the city where I live that day, and left from the harbor just a few miles from our bay. I was only 4 at the time, so of course I don't remember it. Today they will have a commemoration ceremony over Lake Superior at this lighthouse, where Matt & I hiked this Fall:

They will be ringing a memorial bell 29 times for each man lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald. If you haven't heard the song or story I'll include the lyrics and a video of the song here:

THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

FROM THE CAMERA:

Since I've needed to be restful I've been coloring, watercolor painting and other crafting. :) 

It just looks like November around here. And it got cold enough to have snowflakes swirl and little bit show up on the deck. We got out the birdfeeder and the deck is completely empty and everything is put away for winter. The squirrels come to clean up the scraps the birds drop from the feeder, and it drives Ruby crazy. Lol 

I put away the more Halloween kinds of Fall decorations and Thanksgiving ones are more featured now. I was watching a show on youtube and the gal had cats and Bubba sat and watched with me! Lol 

PRAYER LIST:

 For an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence.  For anyone sick, suffering, in pain, fear, loneliness etc ... that God bring them comfort and peace. 

For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way to loving our neighbors as ourselves. 🙏🏻

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Blessings on your week ahead Friends. 💗

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

Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello and happy Monday Friends ~

And happy Martin Luther King Jr. day. It's so nice that Matt doesn't work today, so it feels like an extra long weekend. Starting a Monday sipping coffee and watching morning news together was a treat. :) 

I hope you had a cozy and restful weekend. We did over here. We mostly cozied in because of the cold weather (teens below zero) other than to go to church and run some errands.  On Friday night we snuggled together in the living room in front of the fire listening to music by candlelight and fire flow and reading. It was so wonderful! 

Saturday night was fun as we scratched off one of our date night ideas that was one you could do at home. (Matt gave me a fun date book for Christmas a few years ago) It's fun for shaking it up now and then. It suggested to revisit our youth and for dinner to eat one of our favorite childhood snacks or meals and watch a favorite childhood show together. So we did just that and it was so fun and filled with lots of laughs! Matt's snack was "chips & cheese" which he said was where he would grate cheese onto a plate of doritos. Then microwave it a little. And dip the cheesy chips into salsa. And he picked the show Saved by the Bell - so we watched an episode of that. My snack was cereal (cap'n crunch to be exact) and I chose an episode of the Muppet Show. It was one of my absolute favorites in grade school! Lol It was all pretty hilarious and brought back so many other childhood memories we both enjoyed sharing with one another. 

We also watched lots of football. I bet you're happy about those Chiefs Jean! Wow, was that a nice TD by Travis! And always nice to see Taylor cheering him on. 😉 Matt and I are already talking about and making fun plans and a menu for the Super Bowl ahead. Do you watch the Super Bowl and like to make fun plans for food or time with friends?

**And just a reminder that I'm doing my 10th Blogaversary Giveaway Wednesday and you only have through tomorrow to leave a comment.  Please go back to that post, check out the prizes and enter! You can find it if you click here.

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

 Coffee with protein creamer and some almond milk, a little piece of kringle. We grabbed some to be a treat throughout the long weekend. It's so good! 

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands, home projects, help my Mom with some things, dinner with a friend, grief work from home and at the facility, home projects

THINKING ABOUT:  

What we're going to do this afternoon for some fun together. Probably play some cards and maybe watch a movie, as it's still so cold outside....which is a bummer because it would have been so fun to go walk on the frozen bay.

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE

It's nice and clean and always looks so empty without the tree up. Listening to some Celtic music and I'm going to head into the kitchen soon and make up some chicken salad for our lunch.

CURRENTLY READING

not sure of my next book yet?

ON THE TV TODAY:

When Calls the Heart, Virgin river, All Creatures Great & Small, The Rookie , Miss Scarlet, Shifting Gears, some movies taped & HGTV shows

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - leftovers from the weekend (meatballs, chicken, veggies & protein dip)

TUESDAY -  pinwheel pork chops, roasted sheet pan of veggies with balsamic glaze

WEDNESDAY - pho soup with chicken, crackers, fruit

THURSDAY - cheese pierogis with grilled onions, salad

FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

 work on our wedding scrapbook I'm making, watch a movie, maybe bake up something?

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

❤️❤️❤️

FROM THE CAMERA:

pretty sunset:

clean and bright living room and no more Christmas tree :(

our cozy night by the fireplace when the wind was howling outside (it has been SO COLD here)

That night I made us mugs of homemade cocoa on the stovetop. I'll share the recipe later this week. 

We got in some snuggly naptime over the weekend too :) 

Feeding the birds brings other critters too. 

PRAYER LIST:

 For an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence.  For anyone sick, suffering, in pain, fear, loneliness etc ... that God bring them comfort and peace. For all those affected by the wildfires in CA and for the firefighters working so hard. 

For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way. 🙏🏻

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Have a great week ahead Friends! I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.