Happy Homemaker Monday

I'm joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom today.  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.  Oddly, my kids did not try to prank me one time.

Over the weekend, we got a motorcycle ride, joined Hubby's family for Easter dinner, took my Dad plate of food, and split more wood.  I think not being prepared with a few years of split wood has finally weighed on my husband's mind.  He keeps saying, "I'm so tired of this, I will have all our wood split before next winter."

Update on my fall:  I had placed a comfrey poultice under my arm where I slammed onto the chair, but not anywhere else.  The bruise was gone in a few days, but last Saturday, I had shoulder pain and two nasty bruises show up on my knee.  




On the breakfast plate. . .

Spinach/parsley/blueberry/banana smoothie, one hard boiled egg and coffee.



The weather outside is. . .
This winter is really getting on everyone's nerves.  Woke up to 24°F, with a possible high of 47°F.  Tomorrow?  High of 64°F, low of 36 with 80% rain during the day and 100% at night.  Then Wednesday, only a high of 40°F and a low of 27°F.  Friday night we dip down to 21°F if they are correct.  We were told a possible chance of flurries last night.  Yes.  Flurries.  


What I'm reading . . .
Tons of library books, my Bible


On the TV . . .
McCleod's Daughters 


On the to-do list this week . . .
Kitchen:
-Make nettle tea infusion
-Make bowls of condensed mushroom soup for the freezer
-Make homemade teriyaki sauce
-Make a crock pot of pumpkin steel cut oats

Regular Chores:
-Carpets/Sweep floors/Mop - some delegated
-Laundry
-Master bath
-Kitchen bathroom - delegated
-Dishes - delegated
-Dust
-Water plants

Outdoor, Deep Clean, and Misc. work:
-Burn down the brush pile
-Muck coop if the rain stops 
-start cleaning up floor of wood barn (lots and lots of bark and wood chips)
-Clean back refrigerator (used for storing homemade recipe ingredients, garden surplus, pickling jars, etc).  I have had this on the list for a while, but it's been too cold to do it.  It's back on the list with another attempt on a warmer day.
-Finish seeding radish pods
-Crack more walnuts
-Take a load to the thrift store


On the menu this week . . .
Chicken teriyaki
Tuna stuffed potatoes, asparagus, mashed sweet potatoes
Fish, brussel sprouts and green beans
Sweet potato chili
Dandelion/pumpkin seed pesto pasta, veggie
Corn chowder
Leftovers


If I have a few minutes to myself I will . . .
Well, maybe work on  my Scrap blogspot, write, read, or even crochet.  Not sure.  Depends on the weather outside today too.  I'd love to get some porch time.



New recipe I tried this week or want to try. . .
-Mexican chia seed scrambled egg wraps.  I'm excited to try this one, but not sure if I will get it made this week or next. 



Homemaking Tip . . .
I have been going through a ton of those mini sticky note markers lately.  Then I thought, "Hm."  I could save a bit of cash if I used some sort of junk mail or scrap paper of some sort instead.  Then it hit me - expired coupons.  I now clip my expired coupons together, and have them nearby when reading a book and needing to mark the pages for a later date of taking notes, getting a recipe idea, etc.  The expired coupons do not have the ability to damage the book pages as a "sticky" note or note marker does, and I can pull the expired coupons out, clip them together and use them the next time I need them. 


What I am crocheting, knitting, sewing or creating . . .
Pot holder set.  


From the camera. . . 

Bible verse, Devotional, Quote, or Gratitude. . .

I am thankful for books
I am thankful for used book stores
I am thankful for friends
I am thankful for sunshine
I am thankful for God's Protection

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