Happy Homemaker Monday

 If you are wondering why there hasn't been a post lately, it's due to great weather here.  Sunshine, high 70's meant motorcycle rides.  I could not, as hard as I tried, get my husband to work on the to-do list.  

One ride was to our grandson's birthday party.  The other to deliver a foldable lawn chair to our youngest.  She was set up at a pop up show for a new store in town, to represent the salon.  She did not have a chair, so my husband said he'd load up on the back of the bike, and yes he did ha ha!

Today I am joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.

The weather . . .

Awesome weather for the first few days this week, high 70's again, and then rain returns mid-week, followed by the temperature dropping again.

As I look outside my window . . .

Leaves are everywhere.  I'm charging the leaf blower as I type to get them off the porches before the rain cements them to the pavement.

Right now I am . . .

Making another pot of coffee.

Thinking and pondering . . .

We are thinking of visiting a town one hour away, to check out a store that carries discounted items.  I heard they carry flooring and items we may be able to get for the living room at a discounted price.

How I am feeling . . .

Tired.  We both didn't sleep well last night for some reason.  We both are not ready to tackle a Monday.

On the breakfast plate . . .

Leftover omelet my husband made us on Sunday morning.

What I am wearing . . .

T-shirt and garden work pants.  Tackling that job first today (after I get the laundry going and the dishwasher running)

On my reading pile . . . 

On my TV . . .

We watched The Watcher, and were disappointed at the ending of it.  Now it's whatever is on TV, if it's even on.

On the menu . . .
-leftovers
-on cooler days, a new butternut/kale soup

-salsa verde chicken tortilla casserole

-leftovers

Looking around the house . . .

It's a hot mess. It'll be that way until the living room project is done.

To do list . . .

-label more jars and put away
-laundry
-wash bed quilt (great weather for outdoor drying)
-re-organize pantry and take inventory

-clean kitchen

-run dishwasher

-wash yesterday's breakfast dishes (gulp)

-make a breakfast for the next few days

-yank the last of the hot pepper plants

-blow leaves off porches and driveway

...for the next two weeks

-empty pantry, check dates and re-organize

-empty boxes from living room

-muck coop

-put a new garage seal on

-tidy up computer area

-write list for paint needed for living room and other supplies

-take a table apart and move upstairs

-get more totes for yarn upstairs

-make travel soaps

-make chapstick

From the camera . . .

Sunday morning sunrise.  It was not as pink as usual, but pretty.

Devotional . . . 

Still can't find my devotional, but found a book with 365 days of "Brighteners."

"A good friend will sharpen your character, draw your soul into the light, and challenge your heart to love in a greater way."