It's been a long time since I participated in Happy Homemaker Monday. I apologize for the length of it. I tend to get a bit chatty and blabber on a bit with these posts.
Today I am joining Sandra with Happy Homemaker Monday.
The weather . . .
Cold! Sunday we got down to 27 degrees, our first hard freeze, and rain.
It's 18 degrees and snow arrived.
Right now I am . . .
Brewing coffee, and writing this post.
Thinking and pondering . . .
Spring home projects/repairs, chicken brooders, volunteering...fun winter activities.
How I am feeling . . .
Overall, good, but frustrated with those who cannot "listen" and I have to repeat myself over and over and over (not my husband ha ha! He's a great listener). I have really learned from this, to be a much better listener.
On the breakfast plate . . .
Have no idea yet.
On the menu . . .
-(new recipes to try), crock pot mac n' cheese
-crockpot flank steak tacos (new recipe to try)
-Salmon, stuffed acorn squash (new recipe)
On my reading pile . . .
1. A lot of crockpot and sheet pan dinner cookbooks from the library (working on new, easy dinners for the next few months). I have never had the "need" for a crockpot breakfast, but I'm looking into those as well.
3. Fiction
(forgot to take a photo).
On my TV this week . . .
Anything that brings laughter.
Looking around the house . . .
Looking good, and I managed to clean up a pile of paperwork, but found about two dozen printed new recipes to try. How does that happen? Sheesh. I thought I found them all. I now use my phone to try the recipe first anymore. If it's a keeper I then either write it down or print it (no more recipe piles for me). I do have a pile of free magazines from the library to read.
To-do list for the week . . .
-make a new breakfast
-sweep and mop floors
-dust
-one doctor appointment this week
-return books to the library
What I am creating . . .
Finished this lap afghan for a future donation.
I was given some yarn recently, and there are at least 21 skeins of Red Heart aran yarn in the mix. Yes, 21 of them.
I started a new lap afghan pattern with the aran colored yarn, and should use up 4 skeins to make it. It is my "travel" or "on the go" project for now. It's one color of yarn, and the pattern is very easy to memorize, so "on the go" is perfect for this blanket.
From the camera . . .
Devotional, Prayers, Bible Verses . . .
A few prayer requests:
Abby, a daughter to folks we know, who was in a car accident and in the hospital unconscious. They cut some of her skull to relieve pressure, and have plans to slowly remove her from sedation and eventually move her to acute long term facility.
Larry, adult friend of a family member who recently suffered serious seizures. We are told he takes medication for seizures, and the cause is not known. He had a seizure recently, while driving to work, which put him in the hospital.
Myself. God knows the details.
Happy Homemaker Monday © November 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
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Enjoy your Monday.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy