Happy Homemaker Monday

The weekend was super busy, but Daughter E squeezed my husband and I in for a haircut.  I actually got a hear treatment while she cut his hair.  It was way over due.

It hasn't been decided yet, but due to my husband's new position at work (12 hour days) and lack of help with the garden, I may be doing more downsizing for this garden season.

Today I am joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom, and now I am technically a "homemaker."

I will link up later when she posts (and if I can remember to, ha ha!)

The weather . . .

It will be a nice sunny 70 degree day, but rain will resume for a few days.

As I look outside my window . . .

...checking a trap we set for an unknown pest

Right now I am . . .

Starting the washing machine, writing this post, and making a list for the grocery store, and figuring out a meal plan.

Thinking and pondering  . . .

Oh....there is a ton of this going on.  Trying to make a plan to get someone hired to rip out the kitchen floor.  I have someone to install new flooring, but we have yet to go purchase that.  First, we need the plan for the person to do the more serious work, and then buy supplies to get the job(s) done.

Homemaking tips . . .

Honestly, my brain is over-worked right now, so I have nothing that comes to mind.  If I do, I will come back and share.

How I am feeling . . .

Mentally and emotionally exhausted, but hopefully that will change as we get thru the week.

On the breakfast plate . . .

Leftover omelet we had Sunday morning.  My dear husband made them with mad hatter peppers.

On my reading pile . . .

Still waiting on my used book order.  I don't have time to read right now anyway.

On my TV . . .

Anything we find interesting.

On the menu . . .

-Italian sausage/bell peppers/red onion

-have no idea yet

From the camera . . .

The roses my husband surprised me with are absolutely beautiful, and smell wonderful.

Looking around the house . . .

I'm glad Daughter K is finally moved, but she has a lot of stuff yet to move and clean up.  She left the living room a pigsty.

On the to-do list . . . 

-dishes

-laundry

-tidy bedroom

-start cleaning living room to make room for kitchen tables, counter tops and cupboards (first big job on the home to-do list)

-clean up computer area (which will also be moved to do kitchen floor repair)

-dust down the Rock Band and re-home

-start cleaning porches on good weather days

-muck the coop next best weather day (ain't happeneing today)

-clean out fridge and do a re-check on freezer

-put out going mail in mailbox

-put trash out

-burn down burn pile

Prayer list . . .

A 22 year-old missing girl in the area about 1 hour from our location.  She is the daughter to a co-worker of my husband.  Last seen on March 18th.

Rainy and Windy Day

 

It was not really the best weather day to do this, but we drove to Hobby Lobby and with my wire cutters in hand, made this in the truck on the way to the cemetery.  It wasn't cheap, but worth every penny to put together.  I think it turned out very nice.  

We (my husband and I) also put flowers on my Grandparents grave (next to Moms), and drove to the town where Dad is buried and put flowers on his too.  

On the way home we realized how many graves we need to yet visit this year - his parents, his sisters, our grandson, his nephew and his nephew's son.....just too many sadly.

Today we will be having Christmas with our Daughter T and the grandkids.  I know it's March, but it's been a whirlwind since Christmas (or before that).  The grandkids will be tickled pink to get presents in March.  She was unable to visit with us Christmas day, and she has a busy work schedule.

My blue roses are blooming beautifully.  I'll try and remember to take another photo of them today.

It's a brisk wind-chill of 32°F here his morning, and the wood stove is warming up the house.  I hear trickles of rain, but hopefully that will stop so we can burn down the burn pile, only to add more to it later today.