Happy Homemaker Monday

 I have been working up a list, in case I finish the crochet blanket before I can get back upstairs for more yarn.  I am putting off any canning due to the dust in this house (which will end soon I hope).

-journal
-read
-tidy closet (a bit difficult, as boxes of stuff from living room are stacked in there right now)

-finish a crocheted scarf I started (have the yarn for that)

-make nail polish bottle ornaments

-start a new scrap lap afghan

Lumber prices have come down a bit thankfully.  However, we have to return to the hardware store for more supplies.  It's just never ending.

Today I will join Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.

The weather . . .

45/24°F, we may possibly hit the mid 50's this week.

As I look outside my window . . .

The wind tapered off.  

Right now I am . . .

Brewing another pot of coffee.

Thinking and pondering . . .

Not sure if the two of us are making anything special for a Thanksgiving meal yet.  The kids will not be around, and well, no other plans.

How I am feeling . . .

Cold.  I cannot wait to fire up the wood stove.  I am losing my patience with this living room job.

Listening to . . .

The radio, rock, some country

On the breakfast plate . . .

Leftover butternut squash breakfast casserole.

What I am wearing . . .

Jammies, robe, slippers

On my reading pile . . .

Most of my books are buried on a shelf in my office, so today I plan to seek out any stray books I may have elsewhere.

On my TV . . .

Mystery Channel

On the menu . . .

-crockpot pork chops, crockpot sweet potatoes
-not sure on the rest just yet

Looking around the house . . .

It's the same ol' mess of everything shoved in all places.  I literally run into stuff, bump into it, or trip on it.  Sigh....

To-Do list . . .

-mail in rebate
-wash dishes
-catch up any laundry

-make chapstick (still on the list, sigh)

-make travel soaps (still on the list)

-write out shopping list

-make homemade hot cocoa mix

-have no idea....it's so frustrating with the floor repair going on

From the camera . . .

I have nothing right now.

Devotional . . .

Still buried in the office..,..

Chilly Weekend

 

I made us a crock pot of chili for the weekend. Brr.  Woke up to snow on the vehicles, but that's about it.  I'll be freezing half of this for a future meal.

We have decided to install a gas heater in the kitchen and living room.  It will be more cost efficient for us, and most likely heat better than our wall (floor) electric heat.  The gas lines are going in before the subfloor goes down.

Speaking of heat, I cannot wait to fire up the wood stove.  Thankfully, the weather will be a bit warmer next week.

I'm down to the last skein to complete Daughter K's blanket.  I should be better prepared myself with yarn, before I was cut off of access to the upstairs.  I guess we both didn't think the living room would take so long.  

Anyway, I guess if I run out of projects with what I have downstairs, I will make a run to a craft store.  I do have some cleaning I can also do in our bedroom closet, but spring/summer is the best time to work on that (due to no heat in there, which we plan to do some renovations to add a vent next year).

I am narrowing down my list of what I can do, get done, and what I can do, to not lose my mind.  I do miss having dogs to take out (believe it or not), I miss taking care of goats.  I guess you start to miss these things when you are literally stuck in one room of the house (minus the kitchen/utility room).