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GOOD MORNING dear friends. Can you believe that Christmas is only 9 days away? Or that 2020 is only 2 weeks away? Personally, I find it mind boggling! I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas season and having the time to truly enjoy it as you go. I’ve been feeling a bit puny so spent most of yesterday down and out 🙁
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW & THE WEATHER OUTSIDE & WHAT I’M WEARING It is supposed to be a really wet week here and cold too. It’s been a bone chilling type of wet/cold. Don’t let those highs fool you, so far this past week we’ve been 4-5 degrees lower each day from what they predicted. 🙁 and with no sun it feels like even more of a difference! Thursday in particular I will be staying in. It’s 30 degrees right now and I’m planning on Levis with a gray fleece hoodie and UGG’s.
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE Peach yogurt and a banana
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE, WEEKLY TO DO LIST, HOUSE & CRAFT PROJECTS, APPOINTMENTS
- LAUNDRY, LIVING AREAS & KITCHEN… Laundry is caught up, vacuuming is done, bathrooms are clean, fridge is cleaned…
- YARD… we finished the decorating yesterday in the frigid cold. I literally had to keep stopping and go in to get warm so it took ALL day!
- APPOINTMENTS & TO DO… We have a couple doctor appointments Tuesday and Wednesday, but are ALL done with shopping, even the grocery shopping will be done in a couple hours so I get to avoid the stores until 2020. We’ll be going to the Festival of Lights tonight.
- BLOG… I have a couple BLOGMAS posts to get done and there are a few recipes to write up for next week.
- CRAFTS/PROJECTS… I’m hoping to get some mixed media projects done later this week.
WHAT IS ON THE DVR, I LIKE OR ON THE LIST TO WATCH/SOMETHING INTERESTING I WATCHED
We are still only about halfway through Dolly Parton’s Heart Strings on Netflix – a series of heart warming stories. We’re also about halfway through the new season of Mrs. Maisel. We’re caught up on the fall finales. But, I have quite a few Hallmark Christmas movies to watch this week.
Some of the shows we’re watching for this year are:
- CRIME, SYFY, POLICE & MEDICAL – Chicago Series (Medical, FIRE and Police), Law & Order SVU, Blue Bloods, Hawaii 5-0, Magnum PI, FBI, NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS NOLA, All Rise, Bluff City Law, The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor, StumpTown, The Rookie, Bull, 911, Emergence, Seal Team, Supernatural
- COMEDIES & FAMILY – Young Sheldon, The Good Place, The Unicorn, American Housewife, GOD Friended me, Almost Family
I’M READING I’m almost done with Kissing Jenna Book #2 of Kristen Proby’s BIG SKY series
FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA
INSPIRATION & A FUNNY
HEALTH & BEAUTY TIPS
HOMEMAKING/COOKING TIP
MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY – FETTUCINE with CHICKEN RAGU & SALAD
TUESDAY – BRAISED BALSAMIC CHICKEN & SALAD
WEDNESDAY – HOLIDAY EVE CHICKEN & SALAD
THURSDAY – C.O.R.N.
FRIDAY – TROPICAL DUMP CHICKEN & SALAD
SATURDAY – GRANNY’S CHICKEN
SUNDAY – C.O.R.N.
SUCCESSFUL RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK
- SHORT RIBS ala INSTA POT with CREAMY POLENTA
- COCKTAIL CRAB DIP
- BBQ HOISIN BRISKET ala SLOW COOKER
- CHOCOLATE PRETZEL PB SQUARES
- MUSHROOM CREAM CHICKEN
- ROASTED APPLE PIE
FEATURED PARTY LINKS FOR THIS WEEK
RECIPES TO LOOK FOR THIS NEXT WEEK OR SO
- FETTUCINE with CHICKEN RAGU
- BANANA UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
- FRENCH ONION POTATO SOUP
- CREAMY GARLIC PARMESAN BRUSSELS SPROUTS
- BRAISED BALSAMIC CHICKEN
- HOLIDAY EVE CHICKEN
- TROPICAL DUMP CHICKEN
- GRANNY’S CHICKEN
I love that Santa ! A few weeks to go 🙂
Have a great week
Your blog always inpsires me to want to plan meals better. My mind just doesn’t seem to be interested in meals this week. My tummy sure will though given time!!!
Hope you feel better. Love the inspirations you shared this week. And are those your outdoor Christmas decorations? Super cute! Have a wonderful week.
Thank you, I’m trying! Those are the beginnings of outdoor decorations. We hope to finish today as it looks to be the only decent day this week, but as of now still way too cold to attempt, maybe after we break 40 degrees 😀