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WOW, where did this last week go.  I was planning to post more last week, but it obviously got away from me.  I spent the week and weekend sorting through craft items, desk items, old photographs and such – SOOOO much harder than manual labor with emotion connected to each item. It also worked out well with the stormy weekend to be inside.

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
Still gray and stormy, but that is supposed to clear up tomorrow with temperatures soaring into the 90’s and fortunately the humidity dipping into the 60’s instead of the miserable 80 degrees and 95% humidity we had last week.

AS I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
I see the damage from yesterday’s storm in broken branches and flower beds that need their dirt scooped back in which I will gt to later when I trim the roses.

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE
Honey nut cheerios with sliced banana and green tea.

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE & HOUSE PROJECTS
I see that I made a HUGE mess the last several days trying to sort through the last of the boxes most of which are craft items or small desk type items, but it will hopefully all come together by the end of the week and I will take a few pictures then.

TO DO FOR THE WEEK

• Monday – Grocery Shopping for the ingredients for recipe experiment week  and Home Depot to pick up a few last minute items to install the new front door.
• Tuesday thru Thursday – keep sorting through pile in atrium and organize my studio.
• Friday – maybe go see a matinee and lunch out since we stay home weekends to avoid the traffic and masses of people.
• Saturday – clean and laundry
• Sunday – Y.O.Y.O. (you’re on your own) day and do as I please which will probably be working in my studio.

CURRENTLY READING

• Easy Love – Boudreaux Series by Kirsten Proby

TELEVISION / DVR
I think there are a few new shows this week, but I haven’t checked yet. There are also a few movies coming out this month that I’d like to see and I might need to go to AMC for a matinee or two on warmer days.

CRAFTS & PROJECTS
I went through my fabric stash and began to organize it. WHEW! What a job! I didn’t realize how much fabric I had accumulated.  Good thing I’m STILL going through my aunt’s magazines and finding some new patterns to try for quilts.  Boy did she like her magazines!  Here are this week’s quilt pattern finds:

• Altitude
• Little Red Bird
• Patriot Parade 
• Early Birds
• Spring Forth
• Garden Glories
• Play it Again
• Shades of Fall
• Maisy Daisy
• Bevels
• Magic Stars
• Warm Breeze
• Squares Plus
• Plum Spicy
• Rainbow Hearts
• Daffodils for Dad
• Moon Shadow Stars
• Blueberry Ice
• Wavelength

HOUSE PROJECTS
No pictures this week, but we had a productive week moving forward on “little” finish projects.

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK
I found so many fun new recipes that I’m going to make every night this entire week an experiment night plus an interesting dessert.

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
BREAKFAST	YOGURT & FRUIT	SCRAMBLED EGGS & CHEESE	FRUIT SMOOTHIE	YOGURT & FRUIT	MAPLE OATMEAL & RAISINS	EGGS in the CLOUDS	BACON & EGGS
LUNCH	FRUIT & CHEESE	SOUP & CRACKERS	SANDWICH	OUT	MEAT & CHEESE	LEFTOVERS	SANDWICHES
DINNER	CRISPY RAMEN CRUSTED CHICKEN with ASIAN SLAW	CAST IRON LEMON  CHICKEN and SALAD	C.O.R.N.	BUFFALO CHICKEN MAC & CHEESE	GRILLED CHICKEN with COLA SAUCE	BUFFALO CHICKEN THIGHS and SALAD	APRICOT GLAZED PORK KEBABS and SAVORY BREAD PUDDING
DESSERT			BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

SUCCESSFUL RECIPES and their links FROM LAST WEEK

• Pineapple Pound Cake (recipe will be up a little later)

RECIPE FINDS TO TRY LATER
I’m STILL going through my aunt’s magazines and boy did she like her magazines!  Here are this week’s recipe finds:

• Brown Sugar Cinnamon Peach Pie
• Ciabatta French Toast
• Pork Tenderloin with Orange Compote
• Argentinean Pork
• Salted Caramel Brownies
• Carnitas Tacos with Pickled Red Onion
• Grilled Chicken with Asian Pear Slaw
• Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins
• Fresh Raspberry Vanilla Preserves
• Strawberry Chicken Salad
• Grilled Parmesan Cake
• Crawfish Bisque
• Kickin’ Orange Glazed Chicken
• Apricot Glazed Chicken Thighs
• Manicotti with Vodka Blush Sauce
• Pear Tart
• White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn

FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA
One of the things I ran across this week was “real” photos from when the pups were pups! It made me realize just how old they are and made me sad too!  But I also took this picture of our “OLD MAN” (14) and a treat.  I gently laid it there to see how long it would take for him to notice and LOL it took a long time! When he was young it would have woken him up in a heart beat!

INSPIRATION

Be sure to link up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy homemaker Monday and with Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.