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OUTSIDE MY WINDOW & THE WEATHER OUTSIDE

It’s still very warm and humid with a chance of thunderstorms ALL week, but a bit more tolerable than it has been.  I ran to Costco and did some errands on Saturday and got caught in one of the worst thunderstorms I’ve ever been in.  I think partly because the people around me were so panicked and unable to cope.  Gheesh people, it’s just water.

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE

BOOST Nutritional drink and coffee

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE / WEEKLY TO DO LIST & HOUSE PROJECTS

• LAUNDRY… just a couple loads
  
• LIVING AREAS… mostly tidy, but need to do floors AS ALWAYS
  
• KITCHEN… NOT quite clean, but just a little tidying will do
  
• STUDIO… Just don’t know where to start this week in here
  
• YARD… hubby needs to mow and edge, bit nothing for me to do 😀
  
• BLOG… some recipe updating and planing for future posts

MONDAY – APPOINTMENTS & ERRANDS
TUESDAY – PAPERWORK, CLEANING
WEDNESDAY – EBAYING, SORTING and PACKING
THURSDAY – PAINTING TOUCH UPS
FRIDAY – ??
SATURDAY – WORK AROUND HOUSE, FOOTBALL & RACING
SUNDAY – WORK AROUND HOUSE, FOOTBALL & RACING

CURRENTLY READING & TELEVISION / DVR

With being under the weather and being cooped up so much I’ve been watching a bit more TV.  Rented a few movies the past couple weeks too.

• KONG Skull Island – I think I almost like this version better.
• Gifted – Really makes you think about people’s motivations for the things they do and when to let a kid be a kid.
• Cop and a Half, NEW Recruit – really cute
• Unforgettable – Kathryn Heigl plays deranged well, but the movie was pretty predictable.
• Colossal – strange and good at the same time.
• The Circle – REALLY makes you think about our world and the use of social media.

There are a couple new shows starting on the Food Network this month that I’m really looking forward to.

• Guy’s Family Road Trip 8/18
• Great FOOD TRUCK race 8/20

READING: I switched over to Marie Force’s #10 book in the Fatal Series.

• GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW – I just love this show and I’m not ready for it to be over! SPOILER ALERT! – I do think Candace winning was the best though.
• MIDNIGHT TEXAS
• THE NIGHT SHIFT
• SALVATION
  
• ZOO
• FOOD NETWORK STAR – I LOVE Jason and Matt and Rusty.  Jason was so funny on the Holiday Baking Championship which he won against professionals.  He is pretty innovative with flavor combos and I just love his country accent and euphemisms.
• AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – always a fun watch – loving the new softer side of Simon and love that Laverne Cox golden buzzered Celine this past week – such a grown up voice out of such a cute little girl.
  
• The Returned
• The OA
• Friday Night Lights
• DATE MY DAD
• MASTER CHEF – there are some interesting characters this season and some I can’t wait to see go home as well as a couple I thought I was NOT going to like that are growing on me, but JEFF HAS TO GO!
  
• THE “F” WORD – I love this fun new side of Gordon Ramsay.

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
BREAKFAST	FRUIT & COFFEE	SCRAMBLED EGGS	FRUIT SMOOTHIE	FRUIT & COFFEE	SCRAMBLED EGGS	FIESTA EGG & POTATO BOATS	WAFFLES
LUNCH	FRUIT & CHEESE	SOUP	MEAT ROLL-UPS	SALAD	MEAT & CHEESE	C.O.R.N.	C.O.R.N.
DINNER	BOURBON HAM BALLS  & BROCCOLI SLAW	PEANUT CHICKEN WINGS & SALAD w/ HOMEMADE ITALIAN DRESSING	CHILI MAC CASSEROLE & SALAD w/ ZESTY BUTTERMILK DRESSING	C.O.R.N.	CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS	CHILI CHEESE DOG CASSEROLE	C.O.R.N.
DESSERT

SUCCESSFUL RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK

• BROCCOLI SLAW
• KRAB & PEA FRITTERS
• TERYAKI BEEF STIR FRY
• PLAIN OL’ CHEESECAKE
• CHEDDAR & BEER FONDUE
• WAVE ROCKING MERMAIDS
• STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE
• WARM BACON VINAIGRETTE
• CHOCOLATE BLISS BROWNIES
• BLUEBERRY LEMON SAUCE CAKE
• ZESTY BUTTERMILK RANCH DRESSING

HEALTH & BEAUTY TIPS

HOMEMAKING/COOKING TIP

ON MY MIND

I literally dread  having to call customer service ANYWHERE!  I had to call AT&T as well as AMAZON several times this week. Lately every customer service I have had to call is outsourced to the Philippines and they are reading from a script, don’t truly understand what they are doing and don’t seem to really care. I spent over an hour on hold with AT&T to deal with a rude and obnoxious man who told me “to deal with it”.  When I asked for a supervisor, he said he was the supervisor.  I told him he reported to someone so I wanted to talk to them.  At the 2 hour mark I was transferred to the customer loyalty department who was 1) in the USA 2) completely apologetic and said I should have been informed from the get go that the computers had been down most the day and that no one could have helped me.  They gave me a direct dial number to use the next day which also got me a wonderful man here in the states who took care of my problem in nothing flat.

FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA

This is only my favorite photo because I had a wonderful customer service representative at Amazon who finally made a week’s worth of horrible interactions with not so nice customer representatives right in the end.  The new plates should be here before the end of the day.

This picture popped up on Facebook yesterday as a memory though so ALL is good in the favorite photo department.

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.

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