MENU PLAN & HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY week 36 of 2017

I hope you all had a GREAT week and are taking a much deserved break today for Labor day. We have had a busy week recovering from Hurricane Harvey.  This has been and continues to be chaos even as life tries to go back to normal.  We were blessed to be in an area that received 3 feet of rain and tons of wind, but no serious damage or flooding except for a the few neighbors we were able to help out.  But, that has left us on a “virtual” island not able to go too far in any one direction without running into closed roads and freeways.  They are still releasing waters from the overflowing reservoirs so residential flooding as well as downtown is still a HUGE concern.  Also of concern is a dozen or so flooded toxic waste dumps, mosquito season and raw sewage in the flood waters.

My long awaited testing for my surgery last Friday in the downtown medical center was canceled and has yet to be rescheduled, but I’m hoping to have some answers tomorrow. I know there are other concerns right now, but I am miserable and unable to sleep, eat or function well so am hoping as they reopen they have developed a plan to deal with the week’s worth of patients in limbo in a timely and efficient manner.

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW & THE WEATHER OUTSIDE

We are warmer and humid again, but the skies are blue and full of fluffy clouds.

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE

Protein drink and coffee

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE

I’m blessed to have a house to complain about being messy!  I need to clean well though. So much time spent indoors while the hurricane/tropical storm raged and away after to help friends and now the holiday weekend that I have neglected normal day to day items, but I’ll get those back together as the week moves on.

WEEKLY TO DO LIST & HOUSE PROJECTS

  • LAUNDRY… just a couple of regular loads – just finished 10 or so loads of towels and blankets used to help neighbor with her flood.
  • LIVING AREAS… mostly tidy, but need to do ALL floors
  • KITCHEN… laundry room is at the back of the kitchen and I have been doing so many loads of wet towels and such that the whole room needs a serious deep clean.
  • STUDIO… I’ve been packing so there is a bit of a mess that will remain for awhile.
  • YARD… Hubby just reseeded the yard and put on a layer of manure.  It seems so odd to be watering after just receiving 3 feet of rain, but we really want the new seed to take root and this seemed like the best time while the ground is soft.
  • BLOGstill doing some recipe updating and planing for future posts.

CURRENTLY READING & TELEVISION / DVR

  • STILL READING – I seem to fall asleep after just a paragraph or 2 – Ava Miles #4 Dare Valley – The Holiday Serenade

Waiting for the new season to start, but there are plenty of things still going on:

  • ZOO
  • STRAIN
  • SALVATION
  • NIGHT SHIFT
  • MIDNIGHT TEXAS
  • CHESAPEAKE SHORES
  • AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
  • GUY’S GROCERY GAMES
  • Guy’s Family Road Trip
  • Great FOOD TRUCK race
  • MASTER CHEF – there are some interesting characters left this season and some I can’t wait to see go – hint hint JEFF HAS TO GO!

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
PROTEIN DRINK & COFFEE
SCRAMBLED EGGS & COFFEE
FRUIT SMOOTHIE
PROTEIN DRINK & COFFEE
SCRAMBLED EGGS & COFFEE
SOUR CREAM WAFFLES AND BACON
SHIRRED EGGS
LUNCH
FRUIT & CHEESE
SOUP
MEAT ROLL-UPS
SALAD
MEAT & CHEESE
C.O.R.N.
??
DINNER
& SALAD
RUSTIC CREAMY PARMESAN CHICKEN
WILTED SPINACH SALAD with GRILLED CHICKEN
DESSERT

SUCCESSFUL RECIPE LINKS FROM LAST WEEK

HEALTH & BEAUTY TIPS

HOMEMAKING/COOKING TIP

I saw this on facebook and this is soooooooooooo cool and helpful.
https://www.facebook.com/firstmediasoyummy/videos/1862813597366116/

 

ON MY MIND / THINGS THAT ARE MAKING ME HAPPY

I’m probably hypersensitive this week with all the stress, but it just concerns me that people “stir the pot” so easily in social media. It’s so easy these days to “say” something via the written word on social media that you would have thought twice about before saying verbally without really thinking through the implications.

FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA

We were so fortunate where we were in Hurricane Harvey’s path.  The rescue helicopters made it super surreal though as we were apparently in a flight pattern.  My oldest friend (we’ve known each other since we were 2 and 3) Leslie called to check on us though and said her ex SIL was flooded and had to be rescued by boat.  She said she was taking a 4 day weekend and driving down to Help Joan now that the waters were beginning to recede.  We decided we would try to get there to help.  I say try, because where we are kind of became an island of sorts. We couldn’t travel in any direction without  coming upon primarily closed flooded out roads. These trucks were full of police in tactical gear coming from a heavily flooded area.

So on Friday we took boots, gloves, a HUGE pot of chili and started out for a location 11 miles away.  It took us 2 hours, but we got there.  It looked like a war zone!  The primary goal was to get all the carpeting, flooring, drywall and ruined furniture and appliance to the curb.  At some point the city will be picking these things up.  With the humidity here, mosquitoes and mold are the worst fears.  I have to say that for the most part my faith in humanity was restored as people just showed up and offered their  services to cut out drywall, move refrigerators and just offer their talents any way they could.  High school guys offering their brute strength, cub scouts passing out water, friends of friends just pitching in…

There were a couple instances of active tries at looting, but neighbors banded together and ran off these offenders.  Joan lives on a cul-de-sac and the guy on the corner has been parking his car sideways at night and standing vigil with an assault rifle to keep people who didn’t belong there out.  The neighbors a few streets over that were not flooded brought dinner for the whole neighborhood the first night they were allowed back in. Then on Saturday sack lunches and the kindness continues!

About half way through removing the debris and these pictures are just 2 yards of the many thousands that look just like this or worse. They are urging everyone to put out EVERYTHING that was in flood waters, even what appears salvageable because of the toxins, parasites and such that is in the flood waters.

And while we have too much water those poor people in Montana need rain desperately.  Praying for ALL those affected by the wildfires.

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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Carrie@northwoods scrapbook

Sorry I’m so late catching up! I will get back into the blogging swing of things soon. Lol
Sending continued prayers to all the folks in Texas! I donated to Red Cross too. God bless all they do. 😉 I’m so glad that all things considered you guys were okay. And so wonderful of you to think of others and bring food etc.

Prayers continued for all of your test answers too Hon! Have a blessed weekend. xoxo

QuiltLady

Thank you! Texas is beginning to recover. I’m praying for Florida now. Because of Hurricane Harvey all my tests have been moved to October 🙁 I’m so sad, but believe there is always a reason.

Sandra

One of the reasons I get so frustrated with social media, is exactly because of what you said. I’m tired of all the bullying going on behind the keyboard, it’s disgusting.

The pie video was amazing, I need to save that for the holidays. The doily one was the only one that I kept thinking “is that a real doilly? wouldn’t it get all dirty, or make the crust dirty with fibers?” hahaha

Hope you have a great week, and I hope you can get your surgery rescheduled.

QuiltLady

Bullying! That’s the word I was looking for! I recently shared the video of the nurse being assaulted by the policeman in Utah. I found the whole video atrocious in his power trip and flagrant abuse of the law and the nurse. My friend then re-shared it and her friend turned into a “white privilege” thing which it wasn’t – it had ZERO to do with color. Someone who just stirs the pot has no place in my life – I go out of the way to stay positive first and foremost. WHEW rant finished 😀

I think it was a real doily. You’d have to make it a pie making dedicated one that gets washed each time I guess.

Have a great week too!

Jean

Love the inspirations you shared this week. Still thinking of you and everyone down in Texas. Ugh, I hadn’t even thought about mosquitoes. Glad your faith in humanity was restored a bit although I just find it disgusting someone would try looting during such a horrific disaster, good thing the good people outnumber those kind. On a less serious note, please tell me I’m not the only one who saw the pie crust thing and thought, I sure hope they washed that doily first! Hope you have an amazing week and get those answers you need for your improved health very soon.

QuiltLady

Thank you. The good definitely outweighed the bad people by 100 to 1. LMBO 😀 OMG YES that is EXACTLY what I was thinking! I didn’t like the doily idea half as much as the hearts and circles.

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