HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & LINKS week 33 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for this week. Be sure to join us for Happy Homemaker Monday and link up with our host, Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

Good morning my friends! I hope that you all had a wonderful week and are healthy and happy. I know many of you have kids that just went back to school or are about to, effectively bringing your summer to an end. 😀

Hey guys, I hate to be the one to point this out, but, Halloween is only 77 days away which also means there are only 101 days until Thanksgiving and 132 until Christmas! I saw Halloween costumes for sale when I was in Costco the other day and worse yet I saw Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations in Joanne’s last Friday.

It seems like the days are just flying by and while we are still in the throes of summer, fall is almost here which will go by all to fast for my liking and then Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here bringing in winter which I love.

Hot water and my last Raspberry Lemonade yogurt are breakfast. I’m hoping that I can find some more yogurt when I go shopping this morning, but it is a flavor that has been hard to find. 🙁

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I was able to get everything up to date and tidy over the weekend.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I’m running into town this morning to do my grocery shopping and then running to water Trudy’s yards on my way home.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS We’re going to take a day and go bowling later this week and are planning a trip to the butterfly farm. Thursday is our anniversary and we’ll be going out for a nice dinner. Because it’s a Thursday there shouldn’t be a crowd.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING August is completely planned manu wise and I’m still working on a “LINK” week in September for some new recipes. I’m really trying to work the next several months around the freezer and pantry to clear out everything I can. At the end of the year I’m going to donate anything leftover to the food pantry so I can reorganize and downsize everything.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX We’ve finished NCIS through season 4. Locke & Key season 2 is here so we just began that. We also watched DOOM Anihilation.
  • DISCOVERY + MYSTERIES at the MUSEUM
  • CABLE On Saturday nights hubby and I watch really old SVENGOOLIE movies – even have a bowl of popcorn. But, this week it just wasn’t any fun so we switched it off. FUN/DOCUMENTARY American Pickers, Mysteries of the Abandoned NASCAR, COOKING SHOWS – BBQ USA with Michael Symon, Beat Bobby Flay, Guy’s Grocery Games, Masterchef, Big Bad Budget Battle

I just finished Jana DeLeon’s Miss Fortune #23 SWAMP SPIRITS and loved it, as always a fun read!

We went to the County Fair last Friday, and while I’m used to MUCH larger fairs, the one thing about ANY county fair is how cute the animals are. We love seeing the FFA and 4H kids and their animals. Unfortunately, I always have higher hopes for the other categories 🙁 There were very few quilts and homemaking entries which I found very disappointing. 🙁 In our old area it would have taken us 2 days to do the WHOLE fair – here it took only 2-3 hours.

8/15 MONDAY
8/16 TUESDAY
8/17 WEDNESDAY
8/18 THURSDAY
8/19 FRIDAY
8/20 SATURDAY
8/21 SUNDAY
DINNER
TACO PIE & SALAD
PHILLY CHEESE STEAK SLIDERS & SALAD
BEEF BURRITO BOWLS
OUR ANNIVERSARY dinner out at the PARROT HOUSE
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
STRAWBERRY CHICKEN SALAD
KENTUCKY HOT BROWN SLIDERS & SALAD
DESSERT
RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE
RASPBERRY ALMOND RICOTTA CAKE

Lucie

Can’t wait for Fall! think I’ll start my decor this week. Have lots to do for Fall and Christmas.
Great pictures of the animals. Thanks for the home tips.
Have a great week

QuiltLady

Yeah, Halloween is my least favorite for the fall holidays other than the adorable really young trick or treaters, but Thanksgiving and Christmas YES!! Let me know what you think of the orange chile chicken? Love you too and hope your birthday was great!

Jean

Time is going by so quickly isn’t it? Happy Anniversary week! Hope you enjoy your dinner out. I’m thinking chocolate chip banana bread pudding might make it onto our dessert menu, sounds delicious! Always looking for new ways to use up the bananas. Have a wonderful week!

QuiltLady

Thank you, we will. I hope you like the bread pudding. I made it for a auxiliary dinner we do to raise money for our charities at the Eagle’s post last week and it was really well received. A couple people even asked for seconds. 😀 Hope the rest of your week is great too.

Carrie@northwoods scrapbook

Hello my Friend
Time is sure flying, isn’t it? I’m ready for Fall – it’s my absolute favorite season and it’s never here long enough. I’m not ready for the very loooonnngg winters we get here yet, though. Lol
Happy early anniversary! Thursday is my Aaron’s birthday too.
I always love your sweet inspirations and tips. I hope you have a very blessed week ahead (& find your yummy yogurt flavor) xoxo

QuiltLady

It is and it is DEFINITELY my favorite too. I can’t wait 😀 Happy Birthday to Aaron – he was born on a GREAT day! Prayers for your momma and take care of yourself too!

Sandra

You know what? I’m good with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming around hahahah Halloween, not so much, but bring on Fall and the holidays. Anything to get over this horrid heat.

I think the orange chile chicken is something my kids would kill for. Yum!

Hope you’re having a good start to your week, my friend. And again, thank you SOOO much for my birthday card, I love you.
Xoxoxo

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