HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & RECIPE LINKS week 40 of 2022

I absolutely LOVE doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively that it helps keep me on track and it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for me to follow 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.

Sorry I was so late getting around to visit everyone last week. For some weird reason a week that had absolutely nothing planned turned busy!

I finished my 3rd quarter LIST update. Thank you Jean for getting me started with this! I have found it really helpful to stay on task this past year! I’m already working on my 2023 list. I hate that life has to be so planned these days, but reality is that by planning I actually end up with more QUALITY free time in the end.

I’m excited that we’re actually getting away for a few days this week. I got the suitcases out and will pack in a bit. The hardest part of packing this time of year is the layering required for late evenings and early mornings. 😀 Not to mention we plan on doing some hiking so will need extra shoes.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING Laundry is done and everything else will wait!!
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I’ll worry about this next weekend at the earliest, but will probably push it out til next week.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS NOPE, not this week.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING Planned through the 3rd week of October.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
CABLE – The DVR will fill up and we’ll worry about it later. 😀

I’m almost finished with STATE OF THE UNION by Marie Force #3 in her First Family series. Next will be a THE LAST SUMMER AT CHELSEA BEACH by Pam Jenoff.

I didn’t get many pictures last week. I know I’ll make up for that this week 😀 The mums my friend gave me for my birthday are looking wonderful and were worthy of a quick pic. I just love the vibrant fall colors.

And we had lunch out on Saturday at a favorite haunt that is in an old railway station. It’s a local pacific north west chain, MCMENAMINS that buys up old historic building and turns them into amazing farm to table restaurants, each with their own specials based on location.Their seasonal specials are ALWAYS fun and I had an amazing truffled Brie Mac & Cheese with mushrooms.

They even have their own breweries and distilleries and have included hotels into the mix. They are ALL different and unique. A couple of my favorite locations are the OLD Catholic school and convent ST. Francis School which is also a hotel and the Cornelius Pass Road House an old Italian Farm. We go out of our way to search out new locations that we haven’t been to before when we’re traveling about. We’ve now been to most of them for at least lunch including the Edgefield location that has not only a distillery, but also a glass blower and lots of gardens as well as MANY other fun things. Many locations are so large they have multiple pubs and restaurants as well hotel rooms like the HUGE Elks Temple in Tacoma, Washington.

There will be two locations, Boon’s Treasury, which was an old general store turned beer parlor after the end of prohibition and Thompson Brewery & Public House, which was an old German country home turned preschool, near where we will be this week that we’ve never been to before so we will see about being at least one of them for a lunch or dinner.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
 CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night/you’re on your own
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 CHICKEN ENCHILADA BAKE & REFRIED BEANS
 RED PEPPER CHICKEN and TATER TOTS
LUNCH
 
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DINNER
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DESSERT
 OUT OF TOWN  OUT OF TOWN  OUT OF TOWN  OUT OF TOWN

QuiltLady

Thanks you! I saw this over at Jean’s blog and was going to check it out tonight when we get to the room. Now I KNOW I will 😀

carrie@northwoods scrapbook

Hello Love!
Your mums are stunning. And you guys find the absolute coolest places to explore and eat. I totally wanna be you when I grow up. Lol
It feels so warm here today – but I”m still loving everything Fall and keep working on my Christmas list too. I’m on it Lady! 😉
Your food pics always make me hungry!! I hope you have a blessed rest of the week. xo

QuiltLady

I can’t believe how well the mums have transitioned. They were pretty much closed when I received them for my birthday 2 weeks ago so I’m really impressed with how they are opening and filling out. Hope your week is great too!

lisa jung

Great recipes. And I am a fan of Marie Force books too. Always a good read. I make a monthly bucket list and try to get things checked off sometime I do better than others.

QuiltLady

You’re the first one I’ve run across that is also a Marie Force reader! I LOVE her series books. Do you have a favorite series? I hope you have a fantastic week.

Jean

You are really doing great with your list! Wish I could say the same, kind of like I wish I could say I didn’t have quite a few of those “don’t refrigerate” fruits and veggies in the fridge. Oops. Hope you have a great week and enjoy your trip!

Lucie

I also make a list of what I want to accomplish in the year but revisiting it quarterly is a great idea and might help me stay on track. I went to see yours and you are doing great.
Have a great week

QuiltLady

I’m always impressed by your to do list and what you accomplish. I do have to admit it seems less daunting when broken down into quarters. 😀 Have a GREAT week.

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