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Doing Happy Homemaker Monday, EVERY MONDAY, loyally for all these years and so extensively helps keep me on track of my daily life as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for the current 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 sweet friends. I’m not sure how, but it’s Monday again and I have NO idea where  last week went. I was productive, but somehow the week still passed by too quickly! 😀

We have a storm moving in today and the temperatures are supposed to drop significantly later today and have significant rain. The rest of the week will have highs in the 40’s and 50’s with lows in the 30’s and even more rain.

I will be SOOOOOOOO happy when the elections are over and all the horrible campaign ads stop airing!

Just realizing that this year is almost over.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS

LAUNDRY & CLEANING I’ve washed and changed out the bedding for winter. Other than that I just need to vacuum and empty the dishwasher. GROCERIES & ERRANDS I have a hair appointment in town later in the week so will do the few errands around that. Fortunately it is a VERY short list as I continue to clean out the freezer and pantry. PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS I’ve started sorting through kitchen items and Christmas boxes making piles for donation, garage sale and keeping. RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I’ve finished the November menu, but need some inspiration for December.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV

NETFLIX NCIS reruns AMAZON PRIME STARGATE ATLANTIS reruns and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER reruns CABLE COOKING SHOWS The Big Bake, Halloween Baking, Halloween Cookies, Guy’s Game Night, Girl Meets Farm and the Holiday ones start later this week COMEDIES Young Sheldon, Ghosts, So Help me Todd (not sure about this one yet) POLICE/DRAMAS NCIS series – regular, LA and Hawaii, Chicago series – Med, Fire and PD, Blue Bloods, FBI series – regular, Most Wanted and International, Law & Order series – regular and SVU, Rookie, The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor  SYFY/FANTASY – Quantum Leap, La Brea, The Walking Dead REALITY – Amazing Race

I did something last week I haven’t done in a LONG time. I QUIT a book. I tried to hang in with it, but after 3 chapters I said no more! The writing and dialog were so bad…which really bothered me because I had read this author many times before 🙁

Tonight I’ll start Something from Tiffany’s by Melissa Hill

	10/31 MONDAY	11/1 TUESDAY	11/2 WEDNESDAY	11/3 THURSDAY	11/4 FRIDAY	11/5 SATURDAY	11/6 SUNDAY
DINNER	HAM STEAKS with CORN on the COB	OUT with FRIENDS for TACOS at a FAVORITE TAVERN	CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN	BLACK BEAN CHICKEN with FRITOS	APPLE BALSAMIC CHICKEN and RISOTTO CARBONARA	PORK CHOPS and APPLE SCALLOPED POTATOES	RED PEPPER CHICKEN and RICE PILAF
DESSERT				BAKED OATMEAL CUPS
	11/7 MONDAY	11/8 TUESDAY	11/9 WEDNESDAY	11/10 THURSDAY	11/11 FRIDAY	11/12 SATURDAY	11/13 SUNDAY
DINNER	CHICKEN & CHEESE QUESADILLA PIE	TUSCAN CHICKEN PASTA	CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN	CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN	COOKING DINNER  FOR EAGLES BUFFALO CHICKEN LOADED BAKED POTATO CASSEROLE, BROCCOLI SLAW and	SALAMI RAILROAD SANDWICHES	GIARDINEIRA BRUSCHETTA
DESSERT		CARMELITAS			SNICKERS BAR BROWNIES

We have been getting quit a nice selection of song birds and our hummingbirds are year round here.

We have a new batch of kittens from the same stray. She just brought them out of hiding yesterday. The upside is that we haven’t had any mice since they have been here. There are 4 again. Boots seems to be handling motherhood well, but we haven’t seen Sunny (dad from the last batch of kittens) in a few months now.

• CREAMY WHITE BEANS
• SAVORY NOODLE KUGEL
• GREEN BEAN RADISH SALAD
• STRAWBERRY COBBLER SQUARES

• PAN SEARED CHICKEN with MCGILLICUDDY SAUCE
• RASPBERRY STEAK & TOMATO SALAD
• RED CHICKEN CHILI
• BUTTERMILK FUDGE BROWNIES