Good Morning my friends. It’s cold here so grab a warm beverage and join me in getting this last week of November started. We are literally only 4 weeks until Christmas! Are you ready? Do you at least have a plan?
Be sure to join us for Happy Homemaker Monday and link up with our host, Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
It’s been COLD BRRRRRR can you say layers and layers? It’s 26° right now, but we are supposed to get to 47° later today. I always laugh because that 47°, if we even reach it will only last 20 minutes. In reality as I dress for the day it will be 35-40 degrees for the majority of the day. Levis, UGGs and a mock turtleneck with a flannel will be today’s uniform and a favorite hoodie if I even go outside today. We’re supposed to be in this pattern of cold and clear until it begins raining again this weekend when we are supposed to get 5-10 degrees warmer.
BLOGMAS 2023 is in full swing and you can find the previous days here. Join in if you can and don’t forget to leave me a comment so I can know you’re playing along and I can know to visit you 😀 My organizational abilities are paying off and so far I’m up to date on BLOGMAS, but I’ve fallen a bit behind on BLOG 365, about 30 posts which I’m really trying to finish up, but I’ll reevaluate in a couple weeks since I’ll have so many days with duplicates from BLOGMAS. I bet I’ll end up over 365 LOL
I’m trying some maple brown sugar oatmeal with golden raisins this morning and a few sips of coffee.
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THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
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WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
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I’m still reading Jana DeLeon’s Undertow, book #3 of her Tempest Island series – just too busy and tired to get to much more!
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MONDAY 11/27
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TUESDAY 11/28
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WEDNESDAY 11/29
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THURSDAY 11/30
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FRIDAY 12/1
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SATURDAY 12/2
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SUNDAY 12/3
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DINNER
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TEXAS RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE
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HAWAIIAN LEMON CHICKEN & RICE PILAF
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GREEN POTATO SOUP & RANCH CRACKERS
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OUT for LAMPLIGHTER THANKFUL THURSDAY TURKEY DINNER
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CHEDDAR CRUST CHICKEN POT PIE
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POTATO CHOWDER & PARMESAN RANCH ROLLS
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SPLIT PEA SOUP with BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DUMPLINGS
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DESSERT
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ORANGE ROLLS
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MAGIC COOKIE BARS
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We had to drive out a bit further into the country to pick up a couple Christmas presents on Saturday (the only shop small I did as I’m making the majority of gifts this year) and it was super cold (our high that day was 37 degrees for about an hour!), but it was absolutely beautiful. I was actually able to get a couple pictures of some favorite old barns.
And my Amaryllis is about to make a December appearance. The paper whites are next 😀
Hello Dearest!
I will definitely plan to jump into some blogmas this season. 🙂 I can’t believe it’s all less than a month away! Do you do a whole blogmas on what you made for gifts? I would love to see one day. I bet it’d inspire me for next year.
I’m intrigued by the ruby chocolate covered cheese?? I think Ruby chocolate has a berry taste, right? So I could see how that might go.
Love your inspirations! Don’t waste a second!
Blessings xoxo
I have done previous posts on homemade gifts and will do one again this year 😀 The ruby chocolate did have a bit of a berry flavor, but the next time I made it I cut it with 50% white chocolate and it was perfect! I hope you’re having a wonderful week!
Love the pictures that you shared this week! And every week your recipes and menu plans make my mouth water! I will be starting Blogmas “officially” on December 1st, but I have some pre-Blogmas posts too, and those start tomorrow! I hope you have an amazing week and I will make sure to visit your Blogmas posts as well!
Thank you – can’t wait to see your BLOGMAS. Have a GREAT week.
Enjoyed your post. Great picture. I will start my Blogmas on Dec 1st.
Have a great week
I look forward to reading your posts for BLOGMAS. 😀
Another blog full of beautiful pictures and text. Thank you.
Chocolate with cheese, eh… what do you think about that? It doesn’t sound tasty to me, but who knows, it might surprise me. I just googled and saw that in the Netherlands, there are chocolates available with cheese. Those are for the connoisseurs. For example, the White Hazel. It’s a bonbon with a ganache made from white chocolate and Délice de Bourgogne. Délice de Bourgogne is a white mold cheese known for its soft, creamy texture and a subtle aroma. Enough about this. I wish you good days.
Greetings from Aritha.
Thanks, They were quite good actually. I tend to like the savory with sweet!
Those barn pictures are beautiful! Lucky you a December amaryllis. I forgot to bring mine in early (always put them outside in the summer) so I’ll probably have Easter blooms at the rate I’m going, ha! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Thanks! Easter blooms are great too!
Oh my heart be still, another lover of Cheers! I have a Cheers ornament with the music from the series… and it is my FAVORITE! Just had to visit the Cheers bar (or rather it’s a restaurant in reality) when we visited Boston a few years back.
Will go visit your blogmas.
Have a great week
How fun, I’d love to go there. Better yet I’d love to have it as a house. There’s an episode in season 4 that mentions it was once a home.