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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. It’s cold here so grab a warm beverage and join me in getting this last week of November started. We are literally only 3 weeks until Christmas! Are you ready? Do you at least have a plan?

There’s still time to join in with BLOGMAS 2023. You can find my posts to date here.

Imagine that we’re having a ton of rain here in the Pacific North West 😀 The storm that passed through this weekend was quite warm by comparison to what we normally have, but it dropped a TON of rain and we’re on flood watch quite early in the season.

Hubby and I noticed yesterday that there is already a TON of standing water and running small “rivers” in areas that don’t normally see this until later in the season.  I checked two different weather sites and there is no change in the foreseeable future other than the temperature will be dropping back down into the normal range with highs in the 40’s and lows in the 30’s so you guessed it I’m still wearing Levis and layers of flannel for comfort as I start my holiday baking.

I can’t believe 2024 is only 4 weeks away! 2023 seems to have flown by so quickly! I have a list to accomplish yet in 2023 and have started one for 2024 that I want to efficiently accomplish, much of it in January alone.

I also took a look at the posts already published in 2023 and those that are scheduled for the rest of the year and calculated in the posts for BLOGMAS 2023. While I “missed” a few days of continuous posting I have enough days of multiple posts that I realized I’m 4 posts over BLOG 365 😀 making me extremely happy that I will have mostly accomplished this task – WHEW, but that was a lot of pressure for the year.

Nothing this morning. I’ve had several “off” days and just don’t feel well 🙁

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS

LAUNDRY & CLEANING I’ll be making a few more homemade gifts today, wrapping presents as well as yeasted cinnamon rolls so will be making quite a mess today and will do a deep clean tomorrow. GROCERIES & ERRANDS I only need a few things from the store for a special dinner on Thursday and will get those when I go into meet some girlfriends for lunch on Tuesday. PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS, PROJECTS & TRAVELS I’m hoping to get my desk area cleaned up later today. RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING Menus are made through new years.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV

Lots of Holiday baking shows and Christmas movies peppered with some old syfy movies.

I’m trying a couple novels on for size, but not sure which one I’ll settle on first. A dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen and The Heart Match by Phillipa Nefri Clark

	MONDAY 12/4	TUESDAY 12/5	WEDNESDAY 12/6	THURSDAY 12/7	FRIDAY 12/8	SATURDAY 12/9	SUNDAY 12/10
BREAKFAST	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT	HOT WATER & YOGURT
DINNER	BBQ BRAISED BRISKET & BUTTER BEANS with COTTAGE POTATOES	ALMOND APRICOT CHICKEN	HOT CHICKEN SALAD	SPECIAL DINNER with a close friend before she goes on vacation PORTERHOUSE ROAST, JACKET POTATOES, WILTED SALAD, PEAR VODKA BREEZES	CARNITAS with HOT PINEAPPLE SAUCE	PORK CHOPS with APPLE STUFFING and 3 CHEESE SOUFFLES	LINGUINE and RED CLAMS
DESSERT				APPLE CRANBERRY DUMP CAKE

There wasn’t much of an opportunity to take many pictures (other than food) this past week, but I did get quite a few turkey shots at a friend’s cabin and my neighbor sent me this pretty shot of our Christmas decorations from her house.

• CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS
• BACON MAPLE BARS

• CREAMY RUSTIC TOMATO SOUP with GRILLED CHEESE ROLL-UPS
• CHOCOLATE FUDGE MARBLE CELEBRATION CAKE
• ORANGE BRAISED CHICKEN