HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY ~ week 8 of 2026 ~ BLOG 365.54

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LAST WEEK RECAPPED

Good morning friends, I hope you have had a wonderful week and relaxing weekend. My week was busy, chaotic, frustrating, surprising and even a bit hurtful, but this is another week and I have a better outlook now that it is no longer clouded with things that cannot be changed.

Small minds and lazy people who love to blame others and not follow through with little things like proper and safe procedures are reigning the local Eagle’s club population. There are a few who just don’t play well with others, have the loudest voices, but also have no empathy and compassion for others and won’t hesitate to blame whoever they can for the shortcomings. A few of those also don’t know when to stop drinking and take responsibility for their own actions. Unfortunately, my trying to enforce safe kitchen procedures and protocols has gotten in the way of them doing whatever they want with no regard to others.

Have you ever hit that point of the straw breaking the camel’s back? Well, I finally did. I’m tired of beating my head against the wall. After 2 1/2 years I have finally stepped back from the physical side of maintaining the Eagle’s kitchen. At this point I will just sit back and watch it fail on its own. I will no longer be the chaos coordinator.

I feel so free after making that decision Thursday night. I won’t be stepping back entirely, just from the physical side of things in regards to the auxiliary side of the house. I’ll still be doing the newsletter, helping a couple friends with paperwork until their term is up at the end of May and shopping for the Aerie side of the house who runs the canteen.

Friday, Saturday and even Sunday were productive for me since I stayed home primarily and didn’t have Eagle’s problems to fix. PLUS I will now have the time to get caught up on all my blog reading 🙂

A friend said she’s just going to sit back and watch it fall apart as those that are the biggest problems now try to take care of things. As she said, there were dozens of little things I always did in the background (taking care of the perpetual slow leak under the sink, the ice dam in the old freezer that has to be chipped out regularly, preparing the taco meat and portioning it out into individual packets, preparing the bacon in advance, making sure can goods are properly rotated, sealing the bags and boxes that everyone leaves open for food to spoil or cross contaminate, cleaning the appliances left dirty…) that no one ever actually saw that will now have to be done by someone else.

With my new lease on daily life I’m actually ready to get on with Monday 🙂 Tonight is trivia team night and we’ll be missing a member so I’ll be skipping my normal Auxiliary meeting to be at trivia which I figure will be a good thing, a respite for me.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE

It’s raining right now and supposed to rain tomorrow and again for the weekend. We’ll be in the 40’s all week with lows in the 30’s with many clouds and some wind so it’s still layer season around here.

TO DO, APPOINTMENTS, DVR/TV & PROJECTS

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS, TRAVEL, APPOINTMENTS, MENUS & DVR/TV

LAUNDRY & CLEANING I was able to get everything caught up over the weekend.
GROCERIES & ERRANDS I have to take hubby to an eye appointment that he won’t be able to drive after this morning, lunch with a friend after and I have a hair cut tomorrow.
PROJECTS & TRAVELS We’re thinking about taking another quick trip for hubby’s birthday in a couple weeks.
RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I found another antique recipe box last week at an antique store. And a friend who has been care taking for an elderly couple is going to give me the wife’s old recipe box. Her husband recently passed and she’s been cleaning out their house.
DVR/TV Olympics and Cooking Shows
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY the feel of clean sheets, the satisfaction of caring for my family and doing thins for those in need, the first sip of hot coffee in the quiet of the morning…

READING TIME

Book club chose their new book, DEAR DEBBIE by Frieda McFadden, but I haven’t gotten around to ordering it yet. They also met yesterday, but I didn’t stay for it as hubby and I went out to lunch. I ust finished THE SECRET OF ORANGE BLOSSOM CAKE by Rachel Linden. I’m currently reading STATE OF ALERT, FIRST FAMILY #8 by Marie Force and THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF BEES by Rachel Linden

FUNNIES

MENU PLANS

	2/23 MONDAY	2/24 TUESDAY	2/25 WEDNESDAY	2/26 THURSDAY	2/27 FRIDAY	2/28 SATURDAY	3/1 SUNDAY
DINNER	CORN/YOYO TRIVIA clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own	CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS and SALAD	CORN/YOYO TRIVIA clean out refrigerator night or you’re on your own	CHICKEN ENCHILADAS & MEXICAN STREET CORN	MEATLOAF SOUP & GREEN CHILE CORN BREAD	MACARONI HAMBURGER & SALAD	CHILI BALLS & COLESLAW
DESSERT

FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE CAMERA

I’m not actually ready for spring, but I do appreciate a good color splash. This popped up in my camera roll for color across the year the other day so I had to save it!