HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY week 45 of 2022 with MENU PLANS & LINKS

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. I look forward to doing this specific post each and every 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

 

 

We only had about 50 kids for Halloween because of a BIG storm that moved in that day in the afternoon, but I just love seeing them in their costumes. We had 2 that stood out a lot – an anatomically correct glow in the dark skeleton with a pumping heart and a blow up chicken.

We were supposed to have rain ALL this week and they even hinted at snow, but instead the storm slammed in over the weekend and we received ALL the rain for the week yesterday for the most part and we’ll just be cloudy the rest of the week with highs in the 40’s and lows hovering around freezing! We’re munchkin sitting for the munchkin’s munchkin, Rizzo while they are off for the week with their parental units playing at Disneyland, California Adventure and Universal Studios. So I’m really glad to not be having to take the munchkin out in the rain for walks. šŸ˜€

I LOVE layering weather! Today is a fun gold and burgundy fall colored embroidered flannel with a mock turtleneck, comfy Levi’s and YAY my UGGs are back!

I hope everyone had a great week and even better weekend, but for those who need to hear it, here is a little Monday Motivation to go with your coffee.

Breakfast was a peach yogurt with half a cup of coffee.

I have lots to do organizing some paperwork and getting ready for a bit longer BLOGMAS list this year as well as trying out some new recipes to use on the neighbor plates for the holidays, but just a quick reminder:

LOL, just saying… and please don’t think I’m crazy, but I’ve really been so looking forward to the whole Christmas season this year, that this just kinda happened last week…there is still some work to do – the train needs batteries and such, but…

The winter season came roaring in this year making me want to skip the middle between Indian summer and snow… plus no one will be here for Thanksgiving but us so why not??

This will also give me some time to fix these poor ornaments that are currently on the Island of Misfit Toys šŸ™ I guess it’s inevitable as ornaments get older – glues dry out, etc… even on Hallmark ornaments. I started buying my collection of ornaments back when I was in high school so some of these are getting quite old unfortunately.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I’m pretty well cleaned up from making the mess of decorating, but have a load of laundry to do and vacuuming.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I just need to make a quick trip to town for the produce for Friday night’s dinner, but other than that it’s going to be a pretty quiet week around home. I do have a painting class on Thursday night and cooking dinner for 25-30 on Friday at the Eagles post.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS We were going to take a trip at the end of the month to see a Christmas light/market festival, but after researching the traffic and logistics of it, we have decided to do something different next month instead.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I’m going through some old cookbooks and evaluating the tags I made to see if they would make good winter recipes for December and January.

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, Christmas Baking, Christmas Cookies, Guyā€™s Game Night, Girl Meets Farm COMEDIES Young Sheldon and Ghosts POLICE/DRAMAS NCIS series ā€“ regular, LA and Hawaii, Chicago series ā€“ Med, Fire and PD, Blue Bloods, FBI series ā€“ regular, Most Wanted and International, Law & Order series ā€“ regular and SVU, Rookie & Rookie Feds, The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good DoctorĀ  SYFY/FANTASY Quantum Leap, La Brea, The Walking Dead REALITY Amazing Race HALLMARK Christmas movies

I’m reading Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne Maclean – it’s starting a bit slow, but I normally like her writing so I’m hopeful it will get there soon.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā CHICKEN & CHEESE QUESADILLA PIE
Ā TUSCAN CHICKEN PASTA
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOUā€™RE ON YOUR OWN
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
COOKING DINNERĀ  FOR EAGLES BUFFALO CHICKEN LOADED BAKED POTATO CASSEROLE, BROCCOLI SLAW and
SALAMI RAILROAD SANDWICHES
GIARDINEIRA BRUSCHETTAĀ 
DESSERT
CARMELITAS
SNICKERS BAR BROWNIES
CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

We began dog sitting last Saturday for this little cutie, Rizzo, while the munchkins and their parental units take a trip to Disneyland and Universal Studios for the week. We’re having so much fun!

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY week 44 of 2022 with MENU PLANS AND RECIPE LINKS

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday, EVERY MONDAY,Ā 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 whereĀ  last week went. I was productive, but somehow the week still passed by too quickly! šŸ˜€

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, Guyā€™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 ā€“ regular, LA and Hawaii, Chicago series ā€“ Med, Fire and PD, Blue Bloods, FBI series ā€“ regular, Most Wanted and International, Law & Order series ā€“ regular and SVU, Rookie, The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good DoctorĀ  SYFY/FANTASY ā€“ Quantum Leap, La Brea, The Walking Dead REALITY ā€“ 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 šŸ™

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
Ā OUT with FRIENDS for TACOS at a FAVORITE TAVERN
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
Ā BLACK BEAN CHICKEN with FRITOS
Ā APPLE BALSAMIC CHICKEN and RISOTTO CARBONARA
Ā PORK CHOPS and APPLE SCALLOPED POTATOES
Ā RED PEPPER CHICKEN and RICE PILAF
DESSERT
Ā 
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 DINNERĀ  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.

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU LINKS & PLANS week 43 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday, EVERY MONDAY,Ā 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 dear ladies. Welcome to my little corner of blogland. As we get this new week, the last week of October going and the holidays are on the radar, I’m really getting excited this year. I’m not sure why I’m so excited, but I am and I’m really looking forward to the decorating mostly. I just love the cozy feel of candle light, Christmas tree lights…

The Fall/Winter weather is here… Layering, flannel, cozy, socks and sweaters… šŸ˜€

We went from highs in the 70’s to the 40’s literally in just a few hours! Hubby was prepping the garden beds for winter when the first BIG storm of the year blew in. We had it all – wind, hard sideways rain, hail… ALL AT ONCE!

I’m trying a small cup of coffee and some oatmeal this morning.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING Had to turn the heat on so I’ve been doing a deep clean getting ready for the holiday season.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I’ve inventoried the freezer and pantry so have very few things to pick up, but will head into town on Friday for those few things. I started a separate tote with the ingredients I’ll need for the 2 Eagles dinners I’ll be preparing as well as the ingredients I’ll need for the raffle basket and appetizer I’m putting together for a Scholarship Fund event.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS I’ll be working on some things today and tomorrow in organizing and sorting some things.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I promised hubby we’d end October on an easy note while I’ve been deep cleaning so will readdress this category next month.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX – We started watching “THE WATCHER” based on the true story of 657 Boulevard and are 3 episodes in and we are in season 14 of NCIS.
  • CABLE – There are a few shows that Iā€™ve already written off for the season and am happy about that and then I added a couple more this past week. I still have my favorite though. I’m getting the DVR caught up. COOKING SHOWS ā€“ Halloween Wars, The Big Bake, Halloween Baking, Halloween Cookies, Guyā€™s Game Night, Bobbyā€™s Triple Threat COMEDIES Young Sheldon, Ghosts, So Help me Todd (not sure about this one yet) POLICE/DRAMAS NCIS series ā€“ regular, LA and Hawaii, Chicago series ā€“ Med, Fire and PD, Blue Bloods, FBI series ā€“ regular, Most Wanted and International, Law & Order series ā€“ regular and SVU, Rookie, The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good DoctorĀ  SYFY/FANTASY ā€“ Quantum Leap, La Brea, The Walking Dead REALITY ā€“ Amazing Race

I should finish Adrift tonight and need to choose a new book for tomorrow.

Last year we had so much rain that the water stood on the plastic creating a real mess, so this year he mounded the dirt to prevent that. I commented on how it looked he’d buried a body. Yesterday, trying to be cute, he added this cute little headstone.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā HOT DOGS, MAC & CHEESE
Ā BABY BACK RIBS & BEANS
Ā CHILI & CORN BREAD
HAMBURGER STEAK, CORN on the COB
Ā STEAK & BAKED POTATO
Ā HAM STEAKS & TATER TOTS
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
DESSERT
Ā 
SWEET LIME HATCH CHILE CHEESECAKE

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & LINKS week 42 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for 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

I hope everyone is having a wonderful fall season! It’s this time of year that I really miss living in the U.P. But, a friend posted a couple of pictures a few days ago that also reminded me that I don’t like snow quite this early and they are already having some and many events even closed yesterday due to inclement weather. This is an area that doesn’t hardly close for anything! Having a snow event this early could be indicative of a LONGER than normal winter for them.

Looks like this will be a beautiful week that will end in a much cooler (like almost 20 degrees difference from 79Ā° this Wednesday and 61Ā° next Wednesday) typical Pacific North West Fall rain event and I couldn’t be happier to be hanging up my flip flops and digging out the socks, shoes and hoodies šŸ˜€ Today is comfy worn Levis, a pink cami and a lightweight plaid flannel with my favorite worn in POPS.

We still have a fire burning here that has been creating some horrible air quality, not to mention the smell so am grateful for the rain coming that will help on all fronts with the fire.

Breakfast is a never changing category, but I’m looking forward to trying to add some oatmeal back to it with the weather change coming. I embellished this funny for Halloween. Please forgive me if you’re a candy corn fan šŸ˜€

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I’ll be doing a deep clean over next weekend of the refrigerator, pantry and laundry room, but at least the laundry is completely up to date except for some ironing that I’ll do this week.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I’m good on groceries this week and only have 1 appointment. One of the munchkins has 2 volleyball games this week, today and tomorrow, both at dinner time so will be adjusting for that.
  • NEW ON THE BLOG I did get the post up with pictures of the architectural salvage warehouse we visited and you can see those here. Next I’ll work on the waterfalls.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS Saving this category for next week’s rain šŸ˜€
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I hope to get November done this next week, but need to inventory the freezer and pantry when I deep clean to evaluate this more.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX Just finished season 13 of NCIS – I think this is where I began my dislike of “crossover” events šŸ™
  • AMAZON PRIME Anxiously awaiting Mrs. Maisel
  • PARAMOUNT + Anxiously awaiting Yellowstone and the new Tulsa King begin in November
  • AMC+ Verizon just gave us a free year to this app so we’re still exploring for the next series to watch at late night
  • CABLE There are a few shows that I’ve already written off for the season and am happy about that. Then of course I have my favorites. As much as I LOVE cooking shows Food Network is getting a little bit crazy with all the new shows and competitions and I find myself tiring of some of my favorite chefs because of it.

I’m working on finishing Hallows End by Kirsten Proby and beginning Adrift by Jana DeLeon.

I hate to admit I didn’t take any real pictures this week. I have several #LumberTrain #RailArt photos to edit for Instagram, but have yet to get to those for posting.

I know this isn’t a cooking tip, but they look so yummy!

10/17 MONDAY
10/18
TUESDAY
10/19 WEDNESDAY
10/20 THURSDAY
10/21
FRIDAY
10/22 SATURDAY
10/23 SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā TUNA PASTA SALAD & HONEY BEER BREAD
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT FRIDGE NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
CHICKEN MARSALA MEATBALLS & CHEESY TOMATO BAKED ORZO
AUTUMN APPLE CHICKEN & RICE PILAF
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT FRIDGE NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
Ā SPLIT PEA SOUP & CORN BREAD
APPLE BALSAMIC CHICKEN & SALAD
DESSERT
Ā 
NOODLE KUGEL
FALL MARGARITAS SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS @ the EAGLES
PUMPKIN PULL APART BREAD

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & LINKS week 41 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for 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

We were doing so well with fall… and then Indian Summer hit. We’re supposed to be close to 80 every day this week, but at least the nights are hitting low 50’s šŸ˜€ Fortunately, according to the weather page it’s only for a week!

For those of you that LOVE scary horror movies, I found this list for the month of October.

I did finally get the AUTUMN tag list of questions done and you can see them here. I’m working on a list to do for Thanksgiving as well as BLOGMAS too.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING We got home late Friday and I was able to get the laundry and cleaning caught up over the weekend.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I have appointments on Tuesday and Thursday in town so will do the errands and groceries on those days.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS I need to sort though a stack of things and get organized šŸ™‚ balance a couple of accounts and make lists of things to do this winter.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I need to start working on the menus for the month of November, but kind of lost the desire when Indian Summer started šŸ™ I’ll pick that up when the temperature drops agin next week.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX We’re still working on NCIS reruns in the odd hours
  • DISNEY + Hocus Pocus 2, The Time Machine (2002 version) someday I’d like to see the original 1960 version which I didn’t even know existed until hubby told me šŸ˜€
  • CABLEĀ  We’re going to have to play catch up this week from being gone last week šŸ˜€ While the new season is here. We have cutback on many things and will watch others as time and or weather permits. Iā€™m still not very happy about the crossovers of so many shows, but it is what it is and will help me weed out some shows. The DVR already has a bit of a build up, but that will make binging easier as we head into the inevitable bad weather for this time of year that will begin a couple weeks. COOKING SHOWS ā€“ Halloween Wars, The Big Bake, Halloween Baking, Halloween Cookies, Guyā€™s Game Night, Bobbyā€™s Triple Threat COMEDIES Young Sheldon, Ghosts, So Help me Todd (not sure about this one yet) POLICE/DRAMAS NCIS series ā€“ regular, LA and Hawaii, Chicago series ā€“ Med, Fire and PD, Blue Bloods, FBI series ā€“ regular, Most Wanted and International, Law & Order series ā€“ regular and SVU, Rookie and Rookie Feds (but I’m not sure I’ll stick with Feds – her voice drives me crazy!), The Resident, New Amsterdam, The Good DoctorĀ  SYFY/FANTASY ā€“ Quantum Leap, La Brea, The Walking Dead REALITY ā€“ Amazing Race

I started 2 new books and am waffling back and forth based on my mood šŸ™‚

Something From Tiffany’s by Melissa Hill and Hallows End: A Witchy Paranormal Romance by Kristen Proby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a very relaxing trip. I took A LOT of photos, many of which will be in a separate post about the beautiful Silver Falls State park. We also did some antiquing and finally made it to an Architectural Salvage Barn that I’ve been wanting to go to for a VERY long time. It was absolutely amazing. I will also do a separate post about those pictures.

Many years ago I did a tour of several Frank Lloyd Wright houses and loved the beauty and simplicity. One of his houses was relocated to the grounds on the resort where we were staying. This house was NOT my favorite of his designs – too much cinder block and ugly colors. Here are a couple of those pictures.

There was this sweet little Angel of Hope Memorial on the house grounds though. The statue was introduced in the bookĀ  The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans.

10/10 MONDAY
10/11 TUESDAY
10/12 WEDNESDAY
10/13 THURSDAY
10/14 FRIDAY
10/15 SATURDAY
10/16 SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā COON BALLS & LOADED CAULIFLOWER CASSEROLE
Ā AMISH COUNTRY CASSEROLE & SALAD
Ā ORANGE PECAN CHICKEN and TOMATO ORZO with CREAMY WHITE BEANS
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
BEEF BURRITO BOWLS & SALAD
Ā CHICKEN BLT CASSEROLE & SALAD
DESSERT
Ā 
NOODLE KUGEL

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. šŸ˜€ 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. šŸ˜€

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 šŸ˜€ 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
Ā CORN/YOYO clean out refrigerator night/you’re on your own
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWNĀ 
Ā OUT OF TOWNĀ 
Ā CHICKEN ENCHILADA BAKE & REFRIED BEANS
Ā RED PEPPER CHICKEN and TATER TOTS
LUNCH
Ā 
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWNĀ 
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā 
Ā 
DINNER
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā OUT OF TOWNĀ 
Ā OUT OF TOWN
Ā 
Ā 
DESSERT
Ā OUT OF TOWN Ā OUT OF TOWN Ā OUT OF TOWN Ā OUT OF TOWN

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & RECIPE LINKS week 39 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.


Good morning dear friends. I hope your week was wonderful. Join me for a cup of coffee and let’s start the morning with a good thought that’s also a funny šŸ˜€

Have I mentioned that I ABSOLUTELY adore when fall rolls around?

We had a couple days in the high 70’s, but seriously, it wasn’t that warm and the evenings have been absolutely beautiful. This week is supposed to be in the low 70’s for highs and 40’s for lows.

We finally scheduled a short little trip next week to the coast and as of right now it’s 50/50 om whether it will be raining, BUT it will be MUCH cooler – high 50’s/low 60’s for highs, and that I am certainly looking forward to!Will definitely need to pack for layers.

We usually plan a small trip around each of our birthdays just to get away a bit and with our birthdays being 6 months apart, not around any holidays and the kids always being in school it works out perfect!

For some reason this year I am ESPECIALLY ready for the holidays. Don’t get me wrong I am ALWAYS a Christmas girl, but this year just feels like it needs it more.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING Finished all the laundry yesterday and deep cleaning will be tomorrow. Pretty tidy all and all.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS Have appointments in town today and tomorrow so will work the few things I need around those.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS Still working on several things and need to run up to the post office and send off a certified letter regarding the whole SIL mess -YES, that is STILL going on šŸ™ Any prayers that help us move forward are seriously welcome. We really want to get this resolved with as few issues as possible.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING Menus are planned through the 3rd week in October. I’ll re-evaluate mid month based on weather.Ā 

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX – Just finished season 12 of our NCIS reruns
  • AMAZON PRIME – Hubby had never seen HIGH ROAD TO CHINA so we rented that on Saturday evening. Also tried to watch Thursday night football, but seems like there are even more commercials watching it on Prime!
  • CABLE – The new season is here. We have cutback on many things and will watch others as time and or weather permits. I’m not sure that I like all the crossover events tying all the shows together to start the season. The DVR already has a bit of a build up, but that will make binging easier as we head into the inevitable bad weather for this time of year that will begin a couple weeks. COOKING SHOWS – Halloween Wars, The Big Bake, Halloween Baking, Guy’s Game Night, Bobby’s Triple Threat COMEDIES (YAY they start this week) Young Sheldon and Ghosts 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 and Rookie Feds starts this week, The Resident, New Amsterdam SYFY/FANTASY – Quantum Leap, La Brea REALITY – Amazing Race

I finished the LOST GIRLS OF PARIS by Pam Jenoff and have moved on to the STATE OF THE UNION by Marie Force.

Lately, we have been seeing quite a few birds that we haven’t seen before. There is A LOT of construction going on near here in a previously woodsy area and I wonder if they’re driving them our way? We saw this guy on the back fence for a quick minute and can’t remember seeing anything like him before. He is like a cross between a Downy Woodpecker and a red capped Robin. Couldn’t get it in the picture, but he had the brightest red cap on the top back of his head, kind of like a Yarmulke. Anybody know for sure what he is?

There is an OLD historic bank building in town on a busy corner that has been sitting vacant for more than a decade mainly because the people that bought it ran into asbestos abatement issues, or so I was told, but they have finally secured a grant to restore the building as a historic site.

I’ve been watching this unique and grand old building for years wishing someone would do something special with it. As I’m told now the bottom will become a wine tasting bar and the upper floor will have a couple offices. I can’t wait to see what they do.

Several other buildings of existing businesses in town have done the same thing thing and there are several others that are vacant that I hope someone follows suit with after they see this beauty redone.

 

9/26 MONDAY
9/27 TUESDAY
9/28 WEDNESDAY
9/29 THURSDAY
9/30
FRIDAY
10/1 SATURDAY
10/2 SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā PINEAPPLE PORK ROAST, MASHED POTATOES and SALAD
Ā PECAN CHICKEN with TOMATO ORZO & CREAMY WHITE BEANS
Ā FRENCH ONION SOUP & SOURDOUGH MUFFINS
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
Ā COON BALLS & LOADED CAULIFLOWER CASSEROLE
AMISH COUNTRY CASSEROLE and HARISSA CARROTS & ONIONS
DESSERT
Ā 

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & RECIPE LINKS WEEK 38 OF 2022

I absolutely LOVE doing Happy Homemaker Mondays so extensively. They truly help keep me focused and on track. It helps me summarize the past week and lay 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.

Good morning dear friends. How was your weekend? Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the cloudy cool edge to this morning with a hint towards some much needed rain with me. We’re supposed to be in the mid 70’s most of the week with intermittent rain on 3 days and night time lows dipping into the high 40’s. YAY fall is here!

I had a busy, but fun week. I LOVE as we get older that birthdays morph from a day to a week. I think next year I’ll make it a whole month šŸ˜€ My girlfriend invited me to lunch for my birthday that chaotically became something more with other birthdays. While I had fun, I am looking forward to her and I doing a day with just the 2 of us which we decided will be next month as her birthday next week and has already become more than we originally planned.

I did 2 things for myself this year for my birthday. I ran a fundraiser drive for MD Anderson to raise donations for Ovarian Cancer Awareness month which falls during the same month. Without them I wouldn’t be here to celebrate the past 10 years – a TRUE milestone.

And I’m having a long Pampered Chef party that closes next week šŸ˜€ They have some fun new items for the fall catalog. In case anyone needs anything here’s the party link. Tamy’s Pampered Chef Party

On this last Monday of summer I’m already feeling fall in the mornings AND evenings making the semi-warm days sandwiched in between beautiful. I’m ALMOST always barefoot at home! But, when fall arrives and my toes get a little chilled I put on some form of socks. Well, that happened last night šŸ˜€

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I finished almost all the laundry yesterday, just have a load of sheets and blankets left.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I need just a very few things this week and have 2 appointments, 1 today and again on Thursday when I’ll hit the 2 different stores to accomplish the list.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS I did get a call from my endocrinologist’s office telling me they think the appeal paperwork to the insurance company will go through this time šŸ˜€ YAY! This would take A LOT of my plate. I have 2 other big things I’m working on that I hope and need to get handled this week.
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING My actual meals are planned through October, but I got a new fun cook book for my birthday that I have already read cover to cover and tagged the pages I want to try. So, I will be making a “dessert” planning menu and hope to try a small scale recipe each week until I’ve worked my way through the book which will take most of 2023 I think šŸ˜€

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX We just finished season 11 of NCIS which will be a little confusing tonight when the new season starts, but we’ll muddle through.
  • CABLE The new season begins tonight so I’ve been setting the DVR to get things I want to watch recorded. I’ve been enjoying the Halloween baking shows. And YAY NFL is back and NASCAR has started the championships.

I finished UNMISSING by Minka Kent. She’s a new author to me, but I’ve enjoyed her writing and plot twists that you don’t see coming making the story more unpredictable than many these days. Right now I’ve gotten deeper into the LOST GIRL OF PARIS.

I only took a few photos this past week, but they were kind of weird. I dug up some Calla Lillies to take to a friend for transplanting to her yard and this little baby snail was along for the ride. He was so little and new that even his shell was translucent.

On the way to her house we passed a flea market that is in operation quite often and found this broom – not sure what it was all about unless someone is preparing a prop for a new episode of the Walking Dead. Charley the barn cat was in attendance as always. He looks a little rough around the edges, but has the softest fur and sweetest demeanor.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā STUFFED SHELLS & SALAD
Ā CHICKEN CORDON BLEU, VEGGIE & SALAD
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
BLACK BEAN CHICKEN, SALAD & BAKED RICOTTA
Ā BEEF BURRITO BOWLS & REFRIED BEANS with SALAD
Ā CHICKEN & TOMATOES in CREAM SAUCE and a SALAD
Ā BEEF STROGANOFF & GREEN BEANS
DESSERT
Ā 

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & RECIPE LINKS week 37 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.

I hope you are all doing well and have had a good week/weekend doing something fun. The kids are all back in school, fall is just around the corner and even in the air, so I’m a pretty happy camper.

We have fires going in the area again, not too close, but close enough that we are having bad quality air due to smoke and it is super gray out šŸ™ Fortunately we appear to be completely done with the 80’s through triple digits and this week is supposed to have highs in the mid to high 70’s and maybe, just maybe some rain (which we REALLY need)Ā  at the end of the week.

I have some grocery shopping and errands to run in town today so am wearing levi’s, comfy POPS and bright blue blouse. One of my errands is to pick up a cake for a friend’s birthday party tomorrow, but it won’t be available until after 2pm so I’m trying to time it so that is the last thing I pick up before heading home.

I found this funny on FaceBook over the weekend and it fits šŸ˜€

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I finished the laundry on Saturday and vacuumed on Friday so I’m all up to date for now.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS Even these are all caught up after today! šŸ˜€ I will be in town again for a friend’s birthday luncheon tomorrow so will pick up anything I may have forgotten then, but then not back in town until next week. Prices on gas are still so high and even grocery prices are freaking me out every week, so I make as few trips as possible and are condensing recipes, menus and lists as much as possible also.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS this never ending category is truly a bane to my existence lately. For everything item that comes off the list two new ones go on šŸ™
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I’m working on October’s menu plan and trying to research some FRESH and different fall like recipes.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX – I just finished LOCKE & KEY and we also just finished season 8 of NCIS reruns.
  • CABLE – COOKING SHOWSGIRL MEETS FARM started back up and I’m enjoying GUY’S GAME NIGHT so far and I’m curious about Bobby Flay’s new show starting at the end of the month. SPORTSGlad NFL has started again and sorry to start the playoffs for NASCAR. For once the DVR is all but empty waiting for the new season to begin. I was able to clean up the timers for recordings also.

I started 3 new books this week. I’m just having trouble deciding which genre and author to stick with. UNMISSING by Minka Kent, THE LOST GIRL OF PARIS by Pam Jenoff and THE LOST GIRLS OF WILLOWBROOK by Mary Ellen Wiseman.

Hmmm I only seemed to have taken food pictures this past week.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
Ā BUFFALO CHICKEN ENCHILADAS & SALAD
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWNĀ 
Ā CHICKEN & CHEESE QUESADILLA PIE & SALAD
ONE POT MARRY ME CHICKEN & ASPARAGUS POCKETS for my birthday
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
BEEF BURRITO BOWLS & SALAD
CHIPOTLE BLACK BEAN MEATBALLS with RICE & SALAD
DESSERT
Ā 

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS & RECIPE LINKS week 36 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for 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

The evenings have cooled off tremendously and are offering the first real hints of fall truly being in the air. I LOVE IT! We’re still supposed to have a few days with higher 80’s this week, but we’re at that time of year when it’s only for a couple hours of the day. So, basically I’m in heaven as Autumn is upon us. Levis and a peach plaid blouse with a teal stripe are the wardrobe choice for the day because the teal stripe matches my teal toes for September’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness month.

The city announced over the weekend that there are 106 days to the Timber Town Christmas Parade. This year’s theme is WHOVILLE. I can’t wait to see how this turns out. Our little town’s population lines the streets every year for this parade despite the cold and a good time is had by all. Hubby and I have even already planned our picnic menu with hot toddy chocolate for our dinner while we wait.

Other than looking forward to the holidays I think this funny covers it all about what is going on around me/us in life itself šŸ˜€

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I’ll be doing a deep clean of bedding this week, but the “regular” laundry is up to date šŸ˜€
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I need to make a list and will go grocery shopping in a few days. I went last week and was so discouraged by what I “couldn’t” get even after visiting 3 separate stores! I was able to find several of the locally “non-existent” items on Amazon and was forced to order that way. Strange things like toothpaste, yellow peas, face soap…
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS a never ending category…
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING September is planned and I’m working on October. I just restocked with a Butcher Box of meat and am working September and October around cleaning out the pantry so I can restock fresh for 2023.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX – We finished NCIS season 7 and started season 8
  • AMAZON PRIME – Am about to finish season 4 NEWSRADIO
  • CABLE – Still cleaning out the DVR of Mysteries of the Abandoned and I caught up on Masterchef and American Ninja Warrior. Svengoolie was creepy this week with FROGS and we switched it off.

I just finished Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens and adored the surprise ending! I’am waffling back and forth between The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent and The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman.

I didn’t take many pictures last week, but I did see this at a local brewery and am still laughing at the name. I really want to find out the story behind it.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
CHIP CRUSTED STUFFED CHICKEN
NACHOS CASSEROLE
CHICKEN & TOMATOES IN CREAM SAUCE
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
CHICKEN TACOS WITH PINEAPPLE SALSA
BEEF STROGANOFF, GREEN BEANS & SALAD
STUFFED SHELLS & SALAD
DESSERT
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY BUNDT CAKE?

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENUS AND RECIPE LINKS week 35 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for 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

Good morning! How are you? I’ve had a strange and busy week with all sorts of family things and certainly hope your week was better than mine! I’ll just leave it at that and jump into starting this week differently. šŸ˜€

We’ve been in the high 80’s for day times with low’s in the mid 50’s, but with low humidity and cool ocean breezes. So, I am NOT complaining. In the evening especially you can just feel fall coming our way! It has also been super sunny with virtually no clouds. I’m up and ready to go in comfy worn Levis and a favorite chambray blouse.

Obviously I am sooooooooo ready for fall. Just to keep you also in the loop as fall looms in front of us: My local grocery store is already stocking pumpkins.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY & CLEANING I was able to get all the laundry done on Saturday including the bedding and towels šŸ˜€
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS Hubby has a physical therapy appointment for his back today and I will pick up a couple things while we’re in town but, I will do the majority of the shopping when I’m in town Thursday for my pedicure.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS Same old same old B.S. dealing with the inept clerical staff of a couple places. :SIGH: and :SMH: continuously at the lack of logic reasoning of people. The best example I have is my primary doctor’s office who obviously made a clerical error on data input. They sent me a bill for $24. I paid them with a check for $24. They credited my account for $9. My bank cashed the check for $24. I printed them a copy of the check and took it to them on my last visit – you know the one for my “new patient” visit. They have called me and now want proof of who cashed the check. My logic says it was a key stroke error since they posted a payment to my account and that they need to look at their own data for that date to correct it. They want me to contact the bank for a paper copy of the check to prove they were the ones that cashed it. Like I said, WTH?
  • RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I’m working on some round up themes for the fall months like casseroles, soups, stews and chilis.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX – We’ve just finished NCIS season 6 and will probably start season 7 tonight. I’m almost done with season 4 of Virgin River and hope to finish season 2 of Locke & Key later this week.
  • AMAZON PRIME – Have been debating watching TOP GUN MAVERICK
  • CABLE – I’ve cleaned out the DVR and cleaned up all the “timers” for our regular shows. I did the research on the returning and new shows trying to pare down what will be taping this fall. I even eliminated a couple cooking shows.

If you’ve never read Heather Webber, I highly recommend her books. I just finished In the Middle of Hickory Lane and was sad it was over šŸ™ It was that good.

I’ve finally started Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and am really loving it.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
DINNER
CHICKEN CORN CASSEROLE and make the CRACK CHICKEN for tomorrow’s casserole
CRACK CHICKEN CASSEROLE and FRESH SLICED TOMATOES
SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS with SALAD
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
PICKLED BEET GOAT CHEESE SALAD
CHIP CRUSTED STUFFED CHICKEN with FRESH SLICED TOMATOES
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD
DESSERT

HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY with MENU PLANS & LINKS week 34 of 2022

Doing Happy Homemaker Monday so extensively helps keep me on track as it summarizes the past week and lays out a fairly concise plan for 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

That said, here’s an interesting article about Pumpkin Spice.

You know how life seems to be falling into place and you’re happy to be making headway? And then WHAMMO all of a sudden the rug gets yanked out from under your feet? Well, that describes my past weekend EXACTLY! It literally all happened within 24 hours time.

We had an amazing anniversary dinner at the Parrott House on Thursday night, made some Thanksgiving and Christmas plans… then received a couple phone calls Friday that put EVERYTHING up in the air…

Prayers and positive thoughts would be extra welcome this week as we deal with an uncle who was suddenly diagnosed with Acute Leukemia and immediately hospitalized for immediate treatment for the next week.

Breakfast is of course hot water and yogurt šŸ˜€

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS
  • LAUNDRY, CLEANING, YARD No major projects this week and the laundry is all caught up. The zucchini plant is all but spent and the cherry tomatoes are about toast also, but the larger heirloom tomatoes are doing quite well.
  • GROCERIES & ERRANDS I have an “establishing care for new patient” appointment this week. This ticks me off on soooooo many levels. 1) I am not a new patient, I’ve been with the practice for over 3 years (this time – we were in Texas for a couple years in the middle), but overall 12 years. My primary care doctor left the practice last December. They have “assigned’ me 4 different doctors since then, none of which stayed with the practice requiring me to get new doctors each time, all of which left before I was seen. 2) I have medical conditions (Systemic Lupus, Cancer though knock on wood I’m in remission, my stomach removal… that ALL require “maintenance” and cannot be “cured” by yoga or anything of that nature – not that there is anything wrong with yoga, but it CANNOT replace me seeing my oncologist once a year or my endocrinologist for the reactive hypoglycemia and diabetes – you get the picture. So why, oh why have they place me with a D.O. instead of an M.D.? I am going to meet with her and hope that she straddles the line with the obvious. I don’t need many groceries or have too many errands this week, but will work them into the day of that appointment.
  • PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS & PROJECTS I’m almost completely caught up in this category! I do have to share a “funny” story though. Several weeks ago I sent an appeal for a medical claim by certified mail. I mean you know how the military AND the mail are so I wanted proof that it got there. On Tuesday I picked up the mail from the post office and had a request for 60 cents due on a letter from the Department of Defense. I assumed it was something for my husband and then realized it was addressed to me. Long story short it was a “confidential” notification of receipt of my appeal, which of course I already knew since I sent it registered so I had tracking. They folded it nicely in a legal size envelope and then put that inside of an 8×11 manilla envelope. Put a stamp on the front of it and sent it my way, postage due and all.
  • BLOG POSTS, RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I seem to be getting back into the swing of things and even more organized so am quite happy with where I’m at. I have a couple months of scheduled recipes set to go and have started a preliminary BLOGMAS schedule that will start the day after Thanksgiving this year and go all the way through King’s day. I’m outlining holiday menus too. I also have several ideas for new recipes that I’m developing.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV
  • NETFLIX NCIS season 5, the movie FINAL SCORE with Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan was quite good, the movie UNCHARTED was a fun Mark Wahlberg movie
  • AMAZON PRIME BOTTOM OF THE NINTH was a good redemption movie with Sophia Vergara and Joe Manganiello, LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN season 1, LOVE & MONSTERS
  • DISNEY + SHE HULK ATTORNEY
  • CABLE SYFY On Saturday nights hubby and I watch really old SVENGOOLIE movies ā€“ even have a bowl of popcorn. This week was THE LAND UNKNOWN, an old black and white from 1957 about a crash landing in Antarctica where the survivors find themselves in a prehistoric world. šŸ™ FUN/DOCUMENTARY American Pickers, Mysteries of the Abandoned NASCAR, COOKING SHOWS ā€“ BBQ USA with Michael Symon, Beat Bobby Flay, Guyā€™s Grocery Games, Masterchef, Big Bad Budget Battle

I just started WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by DELIA OWENS. I have been reading exclusively on kindle for several years now, but a friend loaned me a “REAL” book and I’m enjoying it immensely. I have to admit though that I much prefer kindle at night because of the back light on my Paperwhite device.

The sunset last Wednesday night was absolutely AMAZING. We finished the power washing and actual pruning for our elderly friend that had a hip replaced 3 weeks ago. So far I’ve bagged ten 33 gallon bags of yard debris and have about that many more to go. But, the hard part is over. I’ve filled her bird feeders – both regular bird seed and hummingbird. Did they miss her! Look how much they’ve eaten in less than 48 hours! The birds have been plentiful and thankful!

Had to make some last minute menu changes, so, this has become a casserole week. I had been saving many of these recipes for next month to begin fall with.

8/22 MONDAY
8/23 TUESDAY
8/24 WEDNESDAY
8/25 THURSDAY
8/26 FRIDAY
8/27 SATURDAY
8/28 SUNDAY
DINNER
NACHOS CASSEROLE
AMISH COUNTRY CASSEROLE
CORNY CHICKEN CASSEROLE
CORN/YOYO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATOR NIGHT or YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
TEX MEX BACON CHEESE BURGER BAKE for EAGLES MEAL
CRACK CHICKEN CASSEROLE
CHICKEN & CHEESE QUESADILLA PIE
DESSERT
LEMON DROP CAKE

  • SNOW PEA SALAD
  • ORANGE PICNIC CHICKEN
  • RASPBERRY RICOTTA ALMOND CAKE
  • GRILLED SHRIMP SALAD with LIME VINAIGRETTE
  • PAN SEARED PORK CHOPS, BRAISED RED CABBAGE & APPLES