Category: Happy Homemaker Monday

he weather in my neck of the woods:today was brisk and bright…quite a turnaround from most of the dark and dreary days of the last few weeks

Things that make me happy:smiling faces whether on my kids or husband or just people in  the store

Book I’m reading: Stick a Geranium in Your Cranium by Barbra Johnson

What I’m enjoying on TV:Nothing

 On the menu for dinner:Chicreken Patties Ffrench Fries and Broccoli and Cauliflower

On my To Do List:EVERYTHING!!

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:!!!Loaded baked potato Soup By Pampered Chef

In the craft basket:SHHHH Christmas Presents…treasure Cans for the kiddos!

Looking forward to thiis Week:  Dinner with our Youth Pastor and His wife tomorrow night

Tips and Tricks:Make the Punishment fit the Crime

My favorite blog post this week:  Our Friend Dan’s post about how social networking has taken the place of real life human interaction
Check it out here

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):How about some REDISCOVERED ONES!!!!
like
Daily Dwelling
Reflections in The Window
Just Give me a Minute
JUST to name a few I will mention others in the coming weeks

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to sharesNone this week SORRY Guys!

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he weather in my neck of the woods:

Things that make me happy:
hearing my kids play joyfully together! and talking to my kids about their relationship with God!

Book I’m reading:
Screwtape Letter By C.S. Lewis
The Bible
He Began with Eve

What I’m enjoying on TV:
Nothing

 On the menu for dinner:
Perhaps Chicken patties and baked Potato….with broccoli and cauliflower

On my To Do List:
fold and put away Laundry

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Soup and bread Bowls

In the craft basket:
Thank you cards
Treasure cans for the kids
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!!

Looking forward to this week:
this afternoon we are going to a  book sale and conference later this week!

Tips and Tricks:
when you enter a room pick up at least two things out of place and return them to where they belong!

My favorite blog post this week: 

There was no time for Blog reading this week and YET there is one blog post I am VERY Partial too this Week…Check it out here!

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
None as of this week!

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to shares

Can Anyone guess what our Youth group Leader has in this baggie AND what he did with them?

Lesson learned the past few days:
NO PAIN NO GAIN..I have a lot of Pain BUT cannot see any Gain!…AND  I BETTER NOT GAIN>>ANYTHING!  that’s why I have to go through pain in the first place!

On my mind:
family and friends…People in our church

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Psalm 118….

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he weather in my neck of the woods:

Things that make me happy:
getting something accomplished…Having 4 kids 5 and under some days makes it feel as though I have been working all day and whjen I stand back and look around me my house still feels like a war zone!

Book I’m reading:
Screwtape Letter By C.S. Lewis
The Bible
He Began with Eve

What I’m enjoying on TV:
I am going to be reviewing the movie
“the Least among them”

 On the menu for dinner:
HMMM I haven’t really decided yet!

On my To Do List:
Finish putting stuff away in our bedroom
Craft room
dishes

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Soup in bread bowmls and tonight might just be the night

In the craft basket:
Thank you cards
Treasure cans for the kids
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!!

Looking forward to this week:
Thursday night!! Everyone but me and little bean will be out of the house

Tips and Tricks:
Any container can be recycled to be something useful if you are a crafter!!!

My favorite blog post this week:
This week has been a very tough week…i haven’t read very many blogs at all

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
it’s  all i can do to keep up with the ones on my sidebar…maybe as i settle into the new school routine!

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to shares
 

Lesson learned the past few days:
The ability makes life a lot easier to handle…Rolling with the punches makes life more enjoyable when something major has to change!

On my mind:
aa set of twins born this last week where one of the babies was not supposed to make it..She survived though she does have spina bifita

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Ephesian 4 32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you

Since the kids and I could not go to church yesterday we had our own Sunday school time.  We learned that Jesus loves the little children…and we learned how to love each other!

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The weather in my neck of the woods:

Things that make me happy:
Deacon’s Meetings, Awana, and PRE-K
I love my kids but those are some much needed quiet times

Book I’m reading:
Screwtape Letter By C.S. Lewis

What I’m enjoying on TV:
 No VCR/DVD player..+ no signal=quiet..in other words not a thing!

 On the menu for dinner:
Barbecued burgers
Ranch pasta salad
chips

On my To Do List:
Organize clothes in Our bedroom
Clean clothes folded in hubby’s office
CRAFT ROOM!
Funeral prep
find babysitter
Pack for trip

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Amish church cookies and barbecued burgers

In the craft basket:
Thank you cards

Looking forward to this week:
going to celebrat e with a church we used to attend…they are celebrating their 200th anniversary!

Tips and Tricks:
Another word for bribery is “positive reinforcement”

My favorite blog post this week:
This post by my friend Michelle at Just give Me a minute….

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
it’s  all i can do to keep up with the ones on my sidebar…maybe as i settle into the new school routine!

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

This is our whole family minus Linus at our old house the day before closing….Congrats to the new owners…Hubby is very talented….and you got a very nice house! (more pics to come!)

Lesson learned the past few days:
 Sudafed does an amazing job at helping me feel better so i can get work done!
God gives me the wisdom to know when to stop and take a nap & i should really listen to that little voice telling me to do so!!

On my mind:
a lady in our church who lost her husband this week

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Psalm 104:18-35
Davis is taling about how God takes care of everything and provides for everything..He provides for every living thing on the earth so why are we so shocked when God provides for us in such amazing ways!

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The weather in my neck of the woods:

Things that make me happy:
Seeing fellow believers grow, I enjoy watching the process!.  Teaching our Ladies Sunday School class and watching my kids have fun!  Oh and experiencing all the facets of life with my husband!

Book I’m reading:
Just finished  “have a New Kid By Friday” By Dr. Kevin Lehman
Screwtape Letter By C.S. Lewis

What I’m enjoying on TV:
 Not  a thing!

On the menu for dinner:
Hmm Not sure yet!

On my To Do List:
Organize clothes in Our bedroom
finish cleaning Lady Bug’s room
CRAFT ROOM!

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Chili in Bread bowls

In the craft basket:
I can’t tell …it’s surprise and hubby might read the blog…I LOVE YOU DEAR!

Looking forward to this week:
going to the craft store today for inspiration AND hubby’s two days off!

Tips and Tricks:
PLAN PLAN PLAN!

My favorite blog post this week:
I haven’t really written or read any this past week.  It was a crazy week!!!

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
Again I don’t have one!

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

Lesson learned the past few days:
 God Uses the most unlikely of messages to change the hearts of those listening

On my mind:
oh so many things..BUT I can’t share ANY OF THEM…LOL

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Mttew 3 and 4

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