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Happy Homemaker Monday for the 1st of October!

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Photo from Momy's Musings I am linking up with Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday The weather in my neck of the woods ..... Fall is upon us here in the Detroit area!  SO happy!  Cold nights spent with warm blankets reading with a cup of chai?  C'mon! There's nothing better!  It is going to be a wet week, but that will just hasten the turning of the leaves!  Right now I am....  listening to Lauren Daigle's new album on Prime Music.  So, so good.  I think her voice sounds like Adele's, am I alone??  I am also roasting some chickpeas, doing laundry, and blogging!  I'm a good multi-tasker :)   Thinking about....  Well, we took in a stray cat last week (long story) and named her Jane Austen. She came down with a horrible-sounding, barking-like cough.  We went to the vet and found out #1 Jane is a neutered BOY.  LOL  #2 He was diagnosed with pneumonia. ...

The Monday Book Report, Edition #7

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I am linking up with  Mailbox Monday It's Monday!  What Are You Reading?  The Sunday Post @ caffeinatedbookreviewer  LAST WEEK ON THE BLOG:   Monday's:   Happy Homemaker Monday and The Monday Book Report , linked to The Sunday Post , Mailbox Monday , and It's Monday, What Are You Reading ?  Tuesday's:  Top Ten Tuesday Wednesday:  Weigh in Wednesday  WHAT DID I READ THIS WEEK:    I finished absolutely NOTHING.  *sigh*  I read 1/2 of Sons of Blackbird Mountain by Joanne Bischof and half of The Inn of Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber.  I also started 3 other books and 2 audiobooks.  SEE MY PROBLEM HERE?????  Just as in most other areas of my life, I have a very difficult time focusing.  (p.s.  I am finishing everything I started!)   WHAT BOOKS DID I BUY/BORROW/FIND IN MY MAILBOX THIS WEEK:    I have borrowed a few e-books from the libra...

Weigh In Wednesday

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I'm linking up @ Diary of a Weight Loss Journey   WEIGHT LOSS/GAIN: No change at last weigh in.  Down 41.6. WENT WELL THIS WEEK: Uh...... not much.  WHAT DID NOT GO SO WELL THIS WEEK:  Lots of stress eating.  GAH!  I thought after last week I was back in control! RECIPE I WANT TO TRY:  Skinny Taste's Shrimp and Zucchini with Bowties  FAVORITE RECIPE FROM LAST WEEK: Taco pasta toss -  not healthy.  lol MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: 

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Need To Read

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This is a great topic - one to remind us of the books we need to keep on our radar!  I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday!  Kiera Cass - The Elite  Sarah J. Maas - A Court of Mist and Fury  Kristin Hannah - True Colors (and several others)  Stephen King - The Outsider (and several others)  Terri Blackstock - If I Run  Francine Rivers - The Masterpiece  Barbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered Sara Donati - Fire Along the Sky  Nora Roberts - Shelter in Place   Jennifer Donnelly - The Winter Rose 

Happy Homemaker Monday: HAPPY AUTUMN!!!!!

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Photo from Momy's Musings I am linking up with Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday The weather in my neck of the woods ..... It is beautiful and perfect and fall-like and I LOVE it!!!!  Yesterday and today waking up to 49 degrees!  Upper 60s and low 70s. Best, Weather. Ever!  Right now I am ....   Hanging out with my windows open, sunshine spilling through.  I have my pumpkin spice candles and wax melts going.  The cats are chilling and I'm deciding what I want for breakfast.  Thinking about.... Last week I shared a picture of the rescue cat we took in, Jane Austen.  The past couple of days she has been coughing.  At first I thought she was just coughing up hairballs - but now I realize that she is either sick or has asthma or allergies or something.  We planned to take her to the vet anyway because we are not sure how old she is.  Hopefull,y it's nothing serious.  On the bl...