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Happy Homemaker and Menu Plan Monday June 29th, 2015

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It's time for Happy Homemaker Monday!    Also sharing on Menu Plan Monday @ OrgJunkie.com  The weather outside is:::: Today is PERFECT!  Yesterday we had flooding rains, wind and upper 50s-lower60s!!!  Today is all sunshine and gorgeous upper 70s.   On the breakfast plate this morning:::: Nothing yet.  I'm going to have breakfast "hash" - eggs, turkey sausage and simply potatoes  As I look outside my window::: The tiger lilies are in bloom.  They remind me of my grandfather.  HIS mother had tiger lilies and he transplanted them to his house and then later to my mother's house.  The ones here aren't transplants from there since this is a rental, but they still remind me of my grandparents!   Right now I am:::: Getting a lot of laundry, dishes, cleaning, etc done.  Yesterday I lazed around ALL DAY binge watching and binge reading while I listened to my shell chimes on my front porch go wild in the wi...

Happy Homemaker Monday June 22, 2015

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It's time for Happy Homemaker Monday!    The weather outside is:::: Today is in the 80s and muggy.  I <3 Michigan, but I do not love the humidity :/  On the breakfast plate this morning:::: For breakfast today dare I say I ate beefaroni for breakfast? Yikes. As I look outside my window::: Outside everything is nice and green.  I saw a pretty cardinal on my laundry line yesterday, it was so pretty :) Right now I am:::: The kids and I are at my mom's house right now!  We are going to have a bbq - steak and veggies.   As I look around the house:::: Well, we are at my mom's house - so there is vintage-inspired floral wallpaper in the living room, white and blue kitchen, lavender mini-wreaths hanging on a cherry armoire in the dining room, floral plates on the wall and my family gathered around.  On today's to do list:::: TO DO: Most of it is already done!  Shopping for Jennah's birthday!  She will be 19 tomorrow! ...

Happy Homemaker and Menu Plan Monday for June 15, 2015

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It's time for Happy Homemaker Monday!   And Menu Plan Monday!   The weather outside is:::: Today is rainy!  Hot!  Muggy!  I am inside ALL DAY!  :)   On the breakfast plate this morning:::: For breakfast today - I skipped breakfast :/  As I look outside my window::: Outside is thunderstormy, wet and rainy but really nice and green!  Picture courtesy of Flickriver  Right now I am:::: Getting ready to go put in a second load of laundry, put away some dishes and wash a few more!  Also need to change the cat box :(   As I look around the house:::: Thinking about where to put my grandmother's antique armoire and what to put inside of it!  It will be my nicest piece of furniture and I am looking forward to inheriting it! (My mom is ready to pass it down!)  On today's to do list:::: TO DO: Lesson planning Laundry  Dishes Cooking ahead for the week!  Menu Pla...

What I've Been Reading This Week

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                                  I am linking up with Stacking the Shelves and Friday Finds!   I have had a VERY dystopian week.  For some reason I am just in an end-of-the-world mood I guess. THIS WEEK I FINISHED READING:   The Immune Series by David Kazzie - I read this as 4 books, but you can read it all in one version, The Immune Series Omnibus.  Free on Kindle Unlimited. On a warm summer night at Yankee Stadium, a monstrous plot to eradicate the human race is set into motion.  Within days, the deadly Medusa virus is racing across the globe like a wildfire, leaving behind a handful of terrified survivors in a world unlike any they have ever known.  Then I started the Broken World series by Kate L. Mary.  I am on book three, Mad World.  I didn't think I'd like it going in because of the main characters being a 20-year-old stripp...

Happy Homemaker Monday & Menu Plan Monday - 06-08-2015

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It's time for Happy Homemaker Monday with Sandra at Diary of a SAHM!    and Menu Plan Monday with Laura at Organizing Junkie!   The weather outside is:::: Today is really pretty right now, but we are expecting rain and thunderstorms later in the afternoon!  On the breakfast plate this morning:::: Nothing yet - but I am having my morning caffeine!  As I look outside my window::: I realize I already need my grass cut again!  It's a never-ending cycle!  Right now I am:::: Procrastinating getting into the shower and going grocery shopping!   As I look around the house:::: I see quite a few things that still need straightening up - but definitely improved since yesterday!  On today's to do list:::: TO DO:  Grocery shopping!  Sweep and mop the kitchen floor Lesson planning for the next week  Help Jake study for his English final, a test on "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neal Hurston Cook a...