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Welcome to this week's Happy Homemaker Monday.  I am linking up with  Sandra at Diary of a SAHM.    Sorry that this is so darn late!  I have been having trouble getting back into the swing of things lately.  The weather:::   Typical spring weather in the Detroit, MI, area.  Upper 50's, low 60's, rainy and gray!  On my reading pile::: I just finished The Practice House (4*) and Scarred Hearts (3*).   I am starting Falling Free by Shannan Martin.   Movies or Shows I watched this weekend:::   Mostly just re-binge-watched Dance Moms.  One episode of Bring It.  Pretty sad.  On my TV::: I need to watch Empire for sure.  Also looking for something new.  On the menu for this week::: We made Sazon Pork in the Crockpot and a Shepard's Pie.  I'll be honest - we ate out 3 nights.  Again, I'm struggling with depression.   Friday:  Ham and scalloped potatoes  S...

Welcome to this week's Happy Homemaker Monday.  I am linking up with  Sandra at Diary of a SAHM.    The weather:::  We've just finished our last snow for the winter.  It's been mild here in the Detroit area for most of the season.  Today will be 43 and cloudy, but later this week, close to 60!  On my reading pile::: I just finished " Homegoing " by Yaa Gyasi.  It is a wonderfully complex book, but due to what I've been going through , it took me two months to read it and I would sometimes get lost due to the multiple narrators.  However, I highly recommend it. I am also rereading (albeit very slowly)   Gone with the Wind - my favorite book of all time. Amazon Prime has a program called Kindle First where they offer you a free e-book on the first of each month that has not been released yet.  This month I chose the book "The Practice House" by Laura McNeal. It's about a Scottish woman who becomes a t...

It's been five months since my last post.  I've thought about writing many times, but then somehow I just couldn't seem to find the will. In the past five months: *I've had two surgeries *My oldest was diagnosed with autism (albeit very high functioning) *My oldest received a confirming diagnosis of depression, general and social anxiety, and something else God help me I can't remember the name of *My oldest daughter was diagnosed with PCOS *My mother with diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer with mets to the brain, stomach, etc. *My mother was diagnosed with a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm *I spent 6 weeks going to chemo and radiation with my mother *I was nearly fired from my job for cutting my hours to be with my mother *I spent the weekend sleeping at the hospital while my mother was an inpatient getting diagnosed with atrial fibrillation * I called an ambulance when my mother woke up one morning and could barely walk or breath *I held my mom's ...