Happy Homemaker Monday & Happy February!

                     

             

Hello and good morning and happy February! I'm joining in with the beautiful and kind Sandra from Diary of a SAHM. You can click her name above to jump to her blog! 

It is snowing beautifully out right now.  I am writing this on Sunday because Mondays are crazy with work and writing group, Bible study, etc. And I love typing up this blog to plan my week ahead. 

I'm so happy that I am finally fully recovered from COVID! It slowed me down enough to really think through what I want 2025 to look like. My number one priority above all else is my relationship with our Lord. Getting to know His Word better than ever. Doing deep dives, trying different types of prayer and worship. 

Anyway, let's get on to the week ahead! 

 *** The weather in my neck of the woods*** 

Monday - 44 and maybe some rain (ew)

Tuesday - 33 and cloudy

Wednesday - 29 with snow (yay) 

Thursday - 37 and rain (boo)

Friday - 29 and snow 

Saturday - 30 and snow

Sunday - 31 and snow

 

 

 *** Things that make me happy ***

Weekends make me happy. Ollie Bear curling up at my feet. Bible study. Music. Planning. Reading. Tea. 

 

*** Book I'm reading *** 

 Finished in January: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg 

Currently Reading for fun: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Currently Reading for writing: Miracle Morning for Writers, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg, and The Eight Crafts of Writing (this one is for book club) 

          

Currently Reading for spirit: Bible Recap - in the book of Exodus. A Diary of Private Prayer (re-read) by John Braillie, Devotional Trusting God Day by Day, Joyce Meyer. 

*** What's on my tv today *** 

I have cut way back on my tv watching. I'm trying to make more time for study, writing, and reading. However, there are still a few: 

• Days of Our Lives 
• Heart Dive 365 from 2024 most days (love that it goes with Bible Recap!) 
• Daily Bible Recap video
• Some cooking/organizing/etc YouTube videos 

 

 

*** On the breakfast plate *** 

 I have boiled eggs with SW potatoes and meatless sausage made up for the next few days. 

 

*** On the lunch plate *** 

   I made a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, so that is lunch for today.  I'm also prepping a pasta salad with veggies and chickpeas and some Big Mac salad bowls for the next few days. 

 

 

*** On the dinner plate *** 

Chicken burrito bowl - lettuce, red onion, chicken, corn, cilantro-lime brown rice, pico de gallo, avocado if it is  feeling right, maybe a few tortilla chips - yum

 

 

*** On the menu *** 

Monday  I might have one of the Big Mac Bowls 

Tuesday I am going to my Dad's house and we are having bakery pizza and playing Uno with the family

 

Wednesday I am planning meatless hot dogs and waffle fries with a veggie

Thursday Red beans and rice, possibly a corn muffin

Friday Veggie stir fry with crispy tofu over brown rice 

Saturday  Cajun bean soup (bought the below - never tried it before) with a little smoked sausage for flavor maybe another corn muffin if I made them previously

Sunday I am typing this up Sunday the 2nd, tonight I'm having a chicken burrito bowl using the Tyson's blackened chicken strips.  They are so good! 

*** On my to do list *** 

Today: (Sunday)

Meal prep for next several days

Dishes and more dishes (see above)

Writing sprints

Coloring my hair

Picking up around the house 

Decluttering 50 things today

 

This week:

Taxes

Make Dr Appt

Uno Night w/ Family

Mastermind Group Sunday

Critique Group Thursday

Dollar Tree run (yay!) 

Cancel Kindle Unlimited (boo) 

*** New Recipe I tried or want to try *** 

    The Cajun bean soup.  I hope it's not too spicy for me. I"m a big baby! 

 

*** What I am writing ***

I have been setting up the book (now titled) Focus to Flourish. I have the 12 months set up with different ways to grow closer to God.  Flourish is my word of the year, and God put it right in my head - just like the new title of the book - because He apparently did not like what I picked!  hahahahaha 

I'm still doing rewrites and edits (because I put it off for so long) on my first book, the thriller. This part of writing is NOT FUN. I love the research and the creative parts so much - but this part is for the birds! 

I pretty much have the 2nd thriller written (in my head!) but need to get it down.  The third one is fleshed out pretty well too and I can even see where the 4th is going! 

 

 

*** No words needed (favorite photo or picture) *** 

 

My daily planner: The Prayerful Planner

I decided to keep this Bible another year. I bought a new one, but my chunky, messy Bible kept calling me home. 

 

*** Devotional, Prayers, Bible Verses *** 

From The Diary of Private Prayer: 

"Dear Father, I am content to leave my life in your hands, knowing that you have counted every hair on my head. I am content to give over my will to yours, believing I can find in you a righteousness, an integrity, that I could never have obtained on my own." 

Until next week, 

Sherry