Happy Homemaker Monday

Linking up with Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday.

{weather outside:}

Freezing rain, icy and cold.

{breakfast this morning:}

Steel-cut oatmeal, warm and filling.

{outside my window:}

Dark, rainy and cloudy making it very cozy inside.

{right now I am:}

Drinking my tea at the kitchen table while typing this and listening to classical music. The boys are still taking their much needed naps and I just woke up from mine.

{as I look around my house:}

I am enjoying the new way that I have arranged our living room now that the Christmas tree is down.

{today's to-do list:}

~preschool: letter "R" & number "3"
~sew
~lots of organizing
~make dinner

{currently reading:}

Engaging Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn

{currently watching:}

Call the Midwife

{on the menu this week:}

monday: chili & corn muffins
tuesday: beef & vegetable soup & brown soda bread
wednesday: creamy chicken & rice
thursday: spaghetti carbonara
friday: meatloaf, sweet potatoes & broccoli

{creating at the moment:}

Plan on starting a baby blanket for my nephew tonight if I have the energy once the boys go to bed.

{new recipe to try:}

Creamy Chicken & Rice

{favorite photo:}

My three-year-old was very proud of himself for being able to put the finger puppets I made him on all by himself!

{favorite little things:}

My plum colored nails that I painted over the weekend to match the outfit I wore to my friend's baby shower on Sunday.

{verse:}

"In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the ages."
-Hebrews 1:1-2 {from the First Reading for today}