Happy Homemaker Monday

 Family Hike

{weather outside:}

It's still dark and chilly out right now but we are expected to have a breezy, sunny day with a high around 60 degrees.

{around my home:}

Aside from the subtle notes of classical music softly playing on the radio, everything in my home is quiet at the moment. It's pretty early and everyone else is still sleeping as I sit at the kitchen table writing this with a mug of Strawberry Green Tea in my hand and an apple scented candle burning on the counter. Had some time to straighten after dinner last night so everything looks pretty tidy and cozy.

{menu this week:}

monday: Balsamic Chicken with Asparagus & Tomatoes over Rice
tuesday: Dijon Mac & Cheese with Kielbasa
wednesday: Slow Cooker Beef & Broccoli with Rice
thursday: Taco Soup
friday: Autumn Chicken Bake with Crusty Bread

{new recipe:}

Balsamic Chicken with Asparagus & Tomatoes
Autumn Chicken Bake

{making me happy:}

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

{today's to-do list:}

~ errands
~ 2 loads of laundry
~ vacuum
~ mop
~ dust
~ straighten
~ upload photos

{on my nightstand:}

Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maude Montgomery (Cooler weather always puts me in an "Anne" mood. :)
On the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

{in my craft basket:}

kitchen curtain

{thankful for:}

My little family of boys who fill my days with so much craziness and my heart with so much love.

{looking forward to:}

November. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays!

{on my mind:}

My Grandma. She is courageously enduring as the cancer in her body painfully progresses. Such an example of humble suffering I have been given the grace to witness in first my mom and now my grandma. I hope that when my day comes I can face sickness and death with as much grace as these women have.

{lesson learned:}

There are times when my gift to others needs to be as simple as my presence and the presence of my children. (Because it takes that much effort just to get everyone out the door!) I visited my Grandma on her birthday completely empty-handed but, after many apologies on my part, she finally convinced me that the joy our visit brought to her was more than any material gift I could ever give her right now.

{verse:}

For everything there is a season; A time for every activity under heaven.

- Ecclesiastes 3:1 

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