Happy Homemaker Monday

Trying something different and linking up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom today.

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{weather outside:}

Cold and very windy.

{breakfast this morning:}

Steel-cut oatmeal for the boys and me. 

{outside my window:}

Bright and beautiful sunshine after a cloudy, rainy weekend. 

{right now I am:}

Sitting in the living room with my sweet kitty cuddled next to me while the boys nap. Drinking tea out of the cozy mug from Pottery Barn that my husband gave me for Christmas. 

{as I look around my house:}

I am still enjoying our Christmas tree which will be up until this weekend in honor of my mom's birthday on January 8th. She was never in any hurry to take her Christmas decorations down & I am following right along in her footsteps.

{today's to-do list:}

~preschool: letter "Q" & number "10"

~3 loads of laundry

~food shopping

~register for a new online Bible Study

~strip cloth diapers

~organize toys

{currently reading:}

Engaging Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn

{currently watching:}

Gilmore Girls

{on the menu this week:}

monday: chef salad & baked sweet potatoes

tuesday: baked tilapia, brown rice & green beans

wednesday: taco salad

thursday: italian tomato soup & crusty bread

friday: roasted kielbasa, baked potatoes & broccoli 

{creating at the moment:}

A flannel baby blanket for my friend's baby shower this weekend.

{new recipe to try:}

Cranberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

{favorite photo:}

Taken Christmas Eve: one family gift (wagon), three individual gifts each (wrapped gifts), and of course, "Baby Jesus," the best gift of all. :)

{favorite things:}

The bubba my sister gave me for Christmas: 52 ounces of cold water in an (so far) indestructible jug!

{verse:}

Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 

-1 John 4:4

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Happy Monday!