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han i m anticipating mark this one done at october 16 2023 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest diary of a homemaker one of those weeks laura ingalls wilder the real things haven t changed it is still best to be honest and truthful to make the most of what we have to be happy with simple pleasures and have courage when things go wrong saturday apparently i am sleeping more at night than i think because john has mentioned three times in as many days that he d gotten up at night and told me the times he s been up i never saw or heard him at any point so i am sleeping more than i realize i got up at one point this morning and sat in the living room in the quiet house in the dark thinking about getting a cup of coffee and dozed right off i woke about an hour and a half later because katie and caleb began having a conversation in their room it was 6am i was cold and decided to head back to my bed and i slept another hour or so john woke me running caleb into the bathroom and then katie came in behind them and apologized and hugged me she had apparently been showering in the other bathroom continue at october 13 2023 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thrifty thursday all mixed up friday briefly for this day baked bread made bagels cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies and then salvaged some shredded seasoned chicken and made it into mississippi chicken sliders for supper remembered as i lay awake pondering what tonight s supper might be that what i appreciate most on a friday evening is easy and little clearing up continue at october 12 2023 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest coffee chat the view from here hello love come in and have coffee with me let me share what i ve been doing lately to get a flavored cup of coffee i put a bit of cinnamon nutmeg and allspice in my refillable k cup with my decaf coffee then i brew it add half and half and somehow there is autumn in my cup i love it this way will you give it a try i confess i was willingly misled by another blogger vlogger who had a pumpkin cream froth recipe that appeared simple enough and not overly sweet and so i tried that last week i love pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie and pumpkin pancakes and even pumpkin in enchiladas but let me say just one more time i do not like pumpkin in my coffee or in my half and half on top of my coffee never mind the fiber the antioxidants etc i ll just skip those in my coffee and stick with the blend of spices continue at october 11 2023 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest the homemaker plans her week work ahead this past week went by too quickly i don t think i accomplished much on my list from last week but i did what i could did i even mention john had called the contractor he told john there were delays on the job he was one then added call back on the 21st i m wondering if this year my kitchen will be under renovation for thanksgiving or even christmas that would certainly put an end to the endless what will we do for the holiday from outside persons with all their incidental demands for this and that as well wouldn t it i m probably being hopeful lol in the meantime i shall not worry about the future doesn t the bible say that my worries are sufficient for this day matthew 6 34 not exactly perhaps but very close i ve promised myself that i shall try to be conscious of now as much as possible of course that rather negates any planning doesn t it i m not quite there i do like to have a plan if only to use as a sort of roadmap that i can at least find detours by continue at october 08 2023 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest diary of a homemaker s week october glory saturday who are we we had all of yesterday evening alone and so far all of today as well our date day to the tire place was at least pleasant thanks in part to the fact that i brought along my book and john started talking with a group of men who had a regular old gabfest since it was a four hour wait i m glad he found some company i had mine in my hand lol we left home without eating john looked amazed when i asked at 10am if he d like for me to get him something to eat are you hungry he asked as if that is an unheard of thing and this from a man who can barely wait for me to rise in the morning to tell him what s for breakfast continue at october 06 2023 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thrifty thursday where s soup weather friday unlike me to clear the fridge on a friday but that s just what i did this week i had myriad containers in the fridge yogurt scattered over three shelves breads tossed here and there i had to get it all organized hence i did not have to cook today i have something for all three meals so i have decided to take advantage of my surplus and have an extra day off cooking sounds pretty awesome to me heat and eat i combined the tail end of a bottle of catsup and another of mustard with my nearly empty barbecue sauce i ll play with this mixture a bit more adding in some brown sugar and vinegar and perhaps some onion powder and worcestershire sauce that will make a rather tasty barbecue sauce although baby ray had little to do with it continue at october 05 2023 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest romancing october in the first week of september i shared a list of all the things that i wanted to do to savor september in reading back over it i can say honestly i didn t touch on only two items i think that is a pretty awesome thing this was one area where i really expected to face more of a challenge since it wasn t work finance related and yet it went along very well i m going to renew that commitment and dream of ways to enjoy october won t you join me the two things i didn t do in september i never started a movie or tv series on my own though i did watch a single documentary on beatrix potter that patricia rutledge narrated and appeared in patricia by the way was the lovely hyacinth bucket pronounced bouquet i thought this movie sounded good october sk y i m going to try to watch one movie or documentary each week i ll shoot for a smaller goal this month lol i didn t find any new apples in market just yet but i ll look for some an oregon cottage said they do an annual apple tasting with a lovely homemade caramel sauce i thought that sounded like something fun to do don t you i d like to take a trip to the washington georgia area and see if we can find some of this year s north georgia apple crop i d like to make fried apple pies whether or not i make a trip for fresh apples i can do this granny used her homemade biscuit dough rolled thin and cooked fresh or dried apples i used to make these and bake them instead of frying they are both good but again it s nostalgia i m going for she fried them in butter they were delicious i won t do a big batch i ll make just enough for one for everyone and that will be perfect drive up to the foothills to see fall color i suspect it will be a little more towards the end of the month for that usually our deepest colors come after frost in november but every now and then we get to see color prior to that also later in the month i ve promised caleb we ll get a big pumpkin and carve it i ll probably not put it on the porch but have it here in the house on the table and we ll put a battery powered light in it so he can have the joy of seeing it lit up i want to make up halloween treat bags for all six of the children i d like to include non edible things but i ll have to see what i can find that s inexpensive and then i think it would also be fun to include some candy from mine and john s childhood something from their parents childhood and something that is their personal favorite look out for flowering kale and snapdragons at the garden centers plant them for winter color in the past they have done so beautifully here even in frosty weather i want to do a fall manicure there s one online that i ve seen a lot with a golden yellow color russet brown an olive green and some orange color can t find the image just now but i think they are so pretty i have all but the golden yellow color something like this i have all of these colors but not the golden color this isn t the exact one i had in mind but it s similar there are other possibilities too look them up on pinterest under fall inspired manicures i found this one that might work amazon affiliate associate link this one might work i ve got it ordered set up a month of outfits if i can i don t have that many clothes but if i put the shared bottom with the multiples of tops and the necklace or scarf that can go with it that particular outfit i can set up close to a month s worth i think i ll have fun trying anyway especially since i m going to pretend it s really going to turn autumnal and i can wear my sweaters lol the peach sheds near us often start to sell pecans and butter pecan ice cream this time of year i ll try to convince john to go but if he backs out on me i ll see if i can t do this with mama one day i ve made up my mind from this month forward i m going to try and keep something fresh in the house in each season right now we have pumpkins and winter squashes meant for eating tucked into the old wooden dough board i ll see if the big pine tree has dropped pinecones which i could add in and in the weeks ahead i ll have sprays of persimmon or pyracantha in the blue and white jars or colorful leaves etc i m not against buying these things either if i can t find them in the wild i just want to have something pretty on display in each month of the year i know it s not really cold yet but i d love to find some pretty throws to go on my chairs not the thin little fleece type ones be had for 2 at dollar general but lush knits or velvety ones i know they will cost a pretty penny don t care i can buy one this year and another next year i want to find some pretty bowls to go with my dinner set i know what i d like to have i ll look around on ebay and see if i can t find some that are affordable read i know some of emilie loring books are set in the autumn diary of an edwardian lady is set up by month again some of glady s taber s books frugal luxuries and i m just willing to bet i can find a grace livingston hill that is set in autumn i only have about 50 to choose from i m going to make up my own little blend for my evening cup of decaf coffee i have plenty of spices and i am pretty sure i can come up with something lovely that will give me the aroma and taste i want for an autumn cuppa and since the evenings are getting cooler i m going to try to slip out to watch the sunset while i have that evening cup and count the blessings from my day while i m there make autumn leaf shaped sugar cookies i think i need to replace my sugar sprinkles but this has become something i so enjoy doing and that s my list for this month at october 04 2023 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest october goals work work work i ve just read over september goals and boy i thought i was doing so well did i over plan perhaps in some ways looking back i know i did accomplish many things just now all of the things i d hoped to accomplish i confess i m a mite disappointed in myself at this moment it s a good time to read through that post and remind myself to not be quite so terribly ambitious with this month s goals spiritual no on bible study last month so so on prayer what will it take to make this a habit once more years ago i started reading the bible daily and i very very rarely missed a day then when i started keeping caleb full time this year i let it lapse and here we are a non reader since a full on bible study seems to be beyond me and my mind i m going to go back to basics this month i m going to try to read a chapter a day i ll go back to roman s and start where i left off in august i know that eventually i ll have the time to do a proper study but it seems to me that reading alone is better than good intentions and doing nothing i did get better at journaling daily and some of those days turned into a written conversation with god which was nice i hadn t expected that my journal might become part of my daily spiritual practice since it did i ll add here that i hope to write daily outdoors i didn t get the broken rocker off the back porch no encourage john in looking to see if there s any way possible to fix it i m thinking maybe two small l brackets might do it we ll see i might even attempt it myself i did get the excess things off the back porch and then came back to find the headboard sitting there i ll get that to the shed this month heck this week the front porch needs a hard cleaning and by hard i mean it needs a good hard scrubbing since i ve just about got my shoulder where it s not super painful all of the time i find i m really reluctant to test it out i know from the past that i can do this in small sections and since i m out there nearly every day i ll attempt to do it in that manner first the patio table is still there on the patio and with the new playhouse the water table scooters and bike and the two wagons and all the planters it s looking mighty crowded i can move something away and put it under the carport for now speaking of which there is a table under the carport that needs to be removed as it s falling apart mostly i leave the carport to john but i put the table out there and i expect it will be up to me to remove it the fall winter garden has been planted and there are mums and pansies planted i am still hoping to find snapdragons and kale but i haven t found any yet as we get nearer the end of the month i want to plant garlic and then i need to get the mandevilla up out of the pot it s in and ready to go into the bin for the winter i m hoping the hibiscus will overwinter they re supposed to here in our area caleb potty training goes on we are getting outdoors every day just now unless it s full on raining this has been so beneficial to him he s afraid of every little thing no kidding but he s growing in confidence and being more independent out there as long as i m standing by indoors there are too many toys in the toybox and he either ignores them or dumps them all out in a search for something else i m going to bag up a few things to send over to katie s boyfriend s so he has some of his own things there i won t overload that poor man with my cast offs some i will simply put way in the shed and hold them until he needs something fresh to play with once more i find rotation helps how it is that we ended up with such a lot of stuff is beyond me but we do house i pulled out a 9 x 13 pan and the lids to my pots and lo and behold my kitchen angst died those were all the items i brought out nope i also 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