Happy Homemaker Monday...

The weather in my neck of the woods: Hot and sunny

One of my simple pleasures: morning coffee in the peace and quiet

On my bedside Table: 'Twilight' by Stephanie Meyer

On my TV: nothing

On the menu for tonight: Quesadillas

On my to do list: clean up from weekend (this should take all day-ugh), call vet to make appt for dog's first visit.

New recipe I tried last week: Southwestern soup - 2 cans of tomatoes, 1 can black beans, 1 cup chicken stock/bouillon, 1 cup frozen corn, 1/2 cup chopped peppers (red, green, yellow, orange - one or all), half a package of onion soup mix. Combine all ingredients in pot, bring to boil. Garnish with cooked chicken, shrimp,steak, sour cream, avocado, crushed tortilla chips, grated cheese - whatever you have on hand.

In the craft basket: nothing

Looking forward to: pedicure this week, scrapbooking on Saturday w/ friends - all day!

Homemaking tip for this week: With my house looking like this I have no business giving out tips. I need them.....But really just staying on top of things helps a lot. Do a little each day.

Favorite blog post of the week (mine or other): This one at Simple Mom - about creating a weekly routine. I also liked this one @ Life as Mom because like it or not it's really time to start thinking about Christmas so we're not all crazy in December!

Favorite photo of the week: I didn't really take too many photos but I am sure I will this week w/ school starting today.

Lesson learned the last few days: Naps are good!

On my prayer list: My sister in law who is going through some challenges with her husband's family.

Devotional, Scripture reading, key verse:
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
~ William A Ward

Join Sandra at Diary of a SAHM for more Happy Homemaker Monday.

Comments

Jen said…
That soup sounds delish!! I can't wait to try that when the weather is colder. Have a great week.
August 3, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Michele said…
enjoyed reading your HHM!
August 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM
annies home said…
soup sounds great I think I will make this for the kids one night
August 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Jessie Geroux said…
yummo soup--

in our house we allow Christmas music to be played once we pass my father in laws birthday which is August 12th so its pretty much holiday time for us now LOL
August 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Sandra said…
Soup sounds so good.

Hope you're having a wonderful day.
August 4, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Favorite Things....

Image
Join Melissa @ 320 Sycamore for her My Favorite Things party. Here are my favorite things: David Cook. The CD. Still lovin' it. Listen to it a lot. It's good. Very good. Philosophy Lip Gloss. I have the melon daiquiri flavor and love it. It's shiny AND stays on. Tastes good, too. About $12. Electric Pepper Mill. How did I live without this? Really. You can find one like this at Crate & Barrel for about $40 or so. Peets Coffee . I talk about Starbucks a lot because we don't have a Peets here. It's really the best in my opinion. Luckily you can find it in the grocery store for about $14/lb -or less when it's on sale. You know that's when I buy it! :) Measuring cups. I have these from Williams-Sonoma. I love them. I think it's my favorite thing in my kitchen. At least one of them. And one I use almost daily. It took a while for me to break down and buy them but I have to admit that it's the best $30 I have ever spent. When Little Miss moves us
Read more

Changes...

Image
I posted some photos of my living room a while back. I realized how blah and boring it looks. I appreciate the suggestions I was given. One of them was 'paint'. We had the walls painted a couple years ago so I really didn't want to do it again just yet so I had to figure what else I could do to get some color in there. I thought about painting a canvas red to match the chair ( below). After talking to my sister she suggested dipping cool whip containers in paint to make the circles and an idea was born. I bought the 3 canvases (20" X 20") at Michaels at 50% off - the three cost $21. I got a quart of paint at Lowe's ($12 - Martha Stewart's Cranberry something or the other). The blue paint was a sample size of Olympic that someone didn't buy -$1. Cool whip container and little round container I had in the kitchen - free. Fleur de lis printed off computer, traced on canvas and painted - free. So for $34 I got this new look. Very David Bro
Read more

Monday, Monday...

Image
Monday's are usually my favorite days. Everyone is back to work and school and I have the morning to gather my thoughts and eat a leisurely breakfast before starting my day. My friend, E, who I carpool with has her husband take the kids to school since he is off on Mondays. Today, however, has been a bit odd. We had a new dishwasher delivered this morning and my husband uninstalled the old one last night. This morning I wake up to a leak in one of the dishwasher hoses - thankfully just a slow leak but still an inconvenience. My husband had to come home and semi-install the new dishwasher to stop the leak. I have been washing the dishes in the wet bar sink instead of the kitchen sink since something is turned off there and the hubby said not to use it until the new dishwasher is totally installed. I am thankful to have a wet bar sink and not have to resort to washing the dishes in the bathroom - something I am sure we've all had to do at one time. I have some things in t
Read more