Mountain of Grace Homeschooling and Life Thereafter : Happy Homemaker Monday~ August 31, 2020

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Good morning! It has been way too long, but life just seemed to be on a never ending roller coaster the past few weeks. I hope you all have been doing well!

It's been busy, busy, busy here. This week is a little slower paced, but then we start school next week. I can't believe summer is almost over. I swear it still feels like March!

So we're still working on the house. It's almost done, but just not quite there yet. Therese's arm is healed. Thankfully, her elbow wasn't broken. She strained the muscles and it took a few weeks to heal.

I, however, have a torn rotator cuff. At least that is what the doctor thinks. It's hard to know for sure when your doctor's appointment is over the internet. It took 2 weeks to get that appointment and now I have to wait until mid-September to start physical therapy. It's crazy. 😜 If that doesn't work, then they'll schedule an MRI to see if I need surgery.

The dog also had a run in with a raccoon. Her eye was all torn up. Thankfully, her vision wasn't affected and she is healing up well. Life has just been crazy here!

Enough about my chaos, let's get on with Happy Homemaker Monday. Once again, I'm joining in with Sandra over at Diary of a Stay at Home. Grab a cup of coffee, head on over, and say hello!

❀❀~The Weather~❀❀

We have more RAIN!!!!! After a few weeks of high temps and no rain, we have cool temps and rain. This has been the weirdest August for weather. Hot dry.... cool rain.

Monday~ Rain, 67*

Tuesday~ Cloudy, 77*

Wednesday~ Cloudy, 86*

Thursday~ Partly Cloudy, 88*

Friday~Mostly Sunny, 84*

Saturday~ Mostly Sunny, 76*

Sunday~ Sunny, 78*

❀❀~How I'm feeling this morning~❀❀

To be honest, I'm feeling pretty yucky. My left arm aches all the time. I have very little movement and if I do forget and try to use it the pain is horrible. They gave me pain meds, but they don't help and just upset my stomach. Sleeping has been almost non-existent. I can't find a comfortable way to sleep. I'm getting about 2-3 hours of sleep a night. Not fun.

❀❀~What I'm doing right now~❀❀

I'm writing up this post, while drinking my morning coffee. I'm actually on cup number 3, but whose counting. I need the caffeine to wake up or stay awake. I have a load of laundry in the machine already. Michael has been extremely helpful with carrying down the basket of clothes for me. Therese has become my folder. In the background, I can hear the soft sound of rain hitting the trees. It's a peaceful sound.

❀❀~ What's on my mind~❀❀

All the stuff I need to finish this week, but with limited mobility I'm not sure how much I'll get done.

Minnie Roo, is getting so big. He runs all over the place. I took some pictures of him, but somehow they disappeared from my phone. I probably deleted them somehow.

❀❀~What they kids are up to~❀❀

Enjoying their last free week before school starts. Therese went to Youth group last night and hung out with friends. She's the only one of her friends that hasn't started back to school yet.

❀❀~What's for breakfast~❀❀

Three cups of coffee, a gluten free English muffin, and some strawberries.

❀❀~My current reading pile~❀❀

I've been reading Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky

I love books set in a beach location. I'm a beach girl at heart.

❀❀~Music I'm listening to~❀❀

No music lately, except what has been playing in the car as we run errands.

I have been playing my son's Xbox. He has the old Spyro games for it and when you can't do much else it's an easy way to kill an hour.

❀❀~What I'm working on~❀❀

I finished up the lesson plans for next year. FINALLY!! I do have some pages to print out. I need to organize the books and get everything ready for the new year. We do need a few notebooks, but other than that our supplies are still pretty good.

I need to price more books, take pictures, and list them on my book page to sell. Our shelves are still full, but I see a few empty spots! I have a few bins of books I need to go through,but they may have to wait since I can't lift them.

❀❀~What new for me~❀❀

I'm still working on growing my businesses. I've set up two Facebook pages for them.

Monique's Beauty Corner

Monique's Pure Peace of Mind

I'm trying to figure out ways to share about our amazing products, how to help my business to grow, and how to help my family with this new adventure.

I still need to set up my Etsy shop, so I can sell my sewing creations. I think I maybe trying to start too many things at one time. Like they say, go big or go home.

❀❀~Looking around the house~❀❀

Things are still crazy around here. Rooms are still out of order, but we're making do.

I need to organize the school/craft room. I've been doing a little at a time, but it's a slow process. It will help when the rest of the house gets put back into place.