Happy Homemaker Monday~ September 20, 2021

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Good morning, friends! 

I can't believe that we are already in the middle of September! I really want to know where summer went. Let's face it, I'm still trying to figure out where 2020 went. We are finally settling down here and getting into the swing of things. I feel like I can finally breathe again. We've been back at school full time since the 7th. My Sunday class is in its 2nd week. Things are finally falling into place since the start of the new school year. 

I hope you all had a fun, yet relaxing weekend. I went shopping on Saturday with Therese, my sister, and her daughter, who was home from college for the weekend. It was a nice day out. 

On Sunday, we had church and then Sunday school. After arriving home in the afternoon, I curled up and finished a book I had started last week. 

I feel like the weekend went by way too fast. I swear they are starting to feel like a 20-minute lunch break..not good. 

So enough about my weekend, let's get on with Happy Homemaker Monday. Be sure to stop by and see our beautiful hostess, Sandra over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom!

The Weather~

We have fall temps this week and I am in love! I love having the windows open and airing out the house. 

Monday~ Cloudy, 75*

Tuesday~ Cloudy, 75*

Wednesday~ Thunderstorms, 73*

Thursday~ Showers, 67*

Friday~ Sunny, 72*

Saturday~ Mostly Sunny, 72*

Sunday, Sunny, 70*

What's for Breakfast~

Coffee and a gluten-free bagel with cinnamon sugar

Looking Around the House~

I need to mop and vacuum the floors. Oddly, it seems like all the animals are shedding again. I know that they can't be but it sure does look like it. The boys have been working out in the garage, so the floors are a little dusty too. 

On the To-Do List This Week~

Plant some mums

Laundry

Find a bigger container for the baby chicks, who are not so little yet. The bigger still have not accepted them, so they are not safe in the hen house at night. I'm hoping for one more week. It looks like one of the hens is allowing them to eat with her. We have one hen that is absolutely nasty towards them, so she may need to be separated until she can learn to accept them. The pecking order is so much fun.

Finish my craft room! I rearranged it and now just have to put a few things away and then I can start crafting, sewing, scrapbooking, etc! I can't wait.

Currently Reading~

I just finished The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark.  I searched for books about Irish folklore and it was recommended. It was definitely different from what I was looking for. I didn't love it, but it wasn't the worst book I've read. I'd give it 3 stars

I'm now starting The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry. 

I have a stack on my end table that I'm trying to get through.

What the Kids are Reading~

For English, they are reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. It's not a favorite of either of them. 

For US history, they are reading Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. 

On the TV~

Outlander Season 4

I gave up on Netflix and rented the DVDs from the library. 

Criminal Minds Season 7

On the Menu this Week~

Monday~ some type of chicken dish

Tuesday~ ??

Wedensday~ ??

Thrusday~ ??

Friday~ Take Out

Saturday~ ??

Sunday~ ??

I need to sit down again and plan the next few weeks out. 

If I Have a Few Minutes to Myself, I Will~

Start working on my Christmas tree skirt

One of  My Simple Pleasures~

Sitting outside, reading a book, while one of my new girls sits on my lap. Yup, chickens can get attached to you too. 

Violet

Something Fun to Share~

I LOVE Chip and Dale. Their antics were always so funny to me as a child and I remember how excited my kids were to meet them at Disney World when they were little. This collection is new for Halloween this year! You can see more of the collection on my website. 

Aren't they the cutest?

From the Camera~

Periwinkle

Inspirational Post, Quote, Bible Verse~

Praying For~

Our Country and leaders

The world and all the craziness that is going on in it right now

My first grade Sunday school class

My friends and family

 A few local priests who have come down with Covid and anyone else suffering from Covid

The young men and women who received the sacrament of Confirmation this past weekend

A friend who is about to have surgery

Till Next Time,

Monique