Happy Homemaker Monday

 

As usual, there's no time for a long post, but I'm taking a few minutes to join Sandra for this link party over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. 

The Weather:::

Now, at 3 pm, it's 33º and partly cloudy.  Only 5 mph wind, so it feels like 28º.  Hoping to get out for a walk later.

As I look outside my window::: 

 I see a partly sunny, partly cloudy late-afternoon winter sky.  The ground is snow-covered but the road is bare.

Right now I am:::

 Working on a blog post. 

 
Thinking and pondering:::

 Continuing to think on the new year and just what my goals and priorities should look like.  I've chosen the word "continue" and am working on a post for that -- hopefully to be published this week.  I thought it would be last week but ... well, have been too busy "continuing" with the activities of life to complete the study for the post.

 On my bedside table::: 

 A lamp, three books, and a pen.

 Listening to::: 

Literally, silence.

 

On the Breakfast plate:::

I do intermittent fasting so don't have breakfast.  We were helping a friend with a kitchen sink issue and she made us an amazing lunch of homemade sauce, meatballs and sausages with spaghetti.

On the dinner plate::: 

Zuppa Toscana soup

On the menu for this week::: 

 A few meals on my menu plan:

Tortilla Enchilada Soup

Hamburgers, roasted Brussels sprouts

Egg roll in a bowl

 

On my reading pile:::

 

 Every Ocean Has a Shore, by Jamie Langston Turner, a Christmas gift I'm really enjoying.

Adorned by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Finding a Mentor, Being a Mentor by Donna Otto

A Step Farther and Higher, by Gail MacDonald

High Call, High Privilege, also by Gail MacDonald

  

On my to do list today:::

Work on several blog posts
Work on Sunday School lesson 19
Help Terry with kitchen faucet √

Spend time cross stitching

Write some thank-you notes

List a sewing pattern and maybe a card on Etsy

Send Etsy order √

Plans for this week:::

Plan menus and make grocery list
Etsy listings

Ironing
Take a bag to the thrift store
Work on Sunday School lesson 19

Blogging

Get started with an exercise regimen
Continue 40-day sugar fast

Begin some serious decluttering

Start a pillow quilt

Ladies Bible study on Saturday 

Plan menus for volunteer crew next week

What I am creating:::

 

January cross-stitch sampler, plus another wintry cross-stitch intended for a gift

Some "condensation catchers" out of old towels to place behind toilets that sweat in the humidity -- no, I still haven't finished started those! 😕  And I need to do so, because the old towels are just sitting around waiting to be used!   And also because we keep getting sporadic warmer weather and I half expect the toilets to start sweating again.

An older unfinished dishcloth in a more challenging pattern

Need to start a pillow quilt

Bible verse, Devotional, Quote:::

 

This quote from Stand Firm, the Daily Grace Co. study on the armor of God :

 

"A solid foundation in our understanding of the gospel of peace brings hope to any circumstance we may face in this lifetime and enables us to share our hope with others ... Our foundation -- our footing -- is found in the perfect peace offered through the hope of the gospel.  That foundation allows us to ... move toward others in light of that hope.

 

"For those around us, our lives and words serve as a testimony to the peace we have found in Christ.  We can point them to the only One who offers us true comfort and rest.  The gospel message is a message of peace that speaks into every broken part of this world.  In seasons of hardship or suffering, brokenness or doubt, the gospel serves as an anchor for our souls, keeping us firmly planted in the peace of Jesus."

 This is from the chapter concerning being shod with readiness for the gospel of peace, from Ephesians 6:15.  I'm loving this study.  It's currently on sale for $10, but Daily Grace Co. has frequent sales and sometimes you can find it for even less.

 

On my prayer list:::

 

Friends & family
Church family
Missionaries
Our country

 

And there's the Happy Homemaker Monday  for this week!