Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Trying again for another  Happy Homemaker Monday with Sandra over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. 

The Weather:::

Dreary and showery.  It poured all day yesterday. 

As I look outside my window:::

Things are quite muddy still, especially after our recent rainfall.  Trees are beginning to leaf out.  My forsythia is doing excellently, and I'm encouraged how large it has grown over the few years I've had it.  As mentioned previously,  I always find early spring to be an ugly season here, but there are promising signs appearing.  Yesterday I saw a male goldfinch that has turned yellow -- a great sign of spring.

 

Right now I am:::
 

Trying to make good use of time until I am able to eat lunch.  Just had a front tooth prepped for a dental crown.  (Yes, that's a total of two, but thankfully last week's was a back tooth.) So I'm finishing this blog post and trying to accomplish other riveting tasks to distract me.

 

Thinking and pondering:::
 

On spiritual growth and maturity.   So important.  Our pastor started a series on this yesterday.  He mentioned two of the Greek words translated mature or maturity and how one has to do with progress and the other with process.  Lots to ponder here.

 

 

On my bedside table:::
 

Books, a pen, vial of Deep Relief essential oil, a jar of lavender infused olive oil.

On my tv this week::: 

Nothing this week.

 

Listening to:::
 

Again today, the monotonous but cheerful call of a tufted titmouse.  And the hum of the dryer.

Image from Pixabay

On the Breakfast plate:::
 

I do intermittent fasting so don't have breakfast.  Lunch is going to be something very, very soft. I'm thinking scrambled eggs.

 

 On the dinner plate::: 

 

Not sure yet.  It's got to be something that doesn't require much chewing.  Just a little paranoid about this temporary crown coming detached.

 

On the menu for this week::: 

I usually plan my menus from Thursday to Thursday, and grocery shop on Friday morning.  A few meals on my menu plan:

Egg roll in a bowl
Chicken with artichokes and broccoli
Egg bake with bacon

Burger salad bowl

 

On my reading pile:::

 

Stories that Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner

We Travel an Appointed Way by A.W. Tozer

On my to do list today:::
 

 Dental appointment

Write final checks for trust beneficiaries

Work on fabric bookmark

Plans for this week:::

Plan menus and make grocery list

List some kids' books, notions, patterns, and cards on Etsy

Decluttering in the bedroom

Write blog posts
Work on my Sunday School lesson

Spend time at my volunteer job

 

What I am creating:::
 
Fabric bookmark
January cross-stitch sampler
Start some pillow quilts for youngest granddaughters

 

A pillow quilt (unfolded) from a few years back

The same quilt, folded into its pillow

Bible verse, Devotional, Quote:::

 

I've just begun the study of Loving God with All Your Mind with my ladies' Sunday School class.  The verse to focus on for the first few chapters is Philippians 4:8: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, or if there be any praise, think on these things."  We're focusing on thinking on whatever is true -- and guess what?  Things we imagine or speculate about, or conclusions that we jump to, even motives we attribute to others -- are not true.  We need to stop those thoughts in our tracks.

 

On my prayer list:::

 

Friends & family
Church family
Missionaries
Our country

 

And there is this week's Happy Homemaker Monday!