For the last few days, the weather hasn’t been bad for this time of year. In fact, it was nearly 60 degrees when I took the dog for a walk this morning very early. But I could smell the change in the air. I wish the kids would start wearing their heavier coats instead of just hoodies, to school. It bothers me a great deal, and also if they get sick, there is the doctors visit and the bill to worry about.
Long weekends
With the kids out of school since last Wednesday, and the long holiday weekend, it seems like it messes with my internal clock. I keep forgetting what day it is and it blows my normal routine all to…well…you know what word I want to use. LOL! I keep forgetting today is Saturday, since it seems like it should be Sunday. Actually, on Thanksgiving day, it felt like a Sunday. With the rest of the holidays coming up, I supposed I’m going to be in this state of confusion for awhile.
Leftovers until next year
Why is it, when I start to cook, I can’t seem to stop and the food sort of grows and grows?? Dinner was over last night at an estimated time of 27 minutes after cooking for two days. While putting the leftovers away, I ran out of storage containers and had to have my husband seek out a store to buy more of them for me. I know he didn’t want to go out, since he was totally stuffed, but he did then got home and promptly fell asleep. No new news there! I did get the thanks you’s and and the compliments though on the dinner, which was nice. Now what to cook with the left overs…
Happy Thanksgiving
I’m up to my elbows in cooking and doing the prep work for the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I know that the three of the kids are doing their own thing tomorrow, but I’m still going to have a big dinner here. I love cooking this kind of meal. I’m sure that they will all come straggling in sooner or later and heat what I made up, so that is okay. I want to thank my youngest daughter who is 18, for sticking it out with her father and I. She is a doll baby and loves to help out. I’m blessed with all my kids, but she is the one that really is totally considerate of other people’s feelings.
So Happy Thanksgiving All, and remember what you are truly thankful for. I am blessed in a lot of ways.
Raking leftover leaves
It finally warmed up and dried out enough outside to finish raking all the leftover leaves in the yard. A few years ago, it used to be my kids who loved to jump and play in the big piles of leaves. This afternoon I finished raking and went inside to get a cup of tea. I heard my dog barking out in front. When I went to the door, there he was having the time of his life jumping and rolling in the leaves, then barking when the leaves blew into the driveway. I wish I would have videoed it. He’s so darn strange sometimes!
Migraines or what
Lately I’ve been getting terrible headaches. I seldom ever got headaches, let alone ones that others have described as migraines. But for about two months now, I’ve had headaches that put me right to bed for hours on end. I had some tests done last week and haven’t heard anything yet. Hopefully the doctor will figure out what is happening.
It snowed
Looking out the widow this morning, since it was dark still, I had to turn on the flood lights to make sure my eyes weren’t still sort of sleepy. They weren’t. I had snowed last night. Not much, but enough to cover up the grass. It melted by about ten o’clock, and actually wasn’t very cold out at all. I walked into the back yard and actually found dandelions in the yard. Still bright yellow and not frosted or hurt by the snow. Rather odd to me, but pretty cool too!
The temps are dropping
And I’m not a happy camper. When my husband actually wears a zip up hoodie, it means he is cold. It also means, I am FREEZING. Usually my husband wears a t~shirt that is cut off at the neck and has no sleeves. His body heat amazes me. But, I’m cold. Did I mention the time change messes with me also?
Creating our color blocked bathroom
Guest post written by Monica Reeves
I like to think that one of the best parts of a home is a bathroom. Besides, it’s something that you have to use, so you might as well make that room really nice. It’s little luxuries like that that make a house really a home, or at least in my opinion. So in following with my own thinking, I thought that it would be good to try and make our bathroom a little more interesting.
I love looking at all kinds of fun interior blogs and when I was doing that to get some good bathroom inspiration, I ran across some info on SEARS Home Improvement. After I looked through it a little bit, I decided to use them to redo our kitchen, which is something that we’ve wanted to do for a while now too.
I found all kinds of inspiration and settled on color blocking the bathroom with some paint and strategically placed colorful vases. Just because you have to do your business in a bathroom doesn’t mean that you have to make it boring and ho hum.
Snow is coming
After letting my dog out this morning, I noticed that the ground wasn’t just covered with frost. It must have snowed sometime during the night. I’ve definitely got to get ready for the next snow to come. My dog loves the snow. He would rather be outside in the winter, than inside. Crazy dog.