Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/7/13

Good morning and I hope all my readers had a wonderful weekend.  As usual it went by too fast.  Saturday morning my son had a baseball game and then we went to a local orchard for pumpkin picking.  On Sunday we made a surprise visit to my father-in-law's church.  He is a minister there and delivered a great sermon.  Well, it was hard to pay attention with a noisy two year old who didn't want to sit still and stay quiet, but from what I heard, it was good!  Then we spent the rest of the day at home while my husband did some more work to our back deck and I caught up on some housework.  Now the week has arrived.  Hubby left for work and Matthew just got on the bus for school.  Little one is still sleeping.

I thought I would get an early start to Happy Homemaker Monday even though Sandra hasn't posted her's yet.  I am all the way on the east coast which means she's about one or two hours behind.  So here we go ...

Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/7/13

The Weather ...

It's been so hot here in Pennsylvania in the last week but today we headed to the bus stop with a surprise.  The air was still warm but we had a strong breeze which made it chilly.  The sky is dark and rain is on it's way.  Calling for rain and thunderstorms this morning into the late afternoon ... and lots of wind.  Very different from the weekend's mid 80's temps.  Whew!  It was TOO hot for October.

 

Right now I am ...

Sipping my second cup of coffee while watching the news and waiting for the little one to wake up.  

Thinking ...

Of my little girl and hoping that the swelling in her finger has gone down.  I'm not sure what happened but her index finger started swelling up yesterday.  I tried to ice it and gave her some benadryl and if I see it hasn't gotten better today a doctor's call will be in order.  

On my reading pile...

Bible

This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury

I'm so happy I have gotten back into reading books.  Real books.  Not magazines and not anything on the Kindle.  I like the Kindle but I love a good old fashion book even more.  I've read several of Kingsbury's books in the past and  after browsing through the library's webpage I decided to select this one.  It pays to have a husband who works at the library.  I can do an online search and he can grab it off the shelf for me.  I'm now on chapter 4 and it's grabbed my interest so far.  

On my tv ...

The local news.  I don't know why I waste my time watching it first thing in the morning.  It seems all they are reporting is sad and bad things, hardly anything good.  I mainly watch it for the weather report.  

On the menu for this week...

As usual, it's taking me some time to figure this out.  

Monday - stuffed shells

Tuesday - chicken alfredo made by hubby MY BIRTHDAY DINNER!

Wednesday -kielbasa and pierogies

Thursday - 

Friday - pizza

Saturday - 

Sunday - crock pot meal (TBD)

On my to do list for the week...

Housework

Call doctor for little one if swelling has not gone down

Celebrate the big 3-5

Two baseball games for Matthew this weekend

Looking around the house ...

Coffee sitting on the coffee table, laptop on my lap, the living room/dining room (it's all opened up to one room) is clean with the exception of a pile of toys, dishes soaking in the sink ready to clean and dry, news on the television.  Looking out the window and seeing the sun is finally making it's appearance.  Wow suddenly got so bright in here.

From the camera ...

On my prayer list ...

My father-in-law's church

My sister-in-law as she searches for a job

My children, for so many reasons

My husband

My parents

All other family members and friends

Bible verse/Devotional ...

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"  And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." -- Matthew 18:1-4 (the verse of the day on my Bible app.)

Have a great week y'all!