HHM 8/24/2015

You know, even though I'm not a SAHM I'm still a homemaker.  I have a family to take care of and a home that should be kept it neat and clean.  I do also have the responsibility of 2 businesses to keep neat and clean, and a multitude of customers to care for as well.  Wow!  So....I've decided it's going to be Happy Homemaker Monday, because my home AND my businesses are my home.  They are where I spend my time, with my family none the less, 24 hours a day.

The weather..... 

Loving these temps.  No complaining yet.

Right now I am.... listening to KLKC, our local radio station.  Also the AC just came on so it's drowning out the radio. *sigh*  I am getting ready to head home and check on my crockpot.  Supper is in it and it may be done here in about 15 minutes or between then and an hour.

On my Kindle.... Not reading anything right now

TV on my Computer..... Switched at Birth comes back TONIGHT!!!!!!!.  I'm looking forward to that. I won't watch it live, but will watch it sometime this week online.

What I found while surfing the net.... Been surfing a lot of Tunisian crochet patterns.  Can't find one I really like for a dishcloth, so I'm converting a knit pattern into a Tunisian crochet pattern.  SO far it's looking good.

Favorite Find on Pinterest...... I spend a lot of time on pinterest, off and on during the day.  I found this pin for Viking Naalbind Thigh-Highs.  These would be perfect for me in winter time.  I really need to work on learning naalbinding. I know the basic concept, but not well enough to create anything with it.

My Menu.... I have the Cheesy Chicken Tater Tot Bake in the slow cooker for tonight.  It looks yummy in the picture.  Hope mine turns out as yummy as the picture.

I've kept my side bar updated as to what I have on hand to make, or what's in the freezer.  I don't haven't a menu/list made up for this week.  Something I will work on tonight.  I did go borrow a [real] book from the library today.  I borrowed a Fix It and Forget It cookbook.  *affiliate link*  I have found several recipes I will be writing down and trying.  mostly chicken recipes as chicken is still fairly cheap.

I've been busy this past week and haven't gotten time to post much.  Here are the new recipes I tried and our decision about them:

Spaghetti & Meat Balls.  Yes, yes and yes.  I heated store bought meat balls in the crockpot.  Amazing.

This was the Round Steak Casserole.  We didn't care for it.  If I make it again, which I probably will, instead of the tomatoes and tomato soup, it was a general consensus to use cream of mushroom soup or something similar instead.

This was the Peach Dump Cake.  It was delicious, however it needed to cook a bit longer than what I cooked it.  It was a bit doughy. I'll make it again.

On my to do list this week....

• make menu
• make grocery list
• clean bathrooms
• work on flowers for my flower power curtain for the bottom of my window upstairs
• sweep living room
• pre-make a few freezer meals if I have ingredients to make them
• sweep upstairs
• sweep kitchen

In the craft basket....

I still haven't made may more flowers for my curtain.  I did finish and give the tote to my friend, they really liked it.  I have also started creating a tunisian stitch dish cloth following a knit pattern.  It's not too hard, just takes some thinking. I'll share it when I get it finished.  Hopefully this week.

Looking forward to this week.... well for once I'm NOT looking forward to Friday night.  Well, I am, but I'm not.  Friday night is the moonlight madness downtown.......they bring the kids down after the soap scrimmage......and have little or nothing for them to do.  The stores that are open usually have sales and such, but high school kids could care less.  *sigh*  We will have the Castle open.  Thankfully this year though everything is all in one room so it will be easier to watch and keep things under control.  I hope anyway.  However I am looking forward to the Portal kids on Friday night.  They are an awesome bunch of kids. The Portal is a get together sponsored by some friends of ours, for the young adults....18 to early 20's.

Looking around the house....
It's dark....can't look.  LOL!  As always, when you have people over it gets messy and always needs picked up.  Maybe if I do little bits here and there it won't be as much on Thursday evening.

From the camera....

Here are a couple of my favorites.....fresh brewed espresso.  It's gotten cooler and I've been making a cup a day.

 This was taken during our storm early Sunday morning.  It started raining and rained in the windows.  As soon as I got them closed it really came down, literally in sheets.  It's hard to tell from this picture, but it was raining pretty good.  (the light in this picture is from the street light right outside our window)

This picture was taken during the same storm, just a few minutes before.  I was trying to get a lightening picture, but I guess my phone wasn't fast enough.  Sure did light up the sky though.  Looks like it's daytime, but it really was around 3:30 am, shortly before it started raining.  Notice the window is open here and not in the pic above.

On my prayer list.....

• My sister
• Business

  This post linked to Happy Homemaker Monday over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom