Happy Homemaker Monday ~~ 5/5/2014

1:21pm

If you want to REALLY see what my days can be like....read Saturday's post "A peek into my day".  I planned on writing that Friday night....and, well.....yah.....

The weather.....   Beautiful!  Absolutely beautiful! It's 71* right now.   Average high temps this week between 74* and 91*.  Storms coming in mid-week.

Right now I am.... taking a break.  all my paperwork is done. Thinking that today is going really slow.

On my Kindle...

I am almost finished reading The History of the Donner Party A Tragedy of the Sierras.   interesting for sure. They were much stronger people than I am.  I probably would have been one of the ones that didn't make it.


Will be looking for another one when I'm finished.  Any suggestions?  I have a lot on my Kindle Fire I haven't read, and I also have access to the e-books from Freading via the Kansas Library System.






On the menu this week...... Tonight we are going out of town, don't have chicken & noodles to make until fall.  Not sure the rest of the week.  There are frozen hamburgers and frozen pizzas in the fridge. Chips and homemade salsa too.

On the Radio.... some random channel on spotify

TV on my Computer..... I haven't watched anything this week :-(  Haven't had time.  Guess that's a good thing though right?

What I found while surfing the net.... I've been looking at duct tape crafts.  When I was in the dollar store the other day (Saturday when I suck out) I found a large variety of designer duct tape and bling tape.  Like I will actually make anything, but if I ever do......

On my to do list this week....
Work on more bags/boxes to unpack (this never seems to get done)
General cleaning
clean kitchen

Looking forward to this week.... tonight!  storms later this week

As I look outside the window..... busy. the parking spots in front of our shop are all full.  there is steady traffic on main street.

Looking around the house.... looks normal.  cluttered with unpacked boxes and bags.  floors need swept, towels, that I dried outside yesterday, in a basket on the table need folded and put away.

From the camera.......  

Sunday Laundry

Temperature at 10:00 pm Sunday night

On my prayer list.....

• My grandpa (he's almost 95 years old)
• My sister
• My Uncle T is back in the hospital
• Business decisions
• My Reecie Kitty

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

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How I Have Missed Thee

7:50pm

Sitting here at work with everything done I can do for now. We close in about an hour. I'm looking forward to going home and relaxing. I really should clean the kitchen and vacuum the floor though. I probably will, it's not like its going to be a late night.  Now on to more exciting things.......

Oh my dear clothesline how I have missed thee!  Those towels I put in the washer before bed last night.....I hung them outside on the clothesline before going to church today. I have so missed doing this!  I can't wait to take them down tonight and smell them.

A Peek into My Day -- My Eyes Are Sticky!

I like to read about other people's day.  All of them I read sound exciting to me, probably because it's different than my day.  I think what I do every day is boring.....because I do it every day.  Sometimes there is something out of the ordinary, but not very often.  Most days it's the same thing up, go to work, eat every so often (usually it's the same things almost every meal), go home, go to bed, repeat about 8 hours later.  I chose today, Saturday May 3, 2014, to give a peek into my day because I figured it would be just as uneventful as most other days, as nothing exciting was scheduled to make it be an eventful day.  Boy was I ever wrong.  Today didn't start out like the average day.  Read on.......

Let's start at midnight, since really 12 am is the beginning of the day, right?.  I was STILL UP (since 8am Friday morning)!  I think we finally went to bed about 12:30.  

At about 1:30 I woke up and texted  the boy to see when he would be home.  He had gone to a teen thing at the local youth center, which he does almost every Friday night.  He said "soon" and about 15 minutes or so later, he got home.

So far it's been pretty normal, but things are about to change.......

About 4:30am hubby's phone starts ringing.  We missed 2 calls.  I get up and check his phone.....the alarm is going off at one of our businesses.  I pulled on a skirt and t-shirt, grabbed my jacket and was out the door. Upon arriving, the alarm was still going off, but everything looked ok. I shut it off and checked the outside doors, and they were all secure.  So I decided to go in the front. (No police, the few times I HAVE called them early morning like this in the past, they have always made it seem like it wasn't important and a hassle to come out and assist.)  Everything was normal. I did have the video camera going on my phone, just in case.  LOL!  Must have been a false alarm.  I texted hubby, and headed home.

Want to Check with me?  Here's the video I took when I entered the building.  I could see much better than the camera could.  LOL!
 

About 5:00 I was back in bed WIDE AWAKE!  I'm sure I cat napped but It seemed like I layed there for ever.

About 6:45 I checked the time.....the alarm goes off in 30 minutes. I need to get some sleep.

7:16 the alarm went off. I hit the snooze every 10 minutes until I shut it off at 8:00.  THEN I FELL ASLEEP for 15 minutes.  I'm not really running late, but yet I kind of am.  I got dressed, combed my hair and brushed my teeth, and fed and watered the cats.  Really should have cleaned their boxes, but it can wait until tonight, or tomorrow, or Monday....No really I will most likely clean them tonight.  

About 8:30 we leave the house. 4 blocks away hubby stopped and got out of his van (we take separate vehicles)....."did you get the hamburger [for chili]?"  Nope I hadn't. I circled around and got the hamburger.

About 8:50 I finally got to the shop to get ready to open (at 9:00).

From 9:00am to about 10:30am I was at the shop.  First thing I did, after opening, was get a pot of coffee going.  I'm trying to like coffee.  Not doing too bad actually.  LOL!  We got a package ready to ship out to a customer, I copied some keys, edited the Cosmic Castle web page, promoted our businesses on Facebook and Twitter, started this blog so I didn't forget anything.  

About 10:30 I headed to the castle. I will be there until at least 10:30 tonight. While I was there.....I took orders, made food and desserts, swept floors, washed dishes, cleaned tables, stocked things,  ran between our 2 businesses a couple times, snuck away to the dollar store on an erand...the 84° weather is beautiful!....read my book a little, checked g+, checked Facebook, was bored because we were empty, washed dishes, took more orders, read some more, browsed pinterest, did more dishes, closed up and went home.

Got home about 10:30pm. Started laundry...have to wash and dry so we can have clean clothes tomorrow, cleaned those litter boxes, swept the front porch, porch steps, and sidewalk, forced myself to take a shower (I hate our shower),  put towels in to wash, and finally headed to bed about 12:30, and played a couple games of bingo on my phone.

Im hitting publish. Hopefully I get a good nights sleep.  Hope you enjoyed a look at my day.

Happy Homemaker Monday ~~ 4/28/2014

Actually writing this on Tuesday morning and pretending I'm writing it on Monday, so it's a mix of Monday and Tuesday stuff.  I feel like I'm in a rut....I do the same things all the time.  Sleep and work, sleep and work, and eat every now and then too, usually the same things over and over.  I'm glad for books and videos so I can escape every now and then.

10:09 am

The weather.....   We missed all the bad weather over the weekend, it all went north or south of us.  We did get a real heavy rain during church, then just wind.  It was pretty windy Monday as well.  Today (Tuesday) it's cold again, only supposed to get in the low to mid 50's, with more weather coming later in the week.

Right now I am....I'm at work (where I always am this time of day).  Monday was a run, run, run day. Today has been a little slower for me so far.

On my Kindle....
I've finished reading Twelve Years a Slave, and I borrowed the movie from the library and watched it.  The book is WAY better!
 








Right now I am reading The History of the Donner Party A Tragedy of the Sierras
I've read other books about the Donner Party.....thought this part of US history was interesting, but this book has more detail than I've read about before. So far in this book, it sounds like this westward bound party was doomed from the start.  That's my opinion anyway. I might change my mind later on, but I doubt it.  They didn't stay together, they were a large party and scattered.



On the menu this week...... Monday night we had hamburgers and chips.  Tuesday last night for homemade chicken noodle dinner (we're going to miss that, I just know it), the rest of the week.....there are still hamburgers and a couple frozen pizzas still to fix, maybe some egg sandwiches.  Who knows, depends on what we want to eat and what I feel like fixing.

On the Radio.... Scanner Radio.....listening to the local police scanner via my computer today (Tuesday).  There is a lot of talk for the tornado clean up in the Baxter Springs area.  Lots of volunteers.

TV on my Computer..... Like I mentioned earlier I did borrow, from the library, and watch Twelve Years a Slave  I also have watched on YouTube: (opens in new window)  Abducted The Carlina White Story , A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story , Daughter of the Streets .   I also just discovered the Android CRACKLE app (which has movies and shows to watch for free, and you can watch online as well) and have started watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

What I found while surfing the net.... haven't done a lot of surfing lately.  I have been working on the Cosmic Castle web page though.  Facebook isn't letting our posts be seen by very many, they want us to pay to get people to see them.  I am looking into alternate ways to connect with our customers and fans.

On my to do list this week....
Make chicken noodles Monday night
Work on more bags/boxes to unpack
General cleaning
Laundry 2 loads tonight (Monday) (well actually 3 because I put stain remover on all of hubbys work shirts and washed them separately)  Hubby's and my laundry, Towels from the castle, and bath towels will be done later this week.

Looking forward to this week.... not real sure......

As I look outside the window..... windy....boy was it windy Monday.  Today, Tuesday, its on the cooler side and looks like it may want to rain again, although we aren't supposed to get rain today.

Looking around the house.... The kitchen was NOT clean.  I had to wash dishes before I could start supper Monday night.  This morning there are just a few dishes sitting in the sink.  Now if I actually wash them tonight, maybe there won't be any tomorrow morning.  LOL!

From the camera.......  A little vlog snippet.  If you HATE spiders don't watch this.  I seen this really cool spider while I was sitting on the porch Saturday night.  It looked like a big shiny black pearl. Very elegant. I took a video of it and went in to show it to hubby.  If I knew what kind of spider it really was I would have killed it after I was done filming.  I've never seen a black widow spider in person......until now.  They aren't real common around here, or at least they weren't. After we decided what it was.....you better believe I went out and looked and looked and looked for it.  I got the rake and flung the leaves in the area I seen it out towards the street then scattered them even more.  I sprayed the whole area with bug spray, and even sprayed around the front door and the 3 windows at the front of the house.

On my prayer list.....

• My grandpa (he's almost 95 years old)
• My sister
• My Uncle T
• Business decisions
• Our last Tuesday night to be successful 
• SUMMERTIME to get here
• The spider hasn't laid her eggs yet. 
• Those affected by the tornados

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

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Recycled Coffee Filters

A "cousin" of mine sent me a sample of some of their homemade honey roasted coffee. I am not a coffee drinker unless it has milk and flavor.  You know....like a latte. I've tried and tried the past couple years and just couldn't do it.  I tried their coffee and loved it.  So since I had coffee filters I decided to try some other store bought coffee.  I got some best choice medium roast french vanilla coffee.  Smells amazing, but has no french vanilla flavor. However after 4 pots I discovered a ratio I can handle.  I have been averaging 2-4 cups a day, which with my mug its more like 4-8 cups a day.  What does coffee filters have to do with it? They are super cheap. I got a package of 100 on sale for 99¢ when I was expecting the coffee from my "cousin". I discovered I could rinse them and dry them and reuse them. I'll make that 99¢ stretch.  Am I strange or are there others who do this too?

Happy Homemaker Monday ~~ 4/14/14

Sorry you get the text version this week.  LOL!  Last week's vlog was fun and I do plan on doing it again sometime.  

10:30 am

The weather.....   well......we got SNOW!  Yes it snowed this morning after a week of 70+ degree temperatures and severe storms yesterday.  Thankfully we didn't get the tennis ball size hail and 70+ MPH winds they were predicting.  In fact we just for a brief downpour and a little wind.

Right now I am....I'm at work.  Kinda having a hard time getting going this morning.  Already checked e-mail and shared free books.  Had a few customers already.....is it lunch time yet?

On my Kindle....
I'm still reading:
 


On the menu this week...... um.......not sure dollars are a little tight right now so there won't be any extra trips to the store.  Will be surviving off what we have for a while.

On the Radio.... Absolutely nothing. All I hear is the hum of the fluorescent lights.   That's music to my ears because I like quiet.

TV on my Computer.....  Nothing special.  I watched Mom at 16 on YouTube. (opens in new window)  If you decide to watch it, make sure you have tissues close by.

What I found while surfing the net.... Lots of yummy food ideas on Pinterest.  

On my to do list this week....
 Make cookies tonight
Make chicken noodles tonight
Work on more bags/boxes to unpack

Looking forward to this week.... does next Sunday count as this week?  It should right since it's before next week's HHM.  Sunday is Hubby and my anniversary.  Also since it's Easter Sunday we are taking the day off.

As I look outside the window..... it's wet and cold.  It just got done snowing a few minutes ago.  Nothing stuck to the ground, it's too warm.  Hopefully we don't get any more.

Looking around the house.... The kitchen is clean.  The dishes are all washed. There is a whole chicken cooking in the slow cooker, it will be done about 4:30 this afternoon.  (It's for chicken noodles the next 3 weeks, then I will not be making them again until fall.)  The bedroom is looking a little better.  I decided I needed to go through bags and get clothes put away and get rid of clothes we don't need.

1:42pm  (had to work....now back to this for a few minutes

From the camera.......  A little vlog snippet of my weekend.  Saturday enjoying the 80* temps.  Sunday a little cleaning fun with Fuzzy and Monday Freezing weather and proof we had snow.  Enjoy!

On my prayer list.....

• My grandpa (he's almost 95 years old)
• My sister
• My Uncle T
• Business decisions
• Tuesday night to be successful 
• SUMMERTIME to get here
• being able to cook on an electric stove and not burn things.  (I hate electric stoves)

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

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Reecie's Granola

I really want to get back to eating healthy, but time is a factor that slows me down. I don't have a lot of time so I tend to just eat what is quick and available to eat.  I've eaten raw food /vegan style for a while before and I lost weight and felt so much better.  I would like to do it again.  Please, no angry words, I use ingredients I can afford and that are available to me locally.  They may not be the healthiest but they work.

I Love this granola recipe, and I get to use my dehydrator.  Enjoy!