HAPPY HOMEMAKER & MENU PLAN MONDAY

I can't believe how quickly Monday seems to come with each new week. This past week seemed to fly by and I didn't get everything on my to do list finished. Maybe this week will be more productive. I'm adding a new category this week - Quotable Quotes.  Be sure to link up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy homemaker Monday and with Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

WEATHER OUTSIDE
Decent temperatures, unstable air, but dreary and rainy one minute and then sunny and gorgeous the next.

TO DO FOR THE WEEK

• Appointments
• Shopping
• Paperwork
• Sorting and Cleaning

CURRENTLY READING

• Miss Fortune Mysteries by Jana DeLeon

TELEVISION / DVR

• Bones 
• When Calls the Heart
• the Hallmark movies I taped

CRAFTS & PROJECTS
Nothing new this week

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK

	BREAKFAST	DINNER	DESSERT
MONDAY	Cereal & Fruit	Y.O.Y.O. / C.O.R.N.
TUESDAY	Bran Muffin & Fruit	EXPERIMENT
WEDNESDAY	Yogurt with Blueberries & Granola	Slow Cook Moo Shu Chicken and Vegetables
THURSDAY	Scrambled Eggs with cheese & Toast	South of the Border Chicken Wings and Salad
FRIDAY	Yogurt with Blueberries & Granola	Herb Meat Loaf & Gravy with Broccoli
SATURDAY	Farmer's Breakfast	Halibut & Cabbage Gratin
SUNDAY	Salmon in a Blanket	Pickle Fried Chicken with Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

RECIPES in YELLOW = LINKS

SUCCESSFUL RECIPES  FROM LAST WEEK

• Sweet Chili Buttermilk Herb Dressing
• Crock Pot Chicken Gumbo
• Chocolate Heaven Cookies

RECIPE FINDS TO TRY LATER

• Ultimate Stuffed Artichokes
• Avocado Egg Rolls
• Cauliflower Breadsticks
• Peach Chili Lime Hot Wings

HEALTH & BEAUTY TIPS

• Mix a small amount of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide together until you have a paste.  
• With a toothbrush scrub the paste into your nails.  
• Add the remaining paste to enough warm water to cover your fingers and/or toes and let them sit 5-10 minutes.  
• Rinse off and you have sparkling white nails.

HOMEMAKING TIP
Strong steeped tea makes a great permanent scratch cover for wood furniture.

ON MY MIND
Why is it that you no longer hear " (insert name here) please pick up your children in the security office?  Not once, but twice while grocery shopping yesterday the same 3 young children (and I mean to young to not be with their parents - like 5 or 6) came racing around corners with racing empty carts bumping into people and almost knocking over an old lady.  When I was a kid these kids wold have been scooped up by a store employee and delivered to management to be picked up by their parents. 

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY

• Quiet time
• Soft Chewy Cookies
• Blue Skies with Fluffy white clouds

FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA
Spring in FULL bloom

Life can only be understood backwards, 

but it must be lived forward. 

~Soren Kierkwgaard

INSPIRATION