HAPPY HOMEMAKER & MENU PLAN MONDAY

WEATHER OUTSIDE
Our weather has turned quite chilly for here, but I'm loving it.  We are supposed to see some more rain on Thanksgiving.

TO DO FOR THE WEEK

• Write formal complaint letter to foundation company.
• Move boxes from bedroom to living room.
• Empty Attic.
• Remove carpet, padding and tack strip.
• Treat foundation to remove odors.
• Remove old moldings and prep new.
• Strip wall paper.
• Prep walls for paint.
• Change out old ceiling fan for new.
• Paint.

CURRENTLY READING
I have been too tired to do much more than fall in bed after the 10-15 hour days of serious manual labor recently, but am hoping to finish this book soon.
Alison Kent's The Comfort of Favorite Things #5 Hope Springs

TELEVISION / DVR

LOL who has time?  We also can't get internet and TV until after the foundation work is completed this week so have seen a few DVDs in the little down time we have forced ourselves to take.  

HOUSE PROJECTS

I will have to keep you posted on this category.  There is so much to do that we are still trying to make a priority list for after the bedroom!  

LOL this category is HUGE right now, but I am hoping to get my new range by Christmas!

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
BREAKFAST	YOGURT & FRUIT	SCRAMBLED EGGS & CHEESE	FRUIT SMOOTHIE	YOGURT & FRUIT	MAPLE OATMEAL & RAISINS	Bacon, OVER MEDIUM EGGS & TOAST	OUT
LUNCH	FRUIT & CHEESE	SOUP & CRACKERS	SANDWICH	OUT	MEAT & CHEESE	??	??
DINNER	Stoved Chicken	Tomato Honey Chicken	C.O.R.N.	Thanksgiving at my Uncle's House	Baked Chicken w/ Shallots, garlic & fennel	Hunter's Chicken	Pork & Potato Hot Pot
DESSERT

HOMEMAKING/COOKING TIP
A small bowl of apple cider vinegar on the kitchen counter will attract fruit flies and eliminate them for you.

ON MY MIND
When did saying NO become an open door to  sales pitch? Why is it that so many stores are trying to guilt you into accepting their charge cards?  The cashier at Target yesterday actually asked me what I had against saving money that I wouldn't want their card.

THINGS THAT ARE MAKING ME HAPPY

• To do list is coming together and even seeming more manageable.
• Being together and moving forward side by side.

FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA
We've been working really hard to clean up the mess left by the worker's last week.  I've always thought I could have lived in pioneer times and this week Laura Ingalls Wilder keeps coming to mind as I function in limited space with no range.  The refrigerator at least came last Friday and I'm so in love with it! This poor kitchen area has been moved 3 times to accommodate construction.

INSPIRATION
I think my favorite movie of ALL time is Frank Capra's, It's A Wonderful Life.  Hubby and I came here expecting one thing and were presented with something so much worse.  BUT, as we work through this I keep thinking about the old place that George and Mary Bailey made a home and realize that anyplace with the right person is GREAT!

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.