Happy Homemaker Monday – November 17, 2013

The weather:

Chilly this week. Today it’s -11C but feels like -21C with the wind chill.

Right now I am:

Drinking a mango smoothie and typing this post while the oven preheats for dinner.

Thinking:

About my upcoming birthday weekend, Christmas and various chores I have to do.

On my reading pile:

Pastures Nouveaux by Wendy Holden

On the menu for this week:

• Monday: Chicken pie with salad
• Tuesday: Spaghetti bolognese with salad
• Wednesday: Chicken curry with rice
• Thursday: Baked salmon with asparagus and salad
• Friday: Homemade ham and mushroom pizza
• Saturday: Dinner out
• Sunday: Birthday meal (roast lamb with trimmings – yum!)

On my to do list … today

• Laundry
• Clean my kitchen floor
• Write grocery list
• Ironing
• List items on Kijiji

On my to do list … this week

• Grocery shopping
• Clean inside windows / blinds
• House cleaning
• Clean out / recycle magazines
• Paperwork / filing
• Clean Marlin
• Restock gift wrapping supplies

What I am creating this week:

Granola bars and cookies to go into the freezer.

Looking forward to this week:

Going away for the weekend, just hubby and I, while the girls stay with their grandparents.

Looking around the house:

Papers that need filing, toys spread around, cookbooks piled on the dining room table.

From the camera:

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