Sunday Night Chit Chat

Welcome to the Sunday Night Chit-Chat! For my picture this evening I chose to show off the new swivel-rocker recliner I got for my birthday! We purchased new living room furniture 3 1/2 years ago but I wasn't ready to part with my Papasan Chair yet so didn't purchase a new chair for me. My hubby is a big man--6'6" tall and weight to match--so purchased a Big Man's Chair for himself. I wanted something that fit me so we got this lady's leather swivel-rocker recliner at Costco. I thought they looked funny sitting next to each other. Definitely a "Papa Bear/Mama Bear" thing! Beau is relaxing on the carpet in front of the chair:)


Carla at My 1/2 Dozen Daily starts the Sunday Night Chit-Chat every week so be sure to check her blog to see what her answers to the questions are.


Here we go...I am...


Reading...Still reading All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick. Really not in the mood for reading right now.df


Watching...Nothing at the moment but if I can stay up long enough I might watch The Mentalist. Highly unlikely though:(


Listening to...The wind blowing HARD outside and the puppy snoring beside me inside! Love his sweet little snore!


Baking/Cooking...It cooled off just a little today so make Hashbrowns and Scrambled Eggs for breakfast and tacos for dinner. Everything turned out yummy and everyone was happy.


Happy that I accomplished this week...I got lots of thank you cards made and sent this week!


Looking forward to next week...Stamping Club on Wednesday night! Always so much fun creating and visiting with the ladies!!! 


BONUS QUESTION:


What is my top priority right now? Definitely cleaning and organizing my office and craft room so I can actually do something in them. I need to make a schedule to reflect that it is a priority!

Happy Homemaker Monday

Welcome to Happy Homemaker Monday! I love the picture Sandra used this week because I really like lavender--the look and the smell.


Each week Sandra starts the Happy Homemaker Monday and I get to play along! You can too! Just got to {Diary of a Stay at Home Mom} and follow directions! 


So let's get started with our Happy Homemaker Monday...


The weather...The heat finally came to my part of the world! Today it is 90F degrees; yesterday was it was closer to 100. As long as I waited for heat, I am not going to complain and hubby just put a small air conditioner in so the house is very comfortable.


On my reading pile...

• My Bible
• All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick
• The 8th Habit by Stephen Covey

On my TV...Looking forward to the season finale of Dogs in the City! I really hope they renew this series!

On the menu for this week...

• Monday--Artichokes
• Tuesday--Big Salad
• Wednesday--Dinner out (Hubby's birthday)
• Thursday--not sure yet
• Friday--Mizidra--a favorite at our house
• Saturday--Dinner with friends
• Sunday--Tacos--it's my birthday!!!

On my To-Do list...

• Make tote bag--at least start it.
• Make cards (absolutely have to get done today and tomorrow)
• Work on organizing craft room

What I am sewing, knitting, crocheting or creating...Nothing at the moment. Got stuck on my Wheat Doily so have to find some help. I will be working on a tote bag and some cards this week.

Homemaking tips...One of my favorite tips is for cleaning the microwave--place a cup or bowl of water in the microwave. Microwave for 2 minutes. Now you can wipe the microwave clean with no scrubbing! 

Looking around the house...The house is empty except for me...ahhh! There are a couple loads of laundry that need to be put away and I need to clean out the dishwasher but otherwise everything looks pretty good.

From the camera...

Still had pictures on my camera from the 4th of July parade. This is picture is one of the older fire trucks from the Ione Rural Fire Protection District. 


On my Prayer List...

• My mom is really sick right now and doctor doesn't know what it is yet.
• My daughter has a nasty flu bug--makes it hard to be a wife & mom
• Friend's grand opening of their restaurant as a vegan restaurant (hoping to do a post on this next week)
• Friends traveling to Maine next week

Bible Verse; Devotional...

"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14

Thank you for joining me for Happy Homemaker Monday! Kat

Sunday Night Chit-Chat

My picture for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat is of hollyhocks that volunteered just outside the fenced garden/orchard area. Neighbors about 5 miles away have hollyhocks so a bird must have dropped the seed. When my hubby realized something was trying to grow there he ran a 1/4" tubing from the main drip line to the fledgling plant. After adding some fish fertilizer, this is what we got. The plant is now about 7 1/2 feet tall with lots of beautiful pink blossoms!


If this is your first time to visit on Sunday Night Chit-Chat night, here is how it works:  Carla at My 1/2 Dozen Daily posts the answers to her questions. Then anyone who has a mind to can post their answers to the same questions on their blog and then link back to Carla. I have been enjoying the Sunday Night Chit-Chat for several weeks now. Sooo, let's get started!


What am I...


Reading...Just started a new series by Jane Kirkpatrick called Kinship & Courage. The first book is called All Together in One Place. Jane Kirkpatrick does a tremendous amount of research on all of her historical novels. Many of them are written about places that are very close to where I live.


Watching...Just finished watching Cafe` with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Interesting movie.


Listening to...The new air conditioner blowing in the other room. We have lived in this house for 17 years and finally got a small air conditioner:) Last summer we put up a third solar array so now have the power needed for some air conditioning:)


Cooking/baking...Too hot for baking or cooking today so we had corn on the cob and bagels with vegan cream cheese, avocado & tomato--yum!


Happy I accomplished...Oh my, where do I start?

• Got the house cleaned and laundry done
• Designed and uploaded new Blog Header--whoo hoo!!!
• 4th of July went off without a hitch:)
• Two years of maintaining a blog
• Craft room and tote bag will have to wait till this week:( Maybe I was trying to bite off more than I could chew last week!

Looking forward to this week...Hubby's birthday is Wednesday and we are going to Portland! Mine is next Sunday and I am hoping to get a new chair that fits ME! Found a small leather swivel rocker recliner at Costco that should just fit the bill.

Thankful for today...A husband who can do and does just about everything! He does the gardening and maintains the yard, keeps the cars clean and in tip-top working order, does the grocery shopping, manages our household budget, AND put the new air conditioner in today! His next assignment, should he choose to accept, is put a ceiling fan in the living room:) How can I NOT be thankful for him!


Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 18, line 4 and type what it says... "thing straightened out," Mazy said, "If I'm going, I'm taking things that mat-" 
--from Altogether in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick


Thank you for stopping by. Be sure to check out Carla's Sunday Night Chit-Chat at My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Kat