Dinner....1 day at a time: Feb 18, 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

Happy Homemaker Monday

The Weather:::

Right now I am:
Trying really hard to wake up.

Thinking:
about my mom who is back in the hospital. I haven't heard anything from the drs yet.

My husband's best friend's dad was also in a car crash this weekend and is in the hospital with a broken neck. He helps to take care of my husband's best friend who has just one arm from an accident he was in. I am thinking of how to help them. the only thing I can think of right now is to cook extra at supper time and take it over. I can't imagine trying to cook with just one arm.

On my reading pile:::
I have a ton of books I found at thrift stores this week from Victoria Magazine. Titles include:
Table Settings
The Charms of Tea
The Art of Taking Tea
Intimate Home

I also found Vintage Style- Cath Kidston.

I am looking forward to browsing through these while we have rain this week. It will be nice to curl up by the fireplace and think about how to use some of the ideas in my home.

On my tv:::
Same stuff as last week. I haven't had time to sit and watch the TV

The Dark Night Rises
Looper
Bringing Up Baby
Australia
The King's Speech
McLeod's Daughters
Robin Hood
Legend of the Seeker
Downton Abbey

Favorite Blog post this week (mine or other):::
A new slipcover for my office chair I have some chairs that need a cover up and I love what she did.

Something fun to share:::
How to cover binder clips with fabric This project will make all the binder clips I have into something I'll actually want to use.

On the menu for this week:::
Monday-
Chicken Parmesan over Spaghetti
Vegetable
Garlic Bread

Tuesday-
Swiss Veggie Ham Bake
Corn

Wednesday-
Spinach Chicken
Rice

Thursday-
Bierrocks
Fruit

Friday-
Chicken a la King
Green Beans

Saturday-
Teriyaki Burgers
Fruit
Carrot Sticks with Ranch

Sunday-
Spiced Citrus Chicken
Long Grain and Wild Rice
Vegetable

On my to do list:::
Laundry
Clean the bathrooms
Pick up the house
Go see people in the hospital

What I am sewing, crocheting, knitting or creating:::

I have way too many things going right now.

I finished the plaid dishcloth and it was huge so I hung it in the bathroom on my hand towel rack.

Now I am going to make a somewhat matching striped dishcloth for my husband to hang with it.

Striped afghan for my daughter. No progress on this, this week. I have to keep reminding myself it's going to get HOT and then I won't want to work on it

Love Dishcloth

Valentine Heart Dishcloth

Very Easy Bath Mitt-

Modified Feather and Fan Dish Cloth-

Three Dishcloths-

Ruffle Scarf-

Coaster Set-

Diagonal Knit Baby Blanket-About 70% done at this point.

White Rabbit wristees- making these for my daughter for Christmas

Garter Stitch Slippers-I need to make 6 more pairs of these for friends and family

Jubilee Tea Cozy

Something happened this week that I am rather excited about. I crocheted something!! I've been making chains for months now and I've bought book after book of "Learn to crochet" "Crochet for beginners" etc. I finally found one I understood and I made these:

Then I tried the next project, which was a spiral coaster....and it all turned bad. It wanted me to single crochet into the back and I tried hard, over 10 times. instead of growing outwards I made little weird things. My daughter called them "cupcakes". Sigh....at least I was able to crochet something finally!

Homemaking Tips:::
10 Habits for a well-run home

Looking around the house:::
I need to clean this place

From the camera:::