Happy Homemaker Monday

 

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥   

Monday - High Wind Advisory-80 
Tuesday - 79
Wednesday - 76
Thursday -79
Friday - 79
Saturday - 82

Sunday - 82



♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
It's windy so everything is blowing around.  

 

♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
Working on this post and waiting for a text message. I got a phone call last night about 9pm and I'm now on standby to leave for a month. I'm not even packed yet.

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I have so much that I'm thinking about right now.....I need to sit down and write a list out or I'm not going to get anything accomplished. 

 

♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥

Lazy- I want to curl up and watch movies but I have a bunch of stuff to do so that's not going to happen for quite a bit.

♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Pumpkin Bread, I just baked it yesterday.               

 

♥♥ On the lunch plate ♥♥
Leftover Mushroom Bacon Burgers

 

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
Crockpot Pierogi Casserole, Salad       

 

 

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
Black tank top and Friends tv show joggers    

 


♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

Lock Every Door- I didn't get much reading done. I'm having a hard time adjusting to my new glasses.

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥
Football

Halloween movies

The Blacklist on Netflix. 

Once I'm gone, I'll only have my computer to watch stuff on so no clue what that will be. 

♥♥ On the menu ♥♥

 

Monday - Crockpot Pierogi Casserole, Salad
Tuesday - Crockpot BBQ Boneless Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Cheesy Cauliflower
Wednesday - Orange Chicken, Rice, Zucchini

Thursday - Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos

Friday - Stuffed Bell Peppers

Saturday -Eggplant Parmesan 
Sunday -

I don't know how much of this menu is actually going to happen because I don't know when I'll be leaving. Whatever is left or any perishables are going to be going to my neighbor.

*Just got the text- I report at 4am Wednesday- so I have a lot to do.  



♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥

Ha! I've started doing Flylady again so things are better but nothing else is going to be done until I get back.        

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥
-Pack and make arrangements 

 

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥

My dog Dotti- she always looks at me like this when the suitcase comes out

 

 

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Spaghetti and Mushroom Bacon Burgers

 Friday we decided to do a game night so instead of making the burgers I had planned on. I made spaghetti sauce in the crockpot. 

I don't have a recipe. I just throw in whatever I have in the pantry.

This time I used:

2 (15 oz) cans spaghetti sauce

1 (15 oz) can stewed tomatoes that was going to expire soon

1 lb ground beef, browned

dried basil

minced garlic

1 (4 oz) can mushrooms

dried minced onion

Italian seasoning

pinch of sugar

Last night I made Mushroom Bacon Burgers. They were so good. I was a little nervous about burning them because I usually just make plain burgers but they were really easy to make.

The original recipe is here: Full Bellies, Happy Kids: MUSHROOM BACON BURGERS!!!

The only thing I changed was to omit the salt and I used sazon instead. 

Crockpot Pot Roast

 As soon as I decided I wanted to get back into blogging my internet decided to cut in and out. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something? We are getting a new modem today and that should solve the problem. 

Cooking has been hit or miss....mostly miss. 

Tuesday- I took out a frozen rotisserie chicken and when I went to use it, it smelled bad. So my daughter made grilled cheese.

Wednesday- I made a pot roast in the crockpot. There's not really a recipe. I just use whatever beef roast is the least expensive. I place that in the crockpot and pour 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, a package of dry onion mix and a cup of water over it after I've mixed it all together. It always turns out perfect. 

Yesterday I went to Winco to get water and I cannot resist the sushi and crab salad there. I threw my menu plan off but that happens sometimes.

Salisbury Steak

 My first day back in the kitchen actually cooking after over a year didn't go too badly. I picked a recipe that I've used a bunch of times. It still felt like I was re-learning how to cook. 

I used my favorite recipe for:   Salisbury Steak w/ Rice.

 I did change a few things:

I couldn't remember how to separate an egg so I just used the whole thing.

I eyeballed some dried minced onion because I only had giant onions.

I used Walmart brand club crackers.

I substituted Adobo for salt

I used a can of great value beef gravy because it was cheaper.

I used a jar of mushrooms because I had it in my pantry.

I added some creole seasoning to the gravy because it was kind of bland.

For veggies I had open packs of peas and corn in the freezer. I just mixed them together to get rid of them. 

I even did some baking- Blueberry Muffins. It was a mix but I'm on baby step level right now. I had forgotten how amazing baking smells. 

Happy Homemaker Monday

 

I wanted to start blogging again so no better way to do that than with one of my old favorites Happy Homemaker Monday hosted by Sandra. 

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥
I thought the weather was finally going to change to fall...jokes on me because we have a couple more 90 degree days this week.  

Monday - 83
Tuesday - 90
Wednesday - 92
Thursday - 86
Friday - 82
Saturday - 79

Sunday - 75



♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
I haven't actually looked out there yet- I have blackout curtains so I can't see anything.

 

♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
I'm in bed still- watching the news and trying to figure out how blogger works again.    

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I'm trying not to think too much today.   

 

♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥
Sad- there's no escaping that these days. My husband died about a month ago.    

 


♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Coffee but I promise I won't try to put it on a plate.          

 

♥♥ On the lunch plate ♥♥
I forgot to buy lunchmeat so probably tuna sandwiches.

 

 

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
Salsbury Steak, Rice and whatever frozen vegetable we have in the fridge.       

 

 

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
Gray tank top

Gray shorts      

 


♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥

Halloween movies 

Football

♥♥ On the menu ♥♥

 

Monday - Salisbury Steak, Rice, veggie  
Tuesday - Baked Mexican Chicken
Wednesday - Crockpot Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, veggie

Thursday -  Mushroom Bacon Burgers

Friday - Crockpot Pierogi Casserole

Saturday - I'm working at a Halloween party so I will eat there and I'm getting leftovers to bring home
Sunday - Crockpot BBQ Boneless Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie



♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥
ugh... I don't want to. I have depression house right now and I've decided to go back to doing Flylady because I have no idea where to even start anymore.        

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥
Start flylady again 

 

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥
I haven't taken any pictures this week.