Happy Homemaker Monday

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The weather:::

I  think this may be our last  week of  truly summer weather....  a  large dip in temps by week's end...  I will give a huge shout out..  ready for sweaters and  socks!!!  And oh, how we need  some rain!!!!

Right now I am:::

  thinking   about  what I can share this morning... but I need to  be  getting dressed to go meet my gal pals for lunch  in a few minutes.

On my reading pile:::

  James MacDonald's Bibles Study,  Think Differently, 

  1Peter

several  fall magazines..

Movies or Shows I watched this weekend:::

We found a new detective series to replace  Shetland...  we  watched  all of season one of Broadchurch on Netflix...  set in Dorset...  very  good  show...  I like that  it isnt  gratuitously violent, but very  suspenseful.

On my TV:::

I really like Farmhouse Rules

She reminds me so much  of  me and my aunts...   and  I love  the  country feel of the show..!!

On the menu for this week:::

I am   in the mood for  some  delicious  homemade spaghetti..  I love to make my own sauce...  I always start  with a large  can of Cento  tomato  sauce..check out some Cento recipes here!

On my to do list:::

Kitchen......Hubs  does the dish washing    and sweeping.. yayayaya

Laundry..... put  laundry away

Living Rooms...... dust and Swiffer the floors

This week...

Work on my Bible study

Lunch with  my girlfriends

Journalling   

do some baking/cooking for a church picnic at the lake..I found this  great looking recipe on Facebook.

Ingredients

• 1 c vegetable oil
• 2 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 c flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 c chopped pecans
• 3 c peeled and chopped apples

Frosting:

• 1/2 c butter
• 1 c brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 c evaporated milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13″ pan. Combine oil, sugar, and eggs. Stir in flour and baking soda. Add vanilla, pecans, and apples. Spread in prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes. Cool for 2 hours. Then prepare frosting.

2) Boil all ingredients in a small saucepan for 2 minutes. Set pan in bowl filled with ice water. Beat icing until of spreading consistency. Spread over top of cake. 

YUM!!!

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

Continue  sprucing up the house for autumn

Looking around the house:::

This is a throwback from last fall when I had the  gal pals over for breakfast...  always a bit of inspiration for me  as I  am thinking about  what to do each year!  I haven't found any truly great pumpkins yet this year...  but Im still looking!!!

From the camera:::
I love this photo daughter sent me  of  sisterly love...  Our big sister turns 4 this week...  and she is so protective of wee one..who will be 2 in December. I love the late  September sun filtering through the trees!!!

What I'm wearing today:::

planning to wear  my light weight   brown slacks and melon colored blouse and  fall leaves  scarf  to  lunch.. In fact I need to pause  and  see about it!!!

One of my simple pleasures:::
I wrote about this last week  but didnt get around to  doing anything so I  will surely attempt to  do some journaling  this week...  this week being a  very much more low key  week..

I love  journaling the wildlife that  comes into our yard...

this week I will be   writing about  

Also  I have seen a plethora of blue jays  of late...and since their  squawking  awakens me  of course  I will  do a bit of  blue jay  rambling

Inspirational Quote, Bible verse, anything you want to share:::