Happy Homemaker Monday

Hosted by Sandra! 

                       ♥ ♥. weather ♥ ♥

Monday -sunny, 83/60

Tuesday - cloudy, 83/58

Wednesday - sunny, 81/55

Thursday -cloudy, 79/60

Friday - cloudy, 77/56

Saturday- cloudy, 66/45

wow,  we have quite a range this week…as warm as 83, and as cool as 45…brrrrr!

         ♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥ 

It looks like a gorgeous day.  The sun is shining brightly and  the forecast is promising, in fact the next two days are promising, then it is supposed to turn much colder!

                 ♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥ 

I am working on this post, while enjoying my morning coffee.   The tv is on and I am actually watching Leave it  to Beaver

              ♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥ 

I will explain my tv watching.  Lately, I enjoy watching many of the old  shows on tv.  This is mainly, because there is nothing worth watching. On regular tv. So I do enjoy Leave it  to Beaver in  the morning.  At night you might find me watching Father Knows Best and Dick Van Dyke! 

                    ♥♥How am I feeling ♥♥ 

.I am doing  pretty well these days. Since I’ve been on Weight Watchers I have lost almost 35 pounds. I am not only feeling so much better, am much more able to get around.  My arthritis is much better! I totally recommend Weight Watchers. I used to dread. Having to pay , but now they do make some great offers. For example, I only had to pay $5 dollars a month for the first three months, then it went up to the regular price of $35. But the program is so much better than it ever was before,  The online app makes staying on course so much easier than it used to be. For me I easily have at least another 35 pounds  to lose, but I feel it is easily within my grasp because all I have to do is track my meals on the app everyday and I know how much I can eat.  Plus now there are over 200 foods that have zero points to track, so if I  break over and use up 8 points on ice cream, which  I do ever now and then I will eat the zero point foods the rest of the day and stay right on track!

               ♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥ ♥

I usually have  fruited yogurt with a small amount of chopped walnuts on top and a cup of coffee with  sweet cream creamer. This is a total of 6 points. Thus leaves me with 17 points for the day..Sometimes I will enjoy 2 fried eggs, a strip of crisp bacon and half an English muffin for lunch that is about 8 more points. That would leave 9 points.

                 ♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥

I often times have Skinny popcorn snack mid afternoon 

Which depends on the amt eaten.  Let’s say 3 points.  I plan my dinner to be 6 points.  A vegetable plate is zero  points. A fruit plate is, as well.  Grilled chicken on a salad  is zero.  Planning a low dressing adds 2 points.  I use a small amount of Red wine dressing. Eating this way since June, I most often am not hungry for very much for supper. Last night I had a delicious apple. Sometimes I’ll eat a sliced apple with a T. Of peanut butter. Sometimes I will really pig out for lunch with a raisin bread sandwich with half a sliced banana and peanut butter.   6 points.  I love this program!

                  ♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥ 

I am wearing a red crossover blouse and navy and white striped leggings that are so large on me now, they are more like slacks!  Ha!

               ♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

Chapters from I kings, Ephesians,  Ezekiel, Psalms

              ♥♥On my TV this week ♥ ♥ 
When Calls the Heart, home and cooking shows, and YouTube videos. Of some favorite vintage tv.

         ♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥ 

Downstairs looks great, but the guest room is my dressing room… it is looking pretty topsy, turvy.  I have been collecting some old clothing that is too large for me now.  I need to get it bagged and off to donate.  Then, I need to reorganize my clothing. I have empty drawers. Yet the bed is covered in clothing to re organize! Yikes!

                   ♥♥Favorite Vlog ♥ ♥

I ran across this cute gal who is nuts about fall.   And she offers some fun fall activities. 

♥♥ To Do List ♥ ♥

Ladies’ Bible Study on the 7 feasts

Do my exercises/ stretches/ and recumbent bike
Plan menus / track my meals on weight watchers  app

Daily Bible reading

Prayer group meeting
Bible Study group
laundry get it together, and put laundered items away
Weight Watchers. 

Work on my nature journal
Purge some drawers and some storage units in the basement

 
                 ♥♥ From the camera ♥ ♥ 

Please excuse the glare, I know I should have rolled down the window, duh, but you had to be there. I was sitting in the car waiting for Lynn, as usual!  And suddenly I was so taken by what was going on in the trees. Even though you cannot see them here, oh how li wish I could,, but I’ll never forget, there were blue jays everywhere.  Oh, well, at least 10 of them.  And they were flitting from one to the next.  I don’t know if they were after insects or what was causing this magical dance among the trees, but I could  have set there indefinitely enjoying their graceful flight.  Oddly, blue jays never attend our feeders just 15 yards away, but they were prolifically doing an inflight ballet among these trees over the weekend!  

                      ♥ ♥  A Good Word ♥ ♥

I am compelled to ask… in these ever darkening days in your heart of hearts are you becoming more and more concerned for the lost? Do you believe, like  I do, that we are in the last days? Do you have a plan for sharing  the gospel to  your unbelieving loved ones.? I would love it if anyone is led to share their thoughts about this. You may have noticed that on my side bar, I wrote some posts on this topic a while back and .I did get some favorable responses.  How contingent do you think it is for believers to care enough to step out in faith to care enough to share the gospel?  I’d love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments. I just think we all need encouragement, because this is an important concept, but a difficult one to do. For  if we are believers we know that for those who are left behind after Christ catches his bride up, life on earth will be horrible for those left behind.