This Week: Eggs, eggs, eggs

Saturday:  The Strata we had this morning with the coconut streusel atop was very good.  Too much for us.  I put half in the freezer.  I will make a note here that in future, half as much is as we say a gracious plenty.  Bess stopped by later this afternoon and told me how much they'd enjoyed it as well.  I'm so glad.

Coffee Chat: One for the Road

Hello dears...I titled this "One for the Road" because January is fast drawing to an end, but it really might be titled "Procrastination in Full Force".   I don't know...I just can't get any oomph this week.  I know I've worked hard all week long and I purposely planned light for this week but do you know, I hadn't done a darn thing I'd meant to do this week except the shopping!  So I tied myself to the cart this morning and said "You don't get to stop until lunch or you're done whichever comes first...And if you're not done by lunch, you're going right back to that cart and doing what you can until you simply can't do a thing more."   I'm not at the ' can't do a thing more," point.  Have a seat and a cup of hot tea or coffee and let's talk before this month is finished.  I'm really too tired to keep going, so your company is a welcome thing just now.

Thrifty February

In January,  we've just finished a long holiday period. During the holiday rush, I've spent weeks looking at my home and I have seen all the things I haven't done.  Once the New Year is upon us, I'm all ready to get my home in order for another year.   I want to clear out the excess, organize the rest and clean.   Sales occur which push me to restock the most immediate needs of our household.  This is helped by the fact that we have several pay periods with holiday pay.  That is just the time to work on these tasks as I have funding to cover the needs of the home and to do a rapid replenishing of our subaccounts.

In My Home This Week: Finishing January Well

Hard to believe this month is nearly done but here we are with just a few days left.  February is just around the corner.  I am well satisfied with what I've done this month and will continue to work at odd jobs to finish the month out, but no big plans as you'll see.

This Week: Oh The Quiet!

Saturday:  It was heavy and humid outdoors today.  John and I both complained of feeling hot, despite the temperature in the mid-60s range.  Before the day was over, we had a wind advisory, a thunderstorm watch, and a tornado watch.  Did I mention all that was followed by a freeze warning?  Welcome to Georgia, where weather is forever changeable.  We did have the wind and thunderstorm but no tornadic activity.  We got a load of rain off that thunderstorm, which pounded so hard on the metal roof we had to turn up the tv to hear it.

Strata Sphere

not my photo but one from Pinterest with no credit given

This afternoon I had about an hour before the boys arrived for their play date with us and decided that was time enough to make yogurt and to do something with all those bread end pieces I had in the freezer.  Now I must share that we buy really good bakery breads and I am loathe to toss the odd slice or the end pieces, so I save them.

This Week In My Home: It Can't Be Just Planning

It's a new week, dears and here I am already reviewing my month, just 3 weeks in.

I sat here yesterday in a sort of end of day pre-week planning mode and realized that I have fully been over the entire house at least once in seeking a way to better organize and clean.  I'm satisfied with what has been accomplished.  I know there are a few areas where I might delve, like the photo storage which currently is in two spaces.  That comes to mind at the moment but I'm sure there's a bit more.   However, as far as clutter and deep cleaning goes this month, I'll tell you truly I feel like I'm good.  I accomplished a load of work over the last three or four weeks.  At this point I kind of feel like resting on my laurels and consider it well deserved for this month.