Happy Homemaker Monday

Good Heavens! It's my first HHM in FOREVER. Life's been crazy, to be sure, but I've missed blogging on the regular, so I'm going to try harder. I SWEAR.

The weather: Sunny and warm. Thunderstorms later this week, and I know my garden will be glad for the rain!

On my reading pile: Nothing. Ugh! Ella and I have a library date this evening, though, so I'm sure I'll find something good.

On my T.V.: Old-school Disney movies (Lady and the Tramp) and Amelia (the Hilary Swank movie)

On the menu for this week:
Monday: Cube steak in a mushroom/wine sauce, potatoes, carrots
Tuesday: Gabe's cooking. Pork tacos
Wednesday: Ella wants hamburgers, so we'll make that happen
Thursday: Pork Loin roast
Friday: I'll be in Asheville for work all day. NO IDEA.
Saturday: Pizza soup
Sunday: Pasta, per tradition

On my to-do list: Clean the bathrooms, library date, check the gardens, clean the fish "cage", maybe pick green beans.

What I am sewing, crocheting, creating: Goodness. Nothing. I need to get my rear in gear.

Looking around the house: I need to move my plant stand outside. The house smells amazing, as dinner simmers in the crockpot.

From the camera: 

After my most recent miscarriage, the loss of my unborn son, Thomas,  I was moved to do something healing, something constructive. I've planted a little garden with amazing plants in it. The lavender is in bloom right now.

On my prayer list: This country. How can we have so much hate toward one another?