Master To-Do List and Menu Plan Monday - October 11, 2021

Greetings, Dear One! Happy Monday! 💓 

I hope that you and yours had a nice weekend and that your week is off to a great start!

It's a windy morning here on the tallgrass prairies of southwest Missouri. Storms rolled through last night bringing in cooler temperatures. At the moment it's 59 degrees and rainy. Tornado sirens were going off at 5:00 this morning and we are under a wind advisory through late morning. According to the ten-day forecast the cooler weather is here to stay. Good thing I got the heating stove cleaned and ready to go last night. I will probably be firing it up by the end of the week.

The pecans are finally starting to fall in abundance. I check on them a couple of times a day. At first I was only finding one or two nuts under each tree (I have four). Yesterday, I was picking up three or four handfuls every time I went out. After last night's storms I'm sure that the majority of them are down now. I will go out and check on them again a little later this morning. I'm thrilled with having my own nut trees right here in my own backyard. I'm hoping to get enough pecans stashed to last throughout the coming year for snacking and baking. If I run across any black walnuts I may harvest some of those to add to the freezer, too.

Over the weekend I went to a corn maze and enjoyed a hayride and other activities (pumpkin painting, tiny tot cow train, corn hole tournament, duck races, and more) with three of my children and their families. We had an absolute ball! I will post pictures throughout this post.

Yesterday was the three-month anniversary of my husband's death. It's hard to believe that he's been gone that long already. Here he and I are at one of our many backyard bonfires several years ago...

He so would have enjoyed Saturday's activities with the children and grands. 

He used to hate fall and winter, but, in recent years, he would often comment on the fact that he was finally starting to see why I enjoyed those particular seasons so much and was finding the beauty in them for himself. I love and miss him so much! 🧡

Well...I'm running a bit behind this morning and need to get on with my day, so let's get started on this week's post...shall we?

This week's master to-do list...

- clean house

- do laundry

- drop car off at shop to finally get that speed sensor fixed (it's been acting up for two or three years now - will be so glad to finally get that done)

- go on a little adventure with family (more about that later)

- hopefully do some geocaching

- celebrate son-in-law, Patrick's, birthday

- wish son, Buddy, and daughter-in-law, Christy, a Happy Anniversary

- celebrate grandson, T.J.'s, birthday

- weed-eat 

- get flower gardens put to bed

- start weatherizing

 

This week's menu plan...

Monday - Chicken chowder and homemade rolls

Tuesday - Grill out (burgers and dogs), chips, and s'mores

Wednesday - Rachel sandwich (kind of like a Rueben but different) with jalapeno poppers and fries

Thursday - Broiled salmon, baked sweet potato, and steamed broccoli topped with a wedge of Laughing Cow light cheese

Friday - Stuffed pepper casserole (freezer) and oven-roasted carrots

Saturday - McGregor stew (freezer) with homemade bread or biscuits (freezer) 

Sunday - Leftovers

That's it for this week, Dear One! I hope you and yours have a lovely week ahead! God bless one and all!

Until next time...

~Rebecca

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