A great read.

I finished this book in about 3 days. Loved it. I keep thinking about it. I HIGHLY recommend it.

Menu Plan Monday

Taking a cue from my sister, Ann-Marie, and posting our menu for the week.

Monday: Chicken Pot Pie, Spiced Apples

Tuesday: Spaghetti Carbonara, Green Salad, Clementines

Wednesday: Broiled Tilapia, Steamed Broccoli, Rice

Thursday: Chicken Tacos, Santa Fe Lime Rice, Refried Beans

Friday: Eat Out

Not sure for our weekend meals yet.

A new niece

My youngest sister, Natalie had her baby today. Lexi Isabelle. 8 lbs, 5 oz, 21 inches. I'll post more about that when I get a picture of her! Whenever someone has a baby I think maybe I should have had more. I miss little ones. But then I remember that when my kids were little I was running a daycare and had my three and 6-7 more (baby through school age). There was no way I would have been able to add more kids to our family at that time. And now that my youngest is 12 1/2, ummm...it's too late. In my opinion. I don't want to start over. Five and a half years until my baby graduates from high school. Yes folks. I'm a little conflicted ;)

I need to take a trip with him

I'm ready for another trip. This is us at Walden Pond in Massachusettes in November. It's time to pack up and go for a bit. Too bad there are other things that need attending, like jobs. Well, not too bad that we have jobs. I'm grateful for that. It's just too bad that jobs get in the way of taking last minute trips.

Time for a new post

My sister, Ann-Marie posted her menu for the week on Monday. I'm not that advanced. But I can tell you what we are having tonight: pork chops w/mushroom gravy, steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, baby corn, onions, green beans), wheat bread and clementines.

After work I came home and cleaned my bathroom and bedroom. Including dusting blinds. I love a clean room!

We have Young Women's tonight. I work with the Mia Maids (14-15 year old girls). We are finishing up a couple of Personal Progress things and then doing some crafts. I'm not in charge tonight so I don't have details. Last week we were combined with all of the YW. I was in charge. We had a Personal Progress "Ketchup" Night. We served tater tots, corndogs and ketchup (and lemonade). We had scriptures, conference copies of the Ensign, the Proclamation, For the Strength of Youth booklets and anything else we thought we might need for the girls to finish an experience. We had about 9 girls show up and all of them finished at least one. Some girls did 2-4 experiences. Some of them got things signed off that they had done, but not had someone initial. I thought it was a great success.

Before & After

I'm so excited about this cute little Nativity I found at a thrift store for $1.50! I love the simple lines and that it only includes Joseph, Mary and Jesus. I knew exactly how I wanted to alter it. When I brought it home, I wiped it off, spray painted it white and sprinkled some gold glitter (from Sara's craft supplies...thank you Sara!) on the star. Easy. And I'm very pleased with the results. Are you working on any Christmas crafts?

More Concord

That's Concord (pronounced Concrd by locals). Love the churches around here! We went to the Concord Museum. They've got some great stuff. Thoreau's writing desk, chair and bed. Items from Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson. I can't get over how much history we saw and the fact the all four of the above named lived in Concord, which is also the place the American Revolution started is AMAZING! Can you tell I enjoyed the trip. More to come.