Monday Morning Report

Good morning! I think I should rename the post Monday Morning Mayhem, hee hee! Lots going on today.  First, if you read my Morning Cup of Tea posts, let me apologize. Today's post will be late because I left my bible in the car last night. Hubby took it to work with him.
  Today is Halloween. Some places have done their trick or treating this past weekend but there may be some little ghosts and goblins and whatever else is popular out tonight so be careful as you drive.
 I woke up late this morning;just did not want to leave my warm bed. But my doctor called and gave me some good news: my hemoglobin is up to 10.4! That's a lot better than it was a few weeks ago when he was seriously wanting to do a blood transfusion, but still not normal. I'm happy it's going in the right direction, however. Having no energy and being threatened with a hospital stay is not my idea of fun. I will continue eating good food and taking my iron and multivitamin as my doc suggests.
 As for the getting organized and getting ready for the holidays go, it's a slow but sure process on both. I was able to write out a menu for the week, although Saturday's lunch and dinner is still up in the air. When you aren't used to coming up with meal plans, it can be hard! 
 Today's Menu: 
   Breakfast - grits, fried egg and string cheese
   Lunch --meat loaf, mashed potatoes and spinach
   Dinner-- supposed to go to my mother's for chili.
  For snacks I have yummy honeycrisp  apples 
  For those like me, Flylady has Cruising Through the Holidays missions that should help us not get overwhelmed with all that needs to be done. She is already up to number 11 but don't let that overwhelm you. Start with where you are. I will be checking that today, as well as putting away some laundry and cleaning some shelves and cabinets in my kitchen. 
  I can hear you yawning so I'll let you know that we had a great time with friends from church on Saturday night. One family had an outdoors Halloween get together with hot dogs, hamburgers, and lots of goodies. The weather was cooler than we thought it would be, but it was still nice enough to be outside, especially with a little bonfire. Yesterday hubby was off all day so we were able to attend both services as well as the fifth Sunday fellowship meal. In lieu of a lesson last night we had our end of the month singing, and mostly older songs like Victory in Jesus were selected. I love those old songs, and they touch my heart each time I hear/sing them. We were also blessed to witness a baptism last night.That makes my heart very happy, to see another Christian sister among us.
  I've talked your ear off enough for now, and housework beckons. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Get Ready... Get Set... Holidays!!

 All this month I had great plans of getting the house in perfect order for the holidays coming quickly. Well, you what they say about making plans. Yep, I battled really low iron (still dealing with it but it's better I think) and I think in some respects the house looks even worse than it did when I began the month. So.... Thanksgiving is only a few short weeks away and I am no where close to ready.
  So far I have a menu plan set up for Thanksgiving and a few small gifts bought. I have a huge list of things that still needs to be done:

•  clean and decorate the house
• figure out what Christmas cards I'm doing this year and start making them
• Get my Christmas card list ready to go
• clean out the fridge and freezer
• buy wrapping paper
• finalize the holiday gift budget and make or buy gifts Most are going to be home made.
• do the grocery shopping for Thanksgiving
• figure out if I'm going to spend the night before Thanksgiving at my mom's or just go there early with the bird all cooked and ready to go. (Eeks!)

I'm sure there are other things but these are the ones I can think of at the moment. Thankfully, hubby's shift is first shift at work and he's off Saturday through Wednesday night of the week after so I've got built in help to get the house clean. Then I've got to convince him I need my living space back so renting storage space is crucial right about now.  If there ever was an organizing fairy I certainly need her right now! Eeeks!!
  Someone please tell me I'm not the only one in this predicament. I will be posting once or twice a week or so to let you know how it's going on the home front. For now I need to get moving. Laundry calls. Hope you're having a great day!