Winter or Spring?

This past weekend we did lessons on Saturday and then visited with Grandma and Papa on Sunday. The weather both days reminded us that it was indeed still winter and we were bundled up just heading from the house to the truck. Not much time was spent outside and Daddy and I didn't feel very well all weekend, thankfully none of the campers got sick with whatever crud we had.


Monday we did our lessons starting around eleven A.M., we don't get started much earlier than that on any given day because none of us really functions well first thing in the morning. We do have some stray odd days where we'll begin lessons early but that rarely every happens. ECJ took a break after history and before math to help Daddy finish putting the railings on the deck. Math was finished after supper for him, which is fine with him because he literally can school any time of the day or night and be comfortable. The girls took a break after lunch to walk with me to check the mail and then quickly knocked out their online lessons. After that was done both girls played outside while Daddy and ECJ worked on the railings and I quickly updated this post. After such a busy day we had pancakes, turkey bacon, and eggs for supper which wasn't on our menu plan that I had posted (ah well, I rarely follow the plan exactly anyways). I love that the weather was in the 50's again this day!

On Tuesday Noni came out. Instead of book lessons and online lessons we made bagel melts for lunch and then snuggled together on the couch to watch movies from RedBox. We watched Storks and The Wild Life. Both were good with Storks being the better of the two movies. Noni and I had stopped at the grocery store for bagel melts (recipe to follow below) fixings for lunch and before watching the movies Noni and I whipped up a hearty lunch for the campers and ourselves. The girls had catechism this evening and so I changed supper from our menu plan again and made sausages with corn. I did this because the girls aren't home until close to six thirty in the evening and I hadn't taken anything out for the crock pot and none of us were very hungry after stuffing ourselves at lunchtime.

Wednesday the temperatures were again in the 50's ... but we had a steady, drizzly rain all day after the storms that swept in late Tuesday night. I only scheduled three days worth of lessons this week so when Daddy and YCJ didn't feel good when we all woke up I called the day off. We'll instead do lessons on Friday which I had originally scheduled off because Grandma is having surgery. Also, the third of the month is usually when we do all of our running around for errands. However, Daddy will be with Grandma and Papa all day on Friday so we'll be doing our errand running on Saturday and doing lessons Friday will help to keep us busy and not as worried. We spent the day watching movies, Netflix, and reading. I crocheted, doing my baby hat for the day and working on a Christmas gift afterwards. I did manage to get 28 newborn baby hats done in February (still on track with my goal of one baby hat per day this year, I haven't decided how many months I'll do the newborn hat size having done two months worth of preemie hats). With this day being Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent, we went and got our ashes during the afternoon (since no one was feeling well enough to go to mass except for ECJ ... Peanut and I beginning to feel ill earlier in the afternoon) and we had some tuna noodle casserole for supper ... with lots extra being leftover for lunch either Thursday or Friday. I'm including the recipe that I made up for tuna noodle casserole at the bottom of this post as well. And just to make things interesting we went from in the 50's during the day to in the 30's and snowing before ten PM.



Thursday everyone was feeling a bit better, Daddy had an appointment in the morning so we started our lessons a little earlier in the day than usual while he was gone. Lessons were done rather quickly with ECJ playing some of the campers favorite music on his radio so we were jamming while doing book lessons. I signed us up (a few days late) for Holy Heroes Lenten Adventures. I put a turkey and stuffing in the oven around one in the afternoon and the house smelled wonderful all afternoon. We all relaxed and watched Netflix with Daddy once he returned home, waiting until the turkey would be finished for supper. Grandma called and let us know what time she had to be at the hospital Friday morning so Daddy knew what time he'd have to wake up to get to the hospital to be with her and Papa. 

I'm leaving us off right here because I know tomorrow (Friday) that I won't be able to think of much else besides Grandma. We'll be keeping busy with lessons and crafts while we pray for her to have a successful surgery. 

Recipes

Bagel Melts
1 bagel for each person (plain or onion in this house)
cream cheese
tomatoes
onions
sliced cheese
thin sliced ham (or bacon or exclude the meat during Lent)

Half each bagel. Preheat oven to 350*. Spread cream cheese on each bagel half and place on a cookie sheet or flat pan. Place thin sliced ham on top of the cream cheese. Top with sliced tomatoes and onions and cap it off with sliced cheese. Put in oven and bake for approximately five minutes or until heated through and the cheese is melted. Serve on bagel per person.

* Daddy eats two complete bagels with all the trimmings for supper so be sure to take into account the appetites of those whom you are feeding. *

Tuna Noodle Casserole
3 -4 cans of tuna in water (we like ours with a lot of tuna)
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
1 jar of salsa con queso cheese dip - medium spice
onion powder
garlic powder
pepper
1 bag of egg noodles (or noodles of your choice)
1 sleeve of saltene crackers
1 cup of shredded cheese
1 medium onion diced
1 bell pepper diced
1 small package of mushrooms diced

Combine tuna, cream of mushroom soup, salsa con queso, and seasonings in a casserole pan. Preheat oven to 350*. Saute vegetables on stove top with a tbs of butter while boiling noodles (about ten minutes). Add vegetables and noodles to casserole pan and mix well. Crush crackers in the sleeve and then sprinkle over the entire top of the casserole. Add shredded cheese to the top. Bake for about 30 minutes. Serve.

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