Gluten - Free Company

There is going to be a wedding here March 4! We are keeping a middle aged couple who is good friends with the bride's parents and are looking forward to getting to know them! I just found out today that the lady is allergic to wheat and grains and is on a Gluten-Free diet.. So now I am feeling not quite so willing to keep them.. I want to be hospitable tho! I just have never really had experience with cooking like that and since they will be here for 2 to 3 nights I need to come up with some breakfasts and snacks...(Guess maybe it will broaden my horizons!!) I just am kind of having a struggle knowing what to make.. If any of you have any experience with cooking like this or any ideas on what to make I would welcome your suggestions! Please help!!=)

A Sweet Old Lady

I clean house twice a month for a sweet, lonely,old lady! Today was her cleaning day again! She loves to talk about the days when her Hubby was still around and all the fun things they did! Ms. D also talks a lot about her daughter who has ovarian cancer and who has been undergoing some intense chemo treatments.. Her daughter has been doing quite poorly and Ms. D says she she refuses to except her daughter may not get well.. Scares me to hear her talk like that cuz I am afraid what will happen to her if her daughter doesn't make it.. Sometimes I don't know what to tell her and wish she could find a rest with it! How can she tho without God?.. We have talked about it a bit and she seems ok with where she is at..but leave that where it is I guess..So what is my place exactly with telling her about God? She could use our prayers and her daughter too!

Thankful List for Today

I have so many things to be thankful for... today and every day!
...a beautiful sunny day
...inspirations that have come on kindness to others
...fresh Peanut Butter cookies (requested by Hubby!)
...a house that smelled like fresh cookies for most of the day =)
... a (mostly) clean house!
...book work that is piling up and needs to be done.. it means we have money to buy what we need!
...that I have a friend who will be doing the majority of my Sunday sewing from now on! Even tho there is a charge it is a load off my mind!Thanks, T!
...that I had a fairly productive day!!
...that dinner was easy to put on and clean up! Instead of burgers I made quesadillas with leftover Lime Chicken..
... My Hubby is home and is sitting right here with me!!
...looking forward to a good nights sleep and waking refreshed in the morning!!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!

So do you all have big plans for this evening or even during the day?! We are just going to be home for dinner, however, I am going to make Broiled Chicken (it is just about like grilled except you do it in your oven!), Baked Sweet Potato, and Cheesy Green Beans! For dessert I think I will make Cherry Pies - in - a - jar! Maybe I will run to the store and grab a bottle of sparkling Apple or Grape juice! Think I will set the table kind of pretty too!  So what are your plans? Would love to hear! =)

Menu 02.13 - 02.17

Mon. - Leftover's
Tues. - Broiled Chicken, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Cheesy Green Beans
Wed. - Lime Chicken Tacos, Mexican Rice, Guacamole & Tortilla Chips
Thurs. - Stuffed Hamburgers, Sweet Potato Fries, Raw Veggies
 Fri. - A friend's Bridal Shower!!
 Sat. - B.fast - Egg Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Fresh Fruit
             Dinner - Having friends over!

Refreshed..

Yesterday was such a nice relaxing day, especially after such a busy week! It definitely was a different sort of Sunday tho! Went to SS & Church in the morning! Sermon was on Respect.. Seems there is something for everyone in that, or at least for me! Then home for a quick lunch of home made BBQ Chicken pizza, Ceaser Salad and Bread Sticks (which by the way you may notice I had on my menu for dinner one time last week.. No I did not make them then AND again now! My menu got kind of messed up last week and some things never got made!). Hubby had a meeting in the afternoon with an organization they do yard work for.. And no this is not normal for us on a Sunday!=) However when the org sets the time and wants them there what can we say! So Hubby and his boss went off to that and I went and met my Sister Friend who happens to be the wife of Hubby's boss! Met at Starbuck's and then eventually made our way over to Barnes &Noble where we sat and read and talked for a couple hours! Sure beat spending the afternoon at home alone! Thanks Sister Friend!=) When our men were done their meeting we all met at a yummy Mexican restaurant for dinner! Spent a nice relaxing evening sitting and visiting with good friends! Now we are refreshed an ready to take on a new week! Except I think I have a touch of the flu.. Seems like it comes around too often.. At least I can know it won't last all week!=) How did you all spend your week end?!

Menu for 02.06 - 02.11

Monday - Dinner - Chicken Alfredo, Cooked Asparagus with Parmesan Cheese, Bread Sticks
Tuesday - Dinner - Going out to TGI Friday's with a friend
Wednesday - Dinner -  Stacked Enchiladas, Mexican Rice, Lettuce Salad, Guacamole & Tortilla Chips
Thursday - Dinner - Leftovers..
Friday - Dinner - Stuffed Hamburger Patties, Sweet Potato Fries
Saturday - Breakfast - Cowboy Coffee Cake, Scrambled Eggs, Fresh Fruit
                     - Dinner -  BBQ Chicken Pizza, Ceaser Salad

I had very little inspiration for meals last week.. So if you are wondering why there was no menu for that week this is why! =)

Bits of This & That for this Week

Here this week is almost over and I haven't posted anything yet! I thot this was going to be my week at home to get stuff caught up since I had no house jobs this week! However, looking back I wonder what I actually have done..

I have been trying to get a Sunday dress cut out.. Not my favorite thing to do since me and sewing don't get along so well and especially when it comes to the Sunday ones! Slowly but surely tho I am getting it cut out! And hopefully I can have it sewed in time for the wedding here on March 4! Tomorrow I am heading over to my "sister" friends place to sew with her so maybe that will help inspire me!!

Today I am going to the same friends place to see all the fabric and notions a lady from close congregation is bringing! Will see if anything strikes my fancy!

Yesterday we heard positive news on the house we put an offer on! So we are excited about that, however, I don't think we will believe it till we actually have the keys in our hands! It truly will be an answer to prayer if everything works out in the end!

Right now as I sit here I see an office that needs a good cleaning, I think of my full, messy freezers and all the other little ordinary things that need to be done.. My tendency is to feel overwhelmed sometimes.. And then I think of all I have to be thankful for and I have the courage to carry on again!