Another weekend out of the way, hard to believe it’s nearly the end of August. We spent the day Saturday at my in-laws, celebrating my mother-in-law’s birthday. It has been raining here since then, off and on. It rained almost all day on Sunday, so we spent a lot of time watching TV, playing the Wii and watching movies. We watched Vantage Point, which we saw when it first came out in the theater. Then Tim watched an older movie without me, The Forgotten. All in all a good weekend 🙂
Monday means it’s back to the grind. I do a lot of cleaning on Mondays. Every Monday morning, I do a big cleaning of the kitchen, breakfast room and laundry, commonly known as Beau’s space. He is allowed on the ceramic tile, so needless to say, this area gets pretty dirty. I sweep it every day, sometimes two or three times a day, and I mop with my Swiffer sporadically throughout the week. But on Mondays, everything gets taken out and it gets cleaned top to bottom. If the weather is nice (not freezing cold, not burning hot, and not raining), then Beau is relegated to the deck for the hour or so it takes to clean everything. If its rainy like it is today, he gets shoved out in the laundry room:
He hates being out there. He seems to be a bit claustrophobic at times. He’s always SO happy to come out!
Lots more cleaning on the agenda for today. Tonight, I’m going to make something I haven’t made in a long time. Very little cooking involved, as I’m taking the easy way out. It’s called Tortellini with Portobella mushrooms and I am using a jar of alfredo sauce, so it won’t take more than about 20 minutes. I’ve made a homemade sauce before, using low-fat cream cheese, which is good and probably a ton healthier, but I’m going to take the easy way out tonight. And of course, you know its a pasta dish, which is NOT Tim’s favorite, so I don’t make it often. In fact, we probably haven’t had it in 2 or 3 years, but I’m looking forward to it. It has portobella mushrooms, which I love (Shhh, don’t tell Tim there’s no meat!). The recipe is here.
Hope everyone had a nice weekend and is having a great Monday, getting the new week off to a great start!
Ohhh… poor sad puppy. I wonder if his problem was much like Casey’s: he hates to be on the other side of a closed door because, like a small child, he was perpetually worried that he was missing something important. I bet if you were hanging out with Beau in there, he wouldn’t care nearly as much.
Scott has to have meat in foods too..what is it with our men? Today is my cleaning day too…something about Mondays. Your weekend however sounds fun. Hoping today is a good one for you girl.
The recipe sounds good… Beau is so cute.
Oh I just loved this weekend. We were so lazy and got some much needed rest!
Beau is looking so comfy there!
That Beau is just too cute for words 🙂
That recipe sounds really good, thanks for the link 🙂
Hugs,
Sandra
It sounds like a good day. You’ll have a clean house at the end of it, and a delicious supper! Beau looks rather sad indeed:(
The recipe sounds sooooo yummy! I’m on a quest to find new ones today and wondered onto your site through Diary of a SAHM — I think that’s where I found ya!
Have a wonderful day!
~melody~
Awww, poor Beau baby. He looks so sad.
You know, pasta is more of a staple in my house than rice was when I was growing up! I fall back on past at least twice a week here.
Beau looks so sad, pleading too let him out of there! lol
I cleaned today too, I’m pooped. Plus I’m cooking a big dinner for the hubby’s birthday tonight, which is rare cause I hardly ever cook…not that I can’t, I just don’t care to. 🙂 I figure couple times a year, I’m good. lol
Have a great week!
Feed that poor hard working man some MEAT! : )
Beau does look sad!
Our weekend was good but not quite laid back….I think Jeremy was bored out of his mind!
How did the pasta turn out? Sounds good.
Beau is so photogenic! Seriously, he has the cutest personality. I can tell by your pix. He’s adorable.
So glad you got the rain!! Are you ready to get rid of it yet? We’ve been spared for a couple of days now and I’m not looking for it to come back until I”m back at work next week!!
You know, Beau looks like he’s probably pretty good at putting on the old “I’ll bet I can guilt her into doing _____________ for me” face. Such a sweet, expressive face he has!
Sounds like a nice, relaxing weekend! Hope your week is relaxing, as well as productive!
Sounds like a busy Monday! I hate that when I actually have the time to do deep cleaning at home (in a very serious way), it’s summer and too dang hot to want to do it. LOL Does that sound like an excuse? It probably is!
My hubby is not a big pasta fan either. Oh well, there are plenty of other things we can eat but I do like pasta once in awhile.
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