The Thoughtful Homemaker

I decided to get back into voice lessons. I was tired of saying to myself, “one day I will get back into singing!” I sing around the house all day and look forward to singing hymns at church. I think it is time to do something more with this love I have for singing.
My […]

Monday - Roasted Chicken with Vegetables
Tuesday - Rouladen (VERY Good!)
Wednesday - Homemade Pizza Hut Pizza
Thursday - Japanese Style Chicken Curry
Friday - Beef Fried Rice
Saturday - Jambalaya
Sunday - Leftovers (Since Aziz will be gone, I will have plenty of leftovers!)

I was reading recently about the trend going on for the past twenty or so years of women choosing to have small families as opposed to former generations when women had as many children as possible. It got me to thinking about how many children I wanted when I was young, and how many children […]

Last week I was given the anti-biotic Bactrim. I went through two horrible nights of illness soon after. I had terrible chills and I had trouble breathing. I was so sick I could hardly get out of bed. The worst part was that my chest was in pain. I went to the doctor and she […]

Every week I post a menu on my refrigerator.
This week’s menu:
Monday- Chicken Adobo
Tuesday- Vegetable Beef Soup
Wednesday- Dough night, I make something using flour from scratch, usually pizza
Thursday-Plov
Friday- Baked Chicken and vegetables
Saturday - leftovers
Sunday- I am not sure, I may amend to menu to make a whole chicken on Sunday for Easter

I am now living in a townhouse in Prince William County, VA (in Woodbridge). Prince William County is a beautiful, less expensive county 30 minutes from Washington D.C. There are many beautiful parks, rivers, and friendly neighborhoods. There is a lot of shopping with a mall with a lot of outlets, and an Ikea. Ikea […]