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The Big White Farmhouse

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December 20, 2021

No.603: Advent at the Farmhouse // Homemaking Notes for the Fourth Week of Advent

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The weather outside is //

As I look outside my window // This December weather has been crazy!  Last week, we had days where the kids were outside in short sleeves, but this week looks to be more chilly.  We’re dreaming of a white Christmas, but I don’t think that’s gonna happen at this point.

As I look around the house // I’m pumping myself up for this last week of preparation before Christmas.  Being the head merrymaker is exhausting!  We’re officially on winter break now so I hope to catch up on laundry and do a thorough clean of the house before the big day.

On this week’s to-do list //

– catch up on homekeeping throughout the entire house!
– finish wrapping gifts
– get to Confession
– prepare the menu for Christmas Eve
– bake sugar cookies to decorate

Laughing // about my Advent craft fail.  I saw an “easy” recipe for cinnamon applesauce ornaments and thought, “Two ingredients!  How hard can that be?”  Oh boy…the dough was too sticky, so I was pouring more and more cinnamon on to fix it….the cut-outs kept ripping and I had to start over….my hands smelled like cinnamon for hours…it was a mess.  I did end up with a handful of ornaments, but I definitely won’t be repeating this craft again, ha!

Currently reading // 

  • Fiction: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
  • Nonfiction: Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
  • Religious: Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis PCC

On the menu this week //
Monday: Refrigerator Cleanout Night
Tuesday:
sheet pan beef and broccoli, fried rice
Wednesday: breakfast for dinner
Thursday: slow cooker beef stew
Friday: 
Christmas Eve! a variety of appetizers and something “surf-and-turf” TBD

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Comments

  1. TABITHA I STUDER says

    December 21, 2021 at 7:04 am

    We are dreaming of a white Christmas too but it’s not looking good. Probably going to be a wet Christmas, ugh.

  2. sonrie says

    December 21, 2021 at 10:42 am

    I made cinnamon ornaments one year and I remember that my hands burned for a while afterwards because of the quantity. If I were to make again I would wear dishwashing gloves! I hope your hands did not burn.

    • Ashley says

      December 21, 2021 at 1:11 pm

      Oh no! No burning for me, but I was COVERED in cinnamon and was momentarily afraid that I had dyed my hands, ha!

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