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The Big White Farmhouse

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November 28, 2022

No.709: Homemaking Notes on a Monday // Vol.38

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The weather outside is //

As I look outside my window //  Today is an exciting day on the farm: we’re moving Fred (our male pig) into the permanent paddock for the winter!  He’ll stay in one spot for the majority of the winter and then head back out to pasture in the spring.  We’re so excited to retire our movable fencing chores for a little while.

As I look around the house // I’m excited to slowly start pulling out the decorations.  Like in year’s past, for the first week of Advent, I focus on light – the bare tree, candles in the windows, etc.  I love the simplicity.

Feeling // like we jumped right from Thanksgiving into Advent!  I believe I have almost everything for the season, but I need to have a date with my planner to jot down all of the plans and activities.

Thinking // about this quote from Padre Pio: “What does it matter to you whether Jesus wishes to guide you to Heaven by way of the desert or by the fields, so long as you get there by one way or the other?  Put away any excessive worrying which results from the trials by which the good God has desired to test you; and if this is not possible, resign yourself to the Divine will.”

On this week’s to-do list //
– start addressing Christmas cards
– collect enough batteries for the window candles
– paint the laundry room
– get everything prepped for Saint Nicholas Day next week
– pack away movable pig paddock materials

Currently reading // 

  • Fiction: Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
  • Nonfiction: We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China’s Surveillance State by Kai Strittmatter & Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen
  • Religious: Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis P.C.C.
  • School Read Aloud: The Nerviest Girl in the World by Melissa Wiley

On the menu this week //

Monday: turkey pot pie
Tuesday: chili and cornbread
Wednesday: slow cooker beef stew
Thursday: breakfast for dinner TBD
Friday: tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches

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  1. Laura M says

    December 3, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Indeed, December came way too fast, and I know it will go by even faster which makes me sad already

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