THIS AND THAT MONDAY...OR WHAT I DID THIS WEEKEND

                Busy, busy weekend! For Met Monday at Susan's blog, Between Naps on the Porch, I was going to show you how we washed the windows in our house...and realized although it was a gigantic metamorphosis to us, you really didn't need to see the before and after shots of what  the  windows looked like...suffice to say, it was a big job and now we have sunlight streaming through again.
    I also spent the weekend going through my linen closet, to choose which tablecloths will go into my new Etsy shop. Some needed ironing, so you can imagine how that went. It is a process to decide which I can and which I cannot live without. Here is a mosaic of a few that will be in the shop this week. I tried to choose a variety of themes and patterns.

My sweet husband bought me the most beautiful cream colored roses, and I thought they would look nice with the dwarf lilacs that are just starting to open. Too irresistible for one vase, I split the bouquet up into three arrangements, and decorated the mantle with them.  You wouldn't believe how sweet those lilacs are. They have perfumed the whole house!

          After the running around, and the gardening...and yes we have a plot in the community garden again this year...more on that in weeks to come....we were all a little tired and hungry.
I cooked up one of the easiest dishes. Roaster on sale this week, was cut up into pieces, breasts put away for another meal, and the chicken sautee'd in a little olive oil. Peppers, garlic and onions added to the pan while the chicken waits to go back in, a little oregano, a little red wine to deglaze, a jar of my all time favorite sauce,( I did say this was quick and easy...and I really do like the Silver Pallet  basil sauce) and voila... dinner quick and easy. I added a little pasta to the menu, because dinner involved a hungry gardener and teenager and it tasted really good with the sauce. Now that we are all full, and finished with a weekends worth of chores we are happy campers.

           Next week, I hope to show you a cleared out and cleaned up linen closet as well as pictures from the community garden.

             This post is being linked to Smiling Sally's Blue Monday and Susan's, Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday. I have also been working on learning to use Picasa more, and experimenting with the mosaics, so I am linking to Little Red House for Mosaic Monday. Also, Etsy Cottage for Market Monday. Like I said...busy weekend..and busy Monday!

♥, Susan 
 
  

 

           

               

Comments

[Carol]

Busy weekend for you, but you do have a sweet husband, those roses are beautiful! Dinner looks delicious! Love your pan, pretty yellow!

[Lenore]

Your lilacs look lovely and the dinner fabulous....I'm drooling.

[Eileen]

You've been busy! Your dinner does look delicious! Love the flowers arrangements.

[Snap]

Busy, busy! Love lilacs and I can't grow them here.

[Queenmothermamaw]

Wow that dinner looks great. You were a busy lady and lordy. It rained all weekend in our neck of the woods. Had a virtual Derby Party instead of going to the track.
Love all those linens. Know what you mean about letting them go. Blessings
QMM

[Dena]

Love the table linens and the dinner looks delicious. I made chicken cacciatore about a week ago, one of my fav flavor combinations!

[Allison]

I cleaned windows this weekend too - such fun, isn't it?! The linens are going to be hard for your to decide what to keep!

Allison
Atticmag

[mary]

Wonderful tablecloths! And your dinner must have been delicious! Thanks for sharing at MM. :)

[Shelia]

I love vintage tablecloths and you have some really nice ones! What pretty flowers and how sweet you could divide them and get more use! The chicken sounds and looks so good.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)

[m]

LOVE the table clothes!! Wow!

m ^..^

[Julia @ Hooked on Houses]

What beautiful flowers that he got you! So sweet. :)

[Sue @Rue Mouffetard]

I would have enjoyed seeing a post about clean windows...I don't know what clean windows look like?.....Sue.

[Becky K.]

I am about to have clean windows...we are getting new ones! Makes me put off cleaning the old ones...why bother? Sad, I know!

Anyway, I think your weekend looks like a very neat one. Thanks for sharing.

Becky K.

[santamaker]

Feels good to have clean windows...we just did ours too! The flowers are gorgeous!

[Pat --Mille Fiori Favoriti]

Hi Susan

You were very busy for such a warm weekend! I haven't tackled my windows as yet ..I better hurry up before it gets hot.

That was a yummy quick dinner.

Your ETSY shop is looking good! Loved thr tablecloth mosaic!

Happy Mosaic Monday Susan!

[teresa]

Loved this post....made me smile...Sunday evening blog hopping.....
Have 2 great giveaways that I am drawing for on late tonight.....
Hope you will stop by.
http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/2010/04/oh-happy-day-and-giveway-no-two.html

[Christine]

Wow, you've been busy, Susan! The food looks delish!...Christine

[Cindy @ Applestone Cottage]

Love those vintage tablecloths and the roses are just divine! My lilacs are just about in bloom, can't wait!
Cindy

[Auntie E]

You had a great weekend I see and I have the same skillet only in red! I so need to do my linen closet. What a great looking Vase.
found you through Blue Monday Meme

[Debbie]

Beautiful vintage tablecloths!
Debbie

[the domestic fringe]

I adore your tablecloths! I have just a few vintage one, but I'd love to add to my collection. I'll have to visit your Etsy shop!

Thank you for the kind comment on The Domestic Fringe. I appreciate the sweet words everyone has had for my kitchen makeover.

Have a Happy Monday!

-FringeGirl

[Sally]

You made me hungry with that chicken and pasta. Happy Blue Monday.

[ann]

Hi Susan~Congratulations on your Etsy Shop!
I just love the hammered aluminum vase holder(maybe that is what I was looking at). I've never seen one before. Very nice indeed!!
I hope you have a great week sounds like you had quite the busy weekend.
Fondly,
Ann
@
The Tattered Tassel

[Susan Freeman]

My you are busy! I love chicken cacciatora and plan to have it for dinner tonight!

Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo

[Mary]

I can just imagine how beautiful those lilacs smell. What beautiful roses your husband got for you, too.
Love those vintage tablecloths.
What a lovely conch shell on your mantle.
All this and she cooks, too! Wow, you're a keeper :)
I'm linked up with MM for the first time.

[Pie]

You've been too busy. I love the tablecloth!

My Blue Monday.

[32 Degrees North]

Hi Susan,

Your Etsy shop is going to be great! Vintage linens are always so popular (and useful, too). I sell on Etsy, too, and really enjoy it. Wishing you the best - happy sales!

Amanda

[Jenna Ericson]

Mmmmmm.... that looks delicious. I can't wait to go home and eat REAL FOOD.

[Pondside]

You had a productive weekend, by the sound of it! Your vintage tablecloths will most likely sell like hotcakes!

[jenny]

oh boy does this look good!

[Elizabeth Holcombe]

You busy girl! Your etsy shop is so FAB!!!~~~XXOO, Beth

[susan ericson]

Thanks! For 3 days there was a problem and Etsy wasnt working for those of us in the north east. It was a bit of a lesson in patience and pain. There will be lots more added over the course of the week.
♥, Susan

[TAA]

What a beautiful thing to spend your weekend with.
Plus, the food looks so good. Delicious!