Hello Friends!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was such a fun one here because the kids and I traveled to my Mom's old hometown for a family reunion. It was bittersweet because it was also a celebration of my Aunt's life. My cousins brought picture boards of their Mom and I brought the scrapbook I worked on. Folks poured over it...sharing more stories and lots of laughs! We also visited the local fair after our day in the park. I won a prize for Annie at a game! But she wasn't with me at that moment so I gave it to a cousin. Lol I had wonderful dinner with my cousins around my age and we had so much fun catching up after all this time. We also went antiquing and visited a local war memorial and found my Grandpa and my Uncles' names on it.
Ruby sure missed us, though, and it's always nice to be home too. 💕
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING
cardamom bread with butter, fruit, iced coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST:
catch up from trip with laundry etc, errands, hair appt, Annie's hair appt this week too, Ruby's haircut (hair week for all the ladies), Annie's hockey this week, groceries for weekend activities to come, need to get my oil changed, home projects, hospice volunteer stuff and I start back next week
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
bright and sunny, need to put away some things from the weekend yet
CURRENTLY READING
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ON THE TV TODAY:
AGT , The Chase, Big Brother, Making it, Virgin River, HGTV shows I tape, food network shows
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
Since it's mainly Annie and I, there is so much less formal cooking going on to really share a weekly menu right now. So instead I will try to share a recipe here each week.
I don't have a recipe to share per se this week - but on our way home from the trip I picked up some really yummy bread at a bakery where we stopped. I got a wild rice onion and cheddar one, and a loaf of cardamom bread. I'm going to make grilled sandwiches with the wild rice one. And french toast with berries with the cardamom loaf.
I also had my thrive box come and I got this unique spread this time and it's actually very good. Really kind of weird but tasty. However, I love coffee flavored things:
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
walk Ruby, sit out on the deck and read magazines in the sunshine, do lunch with a gf, hang out with my kids
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
FROM THE CAMERA:
Such a nice time with family and I love how quaint mainstreet is in the hometown my Mom grew up in. So cute! I collect depression era pottery and I got a vase for myself, and one for my son's new home, when we shopped at the antique store. That way we both have something from St. Charles (my Mom's original hometown).
I like being lighter blonde for summer, but the first few days after I get it done I am platinum! Lol
PRAYER LIST:
Praying for peace, unity and healing for our world and our earth. For a complete end to the virus. For an Uncle with cancer and his upcoming surgery. For anyone sick or suffering, in pain or fear, that they may have comfort, healing and strength. For special intentions.