Hello and Happy Monday! ☀️
I hope you're starting this week with a smile and sunshine. ;)
Did you have a nice weekend? It was a good one here. My Uncle, Dad and step Mom were over for a BBQ and game night on Friday. My Uncle hadn't met Matt - so they finally had a chance to get acquainted. My kiddos were here too. It was good food, laughs, and games with family. Doesn't get better.
We also went to church, went for a 3 mile walk and worked on projects to start packing Matt up to move in probably next week! ♥️ I missed HHM last week as we were out-of-town visiting Matt's folks and relatives of his that had come in town there. His Mom organizes a lovely production there every summer too. She is a retired English and drama teacher and used to put on productions every year at her school. Now she does a community summer show of a wonderful big band that's led by a former student of hers. I will share some pics of that below and some video too.
**Oh, and I wanted to share an addendum about the blackberry cobbler that I posted the other day. I wanted to make sure that you knew the recipe called for self rising flour. I don't think I specified that in the post. If you need to make your own self-rising flour just add 1& 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt to 1 cup of flour. I highly recommend the recipe! It turned out so great and was really easy. 😋
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
piece of almond kringle, iced coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
workers here to figure out a leak (probably from my fridge), Ruby vet appt, visit my Mom, check in with a cousin about her visit soon, helping care for my gf's chickens again while she's gone, dinner with a gf, home projects,errands, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
Getting some home projects finished before Matt moves in 💕
Also, actually thinking about gratitude for my ex. He is sending his work guys to help figure out and fix leak here and told me it's never a problem and he'd like to be able to help with house issues. I appreciate that Matt knows his "handy" limitations and feels secure enough in our relationship that I can communicate with Adam about home issues and his work guys can fix them. I feel grateful that I have a better relationship with my ex now too. He has told me before how he will always care that I'm okay and taken care of and that he is happy I found such a nice guy and that I deserve such happiness. I sure appreciate that. 😊
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
Sun has been in and out today - lots of clouds. Listening to music while I hear birds out the open window.
CURRENTLY READING
magazines, plan to start a Colleen Hoover novel next
ON THE TV TODAY:
HGTV shows (currently loving Vacation House Rules), AGT, Outlander, And Just Like That, Grantchester, old movies taped
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY -leftover tacos
TUESDAY - cheddar bay biscuits, tomato soup, fruit (an Annie fave)
WEDNESDAY - stuffed chicken breasts, pasta side dish, salad
THURSDAY - grilled bacon cheddar burgers, ranch red potatoes, veggies
FRIDAY - out for dinner?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
organization project, craft, read
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
FROM THE CAMERA:
These are some pics from when we were up at Ten Mile when Matt's relatives were visiting and we went to his Mom's cool big band shows. I will share video of the big band below. They played music of Count Basie one night and Duke Ellington the other. They had the place decorated with art deco influences. It was so cool.
Ten Mile is such a gorgeous lake and has some amazing homes on it. This is one of my favorites! I'm always getting inspiration for the style home Matt and I want to build up there one day. We will keep the family cottage too - but want to build a small home there next to it. Not as big as this one of course. One that would be one level - but we want a vaulted ceiling with beams and a wall of windows on the lake. 😍
The pics below are from our walk this weekend and some pics from my garden ;)
Here is some video of his Mom's show:
PRAYER LIST:
For an end to the conflict in the Ukraine and other areas of the world living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence. For anyone sick, suffering, in pain or fear... that God bring them comfort and peace. For His Light and Love to cast out the dark everywhere. For all those suffering from weather events and turmoil in our world. For there to be an easy answer for the leak going on and that it will be easy to fix. 🙏