Good morning Friends!
Happy new week to you. I don't know where the time is flying to - but somehow after this new week ahead, we're coming to the end of August already! I can believe it because as I was doing devotional time, and offering up whispered prayers to heaven, I had the windows open and I could feel cool breezes blowing in. And I just heard a group of geese flying over! The practice runs have begun and my sweet girlie starts school this week. Fall is imminent my Friends! 😉 🍂
Speaking of my dear Annie - we started her grads this weekend. Her lovely Auntie (my former SIL) is doing them for her. She's an amateur photographer and has gotten great with editing software. She also has an artistic eye, she's very efficient, fun and we love her. So that sure makes this process easier! Lol We did a shoot in the rose garden...that also morphed into some pretty lakeshore moments and a railroad track. We're thinking the next shoot may be at the Lake Superior beach and then wait and do some in the Fall with the pretty leaves. Not gonna lie that the thought of empty nest in a year goes right to my heart like an arrow. But I know this gift of Motherhood comes with bittersweet like this and being their Mama will never change. I will continue to treasure every new stage that it brings. 💕
Other than that we also got to visit with a cousin of mine that was in town from Italy with his family. He's an F16 pilot and stationed over there. We all gathered at my Uncle & Aunt's house and it was nice to catch up and for more of my relatives to meet Matt! ♥️ Speaking of him - I have news I can finally share! Matt got a new job! He's so excited and I am too. 💃 🎉 He will be a rep and consultant for a whole new region (created for him) in a position that this big company (it's a fortune 500 company) created just for him! He will get to create his own schedule. He will have weekends off (no more working Saturdays!!) He will have some travel involved but never more than a few hours away so he will be home for dinner each night. And he will work from home a lot too! It's going to be so nice. 😊 We went shopping for office things for him as we'll be setting up a cool new home office for him here. He also had a new luxury truck delivered yesterday. It's going to be part of his new office too (so to speak with the travel he'll need to do) - so it needs to be comfortable. 😉 The company is also providing him with a work phone, computer and monitors, ipad etc. He starts next week already. So it feels like a season of change in more ways than one. ;)
We ended the weekend having dinner with both of my kiddos and playing some games. Lots of laughing involved! So grateful for precious moments like that. 💗
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
1/2 of an onion bagel with a little butter, peach, iced coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
Help my Mom with some things, celebrate my Dad's bday with him and my step Mom, hospice work doing respite for a family, errands, groceries, home projects, carpenter coming to repair wall from water damage, Matt's office, hospice work from home
THINKING ABOUT:
All the change ahead with Matt's job. Changing things in my own little office too (hospice work and crafting I do there). Fall jobs Matt and I will work on together - shampoo carpets, clean windows, yard work.
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
It's so cloudy and gray today. Cool breezes still blowing. Might rain later. The house feels cozy and peaceful. I have Enya music on. My daughter and I were just chatting about our lunch & dinner plans for today. 😋
CURRENTLY READING
magazines currently
ON THE TV TODAY:
Outlander, HGTV and food network shows taped, AGT, Sweet Magnolias, And Just Like That, Grantchester, When Calls The Heart, Big Brother
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - fettuccine alfredo, garlic bread, caesar salad (Annie faves)
TUESDAY - pasties (meat & veggie pies), roasted broccoli with lemon
WEDNESDAY - grilled sandwiches, sweet potato waffle fries, fruit
THURSDAY - maybe sushi night? (need groceries so not sure yet)
FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
craft, read, play golf or ladderball with Matt
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
Back to school inspired 📚 😉
FROM THE CAMERA:
I know I've been sharing more of Annie lately - but wanted to share these pics of my sweet Aaron when he was little. It was his bday last week and I had put some of these pics up on my social media. Oh how my heart misses these days!! 💕
My Aunt & Uncle had put up this cute sign in their yard for my cousin and his family visiting. 😊
i ws able to wander and enjoy the rose garden while Annie & her Auntie were busy working...
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. Especially for those in Maui dealing with the aftermath of those horrible fires and loss of lives and property. 😢 🙏
For any kiddos starting school soon. That they have a blessed year ahead filled with knowledge and safety. 🙏