Happy Monday dear Friends 💛
I hope you're having an amazing start to your week! Can you believe it's almost July?? This summer is positively whizzing by!
I hope you had a great weekend. We had a fun and relaxing one here. Well, it was a little productive too.
On Friday we went out for dinner. Saturday we did church later in the day and had pizza from our favorite place and watched a movie. But earlier Saturday, we shampooed all the rest of the carpets in the house. That was such a wonderful job to get done!!
Then Sunday was one of those perfect just peaceful days. We went up the north shore for brunch and then got in a little hike and went to a pink beach. Yep, pink. You can see the pics and read all about it in the pics below. Then we came home just in time for it to thunderstorm and we put our feet up with the window cracked open and I read and Matt napped and it was so relaxing! It just felt like one of those long wonderful no major agenda weekends. 😍
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
*Looks like storms for some of the July 4th weekend (boo!)
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
iced coffee, a bagel thin with some natural pb and strawberry jam
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
meeting a relative for lunch, errands and groceries for holiday weekend ahead, home projects, yard work, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
how it's gone from bright and sunny this morning to cloudy and looks like some storms are going to pass through this afternoon.... it feels cozy as I hear the a/c hum and I can smell the roast I have in the slow cooker
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
thunderstorms when they don't have scary winds or hail, and the inside feels cozy and peaceful
CURRENTLY READING
The next book in the Dream Harbor series by Laurie Gilmore
ON THE TV TODAY:
Americas Got Talent, Jeopardy, TWD catch up, The Last of Us, Just Like That, Stick, I've started watching The Gilded Age, Matt's never seen The Office (I loved that series) so we've started that together
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - roast in the slow cooker with lots of seasoning & a little better than beef bullion stock in the bottom. I'll shred it up and we'll have it on thin buns with sf BBQ sauce, pickles and broccoli slaw on top. Also a tossed salad on the side, berries and grapes
TUESDAY - leftover shredded beef maybe over baked potato - again with broccoli slaw topping etc, watermelon
WEDNESDAY - shredded cabbage "pasta" with protein alfredo sauce and grilled Italian marinated chicken breasts, melon
THURSDAY - leftovers to clean out fridge
FRIDAY - July 4th: grilled burgers, chips, veggie pasta salad, melon, maybe corn on the cob?, crab dip with crackers and raw veggies, and I'm making this summer berry poke cake for dessert
*I made a delish strawberry rhubarb sauce last week with rhubarb from my yard and I'll share the recipe this week. I will share the cabbage "pasta" recipe soon too.
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
work on wedding scrapbook (hope to finish it finally), read, pontoon ride/swim
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
FROM THE CAMERA:
Here are some pics from our trip up the north shore and our visit to Iona's pink beach. And here is some info about the beach from an article written at northernwilds.com that tells about Iona Lind and how her family had a resort on that beach....
And here's some pics of life on our humble little bay lately:
my hydrangeas are starting to come in - yay!
Also sweet critter home life - our sleepy babies endlessly napping. And a momma robin built her nest right next to our door :)
PRAYER LIST:
For an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war & fear. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence. For anyone sick, suffering, in pain, fear, loneliness etc ... that God bring them comfort and peace. For the firefighters and first responders and their families affected by the shooting in Idaho. For PEACE in our world!!
For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way. 🙏🏻