Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello my dear Friends

Happy Monday and happy June! ☀️🌸💚

The month when true summer begins. Yay!

It's already starting to look and feel more like it around here. We had a day in the high 80's recently. Crazy for the northwoods this time of year. But temps have been climbing in general and the summer vibes are starting to show up. The grass needs mowing again already, flowering trees are fully in bloom, and folks are starting to have their landscaping fill with flowers. 

We had a nice weekend that included getting most of the flowers, veggies & herbs to plant (yippeee!!), going to church, checking in on my Mom, hanging with Annie, and spending time with my Dad and step Mom back from AZ. 

I flipped my calendar to the new month this morning and I already see so many things coming up. Summer is too short (especially up here) and we need to pack in so many events and people in that short time. But I think we're up for the challenge and ready to embrace this lovely time of year.

And even though it will involve busy weekends of family reunions, weddings, and other events. I hope it will also involve chilly AM's out fishing in the boat...or lazy evenings fishing off the dock. Sitting on the deck listening to the peepers come out as we watch the sunset. Maybe catch sight of some fireflies out on the hill. Going for a long walk with a soft breeze and smelling all the different flowers in bloom. Aimless drives with the sunroof open blasting some music and ending with dripping ice cream cones. Golfing out on a pretty green course. Or mini golfing challenges for bragging rights. And of course lots of long lazy sunny pontoon rides! 

Welcome June - we are ready for it all. 

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced protein coffee 

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands with Annie, check on Mom and bring her a new tray for her walker and some food I made, Ruby's vet appt, home projects, hospice work

THINKING ABOUT: 

All the fluff I see floating outside my window. I woke up sneezing this AM and I can see between dandelions and some trees in our yard - allergy season is in full bloom! I take regular meds, and sometimes eye drops, and they sure help. Hopefully only another week or 2 and then it will calm down. 

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

knowing you have the whole summer before you :) 

CURRENTLY READING

I have been terrible about reading and need to get back to it. I need to start going to bed with my book at night instead of staying up to watch tv. I've also been working on crafting things and that's where I've put more of my focus.

 

ON THE TV TODAY:

  Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother & the office, Castle Impossible (HGTV)

Matt and I need to go back and finish The Last Kingdom series

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - leftover burgers and sides from grilling we did with my Dad and step Mom yesterday

TUESDAY - a new summer pasta dish I want to try, asparagus

WEDNESDAY -  still haven't done a taco night (I froze the meat) - Annie doesn't really eat meat and will use chickpeas in place of it in hers

THURSDAY -  maybe crepes with lemon curd & berries, breakfast potatoes

FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?

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TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

plant the rest of my flowers/garden

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

 

FROM THE CAMERA:

I apologize for photo overload but I have so much beginning of summer goodness to share.

Including some outdoor moments:

Love the first mow and smell of freshly cut grass

Always plant rosemary by the garden gate 

(name that movie 😊)

This is an inexpensive solar lantern I found on amazon and love that it glows in color! 

 (hard working honey did trimming, killed weeds with all natural weed killer, and pressure washed all of our deck furniture)

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And summer moments inside, including new summer bedding:

Love this light up vase for when I'm propagating new plants.

My step Mom brought me this lovely bouquet 😍

For the BBQ we started with apps including yummy crab dip. We did burgers on the grill & sides and I baked up cherry raspberry pie. Thanks for the recipe Billie Jo! (Afternoon Coffee & Evening Tea blog)

A perfect still night on our dock. I was cheerleading Matt on when he threw in a line to fish a bit (& I read my summer magazine) 

Life is good! 🙏🏻💚

PRAYER LIST:

 For an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war & fear, especially everything going on in the middle east right now. 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 healing for my Mom and for a relative's family member that had recent heart surgery. For a friend that lost a grandparent and another friend going through a big move.

For the Lord's love and peace to fill 2026. ❤️ 

For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way to loving our neighbors as ourselves. 🙏🏻

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

I hope you have an amazing and blessed start to your June! 

I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.

Happy Homemaker Monday

Happy Monday Friends ☀️✨

It's going to be a sunny and hot one here today. And our dandelions are going crazy and hopefully the grass will get cut today. 😁 

How was your weekend? We had such a fun one here!! Annie's bf Kristopher has been here visiting and we took them both up to the lake this weekend. We had such a great time playing games all together with Matt's folks. Annie has even said how they feel like step grandparents to her now. Boy does that make Matt's & my hearts want to burst! 

We played games, took the kids into the adorable nearby town to shop and look around and went out to brunch there. We enjoyed sunshine out on the pontoon. And we took the kids out fishing on Matt's fishing boat. It was a Kris request. They caught a bunch of little pan fish and Kris even caught the biggest one which was a bass. Matt and his Dad showed Kris how to clean them too and let him do some (he had requested that too). And when we asked the kiddos about their favorite part of the weekend Kris said it was fishing for him. Matt felt like a proud step Dad about that - it was all pretty darn cute. 

We got back home last night and we have some fun things planned this week before Kris heads back home. My Dad and step Mom just got back into town from AZ (they live there over half the year), so one night will include fun with them too. 

Yay for almost true summertime and all the fun things ahead! 💛

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

ice coffee, protein banana yogurt with some granola

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands, groceries, get flowers & veggies to plant & get digging in the dirt, other home projects, fun days with Annie & Kristopher, bring my Mom some things, hospice work

THINKING ABOUT:  

making the plans for this week and the fun things we still want to fit in

 

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

sitting around a table with loved ones, playing games and teasing each other to the point of belly laughing over something

CURRENTLY READING

Kind of reading a couple of the same things right now, as well as some summer magazines.

ON THE TV TODAY:

 Americas Got Talent, Jeopardy(& Masters), TWD catch up,  Call the Midwife, Vacation House Rules & Castle Impossible (HGTV), The Last of Us, Destination X, And Just Like That 

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - cheese tortellini per Annie request, veggie & garlic bread

TUESDAY - 

WEDNESDAY -

THURSDAY -  

FRIDAY - 

*not sure about meals yet due to need to schedule family get together, and fun nights out the kids want to do. We may grill out again one night. Also maybe do breakfast for dinner one night (Annie's request) As well as go out to some more places too. Get in some yard games here. Mini golf. Have a fire in the firepit on the deck and do s'mores etc

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

have fun with the kids, read, work on the yard

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

FROM THE CAMERA:

We have some attached garages and we have a shed out back. There was so many old things in the shed from previous life and Matt and I had been meaning to get rid of quite a few things around here - especially since he moved in here officially a few years ago. We finally had a garbage company come with a big trailer and we donated some things and got rid of so many things. Now the shed is almost bare compared to how it was and Matt is excited to make it his own and has organized it so much already. :) 

I have a crazy story about this momma deer. Remember when she was here with her fawn last week? Well this morning I let Ruby out as I do every morning and I didn't know momma was out on the hill and Ruby chased her into the woods. Then Ruby came back to do her business and I see the momma come back out of the woods and just stare at Ruby. I'm assuming at this point the baby is somewhere in the woods and momma is protecting the territory. So I go out on the deck to get Ruby to come into the house and the momma kind of runs and charges at Ruby! I finally get Ruby to come up to the door and when I open it Bubbba runs out! Which he doesn't normally do - I'm like what the heck is going on around here? And he runs down the deck onto the cement area in back. I get Ruby secure in the house and go back to get Bubba and momma deer had run all the way back and was now staring Bubba down. I think that freaked Bubba out, as when I called him to come to me he came running right back up on the deck. So I got both pets in the house and go look out the window and momma was staring in at me and stayed that way for 10 minutes!! She wanted to be sure no one was going to come back out to get near her baby. Lol Geesh. So I'll have to keep an extra eye on Ruby when I let her out for a while. What a wild ride to begin the day. 

see what I mean by all the dandelions?

It was such a fun weekend with the kiddos

baked up my homemade chocolate chippers for the weekend

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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 Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way. 🙏🏻

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

I hope you have an amazing week ahead! 

I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.