Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello and Happy new week to you Friends 😘

How's it going in your world? Did you have a restful weekend or busy one? It sure has felt busy here - but in the best ways. 

This past weekend we went a few hours away to visit some of my cousins that still hadn't really met or spent time with Matt. And my son and Jill live in that neck of the woods too. So we got time with all of them! And Annie had been out of town at a friend's cabin and drove over to be with us for the weekend too, and stayed at the hotel with Matt and I. It was such a fun time!! They all just loved Matt and vice versa. :) These busy times makes the weekends go so fast...but family time is the best! I pray every day in gratitude for the amazing family and friends I've been gifted. I have such a thankful heart.

We hung out at my cousin Susie and her hubby's home one night. They have a lovely "party" deck. They grilled for us and my other cousin, Cathy, and her hubby came over, as well as their daughter, Esme, who is Annie's age and in college in CO. Their other daughter was out of town in New York with friends. We gabbed and laughed, played games and enjoyed a lovely summer night. 💗

The next day we met for brunch before saying goodbye to the cousins. And we made future plans for other visits. :) 

 And then Aaron and Jill wanted to take us to their favorite arcade and gamer/comics stores. Matt and I always have so much fun with our kiddos no matter what we do :) Annie then hopped in her car to head home. But Matt and I made a stop at Trader Joe's first. We had brought a cooler of stuff for the BBQ and so I wanted to take that chance to use it and get some great Trader Joe's stuff ....because we don't have one close by here. Major success and found lots of wonderful goodies! 😋

And now it looks to be a lovely week ahead with great weather so I'm hoping to finally get out on our pontoon, do some golfing, and go for some walks with Ruby. 

We are still treasuring these gifts of summer!☀️💛

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

a lemon scone from TJ's and iced coffee - mmmmm

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

Ruby's haircut, some computer/paperwork, errands, home projects, hospice work from home

THINKING ABOUT:  

How it looks like the prime of summer out my window - garden is getting really full, lilies are out in abundance, hanging baskets are still looking good. The grass is so green and the bay is up (it had been low but we finally had lots of rain). Peak summer days for sure! 

 

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

using fresh herbs from the garden in my cooking

CURRENTLY READING

I purchased some new books recently so may dive into one of them next and take a break from the series I was reading. I have some new magazines too, so reading those first. 

ON THE TV TODAY:

 Americas Got Talent, And Just Like That, The Gilded Age, Matt's never seen The Office (I loved that series) so we've started that together, Big Brother,The Last Kingdom, American Pickers

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - slow cooker chicken & vegetable curry over cauliflower rice, fruit

TUESDAY - sesame ginger chicken crumbles over Asian salad

WEDNESDAY - cheese blintzes w/ blueberry topping, breakfast potatoes, bacon, fruit (Christmas breakfast for dinner as I'm going to do a Xmas in July day before July is over. I even have a couple of little gifts to surprise Matt & Annie with and will listen to Christmas music that day and color in Xmas book with Annie etc) I know - I'm a corn ball 😉❤️💚

THURSDAY - taco salads

FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

hopefully pontoon, golf, go for walks, play ladderball in the yard

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

FROM THE CAMERA:

On Friday night Matt & I went out for a date night to mini golf - fun excuse to put makeup on and get cleaned up. Yay for the season of skorts, sundresses and cute sandals.

The golf course had so many pretty pots of flowers everywhere:

Family fun time visiting, BBQ'ing and then gaming time with kiddos:

Matt and Annie head-to-head and Matt beat her by just a little 😉

My sweet Girl and her Bestie on the trip with them and their family. The garden, lilies, and pots overflowing:

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:

Saw this and gave me a giggle and reminded me of Ruby :) 

I hope you're having very happy days my Friends! 

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

Happy Homemaker Monday

Happy new week to you my Friends! 😘

I hope April has been coming in beautifully for you. Filled with sunshine and the promise of lovely Spring. 

We had a little bit of snow recently, but much of it has already melted again (thankfully). The bay is opening up more and more and the robins are in abundance and we even had a bear in our garbage already! 🙈 All true signs of Spring slowly showing up in the northwoods. 

We had a nice weekend. The C's have been busy with out-of-town volleyball. So it was cozy Matt & I time. We went to church on Saturday. Went out for dinner. Went to our local home and garden show yesterday. So fun to dream on the things we plan to do in the future here at home and up at our lake property.😍  We also ran errands. Worked on home things. Overall a very relaxing wonderful weekend. 

Due to some busy things we have going on over the next week or so, though, I will be taking a little break from blogging. But I'll be back before Easter time. 

💗💗💗

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced coffee with protein splash and sf coconut creamer, a brownie Built puff protein bar (they are SO good!!)

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

run errands including to Matt's house to do some things (he sold his old house here in town & it closes soon), home projects, hospice work - a lot of the usuals.

THINKING ABOUT:  

How proud I am of my Annie girlie. She was asked to play in an all star tourney in Nashville over the weekend. Her dad and Aaron & Jill went down to watch her. Matt & I got to watch online on our tv and cheer her on! Girls from all over the south were asked to come play and form a "team" together. So there was a north team and south team. Annie played for the south. (In case you don't remember she goes to the university of south florida). It was for fun and recognition for being top in their division. She competed in some skills competitions too. Even though her "team" didn't win it looked like it was so fun and she did great! I had to wear my USF jersey she got me at Christmas (says her last name on the back) to cheer her on!! Pretty cool 😎

 

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE

The sun is streaming in. I'm listening to some Christian music and the furry babies are napping. It's a nice peaceful start to the week. 

CURRENTLY READING

My friend Debbie's' books. I haven't dove into the new novel I'm planning to read just yet.

ON THE TV TODAY:

 The Rookie , Jeopardy, Shark Tank, Survivor, TWD catch up, Grey's Anatomy, Ghosts, some movies taped. There are some new series I want to start though sometime soon (the Pitt, Severance, maybe The Last of Us)

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - leftovers or an unwhich from Jimmy John's (no bun)

TUESDAY -  

WEDNESDAY -

THURSDAY -  

FRIDAY - 

*not sure about menu this week yet - need to do groceries and I we have fun planning it together :) 

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

read, craft

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

 

FROM THE CAMERA:

My dear friend Debbie of the blog Millies Cozy Cottage Life (you can find her here) sent me some of her books as a thank you for winning my blogaversary giveaway. I've been enjoying them so much. She's such an amazing writer, Mom, Wife, & Grandmother and....and has a beautiful faith and spirituality. Go check out her blog and you'll see what I mean. 🙏🏻

The best part of going out for Mexican food is the fresh tortilla chips and salsa, right? 😋

Some moments from around home. I finally put a pic in the little sunflower frame we got as a wedding gift and I put it on our new chest of drawers. I LOVE this one of my kiddos from our wedding. 

And I recently got this new little statue and lantern for Spring. They can go outdoors, but I put them on our piano for now.  I love that she has a leaf dress and is reading. I'm not sure what I'll do with them permanently yet - but I do think they'd be so pretty outside by pots of flowers once it's warm enough here to plant them. Hmmm - what do you think? Inside or outside?

And we picked up this pretty spinner at the home show this weekend. When the breeze spins it - it looks like the hummingbird's wings are flapping. The jewels catch the sun and put rainbows and sparkles in our tv room and Bubba LOVES that! Lol He chases them all over the place. 

Speaking of the furry babies....(Ruby just went to the doggy salon this weekend and got all pretty)

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 a bestie of mine who has a parent in hospice. 

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

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Blessings to you and I hope you have an amazing week ahead! I'm sharing this with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.