Happy Homemaker Monday (on a Tuesday)

Hello my Lovelies!

I'm getting to the HHM post late this week due to the holiday weekend. To those in the states that celebrated Memorial Weekend - I hope you had a nice long relaxing one. May God bless all of our service men and women and their families for all the freedoms they help provide our country. 🇺🇸

We spent part of the weekend here with all the kiddos (Aaron and Jill were up). And then we spent part of it at the lake with Matt's folks. We went out for pizza with the kids one night and played cards/games over the time hanging with them - as well as great visiting. 

And at the lake we went out on a pontoon ride, helped Matt's Mom get all of her flowers, played cards, watched movies and just relaxed. Matt and his Dad got their fishing licenses but Matt's Dad didn't feel good the morning they were going to go out - so they didn't fish. But Matt brought the bait home and plans to fish off our dock a bit this week. :) 

On big bummer note - my Mom had a fall over the weekend. She fractured a vertebrae in her back and tore some ligaments. She is okay...thank the Lord! But she will be in a heavy duty brace for 3 months. Not fun. We are getting her and my step Dad set up with meals on wheels, and we got her a commode in case it's needed. I'm also getting her a walker. I will be checking in regularly, running errands for them as needed, and stocking their freezer with more meals. Scary stuff and I pray in such gratitude she is ultimately okay.  

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced protein coffee and a little cereal with banana on it

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands, check on Mom, lunch with a girlfriend, dinner with my Bro & SIL, start getting my flowers, home projects, hospice work

THINKING ABOUT: 

how it's starting to acutally look like summer - the dandelions are out everywhere and everything is getting so green and full💚

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

slow relaxing pontoon rides 

CURRENTLY READING

magazines right now

 

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 - lemon pasta, meatballs, salad or roasted broccoli

TUESDAY - tacos

WEDNESDAY -  

THURSDAY - 

FRIDAY - 

* not sure about the rest of the week - didn't make those meals last week so froze the meat and doing to start the week. But going to check in with my Mom to see what might be good to make for them and work my meal plan and groceries around that.

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

hopefully get back to reading my book!

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

 

FROM THE CAMERA:

Scenes from a lovely weekend:

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 healing for my Mom and for a relative's family member that had heart surgery. 

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 a very blessed rest of the week my Friends ☀️💛

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

Cooking Thursday: Grill Time

 

Hello and happy Thursday lovely Friends!

It's a cool, but nice and sunny day in the northwoods. 

While I was doing my workout on the treadmill, I saw this adorable baby bunny eating dandelions out the window. I love how when he was finishing the dandelion stalk it would look like he was blowing a yellow bubble. Lol 

And I need to share my pretty Ruby all done at the groomers. And I picked the wild daffs in the woods by the house because they were starting to fade and I wanted to enjoy them a bit more. 💛

But for today I wanted to share that I dug out this grilling cookbook and was looking through it for some future inspiration. It has a lot of yummy recipes for the grill and is divided by different meats (hamburger, steak, chicken etc) and even has a section of desserts. Here are a few examples of what's in the cookbook:

It's one of my favorite things about summer - is to grill out on the deck and have a meal out in the sunshine. 

Do you like to grill? Do you have any favorites you make in the summer?

I think we're actually going to go to our local meat market soon...to pick up some things to grill for the holiday weekend. 😋 (Memorial weekend in the U.S.)

I hope you have a blessed weekend ahead Friends! 

💗💗💗

Happy Homemaker Monday (on a Tuesday)

Happy new week Blogging Besties!

If you celebrated....did you have a nice holiday weekend? Or just a nice weekend in general?

I'm posting this on a Tuesday as Matt and I were at the lake for the Memorial Day weekend. And God's blessings to all of our service people and all they have sacrificed for the sake of our country. 🙏🏻

As far as this weekend goes we had a great time with Matt's folks. The docks and boats are in the lake now...so we got out for a pontoon ride. Matt got out fishing with his Dad a couple of the mornings nice and early. They caught almost half a fish fry worth of some bass, bluegill and perch. :) 

We also went out to dinner one night, watched movies, grilled, played games and had lots of great conversation and laughs. Doesn't get better than that! 

Annie's bf comes into town from Florida today to stay here with us for a week and 1/2. So we're planning some fun things too! I can feel the summer in the air and that it's almost here! I need to get more of my flowers this week and get to planting now that the weather seems warm enough. I'm ready! 🌸💗

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced coffee, protein coconut yogurt with cinnamon & fruit

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:  

what I want to plant this year, summer fun things ahead

 

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

when I'm saying prayers of gratitude and other earnest prayers and I have tears because I feel it so deeply and feel so in tune with my Lord

CURRENTLY READING

 The Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspe that Matt's Mom turned me onto - the science to it fascinates me. I'm learning a lot about other ways to be healthier (still reading but almost done)

ON THE TV TODAY:

 Americas Got Talent, Jeopardy(& Masters), TWD catch up,  Call the Midwife, The Handmaids Tale (need to watch final episodes), Vacation House Rules & Castle Impossible (HGTV), we started watching The Last of Us, cooking shows. 

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - 

TUESDAY -  

WEDNESDAY -

THURSDAY -  

FRIDAY - 

*leaving this week open as there are some places Annie wants to have us take Kristopher out to eat...and still planning other meals at home. Going to grill one night. One night the kiddos might be gone and Matt & I will do a chicken broccoli stir fry with cauliflower rice.

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

plant flowers, read, play games with the kids

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

FROM THE CAMERA:

Scenes from a fun weekend. Annie was so funny because she was holding down the fort at home while we were gone....and she showed how Bubba was being all lovie with her (she always complains that when Matt & I are around Bubba won't go to her enough 😂)

And in other news - my bestie Mrs. C got lots of time with new baby Thea this weekend and sent me this pic. 😍 And I can't wait for my turn to snuggle her up!! 

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 all those in England affected by the guy that drove his vehicle into the crowd there. 

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

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

Wishing you all a very blessed week filled with sunshine ahead! 

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