Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello lovely Friends💗

How was your weekend and start to summer going? I hope summer is showing up in the best ways and that you're getting lots of wonderful relax time. 

We went to the lake to visit Matt's folks and help them with more chores around the property. We always love going there...not only for time with them...but also because we get a lot of relaxation and lake time too. 

They have beautiful wood walkways that Matt's Grandpa put in around the cottage. Every couple of years they get a little mossy build-up that can get slippery. So Matt pressure washes them. He loves doing it and calls it a very "zen" process. We also had people come to grind up stumps around the property and some other general clean-up needed. Matt helped with that too. I made meals over the weekend and also brought strawberry rhubarb sauce I had made (my rhubarb is going gangbusters!) We also did pontoon time, played cards, visited, watched movies and just had fun hanging out. I need to share....My Hubby is the sweetest guy in the world! He does all kinds of work yet still dotes on me. We had washed our sheets at the lake and I didn't know they were done but he went and put them on the bed before we headed there for the night and also got me a water to keep by the bed side knowing I like that every night. He also gave me a back rub as my arthritis was hurting. He also tells me he loves me every day and often calls me beautiful or some version of it. I feel so loved and treasured and just love that man more than I can put into words. 😍 Just had to shout out my love for him today...thanks for indulging me. 💗💗💗

Then when we got home last night Matt mowed and trimmed and cleaned up our yard. When Matt first started his current job, and it was new to him, he had to put in a lot of hours. So we had hired a mowing service. He has more time and ability now and is taking back over the job here.  And I'm so glad...as personally I think he does a better job. 😉 It looks so beautiful even amongst the raindrops today.

Now on to another lovely June week ahead...

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced protein coffee, small bowl of honey nut cheerios & berries

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands & groceries, mail out grad & wedding card, Annie & I nail appt, my hair appt, bring some things to & visit my Mom, home projects, hospice work

THINKING ABOUT: 

a family reunion in the future and plans for it

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

the smell of fresh cut grass and rain 💚💙

CURRENTLY READING

still haven't been focusing - doing craft or home projects lately

 

ON THE TV TODAY:

  Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother & the office, Castle Impossible, AGT, I finally finished Love on the Spectrum (love that show) and Virgin River, now I'm going to start Sweet Magnolias new season

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - breakfast for dinner which will probably be eggs, sausage, & toast for Matt - maybe avocado toast or smoothie bowls for Annie & I

TUESDAY - stuffed pinwheel pork chops, veggie side dish

WEDNESDAY -  

THURSDAY -  

FRIDAY - 

.*not sure about the rest of the week need to plan and grocery shop and probably do something we can grill

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

craft project

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

 

FROM THE CAMERA:

Last week I cleaned out our kitchen island and several cabinets that needed the organization and love. Always a good feeling! I've continued to go through different rooms, closets & spaces in our home and downsizing and organizing. I think I'm at the age of wanting to edit our lives down a bit. 

some of my rhubarb and the strawberry rhubarb sauce I made that we took to the lake and had over low carb ice cream :) 

Scenes around home:

Scenes from hanging at the lake:

💗💗💗

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 those affected by the shooting in Toledo, OH 😢

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:

My you feel hope and happiness this day my Friends. 

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

Happy Homemaker Monday

Hello my Friends!

Blessings to you on this new week. ☀️

First of all, I wanted to say thank you so much for all of the lovely comments you sent my way on my last post. The sweet love and support meant so much to me! Hospice is definitely a calling beyond me and all the glory really goes to the Lord. But I still thank you so very much!💗

Did you have a nice weekend? We had a nice long one because Matt's folks flew in on Thursday from AZ. They were coming home to the lake property for the summer. We picked them up and headed straight for the lake and stayed there with them until Sunday. We helped them get groceries and do jobs around the property to get them all settled back in. 

We also enjoyed some time playing cards, visiting, taking walks, watching movies, grilling, going out to dinner one night... and all the nice relaxing lake life things. The dock and boats are in but it was too windy and chilly to go out on the water. I just love my in-laws and enjoy time with them so much! 💗

After the nice relaxing weekend I'm ready to get back to busy life for the week ahead...

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:

iced protein coffee and a piece of lemon blueberry toast, some banana

ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:

errands, we need groceries, some hospice paperwork to catch up on, meet up with one of the companies that's giving us a quote on our bathroom reno, Annie dentist, hang with my Mom, some cleaning/organize projects, hospice work at the facility

THINKING ABOUT: 

that it's gray and rainy here today but it's making me feel cozy and productive

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:

long walks down country roads :) 

CURRENTLY READING

I still need to dive into a new book I got for Mother's Day but I'm currently having some fun browsing Katie Daisy books that give me drawing inspiration 

 

ON THE TV TODAY:

  Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother & the office,  Survivor, Outlander (need to watch the last 2 episodes I have taped - I hate it's all over for good 😢),  Love on the Spectrum (still need to finish it)

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

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

    MONDAY - 

TUESDAY - 

WEDNESDAY -  

THURSDAY - 

FRIDAY - 

*not sure what I'm doing this week as I still need to gather a list and go to the grocery store - will check in and see if Matt or Annie have any preferences. I'm thinking a taco/nacho night, maybe go to the meat market to get something to grill and do sides Annie likes (she's not a meat eater), lemon pasta (meatballs on the side) with roasted broccoli, maybe greek chicken sweet potato bowls I've wanted to try to make?

TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:

work on organizing and scrapbook projects

TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:

I love ambiance action videos like this Ghibli one (perfect today as it's about rain and feeling cozy) 

or like this one:

This one is like right out of the Bramble hedge books. 

They are nice cozy backdrops for reading, cleaning or just doing things around home. 

 

FROM THE CAMERA:

The beauty that is Ten Mile Lake - but it was either too chilly or too choppy to get out on the water over the weekend. And the pic below this is out of one of the windows at the cottage. On the back of the property there is a pond that it so pretty too. 

Matt's Mom has really been trying to work on her walking and balance and wanted to get out to walk with us. Go Sue! It was so fun to see leaves popping out on the trees and little dandelions and flowers popping up in the grass along the road. We ran into another walker this day that said his pups were at the vet because they had a run-in with a porcupine that morning. Yikes! He praised our smarts keeping Ruby on a leash. 

love him 💗💗💗

Out for a nice dinner and saying cheers in honor of Jerry and Sue's return to the lake! Fun to have a reason to get dressed up a bit. I didn't get a pic of my dinner but I did of my drink 😂 which was a salted caramel martini - yum! I had the crab crusted mahi mahi in a lemon cream sauce with green beans and garlic mashed potatoes. Holy moly was it fabulous!

At the lake cottage, there are planked pathways Matt's grandpa had put in when they built the property. They are so pretty and go right to the walkway that heads to a little deck and then down to the dock. Matt's grandparents put in the rocks all over as Matt's grandma was an avid gardener and used to plant wildflowers in these rock gardens all along the way. And she used to hang lots of flowering baskets in the trees. Matt's folks do hanging baskets in some of the trees each summer, but that's about as much as they want to tend to. 

Someday when it's the retirement property for Matt and I we plan to renovate inside the cottage, and also to do more gardening around it too. Although we may talk to his folks about planting some dwarf shrubs in some of the rock garden areas in the near future. They wouldn't really be any maintenance, but it would add to improving the look around the cottage. 

I love the fireplace and the stone Matt's grandparents had put in the cottage and they are things we would definitely keep in the renovation! 😍

So nice that back at home we have leaves finally coming out on the trees and my wild daffodils in the woods are blooming too. 

pretty even on a rainy day

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 Matt's knee. For wildfires to be contained in our area (it was so dry and windy over the weekend and outlying areas still having issues)

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:

Wishing you all an amazing week ahead. 🌸

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