Happy Monday Besties! ☀️
How is your Monday so far?
Mine started with an early appointment for a trim and hair coloring. It always feels good to have that done. :)
Did you have a lovely weekend? We were at the lake with Matt's folks and celebrated belated Father's Day with Matt's Dad. We had fun playing games, grilling, pontooning and swimming in the lake (it was hot there this weekend!)
We had a little excitement too. On Friday night we went to sleep with the window open a little listening to the peepers (little frogs) singing outside and soft rainfall with some distant thunder. But then about 1:30AM Matt's Dad came to our room and told us the alarm was going off for a storm and tornado warning! So we all went to a solid interior area of the house and sat there until the warnings passed. It was crazy and a little scary! Thankfully their immediate area didn't get hit too badly - but some cities not far from there got 100 mph winds and had had semis tipped over, many downed trees and damaged homes! Thankfully no one was hurt.🙏🏻
So ya, a little too much excitement!! But the rest of the weekend was calm and just hot (high 80's with the heat index near 100*) So we lived in the lake or lived in the a/c playing cards and watching movies.
Then back home to check on how my flowers were doing and so fun to see my peonies open up! But also home to the scary news about our attack on Iran and now their retaliations. My kiddos are on a trip overseas with their dad and I pray extra hard for their safety.
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
iced coffee, high protein light & fit yogurt
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
hair appointment, work on hospice work from home and I need to catch up on paperwork, errands, groceries, get together with my Mom, hospice work at facility
THINKING ABOUT:
how scary this world can feel (weather, wars...) and I'm so grateful to know where I can put my concerns and whose hands we're in 🙏🏻
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
falling asleep to summer sounds (rain, thunder, peepers singing)
CURRENTLY READING
catching up in my bible study workbook
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 on Max (like Downton Abbey but in early America - same creator as Downton. It's so good so far!)
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - mediterranean salad kit with rotisserie chicken, melon
TUESDAY - tacos (for me maybe air fried sweet potato taco bowl)
WEDNESDAY - thaw something from freezer maybe to throw on the grill?
THURSDAY - leftovers to clean out fridge
FRIDAY - out for dinner
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
read, maybe sketch/paint, play with my flowers/garden
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
I've added this interior designer to my go-to YouTube shows. She's based out of Toronto in Canada and has such great ideas for decorating small spaces. I've been sharing with Annie as she'll be in an apartment this next year at college.
FROM THE CAMERA:
Went into Annie's bathroom the other day and this was what I saw on the counter. There's still some of my little baby girl deep inside that mature young woman. Gave me a such a smile 💗
Matt was the master chef this past weekend - look at those grill marks!
I lived in my bathing suit or sleeveless sundresses all weekend - it sure felt like summer and was HOT!
Then back home to gray rainy weather, but flowers poppin' 😍
beginning to pop...
a little bit more...
full bloom!
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 conflicts in Iran and Israel and the protection of our country. PLEASE BRING PEACE!
For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way. 🙏🏻