Happy Homemaker Monday

Happy Monday Friends! 

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was a lovely summer weekend here. Perfect weather and a lot of fun. We did get the pool up last week. Annie and I did it ourselves. I knew the back hill was uneven, but didn't realize how much until we started filling it. So for this year we have a shallow end and deep end. 😂  I'll have someone come fill part of the hill in next year and even it out before we put it up. For this year it is what it is. The kids have been loving it and Annie had her friend over on Friday and Aaron had his girlfriend here too and they all swam around and played games. Then Saturday Annie and I went out with my bestie and her family for dinner and mini golf. Yesterday Ad came over and we had a family dinner and played some games. So all and all and nice weekend. 

On a side note I wanted to share something with you my dear Friends. You have been so wonderfully supportive with prayers and good wishes back when I shared my divorce news. So I wanted to share that I have a new special friend. We've been talking for a few months and have started going out on some dates. Taking it slow but we have a lot of fun when we hang out. So just want to thank you so much for all the loving prayers and support! It feels so nice to be coming out the other side of pain and even grief and be enjoying life more again ❤️ 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING

toast with lemon curd and raspberries, iced coffee

RIGHT NOW I AM:

My son was done with work early and is chatting with me. I was working on my planner. Getting next load of laundry in too

AS I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW

It's a gorgeous perfect sunny day! We'd had such muggy warm weather as much of the country had, and now it feels so pleasant. The sun is shining and the sky is blue with big clouds. 

AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE

Tidy and bright. I still have some patriotic decorations up and may take them down this week when I clean for company coming next weekend. I can't believe how fast this summer is flying and it's almost August! I have seen a lot of Fall decorations out in the stores already and school lists out for kids' supplies

ON THIS WEEK'S TO DO LIST:

Finish my closet (I did start), Annie's hockey and volleyball, hospice volunteering, friend and her daughter coming over for pool play date, cleaning and groceries and errands for Aunt and cousins coming to visit next weekend, Annie has a summer hockey tourney late in the week

 

CURRENTLY READING

I have such a huge book pile - I need to get back to reading. Ugh!!

ON THE TV TODAY:

Bachelorette,  America's Got Talent,  Big Brother,  Grantchester, Hollywood game night, Christina on the Coast and some other HGTV shows, movies taped to catch up on

 

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:

MONDAY:  leftover BA meal we didn't eat last week 

TUESDAY: one pot veggie spaghetti, garlic bread, salad

WEDNESDAY: pancakes, bacon, fruit

THURSDAY: light night (salads?) as we'll be eating lots of naughty yummy things when company is here

FRIDAY: out with family

WHAT I AM CREATING AT THE MOMENT

Working on a little scrapbook type book for Aaron before he goes off to college. It has tips and reminders for how to do things like laundry, some of his favorite recipes, life lessons etc 😉 

NEW RECIPE I WANT TO TRY THIS WEEK:

not sure about new this week?

TIP OF THE WEEK:

FROM THE CAMERA

The Beast - Lol As you can see it's a pretty big pool (18 footer) - in second pic look just above Ruby further up the hill

mini golf with friends - Annie lining up her shot

More flowers popping out all over 😊 🌸 

Ruby walks have been wonderful

These are some views from the bay down by our dock. As you can see the water is really high and comes right up to the top of our dock. There have been gorgeous summer twilights on the bay this past week.

My happy place and a bit of heaven on earth 🙏 

PRAYER, INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OR DEVOTIONAL:

But will you hate me if I've already been getting a few moments of this on the brain?? (I know Billie Jo won't - Lol) I'm linking with Sandra of Diary of a SAHM for Happy Homemaker Monday.