Hello Friends!
Happy new week to you. ☀️
The sun is shining here in the northwoods....even though we've had a few more rounds of snow dumped on us. At least we have some warm days in the forecast this week - hooray! So I know a lot of it will melt again. Spring will come eventually.
And it's been absolutely wonderful girlie time over here. My Annie is home from college in FL on her Spring break. And Matt had to go to AZ mid last week for work and due to our lovely weather, he needed to switch his flight. He was supposed to come home this weekend, but now isn't coming home until this week. Thankfully he has a full work set up in his folks house that he leaves there for these work moments. He had meetings he couldn't miss and it just worked better for him to come more mid week. I miss him, of course, but Annie and I have been having a lot of fun getting full 1:1 time and doing all the girlie things. So I'm really not complaining too badly. :)
My cold is almost fully gone now - thankfully. Still some coughing but overall feeling good and have my energy back. I did lots of Spring cleaning and put out Easter things before Annie got home. We even did a fun shopping outing too. She really needed a new bedspread in her room here. So I told her I wanted to get her a new set so she picked out the prettiest pale yellow fluffy comforter, pink accent pillows, and yellow sheets with pink flowers. And she already had a fleecy pink accent blanket. It's so Springy and fresh and pretty.
I still watched my church from home this weekend because I can occasionally get in a little coughing fit and just didn't want to put folks off at church. So other then our little outing for her bedding and some groceries we have mostly been hanging out, gabbing away, making meals, coloring, doing our nails, she's working on a puzzle, and we're watching fun shows together. I just adore my dear daughter and I'm so proud of the young Lady she has become.
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
half a piece of toast, coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
bringing in a painting to get framed, Ruby's haircut, Annie MD appt, Annie & I doing lunch with my Mom and step Dad, hang out with my girl, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
making some veggie pinwheel roll-up sammy's for lunch for us per Annie's request
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
coloring with my Annie-boo
CURRENTLY READING
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
ON THE TV TODAY:
Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother & the office, the Pitt, When Calls the Heart, Survivor, Outlander, Victoria
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - leftovers
TUESDAY - I had planned on making an Irish inspired meal but Matt won't be here in time to eat with me, and it wouldn't be Annie's thing.
So instead I'm making a pork chop (for me) and a baked veggie side dish with boursin cheese and sauteed asparagus with lemon per Annie's requests (she rarely eats meat) But I'm making a favorite of Annie's for dessert - chocolate & butterscotch chip bars and I'll put a sprinkle of green sugar on top in honor of St. Paddy's ☘️
WEDNESDAY - protein pasta & marinara (meatballs for Matt & I), salad
THURSDAY - sushi per Annie request
FRIDAY - ?? but no meat for me
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
work on puzzle and more coloring with Annie, watch shows together, lunch with my Mom
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
FROM THE CAMERA:
Matt has been sending pics of his work moments (one at an awards dinner for his company), the warm AZ sunshine, and golfing at a cool golf course with work buddies. He said it was the swankiest and hardest golf course he's ever golfed. It was called Gold Canyon Golf Resort and they did the Dinosaur Mountain Course. He said for how little he has golfed he was grateful he did pretty well and had many pars and even a birdie! Yay Honey! And I've been sending him pics of the furry babies and all of our snow. Very glamorous. 😂
Scenes from around home. Church from the couch. My new iphone cover. I love that it has hummingbirds and we're going to Hawaii in the future and I thought it had that tropical vibe. We put one of our Wizard of Oz sphere apples on top of Matt's dresser (that's a cabin I painted him for Christmas - he loves A frames). When we got Annie's bedding I picked up a cute new laundry basket. We got those things at Home Goods.
Some peeks of Easter around the house. I'll share more in the days to come. If it can't be Spring outside - then I'll make it feel Springy inside. 🌸
love this nightlight/air freshner - isn't that painters palette so cute??
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 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. 🙏🏻