Happy Sunday. Happy Mother's Day - whether momma to humans or furry babes! Wishing you all a lovely day.
I hope this finds you all well and safe. Praying that your problems are shrinking away and life is calm.
We have finally gotten spring/summer weather. It has been warm and wonderful all week. Yesterday they were calling for rain - well, not at my house. I was about 5 miles from my house late yesterday afternoon and it poured like crazy - thunder and lightening. Not a thing on radar!!!!!!! Not a drop at my house!
This week:
- Pulled a lot more weeds - easy going after the rains
- Lots of laundry - started washing all the winter bedding from kitty house
- Fixed my 'work' flip-flops. They are a one piece molded sandal - there was a crack - so I super glued!
- Mowed and trimmed the entire yard
- Bought a couple plants to plant and a couple baskets (pre-made)
- Did lots of easy meals this week - it was warm and I was busy - so easy it was
- Trimmed all the bushes out back
- The day I went out - I stopped at Kroger. Got a couple deals. Strawberries were 2 lbs. for 2.47, personal size watermelon for 1.99, milk 1.29/1/2 gal. and got fresh corn 4 ears/$2 - got 2X points
- Found a penny!
- Went to my gr.gr. nephews 9th birthday party. Boy did he get a haul! Great being with family
- Just a lot of yard work - enjoying the outside
- Windows open and airing house
Meals this past week:
Leftover cauliflower/carrots/cheese, brat on bun
Bean a rice tostadas
Leftover rice & beans and salad
Chicken strip and veggie sub (of sorts) - on hotdog bun
Baked potato w/cheese, bacon, ranch
Sausage sandwich and fruit
Pizza at my nephews party
Still haven't seen a hummingbird - usually first of June here. I sighted the first groundhog in my yard on Thursday. I set the live trap on Saturday morning and Blackie decided to mark this yard as his territory and I haven't seen the groundhog since. We will see!
How has your week been? I hope all of those having bad days - can smile today. Did anyone get any great deals? Getting that garden or plants planted? Deals?
I hope you all have had a good week.
May your week ahead, be lovely, safe and may you stay healthy.
Blessings from my humble little home to you and yours.
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Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world. After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you. To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen
1 Peter 5:7-11
Lord, I know I and others need these words this week. The devil has tried to catch us many times, and we must resist and turn our worries and anxieties to You. We have so much and are so blessed, compared to many. Help us to calm our spirits and know that You have control. Amen
Excellent devotional! Folks need to be fully aware of satan's work. Speak the name of our Messiah and he will flee from you.
ReplyDeleteCan't tell you exactly what we did this week except pull weeds. ha! We got a bit of rain last night so I think I'll work on the path in one of the flower beds. Stuff should come up pretty easy.
Erin is working today but she'll stop by after her shift and then come on Friday for a late lunch.
Enjoy your day!
Thanks - it sure hit me fully. I tend to let the devil reach in now and then and then I remember God has this!
DeleteStill no rain here yet. Glad you got a little. I makes for easy pulling.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your week!
Spring is a busy time of year. There are 2 fencing projects in the works, one at my mom's property. Wire fences have a life span of ~ 30-40 yrs & that time has come. I'm working on a corral project on my property using portable free-standing panels. Like many projects, the prep work is more problematic than the actual work. I keep telling myself that it will all get done in the end. There's a line in an Alan Jackson song - it won't take too long, it will just take money! In the middle of it all, I've discovered that I've got an irregular heart beat so have been having some medical appts around that. And yet I feel relatively fine. I thought I would escape my family's medical history. We enjoyed a Mothers' Day tea at the supportive living residence where my mom lives. My sister joined us & with some encouragement, mom agreed to go & enjoyed it. After one day of wood splitting, we've taken the week off to do other things. I cut grass yesterday for the first time & today I will plant the garden. I'm looking forward to making a green house run in the coming week. Meals this week: quinoa salad; BLT; hot dog; BBQ pork with potato salad, roasted carrots. Happy Mothers' Day to all.
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy! Yes indeed, if those big projects take up a lot of time or get to be too much - money will take care of it!!!! I am starting to learn and letting loose of a little of it!!
DeleteHope you don't have any major problems with the heartbeat.
Glad you convinced mom to have tea - how lovely for you all to be together.
Your meals sound so good.
Have a wonderful week!
Happy Mother's Day to everyone!
ReplyDeleteWe are having high temps here which is good. We got our garden in yesterday. Today we are mowing the yards.
I love the scripture, a nice reminder to always pay attention.
Hoping you have a grand mother's day. My garden still isn't in - but it will be soon! Glad your temps are where it is safe to plant and enjoy the yard.
DeleteThanks - the scripture kind of spoke to me - I didn't have my proudest moments this week. Let a thing or two get to me - should have just let God handle it.
Have a blessed and beautiful week!
We saw a hummingbird in our yard yesterday! I was so excited. I don't see them every year and usually not this early. My husband had repaired the fountain in our backyard and it was flying around it. I think it wanted a drink! But after several minutes it gave up. I'd never seen one hang around that long except at Pikes Peak State Park in Iowa.
ReplyDeleteOh you lucky!!! I just find them such a joy. I have seen them fly around fountains in the mist - like they are bathing. I can't wait to see my first of the year. I always anticipate that!
DeleteHave a great week.
Happy Mother's Day everyone! Cheryl, 4 years ago over an office chair on wheels slide out from under me as I was reaching over to pick up something and my left femur was fractured in 3 places and my hip as well. I had emergency surgery and my life changed forever. The reason I mention this is that the scripture you quoted today is the very one that a precious nurse , who had had a disease that could have been fatal for her was prayed it many times a day and she recovered, and she encouraged me to pray it as well. To this day we continue .
ReplyDeleteIt was a busy week here. The weather has gotten warm enough to start hardening the seedlings. The deck and deck furniture got washed, finished and sent out Mother's Day cards, did an OTC stock up. Meals this week were: turkey sandwiches and salads, homemade eggrolls made with rice paper and cooked in the air fryer and home made fried rice, pork chops, caulimash and airfried carrot sticks, leftover roast chicken salad and sweet potato, steak, salad, and green beans, Cookie
Isn't that something. I am glad it seems to be a verse that resonates with many. Bless your heart.
DeleteSounds like you had a very busy and productive week. Your meals sound so good. I made fried rice today. I have some sliced turkey in the freezer - hmmm - there is an idea for this week. Thanks.
Hope you have a great week.
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteYour choice of Bible verses truly resonates with me and I thank you for that.
It has been a busy week for me also, we did get some rain yesterday. Enough to keep me from mowing until maybe tomorrow, but it's okay. We needed the rain and the grass isn't going anywhere LOL.
I am north of you and have seen several hummingbirds. I also made an oriole feeder, Hoping they come back..
Garden plowed/tilled and ready for planting. Meals from home and easy at that.
Hope all have a wonderful Mothers Day.
JC
Thanks - glad you liked it.
DeleteGee, I am envious with you all and your hummers. It won't be long and I will too. I just love them so much.
Sounds like you are ready to do some planting. YAY!
Easy meals have been my ticket, I love it, as long as I am full!
Have a great week.
Happy Mother's Day! Give Blackie a chin scratch from me. :-)
ReplyDeletePoppy has kept us up the past few nights, so this morning at o'dark thirty, I got busy in the kitchen. From the oven: fudge sheet cake with mini chocolate chips and whipped white frosting plus 3 dozen sugar cookies with sprinkles. In my crockpot (for dinner later) a seasoned beef roast with baby potatoes and baby carrots.
Thank you for the verses and prayer. They hit the mark for me right now. From the advertised deals I mentioned earlier this week, we got a few things. 6 lbs. of b/s chicken breast went into the crock pot for chicken verde that then got shredded and divided into 6; 5 vacuum sealed bags went into the freezer. I made a meal for 2 nights with one adding noodles and spinach. Otherwise quick meals this week. Hot dogs twice. My excuse is the puppy.
In a very cheerful, positive way yesterday, I let BIL know he's expected to move out of here as soon as his house closes this week. I mentioned a very nice Best Western hotel near where he'll be if he doesn't feel ready to move in. I told him it's so exciting that he can move in, get settled, and start making a million dollars, now that he's no longer encumbered by the folks.
Hope all here have a fabulous day doing whatever makes you happy! --Elise
P.S. I've mentioned my mom has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and lives with my Sis halfway across the country. Mom was very clear headed when I spoke to her on the phone the other day. Sis just emailed a pic of the card she got from mom this morning that reads, "Mom, you are the best and I love you the most. Love, A." So, mom thinks Sis is her mother today. Prayers appreciated for my Sis. I'm sure some of you can relate. --Elise
DeleteNew puppy makes for a busy and creative mommy! LOL
DeleteThe chicken sounds tasty.
Good for you - imagine. He gets everything, then says he would have been a millionaire if it hadn't been for those folks he just got everything from. SMH
Glad you spoke up. Stick to your guns!!!!
Oh how sad with your mom. I am sure she is happy - but your sis. That would be so hard to handle. I am so thankful I never had to experience that with my folks. That has to be a tough one.
Prayers for your sis to get through it all.
Hoping you have a lovely week.
Prayers for you, your sis and your Mom. All your cooking sounds wonderful!
DeleteI will sure be praying for your sis. Oh my gosh, boy did we have a nutty Mother's day yesterday. Ambulance and all...I know how it is with a 93 year old mom. We better really pray one for another. Praying for you Elise too, none of this is easy.
DeleteThank you, Cheryl, Laurie and Amelia. Prayers are appreciated more than you know. I pray for each of you, too, and everyone here (even those who don't comment). You are all such a HUGE gift from God to me. Always know that. --Elise
DeleteThank you Elise, it really is a Gift for all isn't it? I so hear your heart.
DeleteIt's been hot and humid here this week. We had rain yesterday evening and it made the humidity worse. We're supposed to get a storm this afternoon that is predicted to cool things off for a couple of days and I'll take it. lol
ReplyDeleteLove the scripture you shared. It is a good reminder. Enjoy your Sunday!!
It got really humid yesterday. I don't like muggy!
DeleteIt is better here today, and I guess the humidity is to really drop tomorrow.
Hope you are managing to stay cool! Thank you!
Have a great week.
Sounds like a wonderful week, Cheryl. Happy Mother’s Day to you too. Puppies and kitties count too. Bailey and I had a fun tea day to celebrate the day. Your new flowers are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is Belinda, btw.
Yes mam - puppies and kitties count too!!!
DeleteSounds like you had a wonderful mother/daughter day. That is great.
Thanks.
Have a great week.
Here in SW PA, our hummingbirds and orioles have been back for a couple of weeks. The orioles nested last week, leaving their pieces of dried grass in the jelly in my feeder when they stopped for a bite. Feeding hummers, too.
ReplyDeleteToday is gorgeous, but it is to go down to 39F Wed night, so no planting tender plants until at least after that. I accidently killed two of my four tomato plants trying to transplant them into larger pots because they were dying in the small pots. Oh well, guess I'll have to buy a couple to make up the difference. The cukes are blooming in the house, and the zukes are getting big. Need to figure out where to plant the sunflowers. I hope to get everything in in the next week or so, weather permitting.
I'm feeling calmer today than recent days, despite a sleepless night filled with anxiety. Talked to my mother this morning, and she shared caregiver advice. Husband's BP is still all over the place, and he is experiencing weakness and trouble walking. I will be contacting the replacement doctor tomorrow morning to see if he wants to increase Husband's BP medication. I also need to track down his former doctor at the new practice and find out how soon we can transfer. Bad timing for a transition.
Eye doctor appt. this week, and I'm hoping I can get new glasses. These frames are the wrong size and hurt my nose and ear, and the prescription is outdated. I have an extremely narrow face, so I'll be lucky if they have any frames to fit that will take the progressive lenses I need.
Happy Mother's Day to all those who nuture!
Frances in the Trailer Park
You lucky girl to have the hummers and the orioles. Brr. that is still a bit chilly. Sure hope after that you have no more worries.
DeleteMommas help! I am glad you got to talk to Mom and it sounds like she gave good advice. The BP thing can surely cause the other problems. Good plan on reaching out to both docs. Hope you can come up with a good plan.
I hate getting new glasses. I got them after surgery, and only wear them for close up - otherwise nothing seems quite right. I hope you get good ones that fit and do you good.
I hope it turns out to be a wonderful week.
Hello everyone and Happy Mother's Day!! I'll be honest. I'm hoping that this will relax me into a nap lol. I'm so tired and I'd love a little catnap.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be happy to know that my market receipt was correct today! We went to the market after church. The floral section is right at the door and it was a mob scene! The smell was delicious and the flowers were so beautiful. Alas, I was just there to get groceries. I ran out of a lot of stuff this week so it was a longer trip. Found some pork loin on sale for $1.99#. I bought two of them. I cut one into
2 pcs. And froze those. I sliced the other one and cooked 15 loin pcs. with 4 baked potatoes. Those will be a great addition to our freezer stock. Okay, it's nap time. See you in a bit! 😴
Hope you get that nap!
DeleteYAY on the receipt. I bet the flower dept. was a mob scene - everyone who forgot to get something earlier!!!!!!!
Good deal on the loins. Sounds like you are ready for a few future meals made easy!
Have a good week!
Debby, I do that ALL the time with pork loin when it goes on sale, but I haven't seen that price per pound in years. Great deal!! Nice way to restock the freezer for quick meals.
Delete--Elise
Just finished a long post and the whole stinking thing disappeared in the middle of the publishing pause. 😫
ReplyDeleteSo sorry - I checked Spam it did not go there. I have been having problems lately on posting on blogs as well.
DeleteI am so glad I don't have to pull weeds! But, they do come out easily after a rain. One hummingbird each day seems to be the limit around here.
ReplyDeletePulling weeds is a lot of works - but somehow cathartic!
DeleteOne a day would be lovely!!
Have a good week.
Thank you, Cheryl, for the Bible verse. Happy Mother's Day to all of you! My oldest daughter hosted Mother's Day at her house on Saturday. We saw 2 hummingbirds at her house! On Sunday my husband helped me plant my new perennials and herbs.
ReplyDeleteI got a good deal on mushrooms so made some Hungarian Mushroom soup. I shopped the markdowns at Meijer and found baby kale, a kale salad kit, and spinach. I originally went in for lettuce for salads this week but it will be kale and spinach instead. I got a raincheck at Jewel for strawberries for 99 cents a pound so will go back later for those. I only buy the loss leaders at Jewel. Have a wonderful week!
You are welcome.
DeleteSounds like you have had a wonderful weekend!!!!
Greens of any kind are good. Sometimes plans change.
.99 for strawberries is a great deal, well worth going back for.
Have a great week.
finally saw hummingbird and it was a female yesterday. Hubby told me she came to say happy mother's day
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift to receive!!!! I saw my first this morning!!!
DeleteHow lucky!
Have a great week.
That verse is perfect for me this week, and the prayer...Yes, perfect.
ReplyDeleteYou give little Blackie some pets from me, and tell him that Momo, Howdy and Elbee say "Hey". : )
Happy Mother's day to you dear Cheryl. You are like that special teacher some may have had who takes a special interest in her kids, young and old. You've got that special touch. A Gift and Blessing to many!
My mom fainted yesterday at the Greek restaurant we took her to, she was nerved up and became overheated outside. Long story. Not fun to have an ambulance join for Mother's day. Nightmare city. Our sweet family of four daughters and three son in laws were there and sooooo sweet and helpful. I gotta hand it to my pastor son in law...He knows just what to do with the elderly, even medically and is on our page with things. One of my other son in laws knows just how to comfort me, we have the same infp personality. My other older son in law is one of those mature wise ones, very watchful and sweet, he's the newbie of the family and he's learning the ways of this southern family. ; ) My mom is okay thank the good Lord. It's a shame, I had such plans for Mother's day and thought she was going to love that restaurant getting out a bit. When we sat down at the outside table we thought it would be fine in the shade. It was not.
God is good, and we all share in our goings on with one another wisely. So nice to be able to do that.
God's blessings to all, love that scripture and prayer...Yes ma'am. ~Amelia
Many prayers for you, Amelia. How wonderful to have family there who could make it easier. Hugs! --Elise
DeleteThank you for your ever kind words.
DeleteI am so sorry you all went through that yesterday. Very happy your mom is OK. It sounds like you hit the jackpot with in-laws!!!! Sound like a bunch of good guys.
Maybe on another day - you could get take away from there for her!
Yes indeed - God is good, even when things go bad.
Have a great week.
Thank you Elise, I covet your prayers. Hugs to you too!
DeleteYes, thank God we have three super good guys for son in laws...It's a huge help and blessing. You have a great week too!
DeleteHappy Mother's Day to all. I was fortunate to spend it with my daughter and grandson. The weather was perfect so we were able to be outside, gardening, playing at the park, and just relaxing. It was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your Mother's Day was relaxing and beautiful, Maebeme. That's nice to read. --Elise
DeleteVery happy you got to have a lovely weekend. I know you love that grandson of yours!!! He sure is a sweety, and I bet he loved spending the day with you too!
DeleteHave a great week. Hope your travels home are safe.
Some GOOD news this Monday. First of all, it's a mild, sunny morning. Rain is expected all week. I corralled youngest son and BIL to help Hubs get gravel down in areas with loose soil (where the re-grading was done) yesterday afternoon. Three makes for faster work than one. I'll get some fertilizer out around the lilacs and daylilies today; the lilacs are showing the first buds of bloom! BIL has his walk through of his soon-to-be house at 5pm and escrow will close tomorrow. He'll move out Wednesday. And I had enough store cash accumulated to buy a Instant Pot for $8.95 shipping this morning. Woo-hoo!!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed week, everyone. --Elise
Yay! Isn't it nice when things start going right?!
DeleteI found our former doctor's new practice, and Husband will be having an intake exam May 31. Also have a call into the old practice to get his meds upped. His BP was quite normal this morning. The power of prayer!
Oops, forgot: Frances in the Trailer Park
DeleteAnswered prayer indeed, Frances! Hip, hip hurrah that your husband has the appointment, meds and his BP is down! That has to be a big relief.
Delete:-) --Elise
Elise - yes mam - 3 make better work than one. Good job wrangling!!! I love lilacs. Funny I have never planted any. Not sure why!
DeleteYAY - HIP HIP HOORAH on the closing and the moving out of BIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful news. Soon you can get back to 'normal'.
Frances - that is fantastic news. Indeed, power of prayer. It makes such a difference and so many don't believe that. I sure do. God's way of lighting a spark under you guys to get this doc thing taken care of!!!
DeletePrayers hubs continues to be fine!
What a lovely week you had. We are finally getting lovely weather after all the snow and rain. I even got to hang clothes on my outside lines.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
YAY! Glad you are finally getting some nice weather. That sure makes the laundry smell good. We had rain early yesterday, but I finally got to be outside later in the day.
DeleteHave a wonderful week!