Weekend

 

I hope you had a great weekend. I had a good one. Not busy, I mostly puttered around on Saturday. I put a roast into the crock pot with beef broth and small potatoes and carrots. I added salt, pepper, garlic powder and a packet of onion soup mix. It cooked all day and made the best dinner!

I also reorganized some things in the kitchen. I'm always a fan of making our work spaces function the best they can for how we live now.

Our kitchen is very white, and I use color as an accent. Here are a few photos from the summer.

Of course, the flags are gone now and I have repotted both plants which have grown a lot this year. I may buy new curtains to put in here for the autumn season, then put these back for Christmas. I might use some tea towels like this.

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Sunday, we took two of our grands to church with us, and then after we took them home, we met up with our local daughter and son in law for lunch. It was so nice to get some time with them. We are all so busy, they with a new baby and a business, and Tim and I with his business. Baby girl is a month old already. She's precious.

Tim went to check out a car with our oldest daughter and her friend in the late afternoon, and I had a nap in my chair. Lol.

Then we finished watching the first season of a series on Britbox. It's good but there is language. 

The temperatures are moderating here, and the leaves are changing. We've had rain off and on this weekend and it's supposed to continue through the week, with tomorrow having heavy rain.

I started and finished a scarf this week. It is a crochet pattern and so easy. I made a different color but here is a link to the pattern.

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If you can chain and do a slip stitch you can make this pretty scarf!

I want to work on a baby hat for my new granddaughter. My TN daughter and my daughter in law are both crocheters and they make things for their kids.

Well, I've chatted on quite a bit. Tell me what you've been up to lately.

Weekend

 

I was busy in the kitchen this weekend. I spent most of the day making 5 dozen vanilla cupcakes with strawberry frosting. The best strawberry flavor!

Here is an image from the website where I got the recipe!

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I found the recipe on Pinterest. I used a box mix for the cupcakes, but I did make this cake from scratch after my daughter had her baby girl!

The cupcakes were for a baby shower on Sunday, best friends of my daughter and son in law, and they were having a huge shower! 80 guests! Women, men, and kids attended. My daughter had asked me if I was willing to make the cupcakes, as she is just had her baby four weeks ago!

She said they were delicious! Someone else made Lemon cupcakes!

After I finished the cupcakes, I made dinner, then frosted the cupcakes, and then I made quiche to be cooked for breakfast on Sunday!

Sunday was missions Sunday at our church with our team who just were in Honduras spoke. God used them in practical and spiritual ways, and God blessed the team in many ways, too!

Tim and I grabbed some lunch on our way home (no grands this week). When we got home, I started to decorate for fall. I also made some small changes in my kitchen, to declutter the counters a bit, and see how it might function a bit better.

I did go to Hobby Lobby Saturday morning (before the kitchen marathon!) and got a few fall picks to refresh my favorite wreath, I also got a new piece of art for the living room wall. I'm changing a few things around, and I like it!

Today, I spent most of the day out as my dad had two annual appointments up at the V.A. We are so thankful for the care that he receives.

The weather is delightful. We had blue skies, white puffy clouds, and mild temperatures today. Autumn is here! 

Welcome Autumn

 

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In my life autumn begins at the beginning of September. Schools are back in session, the turning of the leaves has begun, the local produce stands have pumpkins. By starting now, we get three good months of autumn for decor and coziness. I'm all for that, how about you?

Saturday was a great puttering day for me, here at the house. We've had guests non stop since August 9th, so I haven't had my usual puttering. 

Our Sarah stayed over for a few days to have time with her sisters, TN daughter was in town, and to hold our new little grand. She left on Sunday. She had stripped the bed, so on Monday I put fresh sheets on the bed, fluffed the pillows, and with the weather being amazing, I opened the windows and aired out the room!

This week is school with Kam, and I have a co-op meeting tonight. I'm hosting a back to co-op tea on Saturday morning, but so far we only have one person signed up. I think more will sign up after the meeting tonight.

I'm in my 32nd year of home education. Amazing to think about. I've committed to finishing high school with my oldest grand, and then I'll be retired. That will be weird. It's been hard work, and joy, and I do not regret a minute of it!

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Autumn puts me in a cozy mood, and I love to have candles on and books to read. Speaking of books, have any of you read "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion," by Beth Brower? Oh, how I love these books. I actually listened to them on Audible. Hopefully the next book will be released soon. I also want to collect the books.

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There is so much more to savor and enjoy this autumn. I hope you'll take the time to sit in the fresh air, eat outside, and bask in the beauty of God's creation.

"Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter will never cease while the earth remains." Genesis 8:22

Weekend

 

We had a really nice weekend. On Saturday we had lots of puttering here for me, and mowing and oil changes here for Tim! What a pair we are! 

I finally got most of the artwork up in our bedroom. I also used some Rub n Buff on a too shiny gold frame, and four metal disks on the edges of our sleigh bed. They were too shiny, too! Now they look better.

On Sunday, we had to leave right after church to meet up with extended family for lunch. Our sister in laws sister is someone we've known for many years. In fact, when we moved to Pennsylvania 32 years ago, we stayed with her for a few months. She was single in those days. 

Anyway, we meet up with them, my parents and three of our nieces for lunch yesterday. It was so fun.

Our beautiful nieces

We stopped by our friends' house on our way home, to drop something off and my sweet friend Britt, cut some of her garden roses for me! They smell so beautiful!

We came home, relaxed and enjoyed a quiet evening.

I'm thankful.

Weekend

 

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I got to hold and love on my new grandbaby again on Saturday evening. It was wonderful. She had been fed, and was ready for a wee nap. 

On Saturday, I mostly puttered. Now that our bedroom is pretty well done, I need to get more artwork hung up in there and in the office!

Still need to find Tim a desk. I want wood, so I am keeping my eyes on FB Marketplace. The office is a small room so we can't have a huge desk in there.

We had a big thunderstorm overnight Saturday into Sunday and it woke us up! I love a storm.

We had rain this morning again, and I am beginning to see that the light is shifting from the strong light of summer to a softer autumnal light. Some of the early turning trees and shrubs like sumac are beginning to turn. 

My Limelights are getting their autumn blush on them and I love it. We still have weeks of summer to go, but I always count autumn as having started when it becomes September.

Soon it will be time to turn off the air conditioner, and we'll be able to open the windows to the fresh autumn air.

Did you have a good weekend?

Information Friday

 

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What an amazing week we've had! Grandbaby number 10 has been born! What a joy to have a new family member. Our daughter, son in law and the babe are doing great.

I made dinner for them on Tuesday and we all got to go hold the baby and welcome her to the family. She is darling!

My friend Jane is now visiting with other PA friends. We took her to the Big Valley on Wednesday, and enjoyed lunch together. She called this her Pennsylvania tour. Started off for a long weekend with one set of friends, then with us for 10 days, and now with another set for 10 days, then she'll head home. She's the best!

Now, I have a week to get myself organized and reoriented after a super fun summer!

From Benny Johnson

From Pepe Deluxe

This is not good news for Fauci.

Remember his pardon is only a Federal pardon. Individual states can go after him, some have already started the process!

Ah! 

That's all I have for today! I hope you have a great weekend!

Weekend

 

Summer is beginning to wane here in Pennsylvania. Oh, we'll have heat and thunderstorms and swimming weather for many weeks yet, but the turn has begun. 

I saw it along the roadsides yesterday as we drove to the mid-state to pick up my dear friend Jane. Sumac, and other shrubs along the road are beginning to change their color. The kids in our area go back to school in two weeks, and I can begin to see a slight change in the light.

I love this time of year. We still have peaches, sweet corn, fresh tomatoes and yet the tobacco is being harvested on Amish farms. If I blink the corn will begin to come down, too.

Soon it'll be Amish wedding season.

I've heard that the government are on track to make daylight savings permanent. 

I love the change of seasons, especially the change from summer into autumn and winter to spring.

I am going to savor the rest of summer, and time with my dear friend. I hope you are enjoying a fun and satisfying season as well.

Weekend

 

           I want to replace this Ikea chair by the closet. I can't sit in it comfortably as I am too short!

                                                Also I want a new bedside table for Tim.

We had a really good weekend. Saturday we got a lot done in our room - including decluttering all the things. Our room had become a dumping spot. 

Tim got my FB Marketplace painting hung. It's of a Scottish Loch. We like the way the painting looks against the wallpaper.

We also got our curtains hung. I went with burgundy velvet. They look great with the wallpaper, too!

We need a couple of chairs, and a rug for the sitting room area of the bedroom. 

In the office, the Colonial Williamsburg Nicholson Green is wonderful. I completely love this color. The white paint in both our bedroom and the office is Farrow and Ball Pointing mixed into another brand. 

We loved the way the black door handles looked against the green, so we decided to go with black outlets and covers, too. The store only had shiny plastic, so we used satin black spray paint that we had and that looks great.

The office needs a desk with drawers for Tim and a nicer table or small desk for the computer. We will bring our console that we have in the basement up and have the printer on that. 

In Family news, today is my youngest son's 21st Birthday! All my kids are full adults now!

This is him when I started my blog in 2007.

This was yesterday! I love this guy so much! Happy Birthday, son! 

Yesterday was our youngest daughter and son in law's first wedding anniversary! We went to lunch with our son in law's parents, this guy above, and our local son in law. (our daughter was seeing a movie with her girlfriends) We sent our happy wishes to them on their anniversary!

What a great weekend!