Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

 

Good morning, friends. As some of you might have seen on social media, today is a hard day in the Shaffer household. We said a broken-hearted goodbye to our Braeya Jo yesterday. I will talk more about it another time, but our hearts are wrecked today. The Lord is walking us through much right now, and this was an expected-yet-unexpected happening.

            Today is also our monthiversary, and while neither one of us feels like jumping in celebration because of our grief, I must say that we experienced love in a deeper way yesterday as we clung, literally and figuratively, together in our goodbyes. I love Ryan more than I can possibly put into words. His grief over Braeya’s loss is as profound as mine, even though he married into this feline parenthood. He was such a good dad to her, and she loved him with her whole heart. How would I ever navigate this without him? I love you, Ryan. Thanks for grieving with me.

            While we sort our grief, I’ve found some things for you today, and I hope they bring you cheer!

ONE. 

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the time change! If time has to change, this is the good one – because you get an extra hour of sleep! 😊 Meanwhile, I’ll keep holding out hope that one of these days, Indiana will pick a time and keep it. I mean…we did it for years, right?

TWO. 

This post is so beautifully written, and if you are struggling to trust the Lord with the deepest prayers of your heart, I encourage you to read it. Rachel hasn’t written anything that you probably don’t already know, but you absolutely might need to be reminded of it! The point she wrote about that God has already been gently nudging me to remember is that He has been faithful in the past and is unchanging. YES!!!

THREE. 

Thanksgiving is coming right up. Have you figured out what you’re wearing yet? This blogger has a series of ideas to inspire you. Here’s a post featuring leggings, here is one featuring casual outfits, and here is one for dressier outfits. (Are you team casual or team dressy on Thanksgiving?)

FOUR.

Have you had frozen hot chocolate? I have, and while I almost always choose coffee in a drink if I can, I have to say this drink is one of life’s great treasures. I learned about it from my coworker at WillowBridge, and she did not steer me wrong in this AT ALL. Anyway. Here is a recipe for making it in an ice cream maker! It may not be able to go on my healthy choices list, but it sure could go on the delicious choices list! I realize it’s November and cold drinks probably aren’t high on your list, but there’s always an electric blanket, right??

FIVE. 

I read this post about how to celebrate Christmas like a Hallmark movie, and I think the author is onto something there! The years we lived in Grabill, Christmas in the little downtown area really did feel like a movie set. I loved shopping in the little local shops and seeing the downtown tree lighting (complete with caroling). I think we need to take advantage of that again now that we’re in the area of small towns once again. And I want to add eating in a Main Street restaurant! BONUS: And if you want to look the part while living the dream, you can read this post to see how to dress like you’re in a Hallmark movie!

SIX. 

And speaking of Christmas TV movies, here is a pin (couldn’t find a link back to the original) with a pass-the-gift plan for a whole movie-watching party, If you’re throwing a movie-watching party, you can have everyone bring a gift, and then pass it according to what happens in the movie and see what you end up with! 😊

BONUS: 

As you will soon see, it hasn’t been my finest week on looks. But here are my offerings from the old capsule this week!

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Sunday, October 27, 2024

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Thursday, October 31. 2024

Friday, November 01, 2024