Saturday Suggestions

 

ONE. 

When Ryan and I first moved to Kokomo, before we found the church we settled in for the long term, we attended a church near our house. The worship pastor and his wife were very kind to us, and we appreciated them so much. They had two children, who have grown up quite a lot since we knew them. Their oldest is in college now and is featured in this video that her mom shared this week. BEAUTIFUL voice! (She’s the female soloist.) I also really love this song.

TWO. 

This week I saw a post on Facebook written by someone who is upset that in general, people don’t send handwritten, mailed thank you notes anymore. I followed the post for a while – just to see the comments – and I learned that this could be an entire post in and of itself. Maybe it will be at some point. People definitely have strong feelings on this topic! But if you fall into the category of someone who wants to write meaningful thank you notes, but no one ever taught you how, check out this post. I think it’s well-written and gives pointers on how to write a note that is brief, yet filled with truth and meaning. (Any of you have strong feelings on thank you notes?)

THREE. 

You know my love of passport-driven adventures. I read this week about the Indiana library passport project that allows you to see some pretty cool libraries in the state. (Two from our county are on here – and also our home county library!) Even if you’re not from around here or don’t have time to travel this much in the immediate future, some of these buildings are gorgeous to look at in pictures.

FOUR. 

I have not made this recipe, but I wanted to share it because it looks like such a fun summer dessert. If you’re headed to a pitch-in gathering and need an idea for something that is a little different, try this take on theclassic banana split!

FIVE. 

I cry at almost every single wedding – because I’m just an unapologetic sap that way. I’ll even cry if I don’t know the people getting married! It’s just beautiful to see. But I found this story this week and had to share it with you. I wouldn’t have made it through this wedding without the most complete of all ugly cries. What a beautiful, sweet surprise for this bride!

SIX. 

The nerdy planner girl in me loves all the calendar ideas, so this one made me happy to uncover! It’s a budgeting calendar. You know that here in our household, we are all about planning and budgeting – and this is a great idea to lay everything out to see what is due when, how much it all costs, etc. This is also a great idea to have in place in case one person in the household is in charge of budgets and bills and needs to make sure the other one knows what to do in case of an emergency.