Good morning and happy Saturday to
you, my friends! I hope you are enjoying a BEAUTIFUL day today. We sure are
looking forward to ours! Much to do today. While I’m working away on projects,
here are some fun things for you!
ONE.
Everyone around the lake has been planting flowers and
summer-fying their properties. Looks SO NICE. (We have some really talented
flower gardeners on this lake, and I love looking at their work.) This post has some great ideas for making your house summer-ready
inside and out. Her admonition to clean the front porch is one I need to
take seriously. It’s not cluttered, but we’ve had a lot of dirt and dust pile
up out there over the winter. It needs a good power wash and scrub! And some of
the summer recipes in this same post look pretty tasty, too! (I’m lookin’ at you,
mini cherry pie!)
TWO.
What is your dessert specialty? My mom’s has always been
pie and candy. My friend Amber is the scotcharoo queen. My friend Abagail does
the most amazing cakes and pretty sugar cookies. (I’m realizing the gift of
having friends who specialize in varied desserts…) Mine? Cookies. Not pretty
cookies. But cookies. I have always loved making them, and I have always had a
lot of fun with it. So when this came to my inbox, I decided to save it. Tons of ideas for
great cookies right inside here. The coffee shortbread has my attention. (Lois,
I still remember your DELICIOUS shortbread you gifted your staff every
Christmas! I miss it!) I also drooled over the s’more sandwich cookies.
THREE.
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, which can be a really wonderful
day for some and a really hard day for others. Dayspring has several articles
that speaks to the good and hard of this day. Empty nester? Read this. Single mom? This one is for you! BONUS: If you forgot to buy a Mother’s
Day card, Barbara Rainey has some downloadable options in her Etsy store – including one for a mother-in-law!
FOUR.
I shared earlier this week about my routines for meal planning
and making grocery lists. If you pack lunches and need some ideas for healthy,
on-the-go options, this
post has some great (and easy!) suggestions. Though I love cooking and
enjoy doing so for all meals, there’s nothing wrong with quick, easy meals that
don’t require cooking!
FIVE.
Looking for a new Bible study for the summer? There are a
couple of brand new ones coming out from women I’ve enjoyed reading in the
past, so I wanted to point you in their directions! The first is Encounters
with the Living God by Shannon Leibold. It explores the lives of six
women in Scripture who encountered God and were changed as a result. The second
is releasing in the next few days and is about Jacob.
Darlene Schacht wrote this one. (She also does YouTube Bible studies over her
books and is planning to start one on this book in June!) I’ve never been
disappointed by anything I’ve read from either of these ladies, so I encourage
you to check them out!
SIX.
And finally, in the land of most random information, here’s a post about
things you can do with your leftover strawberry tops/stems after you cut them
off the main berry. Can you believe everything you read on the internet? I
haven’t had time to deep dive into this one, so I can’t say for sure, but I did
find it intriguing!
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