Good morning! Happy Saturday to you!
Hope your day is restful and joy-filled today. Ryan and I are looking forward
to a great day together – and while we enjoy today, I hope you enjoy these ideas!
ONE.
This month our Sunday School class is studying Scripture
passages about stillness and rest. Isn’t it interesting to see how a topic
keeps popping in front of your face anytime you’re intentionally studying it?
Monday morning, I opened my inbox and found this devo about removing the badge of busyness from our lives.
Though I realize it sure doesn’t appear to be true from recaps of our days,
Ryan and I really are working to “unbusy” our days so we can enjoy rest and
stillness. These words were so encouraging to me, and I hope they will be to you
as well!
TWO.
Last summer, one of the couples in our small group hosted
an outdoor meal that was SO BEAUTIFUL. They set up a pretty table outside and
decorated it all fancy. It was one of my favorite outdoor dining experiences,
and it was just in a backyard in the middle of town. I saw this post this week and am reminded that it will be fun to host an
outdoor meal at our own house this summer…and we already own all the things,
I’m sure, to make it pretty. I just have to round them up!
THREE.
This post is intended to teach kids how to pack their own balanced
lunches, but I think it could double as a great thing for adults, too. I pack
Ryan’s lunch every morning, and whenever I have the chance, I try to pre-pack
some of it the night before, so I can grab and go early in the morning. It’s
just easier when you’re in a hurry (and sleepy)! If mornings are a rush for you
too, packaging your food this way after you buy or prep it can make those
morning lunch-packing events go much more smoothly.
FOUR.
In my sorting through tubs from the attic, I’ve found a
couple of notebooks I kept while on vacations with my parents. I was little and
my journaling skills were limited, but I love it that I have these
specific memories recorded. Even if you’re not a big into journaling, these ideas can help you know what kinds of little tidbits to grab to
help you remember what happened each day! BONUS! No link for this one,
but just an idea for you. When we travel, we use our phones for some photos,
but we also use our DSLR cameras too. At the start of each travel day, I take
pictures of our chalkboard with the date and location written on them so as I
scroll, I can easily tell when we’ve changed days, which day it is, and where
we were. Sure, that information is captured on the photo, but it makes it
faster for me to see to have those “intro” pictures each day.
FIVE.
We’ve done a better job with our front porch this year than
we did last year, I think. I haven’t told you all about our porch, but in short
– it’s amazing and under-utilized. We have a glider out there – one that we
purchased back in our Kokomo days. I love it. We have a little coffee table out
there, but I haven’t 100% figured out how to make it pretty, because things
blow off the porch easily. Anything I put on there needs to have some staying
power. I did get some great pillows on end-of-year clearance last fall, and I
love the color they bring. We added some hanging baskets this year, and that
has made a HUGE difference, but it still needs some more love. Maybe not this
year, but in years to come. This post was very inspirational in giving me ideas. Maybe a few
more plants…a rug…some lights. When I figure it out, it’ll be pretty! How about
you? Are you a front-porch dweller?
SIX.
And to round out this week’s list…awhole post of ways you can use muffin tins. I’ve seen some of these ideas
before, but others were new to me! My favorite, I think, was using it to prop
up stuffed peppers! Brilliant!
BONUS:
I’m officially into my summer capsule wardrobe! Here is the first week of outfits!
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