Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

 

Good morning, friends! I welcome your prayers today if you happen to see this earlier in the day. I’m speaking at a women’s event today, and I want to give it my very best. Spiritual warfare is a guarantee whenever I’m slated to speak, and indeed, it kicked in with a fury last night.

                While I share my thoughts on being still, here are some links for you to enjoy!

For the past couple of years, we’ve purchased our ferns at the Amish greenhouse where we get the rest of our plants. This year the fern prices were significantly higher, so we got them at Walmart instead, but they are also a little smaller than we’ve had before. I know they’ll grow – but this post about how to grow great ferns did catch my eye. Interesting suggestion in there! Might be worth a try! (BONUS: WOW!!! This post of Sarah’s has some absolutely great advice on how to get the most for your money when buying plants. I learned a few things in this one.)

Waiting for an answer to prayer is hard…and I think we can all agree on that. But I loved the perspective in Barb’s post about noticing the work God does in us IN the waiting. We miss that way too often – because we’re too impatient or just don’t have our eyes open to see Him at work. If you’re praying…and waiting…and waiting…and waiting…I hope her words are comforting to you!

I was so happy to see we have already made many of the swaps in this “pantry swaps for a cleaner kitchen” post. I do still buy some canned soups and bottled salad dressings, but I also use homemade versions of both more often than not. (And the soups and dressings I purchase are the healthiest I can find.) How about you? Is it time to clean up the pantry?

I told you earlier this week that we don’t host Mommapalooza anymore, but KariAnne Wood hosted her first one this year (though she didn’t call it that), and I was in love with her table! I think I loved it extra because it was all blue and white and I’ve come to learn, since living at the lake, that I love blue and white décor. If you want some inspiration for your Mother’s Day events for next year – or just for a random day – check out her post! (BONUS: Here are the recipes she made!)

Have you mixed flowers and herbs in arrangements before? How have I not thought of this? I love the idea – for the greenery and the fragrance! This post has great advice/tutorials on how to do it.

You know what I miss about blogs? The realness. When I started blogging nineteen years ago, bloggers were just people who wrote and shared their thoughts. Monetizing and niches weren’t things. It was just a conversational world among friends…online. And when I read Andrea’s post of homemaking tips and how to keep it all real, it felt like that sort of blogging world came back. It was so lovely. So read for the conversation…read for her ideas…just read and enjoy!