Here are some of the things that have been going on in my world this hot summer week.
Our backyard project is continuing. We are having a new deck and patio cover built. This is what the project looks like at the end of this week. Work will continue on Monday, but because there is a delay getting the materials for the roof, it probably won't be finished until the end of next week. We are so impressed with the quality of workmanship the contractors we hired are doing. This is going to be a great addition to our backyard.
Charly had his annual eye exam last week, and I am so grateful that his eye health is good. It's my turn to go to the eye doctor next week. I don't love going to the eye doctor, but I know that it's important to get my vision checked once a year.
We had a couple of days of cooler temperatures last week, and even got some rain, which was great. Today the heat is back, but it was nice to have at least a couple of days with cooler, cloudier weather.
We went to Market Night on Wednesday of last week.
Our favorite thing to buy at Market Night is Sourdough bread, and this last week we got Cheddar Cheese Sourdough bread. Delicious!
Charly and I tried a new sandwich place near our home on Friday, and it was reasonably priced with good excellent sandwiches.
This is the BLT on wheat that I had for lunch. It was huge. I ate half for lunch one day and saved the other half for the next day's lunch.
Saturday was a low-key day for us. It was a very hot day with temperatures over 100. We went for a walk in the morning, then we were home almost the entire day until we went to the grocery store in the evening.
Charly hung my book clock on Saturday. It wasn't easy to hang because it is a very heavy clock. I bought it at a thrift store for $14 when we were in St. George earlier this summer. It didn't work, so we had to take it to a clock repair shop. We were able to have it repaired for a reasonable price, and now it is hanging in our basement family room. I really like this cute clock which, the clockmaker told us dated back to the 1960s or 1970s.
I went out for an evening walk on Saturday after we got home from the grocery store. I have been noticing that it's getting dark a little earlier each night, now that we are moving toward fall.
Sunday morning, the flowers in my front yard garden looked so pretty. I took this picture as we were on our way to church.
We went to church. I passed this beautiful painting on my way into the chapel. After the main worship service, we attended Sunday School.
Sunday, we got the news that our dear friend Ron, (second from the left in this old picture), had died. He is a long-time friend of Charly's and we have known he and his wife since before we were both married. Our children were similar ages. His wife (on the far left) passed from cancer about two years ago, and then his son (on the far right) passed from colon cancer just a few weeks after his mother. It was all very sad. We had seen Ron just a few weeks ago when he was in a hospital in Salt Lake City. He was then released from the hospital and went home to Wyoming where he died this morning.
Sunday dinner was Cowboy Breakfast Casserole, with green salad, coleslaw and fruit. I thought the casserole was very good, but Charly said it wasn't one of his favorites. Josh joined us for dinner as he does most Sundays.
I did quite a bit of reading last week and finished this book, Leap of Faith by Kate Hewitt. It is about a typical suburban family who decided to leave the stresses of modern life behind and move to a homestead in West Virginia. I really quite liked this book. My reading has drastically fallen off this year due to a number of things, but I was pleased that I finished four books during the month of July.
Also last week, we finished watching the series on Netflix about Teddy Roosevelt and started watching this documentary on FDR. I love history documentaries and these are both excellent!
Gratitude for this week:
😊Making progress on our deck and patio cover project.
😊Having a productive week.
😊Being retired.
Praying for:
🙏 My children and grandchildren.
🙏 Health for Charly and I.
🙏 Help with making some important decisions we are facing.
🙏 The family of our friend who passed on Sunday.
Looking forward to:
🠞 The completion of the deck and patio cover project.
🠞 Seeing our grandchildren next weekend.
🠞 Not going back to school next week!
That's all for this week. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the week ahead.
Until next time,
😊Deb💖
" Be not afraid
nor dismayed...
for the battle is not yours, but God's."
2 Chronicles 20:15
