Mid-June Father's Day Weekend

Here are some scenes from our ordinary mid-June weekend. 

We started our weekend Friday morning by getting some exercise by walking at the mall.  We went to the mall instead of the rec center because I needed a battery for my watch, so we got that after our walk. 

We are still working on getting stuff out of our house in preparation for moving - hopefully next summer.  I went through all of my teacher files and now Charly is going through his.  He went through two containers Friday and recycled quite a bit, as you can see in our recycling container. 

Although our temperatures were well into the 90s on Friday, in the evening it cooled down into the 80s so I took a little walk around the neighborhood.  It was a lovely day and evening, even if a bit hot for this time of year. 

Saturday was Flag Day, so I put out three small flags in our yard. I have a larger flag, but it gets caught on our front wrought iron railing when the breeze blows it. 

I put this patriotic, God Bless America door hanger on my front door.   I plan to keep it up until after July 4.

Charly and I walked at the mall again Saturday morning, then, we stopped at Maverik on the way home. Charly likes to get a refill of soda and a hot dog for lunch on Saturday.  

Later Saturday afternoon, Josh wanted to go to the rec center and another walk sounded good to me too, so I had my second walk of the day. 

We met up with friends for dinner on Saturday night.  We had a nice visit and catch-up chat at Village Inn. We try to get together every month or two.   We've been friends since very early in both of our marriages.  We met when we were neighbors clear back in the 1980s. 

Sunday morning was beautiful - clear, sunny, and warm.  We went to church and heard some good messages about Fathers and also a special musical number from the children in our congregation. 

In the afternoon, I baked some super easy cake mix cookies because I wanted Charly to have a sweet treat on Father's Day.  The darker cookies were made from spice cake mix and the lighter cookies were from a Duncan Hines Butter Golden cake mix. I chose not to frost them because they were good without it and both Charly and I are watching our calories and sugar intake.

Charly was well remembered on Father's Day with cards, a Barnes & Noble gift card, texts, and a phone call with our daughter and grandchildren. 

Our Sunday dinner was an easy favorite - one pan-baked chicken, potatoes, and green beans with butter and Italian seasoning.  We also had kale salad and corn on the cob.  It was all delicious!

After dinner, Josh and I went for a little walk on our favorite walking path.  It was still almost 90 degrees, but a really beautiful evening.  

Finally, this Father's Day, I want to express gratitude for my husband who is a loving, kind, and caring husband, father, and grandfather. He is a good man who believes in and tries to follow God and Godly principles. He is a great blessing to me, our children, and our grandchildren! I truly hope he has had a Happy Father's Day!

Weekend gratitude:

• Josh finishing his first full week at his new full-time job that gives him good starting pay and full benefits. He likes his job and employer. He is pleased to have a full-time "adult job" and so are we!
• Having our two grandchildren who were on mission trips return home safely.
• Spending time with Charly.
• Meeting up with friends for dinner.
• Worshipping at church.
• Hearing from our daughter and grandchildren.
• Being blessed with a good, Godly father who raised me and a wonderful, faithful man (Charly) who is our children's father and my partner through time and eternity.

Praying for:

• Our daughter who is battling migraine headaches. 
• Josh who is looking for a Godly Christian woman to date and marry. 
• A friend who is dealing with Parkinson's disease. 
• Inspiration about exactly when within the next ten months I should retire. We are having another retirement planning session next week. 
• Our nation. 

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by. Have a good week!

Until next time, 

😊Deb💖

"A good father is one 

of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed,

and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

~Billy Graham

Birthday and Father's Day Weekend

It's time to look back at the birthday and Father's Day weekend that was. 

Friday, June 18, was another hot day.  Charly and I took our walk in the morning.  It was a little cloudy, but still hot all day. 

Josh had to work on his birthday, but when we got home, we got a take-out dinner from Sizzler, which was his choice for his birthday dinner.  Josh got steak and shrimp and Charly and I both had fish and chips - all very good. 

After dinner, Josh wanted to go to this ice cream place he had heard good things about.  

Josh got a whole quart of oreo - cookie dough.  I got just one scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough and Charly got salted caramel praline.  The ice cream was good, but I am a bit lactose intolerant, so one scoop of ice cream is enough for me for a long time.  Josh is still enjoying ice cream from his birthday quart.  

Saturday was another hot day.  Charly and I walked in the morning again. Saturday was also our nation's first official national holiday of Juneteenth, so we put out our flag. 

Josh's birthday presents this year, were things he needed - like new shoes.  He needed both work and casual shoes, so Saturday morning, I took him to the shoe store to pick out what he needed.  When I got home,  I mentioned to Charly and the place Josh and I went also had the kind of shoes Charly likes, so Charly and I went back to that store and one other store. At the end of that trip, both Charly and I had two new pair of shoes as well.  I guess you could say it was shoe-shopping Saturday!

Later in the afternoon, Charly took Josh to get the second part of his birthday present - a new laptop computer.  Josh's old laptop was one he had for several years and it just did not have what he needed for the classes he is taking in college, so when he told us he needed a new laptop, but the expense of a new computer was prohibitive, we told him that we would get him one for his birthday.   This is our current computer store of choice, and Josh's new computer is the second machine we have bought from them.  They offer a lifetime warranty on all their machines, a 24-hour tech support line, and a trade-in on the old computer.  

Saturday night, we had a special Father's Day dinner for Charly.  His choice was Chinese food from this new place we hadn't tried before. 

The food was excellent and much enjoyed. 

Sunday morning, Charly and I walked early to beat the heat.   After church, we ate lunch, I did some indexing (more census records from Liberia), and Charly opened his Father's Day gifts which were...

...Books and gift cards for more books!

Later, we broke in our new grill with burgers and steaks.

I am not much of a steak person, so I had a burger, with homemade potato salad and not homemade baked beans and macaroni salad.   It was a good Father's Day dinner. 

After dinner, Josh wanted to go back to the Jordan River Trail, so we left Charly home binge watching a series on Netflix and went to the river. We hiked from the Fish Ponds Trailhead to South County Park in Riverton - another five miles - out and back. According to my calculations, we have now hiked almost 30 miles along this trail.

That was our weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you all had a nice weekend honoring the men in your lives on Father's Day!

😊Deb💖

"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

~Billy Graham