Here is a peek into the first week of September in my world.
It was nice to have Monday off this week. We didn't do anything special, except get some chores done around the house and yard. Charly mowed the lawn and I did the trimming and edging.
We are cleaning out of shed, and we worked on that Monday as well. In this picture, it looks like we still have a lot in our shed, but we actually have much less than we used to, so we are making progress in paring down belongings that we have kept for too long.
I took Tuesday off as well, but went back to school on Wednesday. Charly surprised me by fixing dinner Wednesday night, something he doesn't do a lot. I forgot to take a picture of what he made until after it was almost all gone, but it really was delicious. It's called Beanie Weenies, and the recipe is here.
Along with the Beanie Weenie, we had kale salad with fresh cucumbers and grape tomatoes from our garden. Everything was so good and having Charly fix dinner was a nice surprise.
I got out for a walk every evening we were home last week. Our temperatures are cooling off a bit, so I had some nice evening walks.
Charly and I also finished watching this very interesting history docudrama on Netflix last week - Titans - The Rise of Wall Street.
I took Thursday and Friday off as personal days to attend at history and apologetics conference. The three-day conference was held here at this convention center about thirty miles north of where we live.
We attended classes on subjects like American history, the history of indigenous peoples, the science of creation and dinosaurs, and current cultural events/politics, and human geography. There was a wide array of classes and subjects, and we enjoyed the opportunity to learn many things. It was a fun and interesting event. This was the third time we have attended this event which is held every six months. We plan to attend again next spring.
Sunday morning, I was up at 6 a.m., ate breakfast, read scriptures, and exercised. Later, we went to our mid-morning church meetings.
After church, I took a little nap, then went for a walk around the neighborhood.
I made crock pot chili for dinner. I love homemade chili, and this batch was very good!
Here is the recipe I use. I've made this chili a lot over the years. I got the recipe from my favorite, well-used Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook. I added fresh red and orange peppers to today's batch, and it was very good. I had green salad along with the chili, and some muffins I baked - two kinds - cinnamon and corn muffins.
As the new week gets started, I'm still reading, 52 Churches in 52 Weeks by Dave Boice, The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd, and This Nation Shall Endure by Ezra Taft Benson. I've also started listening to the audiobook of 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.
Weekly Gratitude:
- Going to the Firm Foundation Conference with Charly.
- Learning many important and interesting things.
- Being able to take personal days from work to go.
- Traveling safely to and from the conference each day.
Praying For:
- Josh's upcoming interview for a promotion at his job.
- Resolution to an issue that is requiring us to begin eviction of the tenants of our income property condo.
- All of our children and grandchildren.
- Our nation.
That's all for this post. Have a great week!
Until next time,
😊Deb💖
"Every day, you have two choices:
To focus on what's wrong or
to embrace what's right.
Choose gratitude. Choose joy.
Choose to see the beauty in the little things,
and life will become even more
incredible than you imagined."
~anon.
