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  I'm linking up with Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday!  I have been abundantly blessed and have spent the past 10 days visiting my best friend in New Hampshire.  I spent time with my GRAND-Goddaughter and was able to attend my Goddaughter's wedding to the love of her life.  It helped my depression to get away, keep busy, talk and laugh with my friends, go new places, meet new people, and drive through several states.  I was able to see the Adirondack mountains, marshland, beaches and of course the ocean.  I always feel God most strongly in nature and this trip I could see Him in many places.  Some family trouble awaits me at home, but I am more ready to deal with it.  My sister is an alcoholic.  Some of you may remember she almost died 3 years ago.  She got on the liver transplant list and turned her life around.  She gained her health back through diet and became so healthy that she no longer needed a new liver.  We she star...

  I'm linking up with Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday!  I've been really depressed for the past couple of months.  I'm trying to work through it and I am doing what I think is right, but I can't seem to shake it.  There is so much GOOD in my life right now.  So many blessings.  I see them and I am grateful for them.  I am not taking anything for granted.  But I still feel empty and sad in my heart and soul.  My youngest and I (Emily, 21) are currently vacationing in New Hampshire.  We are staying with my best friend for 9 days.  My Goddaughter is getting married on the 28th.  I'm so happy for her.  I am very excited to see everyone and be able to spend time with my bestie.  I'm hopeful that it will bring me to a brighter place.  The weather:::  The weather is typical Michigan August.  Mid 80's - 90's, humid, and afternoon thunderstorms.  We had a huge storm last week that blew out electricity in ...

  I'm linking up with Sandra for Happy Homemak er It's been the strangest couple of weeks. I spent about 10 days Up North taking care of my sweetheart after his second hip surgery. Then came home to find out my dad had to have a heart procedure due to the atrial fibrillation that we both contracted after COVID. Then my sister ... Well let's just say that she really made a mess of things. Had to take her to urgent care after a fall.  Then last week I ended up in the hospital with chest pains.  But GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.   The weather:::  It's been HOT and HUMID.  But a cool front is coming through.  I'm enjoying the sunshine - the humidity, not so much.    On my reading pile:::   I finished the cutest homemaking book.  I really enjoyed it and would love to buy a hard copy for my library.   The Art Of Homemaking by Alison May  I also finished "Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be: A 90-Day Guide to Living ...

  I am joining in with Sandra @ Diary of a SAHM The weather:::  I simply cannot complain.  The weather this last month has been beautiful.  Anywhere from mid-70's to low 90's.  Lots of sunshine.  I am blessed to have an amazing balcony that overlooks a park.  I sit out there nearly every day for 20-minutes to several hours.  It's my little piece of nature in the city.       On my reading pile:::   I finished reading "The Blue Bistro" by Elin Hilderbrand - you can read my short review on Goodreads. I'm currently reading "Gulf Coast Cottage" by Maggie Miller.  I'm feeling all the beach reads right now.  I'm almost done with this one.  It has really drawn me in and I'm glad there is an entire series!    On my TV:::    Watching the K-Drama "Mouse" with my best friend in New Hampshire.  It's really an edge-of-your-seat thriller about serial killers.  It has a ton of twists...

 I want to keep a record of this for the future, so I don't forget and so that perhaps other people can be enlightened about the different ways that COVID can affect the body.  Before I start, let me tell you that all of us have stayed home unless absolutely necessary.  We have always worn masks.  We missed several holidays and birthdays the first year with family.  We took precautions, washed hands, used sanitizers.  We did all of the things we were supposed to do.  But it still wasn't enough. EASTER SUNDAY:  My two daughters and I went to my dad's house to cook a big Easter dinner.  We were probably there a little over an hour when my Dad mentioned that he wasn't feeling great.  No cough, no sore throat, nothing visible .... just sort of feeling run down.  He's a 77-year-old man, so this didn't really come as a huge surprise.  Several days later my Dad said that he was feeling MUCH IMPROVED!  I was so happy because I had...

  I'm linking up with Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday!  The weather:::  It has been really hot for most of the past week, at or close to 90 degrees!  Today it is mid-80s and muggy.  We are expecting thunderstorms for the rest of the week.    On my reading pile:::   I finished reading "A Year of Biblical Womanhood" which was interesting, funny, and informative.  However I couldn't shake the feeling that some things she made light of.  I also read "5 Things Successful People Do Before 8 A.M." by Terri Savelle Foy.  I'm always trying to get my morning routine to become a habit.  This book was very motivating and from a Christian perspective.   I read Angie Thomas's "On the Come Up" - pretty good.  Right now I am reading "Return to Me" by Lynn Austin   On my TV:::    Days of Our Lives You Tube videos The Chosen - This is WONDERFUL.  You can watch the entire first season for free on You...