currently, July edition

 

Happy Wednesday, friends! I'm linking up with Anne from in residence for this monthly blog post. Here is what I am currently eating, feeling, going, ordering and realizing. 

Eating—

Well, it's summertime, which means I never really want to cook. I get in cooking ruts all the time and am always looking for meal inspiration ideas. That being said, if you have any to throw my way, I'm here for them. Here is what we ate this week—we had barbecue on Sunday night at my moms, on Monday I made French dip sandwiches with au jus dipping sauce, we had chopped steak (hamburger steak?) with mashed potatoes and green beans on Tuesday and on Thursday I hope to have grilled chicken and veggies. My favorite lunches consist of something light, like cheese and crackers (I buy fancy cheese at Kroger), tuna or egg and olive salad. My current favorite snack is gummy bears, because I'm like a twelve year old.

Feeling—

Different and emotional. I keep having moments when I cry as I adapt to being less one son in our home. I don't want to be that mom who can't let go, so I do this in private, but it just keeps sneaking up on me as I'm getting dressed, or as I pray. I bought Drew some things to take home with him tomorrow after he eats dinner here with us, so that helped me to feel a little better. (In case you're new to my blog, my son Drew moved out this weekend. We have four sons and he's the first to fly the nest.)

This was us having sushi at a yummy restaurant near his new house on Friday night. I took this picture, then got all teary eyed and excused myself to the restroom in search of my composure.

Going —

On a much lighter note, I am excited about a girlfriend's trip this weekend—we're going to Nashville! I have lots of fun things planned for us to do while we're there and Missy and I are excited to show our friend Teresa all around one of our favorite places. We are hoping to attend the church where Travis Cottrell leads worship on Sunday morning, but realistically, that may or may not happen. The three of us always have so much fun together! We're all pretty pumped.

Ordering— 

Books, books and more books, but this time on my Kindle. I also recently ordered several dresses online from Walmart. 

And, as usual, I love to order gifts for people online. All of the boys recently ordered a bunch of flags and lights for their rooms.

Realizing—

I always realize during this part of the summer that even though I don't love the hot weather, I love all the fun things that summer brings. I love the trips everyone gets to take, I love the holidays that we spend with family and friends, I love the fireworks that are so prevalent in the month of July and the days leading up to it, I love the swimming, the lighter meals, the flowers and the sounds of summer. I love it all—so maybe I should stop saying I don't like summer. 🤣

I honestly love something about all of the seasons and I consider myself fortunate to live in a part of the country that I get to experience them all. 

I love to write these so that I can look back on them later. I'd love to hear from you now! What are some of your current answers to these same questions? Thanks for reading my blog! Love to all.