Hello, Monday!

 

Happy Monday, friends! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. I hope you had a good weekend! 

Mine was great, but not much tops my Friday night. As all of you know, I worked a lot this week because of a huge event that our church hosted; the bookstore was a hubbub for lots and lots of people during the event. I loved it; and I love seeing people come in and use the bookstore/coffee shop for what it is: a place to sit, have some coffee, maybe read a book or work on your laptop, and catch up with friends. 

So many of those people made their way into the bookstore and sat in the chairs and at the tables. I loved seeing that! That being said, never in my life have I been so excited to come home and not talk. 🤣 I took a cool shower (hello, menopause), got into comfy clothes, and sat for the rest of the night. Todd went back to work with the sheriff's department, and that was the night that kicked off him working something called The Music Fest in the downtown Memphis area all weekend long. I had the house to myself all of Friday night, and I didn't hate it, I'll be honest. I had leftovers for dinner from the night before (veggie pizza from Little Caesar's, two slices) and I listened to podcasts and played around on my blog. It was basically my dream night, and it felt so luxurious! 

Oh, and about last week at work? I worked 42 hours. 42. My usual is work week is 22 hours. 

My lazy night came to an end when Jonah inspired me to rearrange the living room furniture, so guess what I did? I rearranged the living room furniture, which led me to vacuuming, which led me to dusting just a little before calling it quits and sitting back down. I talked to my sister on the phone for no less than three hours that night, too; we have such a hard time talking on the phone when neither of us are busy, so that worked out well for us Friday night. I was up until one a.m.! And I woke up at five something on Saturday feeling very refreshed and rested.

On Saturday morning I cleaned what I didn't get finished the night before, did laundry, then dressed to meet Mom for errands and lunch. I had specific things to do, and I'm so glad to say that I got them both done! I wanted to go to our local Indie bookshop, Novel, and I needed to buy some new household cleaner, preferably the Mrs. Meyers brand. (Mom actually gave me a bunch that she had and wasn't using, which was perfect.)

Mom and I went to J. Jill for her to make a return, and I bought two pairs of pants! I'm so happy with them and have been wanting some wide legged pants. The ones I picked are cropped; I got a white pair and a charcoal gray pair. I'll show them to you this week, so stay tuned!

Mom and I matched again! I made her take another picture with me, because the older I get, the more I value the importance of taking the picture, even if it makes you look silly. Life is short!

Look at these adorable earrings I bought myself from Novel!

I rearranged on Friday night and moved the long couch to the space in front of these doors...and then we ended up putting outside to throw away, because it's broken. We plan on purchasing another recliner for that space when we find one.

I went to Mom's and Bill's for dinner Saturday night! Bill is an amazing cook, and the food was delicious. I always love making a drive out to the country to see them! 

I was at church early Sunday morning dressed in this outfit; the details about this shirt are in my bonus post today, Prime Purchases. 

On the way home from Mom's and Bill's Saturday night, I heard the song I Could Sing of Your Love Forever by Shane & Shane. (I'm including this YouTube video so you can listen.) I used to sing that song growing up; imagine my surprise when during my quiet time on Sunday morning, I kept reading in the book of Psalms about singing to the Lord. It seemed to be a theme that the Lord wanted me to pay attention to, so I wrote out the verses and thanked Him for encouraging me through His word. I'll probably share more about this tomorrow, so come back to read that post. In the meantime, isn't that so sweet of Him? The verse above was one I read in Psalm 89. 

I'll end with these last pictures; you may remember me mentioning that there is a library next to the bookstore at church. When we do the remodel this summer, that space will be turned into a classroom, so all those books are being given away right now. I hit the jackpot!

Books have always been and will always be my favorite!

I'll leave you with this last picture of my youngest grandpups, Oakley and Chloe. I love them so much! What did you do this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all! 

Jenn 🖤

P.S. In case you didn't catch this little tidbit, I did write a bonus post for today that is under this one. It's the May edition of Prime Purchases. I also wrote a blog post on Saturday night, called Dear Senior Mom. I'd love for you to check both of those out, in case you missed either of them!