weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. Here are some of the things I did: 

I had made plans with a friend for lunch on Friday, but after an emotionally difficult week, I needed to see my mom. So, I got dressed early, went to my dad's house to sign some paperwork and to see my brother and sister-in-law who are here yet again to deal with Dad's estate, then I met my mom for lunch. We ate salads for lunch, and we ended our time together at Home Goods, where we shopped for Graham's house and the new shower curtain that I bought for myself with the gift card my friend sent to me. 

(Ignore the wrinkles; I was too impatient to iron it first.)

I also finally bought a new journal. I love this one! I like to change journals from season to season, and it almost always works out that I fill one before getting another one. Do you use journals? Do you keep them? I've kept some, but I also threw away a bunch recently. 

While I was at Dad's house on Friday, my brother Paul came across Dad's old mechanical engineering book and duct work calculator. I got these things for Drew, since he's in that same line of work. 

And once again, Chloe the emotional support dog joined me as I watched tv Friday night. Before this, I'd met up with my bestie Andrea for dinner at a favorite Mexican restaurant. We had an early night of it, though, and I came home to get comfy and watch my show on Netflix. 

Saturday dawned bright and early! I got dressed, hugged my Drew who came over to help out at Dad's with Jonah and me (Noah doesn't live here and Graham was traveling home from Myrtle Beach), then left to get gas and head to Dad's house. This was Drew's first time driving his truck with a trailer. GULP! Dad has a narrow driveway with a ditch on either side, so I was praying as Drew was driving!🤣 

One last selfie of Trish and me at Dad's house...I'm shocked I didn't cry while taking this. We're usually doing this as we put out his Christmas lights each year. 

I sincerely wish I could take these doors with me! I love them and think they would be the most beautiful headboard for a bed. 

I'm so thankful for my hardworking sons! They were total workhouses for the three-four hours they were out there with us. This trailer was packed by the time they pulled out of Dad's driveway! 

I dropped something off at someone's house with my sister when we left together, then I came home to shower. I felt like I had spiders in my hair since we mainly were out in his garage all day. My sister Trish came over for dinner; she picked something up for her, and I made myself this lasagna inspired pasta (penne, cottage cheese, grated parmesan cheese, and olives).

We watched this movie after dinner. Have you seen this? It was so good! It's the true story of Rebecca St. James and her family (two brothers later formed the group For King and Country) as they moved from Australia to America in pursuit of a better life. These are Christian artists that I love, and I also enjoyed a lot of the music that I listened to in the early nineties back when Christian music was gaining popularity. 

Chloe loved having someone new to cuddle with!

Meanwhile, sweet Chip sat with me. 

Sunday was church, then I was home for the rest of the afternoon. Jonah did yardwork since it felt so amazing outside; I took a nap later, then had leftovers for dinner. At seven, Graham and Jonah took a load of that packed trailer to Graham's new house! He's starting to move some things this week before he leaves again on Wednesday for a bachelor trip weekend away in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Rough life, right??) 

What did you do this weekend that you loved? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all!

Jenn 🖤