weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. Did you do anything fun this weekend? Here's a little peak of a few things I did. 

I woke up and enjoyed a leisurely morning on Friday. I had coffee, I watched a movie, and piddled around the house doing laundry and light cleaning. My friend Abbey dropped off something at my house, and when I grabbed it off my porch, I found some drawings her precious kids gave to me. I love those little people so very much! 

I hadn't planned on doing any Black Friday shopping on this day, but I needed to get up and get out of my house. I just went to one store, but I was in there for a couple of hours. We have this great local bookstore called Novel that I love visiting. I really prefer going there alone so that I can wander and just take my time; not only is it a bookstore, it's a great place to buy gifts. 

And because it was a Friday and the day we would normally celebrate Thanksgiving with Dad, I decided to go visit his grave. I've never been a grave visitor, honestly, but it's a peaceful place to go and just walk around. I like going there, because I feel close to Dad. That sounds weird, but he really loved going there when he was alive; that's why I feel close to him there. I often find that I can have a really good cry there, and I usually need it on the days I stop by there. I love where his grave is; I park under pine trees, which reminds me of the home I grew up in, because his driveway was lined with the same kind of tree. There's a little bridge I have to cross to get to his grave, and it's just quiet and peaceful. 

I don't have pictures of this one, but my best friend's son and wife invited me to their family Thanksgiving dinner that Friday night. I wasn't going to go, honestly, but they really weren't willing to take no for an answer. I wanted to stay home so bad, but I committed to going so that I wouldn't talk myself out of it; tell me I'm not the only one does things like that! So after being at home after my day out, I was here for about thirty minutes, then I changed and left again and headed to their house. And you know what? I am so glad I did this! I'll share more about this tomorrow, so come back for the full story...but just know that when I left there, I drove home thanking God the entire time, because they had invited me into their lives that particular night. 

I watched this movie Saturday morning! It was so cute, but I love those Debbie Macomber movies.

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I had one more gift to buy, so I got out again on Saturday with my sister for some Shop Small Saturday Christmas shopping! We went to a local grocery store called Fresh Market, then we had chips and dips for lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, and ended our time on the square. I finished my shopping, friends, and I got everything that has come in so far wrapped and under the tree! I couldn't be more proud of myself. 

And then on a whim, Marilyn came over to hang out with me for a while. She watched me eat dinner (🤣), and Chloe fell in love. It was a fun night, and I was grateful for the distraction of her company while my sons celebrated Thanksgiving with their dad. I think if I'd been alone, I would have gone crazy wondering how it was going. As it turned out, I barely thought about what they were doing.

Church was yesterday morning, and then I did something really fun again last night, but I'll talk about that on Friday. How was your weekend? I'd love to hear from you! Don't forget about Wednesday being our day for the Currently link party! Our prompts for December are loving, looking forward to, buying, hoping, and baking. I hope to see you here again each day this week! Thanks for being here and being my cheerleaders. I'm so grateful for all of you! Love to all. 

Jenn 🖤