weekending

Happy Monday, friends! How was your weekend? Mine was really good! Here are some of the highlights. 

I started my Friday off with enjoying being at home; I caught up on laundry, I cleaned the counters, vacuumed, and spent lots of time praying. A few people I know and love are really going through it right now, and I love this verse that reminds me that I (we!) can pray boldly. I remembered something about this time when I pray and read my Bible each morning, how a friend of mine calls it PT, which stands for priority time. I'm going to start calling it that as well. 

After my PT I got dressed and met my sweet friend who took me to lunch. We met at this cute little historic restaurant on the town square, The Silver Caboose. They're known for their hot meals of the day, so I had chicken with veggies. It was delicious!

After lunch I picked up a few things for us from Walmart, then I went to Sam's to pickup my order for the bookstore. I finally made it back home and read for about two hours, then left again to meet Marilyn and her best friend Heidi, who was in town for the weekend. It was so good to meet her! I feel like I already know her, because we've talked about our best friends a lot. I know she feels the same about my Missy. When we saw each other, we hugged for the longest time, because we both love Marilyn so much. It felt like we were already friends! I wish I'd gotten one with all of us. 

I started my Saturday with watching a Hallmark movie; this one was good! If I could think of the name, I'd tell you. 🤣

I painted my nails with this color called Plugged in Plum...

I had my PT...

Then I got dressed to meet up with Trish and Mom. We all matched! They had hearts on their shirts, mine was in my earrings; but I love that we were all wearing pink. 

Mom needed to run a couple of errands, we ate lunch, then went to John Mark's so Trish could see the store decked out for Galentine's day. Trish loved the Mardi Gras masks! 🤣

Please note the saying on his picture in the bathroom. (I sent this to Marilyn to show her where I was.)

I got an early Galentine's day present!

And Marilyn sent me this when I asked her for it, because apparently, dragons fly over both our houses now pretty regularly. 🤪 I'd swear one with flames flew over mine Saturday afternoon! I just about lost my mind. 

I dropped them off, came home to bring something inside, then left again to go pick up Graham's dogs for a couple of nights. He went to Nashville for the day and wouldn't be home until late, so I was happy to help him out by keeping them. This was also right after that dragon flew over my house, and I needed to go for a long drive. I prayed, I cried, and then I called my sister. Sisters make everything better! 

That night I served coffee at my church for their Sweet Heart Ball, which is a prom type event for special needs students in our local high school. This was a fun event to work at, and I needed to have something to do, so I was grateful to be there with friends. 

Seven fifteen came early Sunday! That's when I arrived at church; after that I went to Lowe's for a big project I'm going to start on this week. 

I filled in some holes in this window trim with wood filler; then my stepdad had trim paint that he gave me to paint with. I love how clean and crisp it looks!

Look at this beautiful gift that I was given at church on Sunday; my friend Wendy's husband sketched this picture of a church I shared a picture of on social media a few weeks ago and framed it for me. I've been complimenting his talent, because he posts the drawings to social media; I was so blown away by this beautiful and thoughtful gift. It took him eight and a half hours to do this, then he had to find a custom frame for it, since it's an odd size. I cried over this! And then I hugged him and his sweet wife for their kindness and generosity. I will say again that I have the most wonderful friends; I am so grateful for each and every one of them! I feel so very fortunate and blessed, and I don't say this lightly. 

I stayed home for the rest of Sunday, and it felt wonderful. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had much time here. I did things to catch up from the weekend and being gone the whole time, then I had leftovers for dinner and watched a show and one of my favorite movies on Netflix (Happiness for Beginners). I worked on blog stuff for this week, and I found this cute new wallpaper for my phone for Galentine's. I'm calling it that because I love my girlfriends so much! I'll celebrate them on that day and spend time praying for them and their families. 

In case you missed it, I shared a Saturday post, the Share 4 Somethings monthly link-up. I'll leave the party open for another couple of weeks before closing it, so it's not too late to join in if you want! Here's a link to the post. 

What did you do that you loved this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! I'll see you back here tomorrow, friends. Love to all!

Linking up with: 

Jenn 🩷❤️