Monday Musings, July 15

Good Monday Morning my friends!

You know that feeling when you had a weekend perfectly balanced between laughter with friends and great productivity? Well…we had one of those weekends! Terry and I just walked through the yard admiring how great it looks after an all-dayer yesterday…my palms are getting sore from all the high-fives!!

I spent a good deal of time squaring away our porch…which had been the depository for all things ‘outside’ after the move; stuff needed to be moved, stored, tossed or arranged. While working out there, I spied this little Scaveola leftover from I don’t know when. My parents have been out of this house since last April, so it wasn’t from last summer’s planters. In any event, this little survivor has managed to root itself in the mortar and survive the fall’s hurricane and the winter’s frosts. She’s a reminder that we can all do hard things with a little perseverance and grit!

Have you watched ‘Call the Midwife’? This show is so up my alley…not sure why I hadn’t watched it before.  I’ve watched 2 episodes of season 1 and with a total of 8 seasons…I’m sitting pretty happy right now!

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• Packing a suitcase with Marie Kondo
• Some great ideas for Frugal Gifts from the Heart.
• Did you watch CNN’s documentary on the Apollo 11 mission? It was excellent. On this 5oth anniversary, why does everyone want to go back to the moon?
• Need an idea for your bumper crop of jalapenos?
• So, I might just need to paint a chevron wall, just because of this video. (But the type A in me would need to use tape against the lines to prevent any little bloops)
• Not sure how this happened, but with everything else going on I’ve managed to get a good bit of reading in! If you like a good thriller, I am Pilgrim might be just what you want. It was definitely one of those ‘can’t put down’ books for me. I followed it with The Silent Patient…which was very good. I think I would’ve enjoyed it more if I hadn’t been given a clue before I started it…so I won’t share that clue with you…you are welcome. I am now reading A Visit From the Goon Squad, which is thoroughly enjoyable! One of those books that really has me marveling at the creativity of some authors. 
• Five maps that show how connected we really are.
• A quick and inexpensive sofa refresh.

Well, my friends…I’m off to run errands and get some stuff done around here. Hope your day is wonderful

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