Currently ~ August 2021

  Three days in a row of blogging.....it has been a while since I've done that :).

Today I am linking up with Anne for her monthly Currently series.  Today we are talking about what we are currently:

admiring, anticipating, enjoying, spending, and saving

Admiring

I am admiring my daughters.  My oldest is a junior in college this fall and has thrived in her friendships and relationship with the Lord.  This is so rewarding as a mom.  My youngest will start her senior year next week.  I am not sure where the time went y'all.  It is crazy to think we will be empty nesters next year. I am admiring her art work.  I posted about it here.  It blows my mind to see her talent in portrait art. Her instagram is: @brookbridgesart.

Anticipating

I am anticipating a good school year for my daughters.  I am trying to stay positive that my youngest daughter will remain in person for her senior year.  She will start out that way, but hoping things don't change.

I am also anticipating a trip in a few weeks to see a friend & some college visits in September and October.

In the present day, I am anticipating some work being completed on our house.  We did some interior work last year and we recently began some work outside.

First, lets start with a before picture of the front..we had a walkway leading up to the front porch and door.

Then came this on Monday.....

They removed the walkway and front porch.

This is the view from our front door now....a drop off!

We will have a new walkway and front porch, which will be mostly all one level, with 2-3 steps.  This will make it a much easier path to our front door.

In the backyard, we had an outside storage shed.  This is it after the demo had begun.

This is the view now. We will have a new small garage bay/storage unit.

We are also getting some new screens for the back porch, so we are definitely living in a construction zone at the moment.

Enjoying

I am thankful to say I am enjoying my new job working for a non-profit.  I am just on week two. There is a lot to learn, but the schedule and rewards of the job are the payoffs for me. Other than doing bookeeping and ordering for my husband's business, which is another part-time job for me, I have been unemployed from my travel agent job for 16 months.  This new part time job is a very different experience not wearing a headset, talking to customers all day, booking flights, cars, hotels and trains.

Spending

This week, I am spending money on going out to eat.  I am only working part-time, but I am not winning at the meal prep on my work days yet.  I have to get better at this :).

Saving

I am saving for our upcoming trips and hopefully, a family vacation next spring for our daughter's senior trip.  I need to start saving for Christmas as well.

Happy mid-week to you!