Hello Monday ~ March 30, 2026

 Hello & Happy Monday! 

How was your weekend?

I am backing up my weekend recap to last Thursday.  After a day at work, I went to see Nate Bargatze's comedy tour show.  I had seen him twice before and he was once again, so funny.  It is so good to see how he has done so well as a clean comedian that has been so well received. I loved spending the evening laughing!

Friday morning, I was at my sister's house bright and early to watch 5 of my great nieces.  I was scheduled to watch the 3 that are siblings and asked another one (their cousin) to join us.  The day before, I told my other niece to send her 1 year old too and I would watch her so she and her husband could have a brunch date while another one was at physical therapy.  There are always lots of moving parts with these kids schedules!  And, I found out my brother will have his 2nd grandchild arriving this fall.  That will make 14 great nieces and nephews for me :).

We went on a scooter walk later in the day.

They were really good, but my goodness, I was exhausted.  I think part of it was just the end of the week exhaustion and keeping 5 kids by myself.  I got home around 5:15, was in bed by 6:30 and turned off the lights by 9pm.

Saturday morning, I was up early because I was facilitating the women's retreat my church hosted.  I somehow was the one in charge of all the things that day, but we did have some others bring food.  We studied Psalm 63 and talked having Joy in the Desert. There have been some really difficult seasons in our church this year.  Particularly, one of our middle age moms husband died suddenly and completely unexpected last month.  She came to the retreat and we were so happy to see her and we all shared laughter and tears.

After the retreat time, a few of us walked to a nearby restaurant for lunch.  I had deviled eggs on a lettuce wrap.  It was tasty!

I ran a few errands, basically returns to Target and an Amazon return, a Facebook marketplace meet up and then got some yogurt.  This is my Saturday afternoon/evening by myself ritual to treat myself to yogurt.  I am getting re-adjusted to my time alone on weekends.  But, April looks to be a busier month, so I am thankful for some things to look forward to!

I later had chips for dinner, so I wasn't doing so great in the eating department later in the day.  Oh well.  Sometimes I lonely eat and it doesn't turn out so good.  Tomorrow is a new day though!

Saturday evening, I sat outside and made a fire.  I can't take my firepit to my apartment, which makes me a little sad, so I am going to try to have a few fires in the next few weeks, especially while the evenings are not too cold or hot.

Sunday, I was back at church and then I purchased some furniture from Facebook marketplace.  I am excited to put all my new things together in my new space!  I still have a few things to hopefully sell too before I move. Oh I keep thinking it will be so nice to have all my belongings paired down to a 2 bedroom apartment.  However, truth be told, I will probably keep most of my kids and my childhood bins stored at my parents for now.  Other than that, I hope to have most everything else under my own roof.  Maybe I am doing my kids a favor to not have a house to go though one day? I already save so many things that they may not even want.  One day, they will have their own house and I can send them their childhood things! Right now, they both rent a place, so they don't have room for the extra stuff.

It was fun to see Jenn again Sunday evening and we had an impromptu dinner out...Mexican, of course.  The sunset was beautiful at my house!

I am off to babysit today for a friend and then a normal week of work for me.  

Thanks for reading and for all your kind words and prayers!