My very first post...

    So to be honest, today I had no idea where to start!  

    Last week I worked so hard to get my blog up and running again.  I was excited to get all of my old posts uploaded and now its not as easy as it used to be!  I worked hard to get it to look nice, and then posted a long, honest post about my blog absence, and I was super excited then- I realized that I had messed it up again!  My url and domain got really twisted up and once you mess it up just enough you have to chat with godaddy to get it working again :-(. Not only that, but I realized that in adding my old posts the way that I had, it was showing them up one at a time for everyone who followed and overwhelmig their blogs!  Double ugh.  So I just stopped working on it, deleted it (so the multiple posts would not show up on my followers) and decided I would work on it later.  Well, last week we were busy every single night and later never came.  So today I sat back down and decided to make a simpler blog from scratch and see where it goes.  

   So I'm super frustrated, but still want to get back into blogging!  So I decided my best bet would be to join my friends for Happy Homemaker Monday and Hello Monday (Sarah and Holly) so I would have a theme to go by, and maybe explain why I disappeared *again* last week.  Forgive me!

   

 

Its hard to start something from scratch, but maybe that's what I should have done all along.  Afterall, there's nothing wrong with a fresh start.  It's also a rainy day, so that' s a good time to start a new blog.  :)  If you're new to my blog, thank you so  much for stopping by and I hope we can follow one another!  If you've read behind me in the past (A Homemakers Heart or Seeking Simple) It's SO nice to see you again!  


*** The Weather ***
   It's a very rainy day, but the rain isn't anywhere close to what we assumed we would have.  There are a couple of storms off the coast that were expected to head this way but they did not!  I'm thankful. All of my family in the mountains are still very shaken as this is the one year mark from the devastation or Hurricane Helene so I'm glad that came and went.  This week we are in the mid to high 70s which is SO nice.  We were in the 90s last week which meant my kiddos did get in an extra pool day before we closed it, but friends, its almost October and I'm ready for cozy season!

*** Right now I am ***
   Apparently starting a brand new blog haha! I even gave it a new name and went back to a super simple blogger template.  Blast from the past!  I'm enjoying it right now though!  Simple is good, right?  My girl has an ear infection so she's in the living room playing Story of Seasons.  Do you ever have any kind of game that the music is just so calming? I LOVE hearing the music in that game, and I quite enjoy playing it myself!  


*** Thinking and pondering ***
    I'm very frustrated with losing old blog posts but at the same time, I'm thinking this will be a new opportunity to make my blog into something new!  So I'm encouraging myself.  I have a lot of goals I've put on the backburner and honestly I've just coasted through life for awhile now.  I will share a post after this about goals, restarting, and what things I'm changing in my life.  :)  I'll stay on task now for this post!


*** How I am feeling ***
Exhausted. It's been such a busy few weeks, and coupled with the rainy weather, I'm honestly just wiped out.


*** On the breakfast plate **

I've had Atkins shakes for breakfast since 2018 when I found out I had insulin resistance.  So that's always my go-to!



*** On the lunch plate ***
  I made an egg sandwich for me and my younger son.  It was okay, I've been somewhat sick at my stomach for a few days now, just kind of a dull ache.  Probably due to the hectic schedule and the many, many times we've eaten out lately.  I'm looking forward to soup tonight!


*** On the dinner plate ***
Tomato basil soup with three cheese tortellini.  So excited!


*** On the menu ***
   Monday:  Tomato basil/three cheese tortellini with provologne grilled cheese

   Tueday: Chicken and dumplings, green beans and mashed potatoes

   Wednesday (church fellowship meal): Ribs, green beans, potatoes

   Thursday: Salmon cakes

    Friday: Hot dogs at the football game

    Saturday: Out of town!

    Sunday:  NFL game!  Eeek!

*** What I am wearing ***
My new favorite pants, some sweatpants from Target and a go-to tshirt from walmart.  


*** On my reading pile ***
I started a book that I saw recommended on Youtube and two chapters in there was a terrible word in it- there are some curse words I choose not to overlook- so that book will be going straight back to the library!  I'm picking back up Sisters of Fortune and thankful it is classy and wholesome.  


*** On my TV this week ***
  The Office.  I really need to find something else to watch lol, I've seen all those episodes so many times!


*** Looking around the house ***
   The house is clean, but my decor is not yet updated to fall.  I just haven't had the time or energy to do it yet!  But then again, our pool is still open so I guess its okay that our bathroom is summery/pool theme lol.  This week we will have to close down the pool, so maybe I'll find the energy to get out our fall decor.  I decorated for Christmas really early last year since my family was coming here for Thanksgiving, and no one ever sees my Christmas decorations.  This year I'm planning to leave my fall decor up until after Thanksgiving, so it'll be okay if it takes me a few more days to get it out.  

*** To do list ***
  Plan!  I haven't done any sort of planning whatsoever in weeks and I'm sick of it!  I'm ready to get back into the swing of things, and ready to stop living in survival mode.  

*** What I am creating ***

   A new blog, apparently lol..  

*** From the camera *** 

    We celebrated three years at our current church last week!  We LOVE this church and this area.  We see ourselves serving here for many- many years.  

Last week my kiddos gave our silkies baths and haircuts lol, while the weather was still super hot!  

Our church also took snacks and waters to the children who participated in prayer at the See You at the Pole event at the local elementary school last week.  It was a sweet sight seeing those children gather and hearing them pray!

This last Saturday our church hosted a Sportsman banquiet, and it was SO fun!

We had lots of wild game to sample- Hudson tried Bear.  I wasn't that adventurous and stick with the BBQ and catfish nuggets lol.  But it was a HUGE success!

I also picked up some of those heatless curls with very little expectation- but this morning my curls looked amazing!!!

I'm a very happy camper!

*** Devotional, Prayers, Bible Verses ***

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.- Proverbs 14:4