Odds & Ends

This past weekend we got together with the Hambys. We headed to Mtn. Home for dinner at Yoshi’s. Yum, love that kind of stuff…especially fried rice! :) Ashley and I spent some time in TJ Maxx (left empty handed! ha!) while the guys went to Lowe’s and then we headed back to West Plains. It was a fun night and good to catch up with those 2!

Saturday Kody went bow hunting with Brian and then wanted me to meet them for breakfast. I headed out to the country to only find our favorite place was closed! Ugh! We headed on to Bakersfield hoping we’d catch breakfast at one of their cafes, and we did. Success! I dropped them back off to hunt and went to see my Mom for awhile and my brother came in so we all got to visit and laugh. It was a good time! I ran some errands and then headed home to do a little cleaning.

A little  cleaning always turns into a lot of cleaning for me. Our spare bedroom upstairs has turned into a catch all room over the holidays. I am able to shut the door and not worry about it. Well, I decided it was over due and needed to get some things back in order. So glad I did! I worked all afternoon in there, filing things, taking files downstairs, taking extra decor downstairs, going through my spare closet, etc. I had fun doing it, jammed to David Crowder Band, Laura Story, John Waller, Chris Tomlin, etc on Pandora and then once the floor was clean (because I had the room astray) I turned on my Mint and he went to town cleaning the floor. I am amazed by that little thing! Love it!

We tried out a new Italian place Saturday night with Mom and Dad and it was good! Hope it continues to be that way. :) Sunday we were in charge (and for the whole month) of breakfast at church. We had some slackers and didn’t have quite enough food, but oh well! We’re about to finish our ACTS book and I loved the lesson this past week. It was about pain and understanding of God’s will when things aren’t peachy.

After church we went to lunch with a big crew and then Kody and I grocery shopped and stopped off at the gym. I had to look logistically to see if it would work for me to workout in the mornings and get ready there. Y’all, I get worked up when things aren’t the same and I couldn’t process that I may have to wait for a shower/sink/mirror/plug in after my workout during my morning routine. I also wasn’t sure if the time would work. I was getting up at 6:05 and dilly-dallying around on my phone until 6:20ish, then I would get ready and barely be at work by 7:30. (I go to work 30 minutes early for an extra long lunch…I used to workout over lunch but that slowed down once I started Metformin, however, I’m feeling normal again! YAY!) The rest of the afternoon was somewhat lazy and then we had dinner at Mom and Dad’s.

Monday I was determined to go to the gym. I got up at 5:40 with Kody, had everything ready to go, and we were out of the house by 5:55! Got to the gym and did a jog/walk thing on the treadmill for 45 minutes and then got ready and had PLENTY of time and was at work by 7:30! I felt great too and was so proud of myself for doing something so outside of the box for me. I actually really enjoyed it and planned to go at least M-W-F. I went again today and all was good except I forgot my foundation at home. Brief panic. I am not one of those girls that can go without makeup. Fortunately, my face is looking decent right now so I made do with powder and blush. I won’t forget it tomorrow! :)

That’s been my week! I’ve been in shock all week that a well known man in my town passed away suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday night. I went to school wit his girls and my heart aches for the Grisham family. I cannot imagine and hope they all can find some comfort in this awful situation. Keep them in your prayers.

We had plans to travel to Jackson this weekend but they are all pretty busy so we’re staying here. I’m going to shop on Saturday though, can’t miss the long weekend sales. :)