Hello Monday and plans for this week

 

Happy Monday, friends! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for this weekly blog post. 

How was your weekend? Mine was good, just slow and easy. My dad came over on Friday as usual, and we went to get lunch, then brought it back here to eat. It was kind of dreary and rainy, so it was nice to stay home, though I'd planned on asking him if minded going to Costco with me. I spent some time reading before he got here, and this book is so good! It's Emily Giffin's newest book.

And then I stood outside to wait on Dad with my umbrella so that I could escort him into the garage.

Sandy came and picked him back up later that afternoon, since she was nearby at a friend's house, so I straightened up and read for a bit before changing into more comfy clothes and finding a movie to watch for the night. I settled on a couple of National Lampoon movies (that were kind of terrible) and a dinner of leftover shrimp and pasta. I enjoyed the pasta, since I don't normally eat it anymore!

On Saturday I was up early with the pups and my coffee, a show on Netflix and some time to kill before starting on a few things around the house. I am such an early bird and love to get things done in the morning. It's definitely my favorite time of day and I can get more accomplished in the time between seven and eleven than any other time of day. I try to wait until eight to start puttering around in the downstairs, because I feel like noise carries upstairs and I know everyone loves sleeping in on Saturday. I left home at ten to make a Hobby Lobby run, then I met up with my mom and sister for lunch out and a little bit of errand running. Another thing I seem to do is run out of several of my makeup products at one time, so Ulta was one of the stops we made. Actually, I think that's all we did, aside from going to lunch, running by to see where Drew's about to be moving to, then to one last place before going our separate ways.

Todd was home when I got back and we spent the rest of the evening together. I read and he watched tv, then we ended the night by watching Pirates of the Caribbean. Does anyone else here love Johnny Depp and think that was the role of his lifetime? I know he's always been a little controversial, but I love those movies! I actually really like him as an actor and have since I was a teenager. 

We went to church Sunday morning, then made that Costco run I'd meant to on Friday, then Todd went into work that night and before I was about to leave for choir rehearsal, Drew called and asked if I was home so he could see me. That means for the second week in a row, I didn't make it to choir rehearsal! I do feel bad about that, but I haven't seen Drew except in passing, in over a week. He's working most days and stays in his neck of the woods a lot to save on gas. I couldn't pass up time with him, though I wasn't in the greatest of moods when he got here. I feel bad about that, but a couple of my sons made me mad because they were arguing over giving the dogs baths and I'm having a dental issue with an old filling. That's on my agenda first thing today, hopefully. I'm calling as soon as they open and I plan on being dressed so that I can be there within half an hour, if they're able to squeeze me in.

After the dogs were bathed, I vacuumed, dusted and they all cleaned and vacuumed upstairs, then ate dinner and settled into finish an episode of The Home Edit and then to watch a favorite movie for the rest of the evening—Something's Gotta Give with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. 

No matter how many times I've seen this movie, I always laugh and smile as I watch. This is one thing Todd doesn't understand about me—how I can watch my favorite movies over and over again. Are any of your husbands that way? Maybe it's the difference between men and women, but I think it's funny and he doesn't understand. 

On my agenda for today is seeing the dentist. Also, thanks to binge watching The Home Edit, I have a couple of trouble areas that I'd like to work on in our house this week, and I may get started if I feel okay afterward. One of the areas is in the hall downstairs and there's one in the tornado closet. I'd also like to clean out and reorganize our kitchen cabinets, then make my way into the dining room. The reasoning for that is that I'm always thinking about getting rid of our hutch. It is big and cumbersome and looks old fashioned in our dining room. The problem is that we need a hutch or at least a cleaned out kitchen cabinet to store what I have in the hutch. Do you see my dilemma? 

Even if I decide to keep the hutch as it is, I'd be happy to get it looking similar to this again. I have gotten rid of same of the things that are hanging on the wall in this picture, but I feel like I can scrounge around and find some things to replace what's there now. At the very least I'd like to clean it all up and take the leaf out of the table to make it smaller again. Before I do that, I need to clean out the tornado closet, because that's where I usually store it while it's not in use. 

I don't plan on doing all of that this week, obviously, but I'd love to get started! It's a good week for it, since it's so hot here this week. What's the weather like where you live? It's in the mid nineties here all week, though I'm sure the heat index will make it hotter. I do plan on swimming at least one day, and maybe two if I can get some other things done. Wow. All of that, from watching a show that motivates me to clean and organized. I highly recommend the show, if you've not seen it yet! I'd watched season one a long time ago, but this is the newest season that I'm on now.

So, what about you? Tell me something good about your weekend and what you have planned this week. I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all. ❤