Welcome to the weekend, my pals! It’s been a beautiful week for strolling open air right here in Ohio, regardless of a few twister warnings – these had been a primary for this desert woman! I’m grateful that we didn’t have any property injury close to our house and we’re praying for all the households in Logan County who suffered a lot loss.
My mother has been visiting this week and we’ve loved the time together with her. She’s headed house at the moment, and simply in time to maintain our home from feeling too empty, my brother and his fiance arrived final night time to spend subsequent week with us. (Have I discussed how a lot I really like having family and friends go to??)
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Do you want Reuben sandwiches? In that case, you may go a little bit bit loopy over these corned beef sliders – my household certain did!
Corned beef dip is a creamy, tacky, barely tangy dip generously crammed with chunks of corned beef together with a little bit of sauerkraut and caraway to offer it that unmistakable Reuben sandwich taste.
Hearty meatballs, candy pineapple, and colourful bell peppers are tossed along with your favourite barbecue sauce and simmered within the gradual cooker to make these sweet and sour meatballs that the entire household craves.
Gently sauteed in maple syrup and butter these maple glazed carrots are a facet dish that disappears quick each time I make it.
Crispy cauliflower, toasted bread crumbs, and nutty, savory parmesan are fantastic collectively on this delicious facet. This roasted garlic parmesan cauliflower is snackable proper off the pan.
Bursting with the candy tang of blueberries in each chunk, blueberry compote is one among my favourite methods to prime a serving of crepes, a no-bake cheesecake, or a bowl of ice cream.
Rum raisin ice cream is stuffed with rum-soaked raisins combined in custardy vanilla ice cream with a touch of rum. This recipe is a little bit bit old-fashioned and a complete lot of creamy scrumptious.
What I’m CRAVING: These California roll sushi bowls look so good! They’ve been caught in my head for a few days now.
My FAVORITE THING this week is this water bottle. Right here’s the deal. We personal a number of water bottles. If there’s an dependancy to making an attempt new water bottles, I could have it. Nevertheless, I’m obsessive about this water bottle. I’ve been making an attempt to up my water ingesting recreation and this bottle has finished it for me. With a large mouth and a chug cap choice, it’s simply really easy to drink the water and refill it.
This bottle is the PERFECT comfy 20-ounce dimension to simply carry round with me. It’s tremendous light-weight and I’ve lastly realized that there’s no cause for me to be carrying round a large insulated bottle when my essential aim is simply ingesting the water. I can drink the entire thing and simply refill it wherever.
What I’m WATCHING: The Greatest Showman. Do we actually want an outline right here? I’ve a well-established love for this film (having seen it an absurd variety of instances within the theater), so when my son advised watching it the opposite night time, I couldn’t resist. I hadn’t watched it in years and we had a number of enjoyable to watching and singing alongside as soon as once more.
What I’m LISTENING to: Cheap & Evil Girl by Bree Sharp. Wow, I simply re-read that album title after typing it and burst out laughing. I’ve by no means even thought concerning the title earlier than and we’ve been listening to Bree Sharp ever since this was launched in ‘99.
Once we first found her music, like so many others, it was her ever-popular music “David Duchovny” that made us giggle and pay attention once more. Nevertheless, there may be much more to her music than simply that catchy music. Her sound is exclusive and considerably gritty. Her music is a mixture of rock and pop, in a mode of city folks music that I simply love. Robust vocals and guitar carry many of the songs. I actually like each music on the album – and they’re all so completely different!
What I’m READING: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. I’ll admit that I’ve owned this e book for at the very least 5 years and I lastly bought round to studying it this week. The e book was advisable to me by just a few individuals. Nevertheless, every time I picked it as much as learn I’d discover myself distracted or simply not able to dive into it.
I’m glad I lastly learn it although. Whereas it’s a nice management e book, a number of the takeaway management classes on the finish of every chapter are additionally related as a dad or mum. And in the event you’re curious about studying extra about U.S. Navy Seals and the way these elite groups function in fight conditions, you’ll possible get pleasure from this e book.
“Train us to quantity our days, that we could achieve a coronary heart of knowledge.” Psalm 90:12 NIV
Wishing you a stunning week stuffed with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
