Simple Living This Week

Happy last week of July! I’m not sure where the month went. It’s been a blur of work primarily around our home. Normally I look forward to the end of July (because of the heat and humidity), but this year feels like it’s all moving a bit too quickly even for me! I have been …

I hope your week is off to a good start. I’m personally feeling the impact of scraping by on 5-6 hours of broken sleep for a number of weeks now. I sleep less well in the summer anyway, but this summer seems especially bad. I know many people love naps, but I have never been …

I hope your July has been an enjoyable one so far. It’s hard to believe we are half way through the month. The past two weeks have simply flown by. We never had bluebirds around until our neighbors put nesting boxes in their yard. Over the past two years we’ve seen them more frequently. This …

Happy July! I hope you had an enjoyable Independence Day. Ours was quiet. David is in the midst of two large projects so he is working long hours, six days a week. We’re thankful for God’s provision. Last week someone contacted me about working on a long-term project together. It was a brilliant idea that …

Happy first Tuesday of Summer! It’s almost fall-like here right now, especially compared to the very hot late spring we’ve already had. I’m thankful for the cooler weather although I can hardly believe we are down to the last week of June! Over the weekend we did some much needed work in the basement. Caroline …

Happy Wednesday! I hope your June has been a lovely month so far. I can scarcely believe that we are half way through the month. Wasn’t it just Memorial Day weekend? I never sent out a newsletter last week. I planned on it and then it got later and later in the week as I …

Happy Tuesday! I hope your first week of June was a good one. We’re in the midst of a week of weather more appropriate for July. Our part of Michigan is in a legitimate drought pattern. We were low on snow for the winter and the spring was also low in precipitation. Lake Michigan is …

Happy Wednesday that feels like a Tuesday! I hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend. Ours was spent quietly at home. We worked and did small things around the house. We finally purchased a flag bunting for the front of the house. We’ve been talking about it for years and picked up one while …

So here we are at the end of May. Memorial Day weekend is just ahead. I’m using this week to tie up lots of loose ends. Do you ever have those weeks? I like weeks like this when I decide that it’s time to close a whole bunch of mental tabs. So I’m finishing off …

Happy Tuesday! Wait, Tuesday? I thought these posts went up on Friday? They did. I tried moving them to Friday and noticed that engagement with them and even the open rates on my newsletters I sent out with them on Friday (or Saturday) went down. Earlier in the week is better to connect with people. …

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