Life: It Goes On - August 10

Happy Sunday! It's been another busy week at Chez Shep! Overnight company for a couple of nights, evenings with friends, sibling dinner at our house last night, and a week of taking care of Mini-him and Miss C's cats while they were in Alaska have me worn out. There is plenty that needs to be done around here, but I think I'll opt for a day mostly filled with rest and reading. 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson, a follow up to her The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Not enjoying it as much as I did the first book; but I'm only about a third of the way through it, so we'll see if it picks up for me. 

Watched: Not much, except some pre-season pro football. 

Read: I haven't had much time for reading this past week so I'm still working on Paul Harding's Enon and Sarah Vowell's The Partly Cloudy Patriot.

Made: Homemade ice cream, bbq chicken, caprese salad, spinach/strawberry salad, homemade chocolate sauce for supper last night. 

Enjoyed: Time with my brother and sister-in-law when they stayed for a couple of nights; time with friends Thursday and Friday evenings; time with the Big Guy's siblings and their spouses. 

But most of all, this: 

Mini-him proposed to Miss C while they were in Alaska and we could not be happier! 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: On a quiet week this week, filled with genealogy research and reading. Unless BG finally decides it's time to work on the garage, which he's been hinting at being ready to do lately. Then I'll be all in for working on that for as long as his interest lasts. 

Thinking About: Leftover homemade ice cream. It might just be my lunch! 

Feeling: Tired, but happy. It was a busy week, but filled with so many good things. 

Looking forward to: Book club this week. We were meant to be either going to a book-based movie OR reading our non-fiction read for the year. But both of those have fallen through so we may just be chatting for a couple of hours, and that's ok. 

Question of the week: What's your go-to meal when you're having company? Does the time of year make a difference in what you're making?