Happy last week of August! How? I don’t know! But we have packed a lot of life into August, that is for sure!! I’m joining up with some other bloggers to look at a little recap of August.
What we are Eating Lately – Trying to keep it quick and simple in the kitchen as we adjust to our back to school routines. Monday we had hamburgers, Tuesday was taco night, tonight I’ve got chicken in the crockpot to eat with buttered noddles, Thursday is pita pizza night and Friday we will be heading out of town so I won’t be doing any cooking over the weekend!
What I’m Loving – I posted on Facebook crowd sourcing for ideas of what to do for personal devotions/quiet time. I know many people love the Bible recap but I did it for a year or two and then realized I was spending more time speed reading through the Bible than actually studying/learning anything, so I wanted to switch it up. I just finished up a wonderful summer Bible study on 1 & 2 Peter and now I’m feeling a little lost in my personal Bible study time. I posted on Facebook and got tons of great feedback!! Here are some of the suggestions that my friends gave:
What We’ve Been Up To– August was FULL!!! The first week of August was back to school for teachers, we had meet the teacher night, we also celebrated Tera’s 11th birthday, mu sunflower field has hit full bloom, we enjoyed our last week of summer (a little rest and a lot of school prep!), and then we started school! It’s been so busy but my heart is so full. We love back to school season.
What I’m Dreading/What I’m Excited About – I think that I will always say I’m dreading winter. I am loving the cooler weather we have been gifted in Ohio, but I hate to lost my tan and take out all the sweatshirts already. I want summer to stay forever! I am, however, so excited that this cooler weather has helped the kids play outside for long stretches of time!
What I’m Reading – I’ll be posting my August book review next week, but here are some of the books I’ve been reading lately (or am currently reading!). I can’t wait to write reviews for each of these books- August was a great reading month for me!
What I’m Listening To- I drastically cut back on my podcast listening this month, by choice. I unsubscribed to almost all my podcasts, with just a few left. Here is a new one that I’ve been listening to and absolutely loving: The Sacred Middle
What I’m Wearing- I posted a summer outfit post recently, but since school has been back in session I’ve been raiding my closet for my business casual clothing. It’s fun to wear clothes that haven’t been worn in a while, although I’m always so happy to go home and put on a t-shirt and shorts!
What I’m Doing This Weekend: We are road tripping to Wisconsin to visit family!
Blog friends- I have created a Facebook group that gives us a place to post links and comment on each other’s posts in a quicker/more organic way. Please feel free to join so we can get a good group going!
August Blog Posts You May Have Missed:
Summer Outfits
Life Lessons from the Sunflower Field
A Letter to the Summer of 2025
What Your Child Needs to Succeed in First Grade
Thank you, as always for reading and commenting and following along! I always appreciate it!
That sounds like a lovely August! We’re keeping it easy with meals this week too.