Lots of daughters came for a swim and a visit yesterday. Emily, Abigail, Mirielle, Margaret (and Wulf!), Evelyn, Sonja, Char, and Camille, which makes 8 of 11 of the girls. Mali was going to come, but she went to the car show with Josh and they got hot and tired, so stayed home in their air conditioning. (Kathryn is in Oregon, and Suzanne is there too, for a visit.)
We had dinner on the deck. With the chicken, we had fresh broccoli, steamed, some russet potatoes, and cherries. A few of us had some of the Keto pie I made Friday night...oh it was good. Here's how I made it:
About a quarter stick of butter melted in a glass pie pan, a scoop of crunchy peanut butter, microwave for a few more seconds...add some almond flour, just sprinkled on top until moisture is absorbed, then add some more melted butter. I put it in the 'fridge while I made the rest.
12 ounces of cream cheese (softened by taking out to warm a bit), beaten with a few tablespoons of Swerve (or Aldi fake sugar), and a splash of vanilla. In a separate bowl, a cup of heavy cream, beaten until soft peaks form. Add this to cream cheese mixture, beat it up gently, add to pie dish. I then melted 4 squares of 70% dark chocolate, and drizzled it on the top, and refrigerated it for a while. It was quite yummy.
(This dessert was topped with berries I picked in the back yard!)
After dinner, on the deck, we did family push-ups. Paul showed the girls how it's done.
None of the boys were here, they're on a camping trip. (Benjamin, Joseph, and Jonathan, and Adrian).
Today is a blank slate. Emily and Mirielle took the girls and their friends on a hike in northern New York state. So I got up bright and early and drove them to the village, where Em and Mirielle and Abigail live, so they could meet up with all the other girls, and get going on their outing. They packed lunches and brought cold drinks in coolers, and I wanted to go with them!
Paul is home from Nevada, so I didn't think it would be nice to leave him here all alone. Plus, Margaret didn't go with little Wulf, so she is coming over today. And I think Abigail will join us for a swim too.
So that's what's going on with me. I am enjoying summer. Some of the the kids leave for Norway on Tuesday. And tomorrow is going to be busy. Jonathan needs a hair cut, we need to go to the bank, and we are watching Wulf for a while because Margaret has some important work to do.
Anyway. Life is good, the days fly by. I'm working on clean eating, and clean thinking. The thoughts that come into our heads can be random, and can be things we really don't want to think about. Things we know are wrong, perhaps. (like maybe the Poor Me garbage. Or unthankfulness. Or criticism of our very friends and family.) So we got to choose whether or not those thoughts get to take up permanent residency, or whether we resist and boot them out! Because the thoughts that stay are the rudder of our being! Good, pure thoughts make joy radiate. Jesus loved righteousness and hated iniquity, so he was anointed with the oil of gladness more than his companions.
1 comment:
Good morning Della! You are certainly having some very warm weather there!! Whew..........hot AND steamy!! That humidity can be exhausting. I lived in southern Ontario for 5 years, so know about humidity. You are lucky to have a pool to dip into to cool off. You need one in that weather. We are finally having some warm weather after all that moisture..............Mother Nature has decided to change her mood, 🤣🤣 But now we have the dratted mosquitos!!! You are so right about keeping positive and good thoughts....the negative ones can certainly pull you down. You are so wise............Have a wonderful day!! 🌞🌞
Marilyn from Canada
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