Lately...

Catch-up time on a dreary-weather Tuesday that's making me feel sleepy!

Yesterday, I got to meet Jeffrey Edward, Kelly Marie, and Ellie Faye for lunch at Taziki's on Cherry Street!  My chicken rollups were tasty, and it was nice getting to see Miss Ellie and catch up with the Moss fam!! ❤

JEM picked the day, but when I realized that morning that it was their 3rd anniversary, I got online and ordered these 8x8 designer prints at Walgreens.  Huzzah for one-hour photo pickup!  ...I love their family pic with Ellie and Penny, and that was one of my fav wedding-day shots of the two of them. =)

(*This whole update post is in reverse order.)  

On Saturday, the Wilsons had me and Evan and Jessica over for dinner and a game night, except we never got around to playing Catch Phrase, but I'm always a big fan of chatting and catching up on life! ❤

The Myers brought the fancy salad.  The Wilsons had leftovers of chicken tortilla soup, chicken and wild rice soup, and chili!  Chet asked me to bring ice cream, then Teresa also brought ice cream, so we had lots of options! lol

Tate's shirt says "Current Family Favorite." lol  Michael and Baylee are pregnant and she's due in April, so that's exciting news for Uncle Chet and Aunt Karli (and Grandma Teresa)!  I'm hoping for Tate to have a girl cousin - Chet's thinking it'll be a boy.  We shall see! =)

I just love Teresa! =)  She was talking about how great it is being a Grandma, saying she keeps thinking she can't love Tate any more than she already does, then she sees him again and loves him more every time! lol  She also said she thinks God saves being a grandparent for the latter part of your life because it can't get any better than that!  It all made me laugh and think of Mom!

The Wilsons have a friend who does watercolor paintings, and they had these prints made of their three houses - I love it!

On Friday, I made my first spaghetti squash (and maybe last because cutting that thing was a lot of work and while it's tasty once you fix it up a bit, it is definitely not a substitute for real pasta in my mind. lol)

This meme just made me laugh on a day I was feeling annoyed with people's idiocy.  TV also works, and there are no bugs or snakes indoors (hopefully)! ;-)  But I'm working on being gentle and kind and slow to anger and annoy, as I mentioned in my Movie Monday post. =)

Here's the mini Miss telling us a story and then reciting her phonograms with all the hand motions.  She's so smart and thoughtful and sensitive and playful and fun! ❤

Dad and I at OSU's Homecoming game earlier that day (Saturday, the 19th)!  We had lunch at Granny's Kitchen then drove through the amazing Homecoming floats then stopped by Chris' University Spirit and got me a new OSU hoodie before the game!  Even though Baylor won (yay for JEM and Jill), the weather was fantastic and the whole game atmosphere was super fun... we stayed through most of the 4th quarter until there was a mass exodus when it became clear Baylor was going to win.  Anyway, I've been to two games this year, which is rare for me -- fun times! =)

Miss K and I doing a YouTube Jack Hartmann exercise video she thinks is funny and fun! lol

Kristin's twins (Wesson and Nash) looking ever so adorable in the Dumb and Dumber Halloween costumes (which were for the kids of another of Dad's secretaries, so they're a little big on them)! ❤

Dad on Boss's Day this year! =)

My new power-reclining couch and chair -- yay!!

Meme that made me laugh out loud! =)

I've probably written about this before, but Elsa is an INFJ, and I can totally see that in her guarded perfectionism, her feeling responsible and misunderstood and very protective, and her shining when she finally stops hiding and lets go of all the anxiety and fear of other people's opinions that's been holding her back!

On that note, here's another meme I saved recently...

This is true, and I'm so thankful for that!  This gap may not completely go away until we reach heaven, but we can find happiness and peace with God and others and learn to embrace the good things about ourselves in the meantime!

Happy Tuesday, friends and fam.  Make it a great week! ❤