April is here! A new calendar page, a new month squarely situated in springtime. We’re still having some cold mornings, but the days have been very pleasant.
I woke up around 2 a.m. Monday to discover we were under a tornado watch. Thankfully, nothing happened. If we got the thunderstorms that were in the forecast, I didn’t hear them until after I got up. I was thankful the Carolinas got some of the rain, as they’ve had some serious wildfires there.
I’m sharing blessings of the week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story. Feel free to join in!
1. Impromptu dinner with Jason, Mittu, and Timothy. They had asked to come over to see Jim’s new-to-us camper and truck, but ended up not getting here til dinner time. So they brought frozen pizza.
2. Sunday dinner gathering. Jason and Mittu had invited a couple over from church who were about our ages, so they asked if we wanted to come, too. We enjoyed the great pot roast and fellowship.
3. Another family dinner. I was to make a dessert for the dinner mentioned above. I tried two things, and they both flopped. So Jim ended up buying a gluten-free cake at the store.The one cake I made tasted great, but looked terrible. The blondies were not great, but were edible. Since we had all this sugar in the house with two of us who are trying to keep sugar under control, I invited the family over for dinner and dessert Tuesday. I was able to send some food home with them as well.
I’m not sure if it’s considered a promotion or just a lateral change, but Jesse is in a new position. It did come with a raise! But it’s also third shift to start with. When he came for dinner, we got to catch up with how everything was going.
4. Youth Sunday. Once a year, our church has a special emphasis on our youth, praying for them and having them participate in the service. It’s always so encouraging to see all those bright faces and to be reminded to pray for them as they seek God’s guidance and grow in Him.
5. Dinner out. I had an appointment one afternoon and stopped to get my hair cut afterwards. I got home just before dinnertime and suggested either getting take-out or using a gift card someone had given us to Olive Garden. We did the latter. Sometimes when we go out, we wish we had stayed in after dealing with the excess noise and bustle. But this time, we were seated in a quiet side section with just two rows of tables and had a nice view out of the windows. We had a great waiter. Instead of my usual choices, I tried something new: chicken and shrimp carbonara. It was so good! Plus I had leftovers to bring home for lunch today.
How was your first week of April?
Stray Thoughts 
how wonderful to have all the family time! And dinners…..
I haven’t been to Olive Garden in so long…since the year Covid hit! but we have a REAL italian restaurant now here in town that’s famiy owned so we try to support them now. plus it’s cosier and quieter than our town’s Olive Garden which is always a long waiting line. I think because it’s close the airport and we get a lot of tourists so they probably all flock there. haha
YAY for your son’s promotion….
I hope you have a good weekend!
You had a busy first week of April! Lots of family time. We did get spared from all the storms. I was sure thankful for that.
Have a great week! Looking forward to lunch.
You had a wonderful week where food and fellowship with family was involved! I don’t think life gets much better than that. 🙂
Congratulations to Jesse on the raise…sorry that he has to start out on third shift because that’s a hard one for the body to adjust to, but with him being younger perhaps it won’t bother him as much. I’m sure he welcomes the raise.
Always good to have family time and I’m sure they appreciated the desserts. Glad you had a nice meal out too. Have a good weekend.
Sounds like a busy week — I hope you’re continuing to feel better! I have made so many things that tasted good but didn’t look too great — ugh. I’m glad you had family/friends to send some treats home with 🙂 Yay for your son’s raise; I hope eventually he can get better hours. We’re getting tornado warnings and tons of rain, which often come with springtime here. Youth Sunday reminds me of my youth 🙂 I remember being terrified one year when I had to teach a Sunday school class of older ladies. Oh my!
Oh my! Glad that tornado watch never escalated to anything more serious. What a nice collection of family meals together. Gluten-free desserts can be tricky. I’m glad you made it through and got the left overs out of your house!
That’s a terrific focus for the younger generation to know they are in God’s hands.
I see a theme here– fellowship around a meal. I love how your family enjoys spending time sharing dinners. Here’s to many many more times of fun and joy.
Sounds like you had a great week! I love to eat at Olive Garden. We usually have the soup and salad combo. I also like the angel hair shrimp pasta with asparagus. I try not to eat the bread because of the carb overload. Have a great weekend!
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I love how there is always family time mentioned in your faves. And nice that you were able to catch up with what’s happening with Jesse and his job. I think I’ve been to Olive Garden once. We don’t have it here in our city but in the city where two of my kids live. But as chance would have it Old Spaghetti Factory is across the street from the Olive Garden and Hubby’s favorite restaurant is Spaghetti Factory so it always wins out.