Asking for His Will

Just praying for His Will - if it is meant to be - it will happen.
All went well this afternoon, should know by the end of next week.
This is definitely His timing and praying for His direction.
Totally at peace with either answer.

Even came home to dinner waiting for me - my sweet husband cooked up some good grub!
One of my favorites is a cream gravy over toast or potatoes - he made a brisket gravy with some of our leftovers from the weekend!  It was scrumptious.

Goal # 3

Yes!  Goal # 3 has been completed.

I've officially taken 500,000 steps.
The first 250,000 were taken in 24 days.
The next 250,000 took 25 days.
I was supposed to do it in less and am quite surprised it was only a day past the previous days required.  I had several days in this round where I didn't meet my 10,000 and my average step per day dropped.
24 days = 10744 steps per day (1 day under 10,000 steps)
25 days = 9705 steps per day (8 days under 10,000 steps)
I will try again to beat that 24 day time frame - we shall see with this wonderful summer heat.

Readers

We are a family of readers.  Once we pick up a good book, it is hard to put it down.  Our reading interests vary.  Charles enjoys a good suspense or mystery book.  Becca seems to follow in his footsteps - always looking for a thriller to devour.  Chuck tends to like books in the medieval period or those in the fantasy and magic genre.  My taste is christian fiction.  I love the pioneer and old west time period. 

Homemade Ice Cream

All that I can say is YUMMY!

BLT's for dinner

Tag team ironing

Bookstore for a new/used book - one of our hobbies!

NCIS marathon - we all enjoy!

Cleaning

We cooked and cleaned today.

I made a few new discoveries.

#1 - Vinegar  - we use it to clean different things around the house, but I discovered something new today.  We have a black fridge and the tray under the water/ice dispenser has looked nasty for awhile.  We have scrubbed it with soap and water, thrown it in the dishwasher and tried different cleaning products but none of them worked.  It had this white film from the ice and water splatters.
As I was cleaning I poured some vinegar on it and let it sit.  About thirty minutes later I took my sponge and was wowwed!  It wiped it off and looked as good as new!

#2 - Cream of Tartar - what a wonder cleaner!  I put a little on a sponge then added a little water - my deep fryer looks new again.  I got ambitious and cleaned the fronts of the cabinets too. 

Homemade Burgers, B-Bque Beans, Salsa with Potato Salad, Chips and Watermelon

Tomorrow we are gonna make homemade ice cream - it has been awhile since we have made it - can't wait - it's our favorite kind of ice cream.

Brisket and Sausage

I love three day weekends, it gives Charles an excuse to smoke some meat.  All finished and ready to eat, we can't wait to dig in.
Chuck and Becca cut down those random little trees that sprout up - thank you!

Graduation

Lindsay graduated tonight - we are very happy for her!  She is going to do great at college and be successful in her future!  We love that girl!
It was nice to see family and friends too!