Highlights and Favorites in April; One Sentence a Day

 We had a really lovely April and the month just flew by so quickly. Our weather is still all over the place but I still get out and enjoy the sunshine whenever I can.  

1. So thankful I finished my latest painting and it turned out so well. Hiking with Evan, lots of blog work, Ian started our latest patio project and I finished my latest painting. 10,284 steps. 

I changed after hiking

Ian started the patio for our generator

2. So thankful for a hot shower after working outside. Gym, school with Evan, haircut, then Evan, Ian, and I spent the afternoon working on the patio; it was freezing after being in the 70's yesterday it didn't even reach 40 today! 5,833 steps.

I never even changed out of my gym clothes

 3. So thankful the backache I went to bed with lessened a lot by morning. Gym, laundry made granola, granola bars, a large salad, then spent my afternoon reading, blogging, and ended my night at the grocery store. 10,025 steps.

 4. So thankful for a really delicious night out. Ian, my husband, and I spent the morning finishing up the patio, in the evening my husband and I had a date night out to the Cheesecake Factory. 3,336 steps. 

5. Thankful for a night playing games and eating snacks with the family. Slept in, worked on blog posts for the week, finished up my latest novel then set to work in the kitchen making a roast and mashed potatoes. 2,979 steps. 

 

all finished and everything set back up; hopefully we don't need to use it anytime soon.

6. Thankful Evan found everything he was looking for while shopping. Gym, shopping with Evan, spent my afternoon doing more laundry and blogging. 10,020. 

7. So thankful for a fabulous hike with Evan. Got our taxes finalized (finally!) then went hiking with Evan as soon as he finished school. 9,387 steps. 

8. So thankful I have such a large closet full of clothes. Gym, pulled out all my spring/summer clothes to pack my suitcase (& tried on a million outfits) then spent my afternoon reading. 9,384 steps. 

 

started a new painting

9. So thankful for a great workout at the gym. Started my day at the gym, quick grocery stop, came home to finish packing, read my book and went for a nice long hike/walk by myself. 11,123 steps. 

 10. So thankful for an easy,  uneventful travel day. Flew to Asheville to meet up with Maria, Marilyn, & Tanya. 8,075 steps.

layover and lunch/dinner at the Atlanta airport

11. So thankful to have met another fabulous blogger! Joyce brought us breakfast and it was so great to meet her, then we headed to Jump off Rock, went shopping, and ate dinner at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. 5,103 steps. 

 

12. So incredibly thankful I was FINALLY able to get to see the Biltmore in person! Marilyn, Tanya, and I spent the day exploring the Biltmore then went to dinner at Tupelo Honey before heading back to the AirB&B for the night. 9,228 steps. 

 

13. Thankful for an uneventful travel day. We were up early so Marilyn and Tanya could drop me off at the airport by 7, I had a 3 hour layover in Atlanta and then made it home by 4:30, saw the family, enjoyed dinner together and headed to bed early. 12,122 steps. 

14. So thankful for a wonderful day with Evan. Evan and I headed to Newport to tour Kingscote then had lunch at Mr Z's before relaxing at home. 8,384 steps. 

15. SO thankful for the beautiful 80 degree weather we've been having these past two days! Gym, school with Evan, ran to get berries, get gas, drop off mail, pick up library books, then spent my afternoon blogging and watching TV. 8,464 steps. 

 16. So thankful for a full morning of crafting inspiration. I spent the day working on scrapbooking pages and getting all caught up. 3,075 steps.  

17. So thankful Alec is home for a long weekend. Went to the gym and spent a quiet day at home waiting for Alec to arrive with some of his "stuff" from college (he's home to job hunt for the summer) and had a lovely afternoon/evening getting caught up on all the things. 7,449 steps. 

18. So thankful for a much needed afternoon of napping.  A quiet morning reading and prepping foods while all the guys were at work then I napped in the afternoon-- for like 2 hours and I still fell right to sleep by 9:30! 3,304 steps. 

 19.So thankful for some quality one on one time with Alec. Alec and I went to breakfast then I spent the afternoon helping him and my husband put together his raised flower bed, had a lovely chat with my brother, and got Alec all packed up to head back to school.

chocolate and orange marmalade french toast with fresh fruit

20. So thankful to have crossed everything off my to do list for today. Gym, made all sorts of food for the week, cleaned the whole upstairs, ran to the library, did what felt like a million loads of laundry, researched Arches national park, started working on Mother's day gifts/cards. 10,391 steps. 

 21. Thankful to have found 2 new suitcases (1 for each boy) today while catching up on the phone with my mom. A very busy day where I didn't even have lunch since I went to yoga, dropped Evan off at work, hit up TJ Maxx, went the library, came home swapped laundry around, made Ian's bed with freshly laundered sheets, made dinner, picked Evan up at work while shopping Michael's (boy do I LOVE his discount!) for myself. 6,005 steps.  

22. So thankful that the snow flurries in the forecast never materialized, Gym, spent my day cleaning, doing laundry, prepping food, reading up on Utah's national parks, and then made a few cards. 6,833 steps. 

23. So thankful my husband offered to grocery shop with me after dinner.  I made Ian's cake, did some more cleaning and laundry, menu planned and grocery shopped, 8,200 steps.  

24. Gym, home to finish cleaning the house, made a salad, wrapped Ian's gift, researched things to do in and around Bryce Canyon, then celebrated Ian's 22nd birthday with the family & my mother in law. 9,299 steps.  

 

25. So thankful to have seen such a fabulous movie! Spent my morning making cards, my afternoon hiking with Evan, then ended the night with a date night/ running errands with the husband (I returned a top to Loft, we had dinner at Longhorn steakhouse & saw Project Hail Mary). 8,730 steps. 

26. So thankful for the whole family's help getting the yard looking good. Spent my morning working on the blog, reading, laundry, etc. then went to work in the gardens in the afternoon once the sun came out with the help of Evan, my husband, and my mother in law we got the lawn and all the gardens ready for spring. 5,399 steps.

27. Thankful for a quiet day at home. Gym, cleaned house, read my book, and started writing up my packing list. 8,530 steps.  

28. So thankful for a beautiful day of hiking/outdoor time. I went to yoga, packed my suitcase for vacation, then Evan and I went for a hike after lunch and I spent most of my afternoon outside in the sun. 10,852 steps. 

 

29. Thankful Evan made lunch for me! Up bright and early, cleaned Alec's room since my brother moved out, picked up my mother in law since she was helping Alec and I move him out of his dorm apartment (took just under an hour) then came home to help Alec sort, clean, and organize all his stuff ended the night voting. 9,235 steps. 

 

He was all ready when we arrived so we just had to carry everything down the 3 flights of stairs to the cars

 30.  So thankful I could salvage 2 pairs of Alec's pants. A rainy day I spent running errands (library, post office, grocery store, etc) then home to help Alec weed through this clothes and pack for our vacation as well as do load after load of laundry and take the elastic hem out of Alec's pants to lengthen them. Not so happy to have lost power mid-way through cooking dinner though.  5,111 steps.  

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