The Little Issues Publication #466 – Life, l...

Welcome to the weekend, my buddies! I got here house to a wonderful sundown the opposite day and couldn’t resist pausing within the driveway to take a photograph. What a tremendous world we dwell in, buddies. Even when life throws us curveballs, the solar nonetheless rises and units in moments of magnificence.

As I write this, the birds are singing at full quantity exterior my window and the solar hasn’t even risen. I adore it. We’ve had a enjoyable week over right here. My mother is visiting and my youngest son is in his first faculty play. Who knew highschool theater may very well be this a lot enjoyable??

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Crammed with creamy oats, candy bananas, berries, a touch of brown sugar, and spices, this Crockpot Oatmeal is a breakfast that my entire household enjoys. Better of all, this crave-worthy oatmeal could be made in only one hour with none stirring in any respect!

Spicy, candy, and barely tangy Glazed Salmon with Broccoli is one among my favourite methods to cook dinner and serve fish. One delightfully easy sauce does double responsibility as marinade for the fish and taste booster for the recent broccoli.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms crammed with mushy cream cheese, recent inexperienced onions, and candy crab meat hold you coming again for extra. These two-bite appetizers are arduous to cease consuming.

If you happen to’re fortunate sufficient to have some additional mushrooms left within the fridge, garlicky Marinated Mushrooms are nice to have readily available so as to add some pizzazz to salads, sandwiches, pizzas, snacks, and extra! This straightforward recipe makes it simple to maintain a jar of them within the fridge always.

Barely candy and tangy, Apple Grape Salad is a quick and fresh-as-can-be fruit salad with a creamy dressing that you simply’ll need all summer time lengthy. You may’t go unsuitable pairing this with any and all grilled and roasted meats or with a sandwich for a fast meal that satisfies.

Italian Chocolate Salami is made from crumbled cookies, chopped, and toasted nuts, suspended in creamy chocolate that resembles salami. This delightfully completely different dessert is served in lots of elements of the world.

Creamy, actual banana ice cream studded with items of vanilla cookie and pockets of candy whipped cream mix to make Banana Pudding Ice Cream. If you happen to like banana pudding, you’ll go wild for this!

What I’m CRAVING: All the salads! From the Italian grinder salad to cheeseburger salad, California spaghetti salad to cauliflower, bacon, and broccoli salad, I’m able to make and eat all of them!

My FAVORITE THINGS this week are this hand cream and this cuticle oil. My arms have been virtually unbelievably dry this winter and I lastly began utilizing each of those merchandise frequently once more. My arms appear and feel dramatically higher after only a few days of normal use.

What I’m LISTENING to: To The End by Ghost Ship. I’ve been having fun with this group for months, and this complete album has been a win for me. I can’t even decide a favourite tune!

What I’m READING: As soon as once more, I’m studying Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. I don’t know if there’s a ebook I’ve ever advisable to buddies extra typically. I’d most likely reward it to everybody I do know, given the chance. You understand what, I’ll ship a duplicate of this ebook to the primary 20 individuals who e-mail me to say that they’d wish to learn it. 

Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist, in addition to a Holocaust survivor. He believed that we can not keep away from struggling however can select how to deal with it, discover that means in it, and transfer ahead with renewed function.

“The whole lot could be taken from a person however one factor: the final of the human freedoms—to decide on one’s angle in any given set of circumstances, to decide on one’s personal manner.” – Viktor Frankl

“Dwell as should you had been residing a second time, and as if you had acted wrongly the primary time.” – Viktor Frankl

 “For I’m satisfied that neither loss of life nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the current nor the long run, nor any powers, neither peak nor depth, nor the rest in all creation, will be capable to separate us from the love of God that’s in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NIV

Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!

Mary