Summer With A Purpose: Week Ten

Oh, just where has summer gone so fast??? It’s hard to believe that we’ve past the halfway mark of August and summer is almost over. It seems like just yesterday I was welcoming summer with open arms, looking forward to fun times at the beach and enjoying ice cream and watermelon!

But after more than three months of hot temperatures and not-so-fun humidity, I’m actually looking forward to autumn. I’m excited when I think about what I’ll be able to do once the weather begins to cool down… Gardening, cycling, bird watching, and more outdoor photography. Ahh, I can’t wait for those crispy, cool mornings and refreshing evenings!

This post ends the Summer With A Purpose challenge. Emily at My Life Belongs to Him started this in June when she noticed that most of us tend to be less productive in the summer months and wanted to encourage herself and others to do more this time of year. Of course, I loved the idea and decided to join! I can’t say how much this challenge has been a blessing to me. I met so many goals and accomplished a lot this summer and I’m sad to say goodbye to these fun Friday posts. :-(

So for the last SWAP post, here’s a review of what we did this week…

Somehow, we managed to catch the cold. Leah got it first over the weekend and it’s been going from one person to another in our family. So the past few days, I spent a lot of time resting and just trying to get better. I’m feeling pretty good today, thank God!

While resting, I made progress on the friendship afghan squares. Now I’ve completed four squares. I know…I’ve been slow in getting them done but I’m confident that I’ll meet the mid-October deadline. :-) I just love the detail in the pattern I used for this square. It’s called Gulls & Garter.

I’m happy to say that we have 10 participants in the “Knit & Crochet for Romania” project! I already have 5 hats ready to be donated and my sisters Sara and Leah are joining me as well. Sara’s made a couple of hats, and Leah’s working on her second one. It’s been so much fun using our talents to bless others! If you haven’t joined yet, please click here to find out how you can participate. I know you’ll be richly blessed by helping others!

While recuperating from the cold, we’ve been enjoyed working on a jigsaw puzzle. {Any other jigsaw puzzle lovers out there?!} This one was given to us by a lovely friend of ours, and it’s been so much fun trying to piece it all together! I think Leah and Jude are really good at doing puzzles. They’re always finding good fits. :-)

Last month, Sara and I participated in an apron swap hosted by Desiree. Each of us sewed an apron and mailed it to another participant, and my apron just arrived in the mail earlier this week! It’s a beautiful half apron. Allison did a great job! It’s so adorable…and she did a beautiful job packaging it as well!

I was also delighted to receive my order of billion dollar tracts in the mail. They were on sale last weekend at Living Water’s online store and we decided to purchase them. They’re great to give out and they have a good Gospel message on the back. I’ve already given them to a few people I know and they were happy to receive them!

Well, I really hope all of you had a good, productive summer! I’m so thankful to God that He blessed me with a wonderful summer. I met most of my goals and I feel really good about that. ;-) And even though I’m sad to see the summer go, I’m looking forward to the more comfortable temperatures that autumn promises to bring!

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who leaves lovely comments on my posts! They really do make blogging worthwhile. :-) I’ve begun to reply to all comments, so if you asked a question in a comment please revisit that blog post…there should be a reply waiting there for you!

Hope y’all have a blessed weekend!