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I missed Thursday and broke my streak of Thursday Threes. Next week I’ll hopefully return to my favorite night of blogging. This week has just been so inside out, upside down that I haven’t been able to keep up with anything it seems. It hasn’t exactly been the easiest week but grateful for the weekend. Here’s the three…

1. The hubby had a birthday. It was a great night of friends and food as we had people in our backyard for a “chill out, grill out”. I strung lights from the house to the tree and it was just the most adorable little thing. We had a great night soaking up time with friends and celebrating his years.

2. It’s been a really long week.There were disappointments, stressors and misunderstandings. There was also grace, forgiveness and blessings. I’m grateful for what we have and incredibly eager to move forward.

3. The beach hat is officially on, and it is time to hit some waves! We are driving out to the ocean in T-minus 5 minutes (did I say that correctly?) to spend a day and a half with the hubby’s sister, kids and husband. Looking forward to it. Hoping it will prove to be relaxing.

This week has felt incredibly long. Perhaps it was the mini-vacation we had in there or the fact that my shortened work week has dragged on in all of the worst ways. Thankful though for a weekend coming our way and time to clean house a little. Here’s the Thursday Three…

1. Did I mention a mini-vacation? Why yes. That happened, unexpectedly. We have some amazing friends who called and said they were flying standby and would be at our door the next day. They wanted to take a little babymoon before she was no longer allowed on airplanes (35 weeks preggo!) and I could not have been happier to see them. Seriously. I was getting a little Iowa-sick (like homesick, but when you feel at home where you are now) last week and they were just the ticket. We did our best to be good hosts and took them to some of our favorite spots in the Triangle and then headed out to Nags Head to hit the beach! Love, love, love them.

2. We ate like foodies. I am not a foodie, generally speaking. Between a long list of allergies and a weakness for nibbling, I mostly survive on fruit and cheese. While they were here, we went all out and ate so many amazing things I think I could write about those meals for the next ten posts and still be licking my lips. French bakery goods, specialty pizza, fresh seafood, more seafood and local ice cream…what more could a girl want?

3. We balanced the weekend out by looking at the budget. I know, super lame sounding compared to all of that wonderful and epic fun we just had. But it was time to look over our spending habits, make some adjustments and talk about what was most important. I think something I’ve learned with budgets is that it doesn’t actually have to be restricting. It’s almost more freeing to say, “I am going to spend this amount of money and not feel guilty about it because it is in the budget” as opposed to being oblivious to what spending is happening and feeling like you must be doing it wrong unless you avoid it altogether. It made me feel more relaxed once it was done. I’m definitely thankful for a hubby who is on the same page with me as we strive to be good stewards of our money, not to mention, glad he was willing to allot a fair amount for vacation money!