This Perfectly Imperfect Life

With everything going on, (see prev post) I forgot to post this 🤦🏻‍♀️ With Memorial Day now behind us, aka the unofficial start of Summer, it's officially time for Summer Reading y'all 🎉 And while beach reads are pretty great, lakeside reads are pretty sweet too ☺️ Happy Summer Reading!  #summerreads #lakesidereads #summerreading #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #bookstagram #bookclub #bookblogger #readinglife #readersofinstagram #reading #mayreads #junereads #frommyshelf #beachreads  #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife @mgablewriter @stmartinspress

Another dreary day! Surgery # 4 was this morning 🙈 You'd think by now I'd be used to this, but the jitters started yesterday! 😬🙏🏻 It was a two-parter: The stent is Out 🎉 and another kidney surgery. I'm actually already back in day-stay recovery. A bit 'three sheets to the wind' as it were 🤤😂 but so far so good. Praying this is the last surgery of this round 🙏🏻 Even though the day-stay staff, OR staff, and my urologist are fantastic, I'm tired...  #spoonie #spoonielife #spoonieproblems #RAwarrior #rheumykidneys #rheumatoidarthritis #livingwithchronicpain #livingwithchronicillness #livingwithchronicfatigue #livingwithrheum #gardenwalk #rosechat #springgarden #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife (taken before we left this AM)

Because #FreedomIsntFree and because not all who serve come home. #RememberandHonor today all those who made the ultimate sacrifice and paid the ultimate price protecting our Freedom. #MemorialDay  #honorandremember #memorialdayweekend #allgavesomesomegaveall #attitudeofgratitude #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife  (Taken during one of our Veterans Day parades in the last few years from our float - I adore this photo of the Flag!)

Mama kitty says it's time for #fridayreads! We're #reading @maryalicemonroe's newest #BeachHouseForRent, (coming out 6/20), what are you reading this holiday weekend?  #digiARC #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #bookstagram #readinglife #bookblogger #readersofinstagram #fiction #womensfiction #beachreads #springreads #summerreads #mayreads #junereads #frommyshelf #southernlit #sillykitty #calico #furbaby #simplepleasuresgreatestjoy #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife @gallerybooks

SO much rain from these coastal storms, complete with thunderstorms mixed in, and the gardens have gone from loving it to drowning 😐 And I can't wait to check the basement again 🙄 We'll have gone from drought to the exact extreme opposite if this keeps up. But, there's only a chance of showers between later today and Monday (as of now 🙄) so hopefully we all get a chance to dry out this weekend!  #friday #morning #gardenwalk #morningritual #morningmotivation #rosechat #roses #inmygardentoday #apartmentgarden #coastalgarden #raindrops #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

Sunny Knockout's in full bloom & surviving the rain 💛 Good morning & happy Wednesday ☺️  #goodmorning #gardenwalk #morningritual #morningmotivation #nofilter #roses #rosechat #inmygardentoday #apartmentgarden #springgarden #maygarden #yellowrose #plantastar #simplepleasuresgreatestjoy #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

🎉 And good morning & happy Saturday! #goodmorning #happysaturday #nofilter #gardenwalk #morningritual #morningmotivation #inmygardentoday #apartmentgarden #springgarden #maygarden #rosechat #simplepleasuresgreatestjoy #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

Out 5/16 is The Simplicity of Cider by @aereichert! My thoughts in a nutshell? Another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book! A transportive read about the magical transformation that comes from loving others and the land. I can't wait to read her other books now! Thanks again to @gallerybooks for the digi-ARC. #bookrec #bookreview #bookblogger #bookstagram #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #readinglife #frommyshelf #mayreads #springreads #fiction #womensfiction #readersofinstagram #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

Despite the rainy May Nor'easter all day Saturday, we still managed to spend nearly all weekend up at Home Away From Home, which is exactly what I needed this year, before heading home to spend the rest of Mother's Day with my mother.  #thankful #mothersdayweekend #spring #may #camperlife #rvlife #trailerlife #spoonielife #simplepleasuresgreatestjoy #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

#bookmail 🎉 @author_lisa_wingate's #BeforeWeWereYours coming out 6/6! TY @penguinrandomhouse! Oh and Stay Tuned for a special announcement regarding this particular read, coming soon 🙊  #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #bookclub #bookstagram #bookblogger #readinglife #readersofinstagram #summerreads #booksofsummer #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife @randomhouse

❤️❤️❤️ Because I know how much it can take to get through this weekend, especially when you have to celebrate it for your own mother and other family. #mothersdayweekend #mothersday #stillamom #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

My goodness, this book! Just finishing @elliegg's latest #TheForbiddenGarden (out now) and Loved It! As a gardener myself, the gardening/gardener aspect would've been enough to engage me, but add a well-woven mystery along with a dash of romance? And I couldn't put it down! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ Exceptional fiction! #bookrec  #bookreview #bookblogger #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #bookstagram #frommyshelf #readinglife #readersofinstagram #springreads #mayreads #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife

With Azaleas like this, who needs filters?! 😍 Good morn & happy Thursday from me & my garden 💚   #nofilter #springtime #morning #gardenwalk 💚 #morningmotivation #azaleas #azaleas #inmygardentoday #apartmentgarden #springgarden #maygarden #spring #may #pink #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife 

🎉 @mgablewriter's latest #TheBookOfSummer 💙 Thank you @stmartinspress! I can't wait to get started. Oh and Stay Tuned for my special announcement about this particular read, coming soon 🙊 #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #bookstagram #bookclub #readinglife #readersofinstagram #springreads #summerreads #beachreads #booksofsummer #frontporchview #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife

Post-op day 4 (kidney surgery # 3): There has been much of this today. Kitty snuggles & reading on the couch. In between naps and tea when I'm not queasy from pain. Because I feel like I've been hit by a train then run over by a truck. But I showered, so as far as I'm concerned? I win. Love to my fellow spoonies! ❤️❤️❤️ #takewhaticanget #smallvictories #spoonie #spoonielife #spoonieproblems #theultimatespoonie #livingwithrheumatoid #livingwithrheum #rawarrior #livingwithchronicillness #livingwithchronicpain #livingwithchronicinjury #rheumykidneys #myperfectlyimperfectview #thisperfectlyimperfectlife