Hey, all you beautiful people and welcome to the glorious and the mundane podcast. I'm your host,

Christy Knuckles. This is the place where we discover together what life and God truly looks like,

even on our most ordinary mundane days. And summer in particular just feels so packed full of those kind of days, doesn't it?

But, you know, I've been talking with several people recently how it feels like summer breaks are getting shorter and shorter.

I don't know.

When I was a kid, summer felt like it was like four months long.

And, you know, I do think we started school in the 80s and 90s, like maybe more

in September. So it's a thing. My point being, savor these mundane ordinary days, because it's all

going to fly by so fast. These are the moments that you get to teach your kids how to be bored.

This is the time to get away for some play

and rest, even if it's not somewhere far away. Find some pockets of the summer season where you

can tug away with your people. Nate and I love to watch chef Jamie Oliver when we're wanting

to just chill out. We've actually gotten to visit a few of his

restaurants in England and loved it. So that makes watching his show so much more fun, as you

can imagine. But he basically just takes fresh ingredients from his garden. And then, you know,

he just shows you what you can make with them. And it's always so beautiful. But a lot of times

when he's just about to take that

first bite, you know, to just savor what he just made, he says, now the only thing left to do

is just tuck in. It's fun to think about creating moments for your family in this season to do

just that. I know it's, it's kind of cheesy, but it's

super sweet. We had one of those just the other night and getting to celebrate Nate's birthday.

The kids all came over, and that crew now includes a fiance, as well as a boyfriend of one

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