Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details.

So here are my favorites from the past week:

1. Chocolate pianos. Why would I need a chocolate piano, you ask? Jesse’s piano recital was last night, and though we don’t always get his teacher a gift, for some reason this year I decided to try to find a chocolate piano for her. And. voila, I found several online. I chose this one from Ann Hemyng Candy, Inc.’s Chocolate Factory. It came nicely packaged as well. I thought it was really cute.

2. Secret Sisters. Our ladies’ group gives ladies the option of participating as a “secret sister” through the year. We chose a name for the year and secretly, anonymously pray for each other and give little gifts, then reveal our secret identities at the Christmas party in December. We just had our party on Monday, and the lady who had my name is a long-time friend. I am surprised I didn’t figure out it was her! I actually suspected at one point, but then one day a man at church made it a point to tell me there was something for me at the back table, so I began to suspect it was his wife, and that threw me off. But my secret sister gave me this cute snowman dish and dishtowel.

I’d been wanting a new serving dish for the holidays…the one I had was plastic and cracking in places.

3. Winning things! I won these sweet little dove ornaments made by Dawn at 4:53 am, one of my favorite craft blogs.

4. Jesse’s first basketball game. Though I’ve been inwardly moaning about having to be out two nights this week for basketball along with everything else going on, I did rediscover the enjoyment of going to the games and visiting with other parents. Jesse not only started but played the whole game. This is him in the air.

Their first game was against a much bigger, better, more experienced school, so they weren’t expecting to win, but considering their opponent and the fact that this was their first game, and, for a few of them, like Jesse, their first year on the team, they did well. They only lost by 9 points.

5. Sunshine. We’ve been low on rainfall for a long time and needed the rain, but after two days of it I was so glad to see the sunshine this morning.

Bonuses:

6. Hobby Lobby! I’ve been wanting to put a little miniature Christmas tee on the dry sink in my kitchen but have had a hard time getting it together. I got a tree a year or tow ago in an after Christmas sale, and had a set of a few ornaments, but couldn’t seem to find the right accessories. But Hobby Lobby this week not only had everything I needed, it was all marked 50% off! I was surprised to see it marked down before the holidays.

7. Online shopping!!

Happy Friday!