Friday Fave Five

 Hosted by Susanne! 

It is a few minutes til 2 am and  I am awake, of course, hahaha, lying in bed alone, while my dearest is prepping for his hospital procedure.  Soon he  will be on his last round of drinking his preparation.  I’ve been lying here thinking, praying, looking forward  to this being over! We both went to bed early knowing that the night would be so very interrupted.  It is 2 now and in a little over 4 hours we will be at the hospital. 

This week has been a little bit fun, somewhat busy, and all around crazy.   Monday  was  a day of trying to get things accomplished. I worked on reading the books  for the kids, five books each.Thankfully, the younger grand is only in first grade but her reading level is third.  Her books were not too terribly long, but our oldest is prob. 5 th grade level so I was able to fudge quite a bit using online sites to glean the storyline of her books.  So by mid week I had my   Detective questionnaires  written  up and ready to go into production.  

Tuesday night I had  a Christmas party to go to with my 6 Sisters from Church.    For those who do not know, our church Women’s ministry chooses  6 women across the ages to get together once a month for 6 months  so that we can get to know each other very well. I have truly enjoyed this so much and this party was an end of the 6  month session of my very first grouping.   It was at Debbie’s home,  and she is a delightful woman who works at the federal court system and is quite the hostess  with the mosttest!  She had every delectable treat you can imagine on a Christmas party table.   Homemade Cheese  spread and crackers, sausages wrapped in bacon and fried up deliciously, veggie tray, every kind of cookie,  Chex mix and that was just the items on the first side of the table. I missed the pecan tassies,  wedding cookies, and a fruit dish. My plate was already full. We talked and munched, and laughed and had such a marvelous time,  I love this way of getting to know other women in the church.   My new group has already met once and we’re off and running now,too!

On Wednesday  I began typing up the questions and decorating the page that would go into each of the detective agency envelops that will be glued into the back cover of each book. If I must say so myself, this project is really cute , and I think the girls will love  doing this. Thankfully, the white 5 x7 envelops with a clasp arrived from Amazon on Wednesday, too.

 

Tonight we have plans to join our dearest friends at a Chinese restaurant .  We used to get together pretty regularly, but one couple has a daughter who is getting married next weekend and they have been rather out of commission busily attacking those wedding plans.And they travel quite a bit doing a type of missions work. I certainly pray Lynn can rest well after his procedure  and feel up to going.  I know he will be up to eating if the doctor allows it!   I finally got the dining room table emptied.  The clean dishes from my thanksgiving party were stacked nicely on one end waiting to be put away in the corner cupboard, and the red transferware dishes have been gathered and stacked there . I need to wrap some gifts on the table before I set my Christmas table, but I must say I am thrilled. I was at Home Goods one  day this week and found the most adorable soup bowls that will mix match with my Christmas  dishes.. The bowls are Royal Stafford, English  and have the most precious pattern! Name the Christmas Toy Shop  the design is delightful.