Friday Favorite Five

                               

Hosted by Suzanne.

Goodness me, this week has flown by!!! But it has been a  somewhat busy week,  and it has all been very wonderful!

Actually, though I must confess that  I had dreaded Monday for  several days,  as  it was the day I returned to the  Urologist to remove the stents that were applied  during my lithotripsy  3 weeks ago.  I must say I was  definitely ready  to have them gone,  but to  have them  removed in the doctor's exam room  was daunting to me.  Well, praise the Lord , it was not as bad as I had  imagined and  I must say  'Hallelujah,"  that ordeal is now behind me. The doctor told  me not to drink  iced tea but  homemade lemonade, instead. That would keep one from  getting  pesky stones again;  so I  promptly purchased the largest  bottle of  lemon  drink  and  have  used  some every day  but one this week.    Just add to taste to your water and I  add some stevia to it and it is a refreshing drink!  So  I'll do anything for my health!

On Tuesday, I was so delighted to catch up with my  Six Sisters from our church.  This is a group  started to bring women together   for fellowship and   friendship.. It was particularly wonderful for me  as a new member   of the church 2 1/2 years ago.  MY first group of SS  met for a year together  then we  changed  to a new group. Unfortunately the  function  has  gone  kaput  and Ive been with this group  now for a year and a half,  but we  do  enjoy each others' company so well,    we  decided to just keep it going. Sometimes we invite  the others in for a luncheon, or  I  did a valentine tea last year.

  Or  we  plan a lunch out  in a different restaurant!

This time we ate lunch at one of our favorite places,  but hadn't been back since covid, so it was lovely to  go back and see the same  regular staff!

Wednesday  was  a quiet day for me.  nothing on the calendar, so I  took  the day off you might say.  I did  straighten up the den and  went through  much mailings that needed  to be thrown out.  And I  read several chapters in Pride and Prejudice.  A lovely day to be sure!

 Thursday,  was our  second Thursday prayer day.  This week we,   4 of the 6 of us, met  at Judy's  beautiful home up in the mountains.  Two of the prayer team live what I call up in the mountains.;  Judy  actually lives  on the  incline  of the  SW Blue Ridge,  but  Gerri, lives up at the  top of a mountain.  at the end of the  road.  Both homes are gorgeous and the views are  fabulous.  I love  going  visiting them,,, especially in the  spring and summer.  The flowers and  flowering trees are  so  beautiful!Today we shared prayer requests  for  over  an hour and prayed for  another  hour.  Altogether  we  were  doing   God's work   for 21/2  hours... When I got home Judy sent out a very pertinent email  how one of our prayers had already been answered.  God is so good!!!!

Well, it is now Thursday afternoon. I looked at the calendar and I had nothing going on  outside of our home tomorrow,  Friday,  so I would love to just spend the day with  dear hubby!  He has been doing work  in the yard all  week,  and I do hope that  we might  get out together, do some  marketing, and,  hopefully, stop   at the greenhouse and  get  some  hardy pansies, even though it will be much cooler next week,  those  beauties  are so hardy they should be fine. I miss seeing their smiling  faces in our  back   wall of  spring flowers.  There, the daffodils  are so prolific and I love the  hyacinths,too.  The bloodwort  is so sweet with their  sweet smiling countenances..    it should be a wonderful  day to spend outside together!