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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone and welcome to Friday's Fave Five. What a lovely Valentine's Day here in the Mid Atlantic.. We got a reprieve from the rain and snow today!! Thank you, Lord!!!
~Our Valentine's Day ~ Hubs and I decided to dine out today for breakfast. So we chose our favorite place, The Toastery. It was pretty crowded by the time we arrived.. around 10am... so we just fell in line and waited to be seated, but it was lovely to see all the couples, young and old, enjoying their special breakfast out!!
~~Serving the Lord~ Lynn and I are committee chairs for our Bereavement meals.. these are meals following family funerals where the family members return to church for a lovely dinner provided by their friends at church! We have a meal in planning for midweek next week. This is a very special family... the septuagenarian wife lost her husband and beloved sister on the same day, leaving her terribly bereft! Today after breakfast hubs and I went shopping to collect items to make the dining experience a bit more special. I like to create lovely table settings, but on a budget.. So you'd be surprised to see what nice items one can find at the Dollar Tree. This meal will be serving 80 people which means 13 tables jsut for seating. So this weekend Hubs and I will be working on arrangements.. Thankfully there are common pieces that will be used for meal after meal but the small seasonal decor does change. It was really fun for me to find something springy to lift the spirits of those attending. I love this committee, and it is so wonderful to have folks from church call me regularly to sign up to bring food items or volunteer to help at the events. What a blessing!
~God's Special gift to us~ Wednesday winter showed its wicked head here in the Mid Atlantic with ice storms and tons of freezing rain. Thankfully, we had no damage and the ice was gone by mid morning today so we were able to get out and about. But I do have dear friends who live at higher elevations who were hit very hard with the ice! Many dear friends had trees and large limbs down all around and on top of their homes on Wednesday night!. Hubs did drive up our dearest buddies to help him with his damage control. Thank you, Lord for sparing us and our home!
~A Convenient Supper~ Today while we were out we decided to stop at Zaby's to try out their chicken strips. We usually order chicken strips for various locales as the meat for these meals.. We usually get it at Krogers, but someone suggested this newer place .So we drove by and purchased a chicken strip meal to sample and so Hubs and I each tried one strip when he brought it back to the car.. It was pretty good, but for the money Kroger's is still best. But, anyway, the boxed lunch was loaded with 2 more strips, a salad, and lots of fries, so whallah! Instant supper!
~A New Way to Celebrate~ Well, I am afraid we have turned a corner in our married life.. This is the first time we did not share valentine's nor are we dining out for our usual dress up dinner out! I suppose this happens to most couples who reach a certain age.. It's not that our love is fading, but our energy is.. I will say I still got my gorgeous red roses delivery and I hope that never falls by the wayside.. But we both decided our special breakfast was most suitable for this older couple!
What have been the blessings in your life this last week?
That's a lovely thing to do - providing the meal for the bereaved. It sounds like you had a lovely breakfast out. Hubby and I don't make a fuss about Valentine's day - the last time we went out for a meal on the day (some years ago) the restaurant had tried to cram in so many tables it wasn't in the least romantic. We had some good conversations with neighbouring diners - we were seated that close but after that we decided we'd rather cook a special meal at home or get a takeaway.
ReplyDeleteI love that you and your husband both volunteer with the Bereavement group/ministry. How wonderful for the families to know they don't have to worry about feeding all the funeral goers. We have almost always kept our Valentine's Day low key. It's just a day for goodness sake! for those of us who are Christ followers, we believe in showing love EVERY day not just on a holiday hahah. Red roses signify death to me.....they were what my mom wanted when she had her Celebration of Life service.and they were ALL the flowers at my grandmother's funeral when I was 10. It was my first funeral so I have always equated death with red roses. I won't even grow them. hahah
ReplyDeleteI ended up doing pink from my girls (her granddaughters) and red from Dave and I. Now for happy occasions I only want yellow or pink or sometimes cream.
I'm so thankful you didn't get any damage from those mid-Atlantic storms. We saw on the morning news that you all got hit pretty bad down there. We are currently under a "storm watch" for tonight leading into tomorrow. I'm praying we don't get more than 3 inches of snow because if we do i'll be stuck. Dave's away until monday and I can't use the snow blower (too heavy) and am not supposed to shovel heavy snow (back issues). UGH.
I hope you have a cozy weekend doing the things you love.
You are doing a wonderful service to encourage people who are grieving. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe Prof and I don't do anything special for Valentine's Day either. We ended up meeting our daughter for lunch and coffee at a local shop--not because it was V. Day but because she had the day off.
I love a breakfast out! We don't go out on Valentine's either but it's because neither of us cares for the crowds or feeling rushed at restaurants because they have so many to serve. I think that is so wonderful that you and your hubby do a ministry together. I also love the idea of that ministry! Glad you were not too affected by the ice storm and freezing rain. We don't get that too often where I am.
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