Friday's Fave Five

Sharing with  Susanne   this week.

1.   My prayer group has been meeting   diligently  seeking the Lord in  what  we can  corporately and  privately  be doing to promote  Spiritual  Transformation in our community...One gal  sensed from the Lord  that just as  Jesus told His disciples   upon His   resurrection to remain  there   and to prayer  until He sent  our helper,  the  Holy Spirit.. They  waited for 10 days, and then  it was Pentecost!    We sent out word   around our  area  that anyone who was willing to commit to come together in  a local church  to pray for an hour or 2  for 10 days...  to   meet with us..  Yesterday was our first day...  and  10  dedicated   prayer warriors  came out from  several denominations...  It was  so sweet to  meet with them....we  spent that first day   in repentance  for   the nation,   for  our society,  for  our churches, and  privately...    And believe  me,  there is much we   for which  we should be on our knees  in repentance! 

2.  Today I just bit the bullet and     drove myself over to  Pier 1   and   found   an item I've been wanting for   a long time....  I   first started noticing    antler  decor  a little over a year ago   when  the  Bed and Breakfast we were staying in  used quite a bit of it and I just  thought it was so   nifty.... but everywhere I looked,  the   items I really liked with  quite  expensive and I just kept saying  someday...then I found  just what I wanted  at Pier 1 and the price  was  ok..  it was just that  their store isnt very close to  me....  I rarely  go  that far afield shopping...  but  I was not deterred today!!!

 I really love them because they  look really cool in any season....   yet  they have   that olde world charm about them as well...  Merry Christmas to me!

3.  I am so looking forward to  next weekend...   I have  a couple of couples over for a Harvest dinner.I really needed  to reciprocate to one of the couples who  have had us  over so many times to  enjoy their back enclosed deck on cool summer  evenings... for  coffee and dessert..    it is always such a joy to  go  there because  they live right at the top of the mountain  and the  ambiance is  perfect!  So I  really  want to make our  dinner   co  comfy and as yummy as possible...    I  dont want it to compete with  a real Thanksgiving  but still  be a seasonable meal...so I have some planning to do. .. but that is the fun apart for me~~~~

4.  I went shopping this week at    JoAnne's fabric and   it must have been    a God send   for me to  go because that day they were  having a sale on  Simplicity patterns and  I went  with absolutely no  idea that I would be   shopping  for patterns....   but  when I found this fabric...

it was just  impossible to walk away..   even though I am not the world's  greatest  seamstress.   but I am    a great Granma  and I  had to   make  matching aprons for my  sweetums and her mommy.  I about croaked when I finally found the  pattern  for   an apron that I thought I could  actually   make    and saw that the price for the pattern was $ 17.00.  But then  a lady nearby  told me,   "Oh,  but today they are a dollar  a piece!"   YAYAYAYAYAYA!  Now I just have to actually  try to make them...   May the granma juices of all time   run freely through my veins  to get this   done for my sweet girls!!!

5. I bought the greatest magazine today at the grocer... all about Christmas brunches... super looking meal ideas for the holidays.... I love brunch better than just about anything... I can eat brunch anytime of the day or night! Hope everyone else I'll be dining with feels the same !

Friday's Fave Five

                                                      
It's Friday today and that means time to look, recognize and be thankful for the good things, the blessings, the things that uplifted us during the week. Joining Susanne's Space to particpate in sharing....
1.

 This week  we  finally  got the crowning  glory  installed  the  last item to  finish up the  kitchen reno....    a  lovely    ceiling fan  in  the  matching    brushed   nickel...    God has been so  wonderful to us   in this project....Thank you, Lord, for without you, this   long awaited project wouldnt have been possible!

2.

Surprise, surprise,   Lynn actually dropped me off at my favorite little consignment shop  this week  while he  was off doing a few hardware  errands....  I love to just peruse       and  absorb   things   that  were  loved and used in the past...   They so often bring back such  precious memories!  And then I   saw this!

 Now I did try several times to get it straight,   but  it is what it is....  you may wonder...'Why, did this catch her eye,, I mean it's ok... but""
Well,  it  tells a very significant story to me...  My best friend from 1973-1997  was  my  coworker, Pam...  We  were  so  close....   She  was my mentor  and  in our teaching  we were  an awesome duo.   We  did projects together...   wrote a  Culinary reading Cook book together  and  took  it on the road  across the  SE  Reading Convention  circuit for several years.  We travelled to Richmond, Williamsburg,  Charleston..  well it seems we were  very often  travelling  down  Rt 24 east to  Rt 60 to Richmond and  right there near the junction  set back in the woods was the most amazing old house...  the setting was  as  important as anything about it....    but it  was  deserted and  just wasting away from the first time  we ever saw it...  but  we were so much alike  we would start  dreaming of retiring,   buying that old place and  fixing up as a    gorgeous  Bed and Breakfast...  WE  would  spend the rest of the trip   daydreaming about  how we would decorate each room....  it really made the  rest of the trip fly by...  Then suddenly at  age  50,  she  had a massive stroke and we lost her....    But I had  several reasons with my husband to  go to Richmond and every time  we passed  this house  I   would  smile  back tears  and  the sweetest memories of   my dear friend!  The last time we  passed through there  the house wasnt there...   the woods  had  seemed to devour it....   I kind of like  that thought    instead of  someone  tearing it down......  Now I have  a  wonderful  token of  Pam to remember the  best time of our    friendship....I cried when I tried to walk away from purchasing this  print.. I knew it had to come home with me.
3.  I love  these  cool  and  rainy days,,,  just praying  the rain  continues to come gently as it has  all week....Praying also  for  all  the  areas where  the  rain has  brought  flooding  and    loss of property..   Dear  Lord,  protect the lives of those in  any harm's way.
4.

Birdie just turned 2  and  since her parents are  virtuosos on  the violin,  Birdie had been showing a lot of interest  to play as well...  So    the Lord  in His   providence  provided...  on Craig's List  a 1/16 size  real violin for $20   including  case and 2 bows  for her birthday....  Birdie  is  so precious  learning to be  gentle and  careful...   and  learning the  finer points of   hand position  and   posture...  I  love this!..

5.    I  am  really enjoying  having my computer  down  here on the main level   where the action is and closer to Lynn    and    a  whole new perspective....  and  we can enjoy  pandora now all over the house instead of up in a bedroom.....