Fave Fives #3 for 2010

 Ok.....I am posting this a day early because I won't have time in the morning before work to do so and tomorrow afternoon I have other household chores that await my attention!  I was on my laptop a lot this afternoon while the plumber was here. Again. ~~sigh~~  what a week. But...thank the Lord the drip in the tub is gone! Of course our checking account is a bit lighter now AND I was fitted for my bridge...yeah...I have 2 teeth again in the empty space I have had for 16 years!  But wow....although, thankfully, the dental insurance covered much of it, we still ended up paying almost half.  But I am thankful that God gave us the opportunity to pay for this dental work.  I just need to re-learn how to chew on that left side! :)

A big thank you goes to Susanne for hosting this fun meme each week.  Link up with her over here and have fun choosing your 5 favorite things from the week!

 

 Here are my 5 favorite things from the past week:

Grapefruit for breakfast.  I LOVE fresh grapefruit and this is the season for it here in NYS.  Now, I know it is not a local fruit so I am not supporting my local agriculture.  Here in NYS it is impossible to grow citrus fruit!  However, my favorite grocery store has been selling large, pink grapefruit, shown here, for an excellent price.  ($.99 each).  Last year I paid much more for one.  I am the only one in the house who eats it every day.  My husband will eat a half a grapefruit about once a week.  I eat one a day!  And I have not had a cold all winter! 

 

 This movie!  Last weekend, from Friday night until Monday afternoon, my husband and my oldest daughter were at the huge high school youth group convention, EXCEL.  My youngest daughter wanted to play on the Wii sports game and work on the computer Sunday evening so I watched The Kite Runner, a very adult movie (or one for mature teens)

I never did read the book when it came out which was why I chose the movie.  I often prefer the book to the movie.  So...if the book is better than the movie, then WOW!  This was truly one of the most memorable movies I have seen in a very long time.  The whole friendship theme just really resonated with me.  I highly recommend this flick but beware:  the PG-13 label is extremely accurate and in fact, I think it probably should be rated R due to some implied abuse that is not quite shown but....the implication of what is happening is very evident.  Also, some violence which, again, is not super graphic but disturbing enough.  Needless to say, it really makes my fave five list for the theme.

 This flair button on my teenager's satchel.  She bought it at Excel and I was just thrilled at the message of the button:  "I'm Praying for my Future Husband".  I just love, love, love it!!  And of course it is in her fave color:  PINK!  Ever since she has received ,and worn daily, on  her ring finger, left hand, the Purity Ring, she has been really into the whole "wait to date" thing and praying for her future hubby.  She says she will date but she is not pushing her self although there are a couple of boys who really like her and with whom she tends to pal around with and hang out with.  I just loved the fact that she is thinking of her future in this way.  Kind of brought tears to my eyes!

The perfect blue sky today (it is Thursday....the afternoon I am writing most of this!).  This is the view from my backyard deck.  I love the cerulean blue of summer, as you know, but the crispness in the cold air (it is only 34 today) and the bright blue just thrilled me.  And the warm sun felt great as I swept out the garage after teaching this a.m. I love the bright blue sky!!

My husband (on the right!).  He is awesome and one of my very best friends. He is a great dad to our 2 daughters and a fearless Life::Redefined leader (our church's youth group).  Here he is over the weekend with the boy who likes our oldest daughter. Dave is no idiot.  He believes in really knowing these teens....especially the ones who spend time with Courtney and who are of the male species! lol......

Seriously.....Dave is the love of my life and if it weren't for him, my new laptop would be ka-boom.  It got hit with some kind of weird anti-virus scam on Monday which turned out to be a bad bug.  And poor Dave had just walked in the door after dealing with over 70 teens from our church all weekend!  But....he sat down and fixed the problem and I made sure I made him an awesome dinner!  He is a great guy!

So...that's it for my favorite things from the last week.

What is at least one thing from the last week that you would call a fave??  please do share by leaving a comment or linking up with Susanne to do your own Fave Five post!!

..I'll be back to check!