FRIDAY FAVES FOR JUNE

 

It's Friday! And I'm so busy with the "end of the year"  field day today with the entire elementary school (grades K-6) out on the field and playground having games and competitions.  And tonight is my teenager's annual Dance Show.  She is dancing in three ballets this year and is very excited to be doing another pointe solo.  I have not seen ANY of the dances, so I'm excited to see her perform. One of her dances is a lyrical ballet duet.  Please do pray for her if you think of it today.....pray that she and the other girl will be perfectly in sync. If all goes well, she may do some of this piece for a college admissions audition.  Thank you in advance!

For now....let's take some time to reflect back on the week and find FIVE FAVES that God blessed us with.  You can link up at Susanne's site.

FIVE FAVES

• PRODUCTIVE WEEKEND!  Last weekend was very productive for my husband and I.  We ran over to a city west of us to pick up our bikes (and our teen's bike) that had been there since the previous weekend, getting serviced for our trip to Cape Cod.  We plan on riding most of the Cape Cod National Seashore trail.  The bikes look great and now all we need to do is buy new helmets as ours are WAY past the time for replacement.  We also got a lot of lawn work done as we divided up the chores for that. Dave then made a plan for doing some repairs on our shed and in our basement. I managed to get quite a bit of housework done on Saturday, which was good as I woke up Sunday with a sore throat so tried to rest for most of that day. Here is a photo my oldest daughter took, of me relaxing late Sunday evening on my swing.

• LUNCH DATE:  Dave surprised me with a spontaneous lunch date on Saturday.  Soon after leaving the bike shop, he turned into a little deli that he likes and goes to for work lunches sometimes...I had forgotten it was in the same neighborhood as the bike shop.  I had only been to this deli twice before so I was thrilled as they have the BEST chicken salad sandwiches around.  It was fun to just sit for a few minutes and chat with each other over lunch.  We rarely get to eat lunch together!! 

photo courtesy of Courtney E T

• Rainy day:  this makes my fave list because we really needed a steady rain for the grass and flowers and we finally get one on Tuesday.  It rained HARD at one point and a small village to the west of us had a small tornado pass through!  I was driving in pouring rain as I left work, but as soon as I got to the high school to pick up Claire and her friend, the temps had cooled down and the sun came back out!  It lowered the humidity too so we slept with the windows open.  I love a good, soaking rain!

• NEW PRODUCT!  So don't laugh at me, but.....I LOVE trying new beauty products and I discovered a new one this week while shopping at T*rget.  It is this shaving cream.  Now, with both girls home again, we go through shaving cream like crazy.  We like our legs smooth! I typically buy 1 of 2 fave brands, whichever of the 2 are on sale.  But when I saw this new item, I had to try it!  Oh.my.goodness.  It is the best!!  I got it in the lavender jasmine and the scent is just heaven.  And my skin is so smooth and moisturized! I know it's just a small thing but.... I think the 3 of us found a new fave! (we all love their lip balm, too!)

image courtesy of EOS website

• An Excellent Post:  now, the topic of the post I am linking you to is very serious.  There are so many reasons this makes my fave list but the main one is that she is a very dear friend of my oldest daughter from back in their elementary school days and she is the daughter of a good friend of mine.  She also has a very similar background of something I my self went through as a teen.  Her writing is very good.  I encourage you to read the article.  But please privately email me your thoughts regarding it, if you want to comment on it.  Thanks!!  Here is the link: Sin and Crime:  Stop Defending Criminals in the Church

That wraps up my week.  Only one more full week of school/work left for me and then just 3 days until SUMMER VACATION!!!!

I hope you enjoy a restful, refreshing weekend.

BLESSINGS!