Friday favorites
It’s Friday again. I hope you had a fantastic week. Here’s a small sampling of my favorite moments since last Friday.
It started out with Labor Day weekend at Hawkes Landing. The leaves are turning, and it is absolutely stunning.
Charlie was less than enthusiastic about posing for a photo, but he humored me. (What choice did he have, really?)
Returning to real-life after the long weekend was challenging, but this made it much more bearable. My first PSL of the season!
Larry and I decided to try something new. We’ve kind of gotten in a bit of a rut, eating a rotation of the same meals week after week, so we ordered some “Prepped” meals from Winder Dairy. They deliver all the ingredients in just the right portions for two servings. We cooked this one together–steak tacos and red cabbage cole slaw. It was really good, and fun working together to fix it.
Then Wednesday evening we took these two good-looking young men to dinner and shopping for Braxton’s birthday. They both started junior high this year. I cannot believe it!
Braxton chose Red Robin for dinner, and I selected the highly nutritious (and not fattening at all) fish and chips. But hey, I threw in a salad for good measure.
To finish out the week, I went to lunch with Ashley (sorry, I forgot to take photos), and then walked over to Barnes and Noble and bought this!
Be prepared for amazing results right away I’m sure!
Now for a true confession that has nothing to do with Friday Favorites. Last Tuesday, I posted my blog as usual on Facebook, but when I didn’t get any comments or even likes, I began to think it must be really bad. (I’m over confident like that.) Last night I was scrolling through and noticed I had set the post to private–only sharing it with Larry. I’m not sure how I did that, but I opened it up to the public, and voila, my lovely friends came through. Thanks for the comments Cindy, Courtney, Ashley, and Jessi.
Jimmie and I actually had a day off together for Labor Day. It was so much fun being together as a family. We took a walk around Silver Lake, went to the park and ate icecream at Coldstone.
That sounds divine!
The time for PS is here. Lattes, muffins, hot chocolate and now they have pumpkin spice peeps. Yes, those marshmallow globs you get at Easter, with soul-less eyes. Btw, I eat the eyes first.
I with you on all things pumpkin–except maybe Peeps (especially now that you pointed out the soul-less eyes)!
FYI I tried to respond and it wouldn’t let me either 🙂
Thanks for the great weekend at Hawkes Landing, and for sharing our new “meal in a box” adventure! People looking for new things to do should at least give it a try! New ideas, new foods!
I agree 100 percent!
My highlight was the special late-night conversation I shared last night with my Tessa Bean. ???
She is such a doll. All of your children are incredible. (Their mom’s not bad either.)
The highlight of my last week (not this week) was having lunch with Christie at Stella’s! It was great catching up with the best boss I ever had.
You are too kind. Our lunch was a highlight for me as well.
Highlight of the week so far for me was a hike up to Stewart Falls with Tiff and the kids. Also the fact that we’ve made it to Friday is a pretty good highlight.
To go along with your Photography book take a look at this Christie:
https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/home
A Stanford professor has released his entire digital photography course/lectures for free. It’s pretty interesting so far. He goes into more technical detail than may be 100% necessary but I’ve liked what I have watched so far.
I’ve heard Stewart Falls is a good hike. And thanks for the photography tip. I’m going to check that out for sure.
The best part of my week was a long Sunday morning walk with a friend, seeing both my grand babies and mom, as well as getting 2 new books in the mail!
We need a new family photo now that my family is growing….let me know when your ready to do group pictures. XO
Sounds lovely. You may have great-grandbabies before I’m doing group photos, but I know a great photographer if you’re ready before then.
Red Robin is one of Amara’s favorite places for us to take her to dinner. She and Grampy each get a shake for dessert and split them so they each get 2 shakes! Hope you’re having fun with your camera!
Red Robin does have delicious shakes, and everything tastes better when you’re sharing it with a grandchild!