Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in.
1. Thanksgiving praise service. Our church moves its usual Wednesday night service to Tuesday night during Thanksgiving week since many travel Wednesday, and the majority of the service is given over to whoever wants to share a testimony. To me it is one of the highlights of the year.
2. Thanksgiving Day. Though we should be thankful year round, it is nice to have a time set aside specifically for that purpose. Plus I like that it is an untarnished holiday — no controversial origins, nothing bad associated with it, the time for family gatherings. I enjoyed the extended time with all the family.
3. Thanksgiving food. All the usual stuff, having a meal in the early afternoon so that one clean-up is over, I’m “off” the rest of the day. Then heating up leftovers or making a sandwich in the evening. Plus it was nice to share the cooking with a new daughter-in-law this year!
4. Thanksgiving Day naps!
5. Playing a few rounds of Apples to Apples Thanksgiving evening.
Bonus:
My son shared with me a fun site called Face Ahoy: it’s a collection of photos of faces that people “see” in everyday objects. Some are very cute, some are funny.
Bonus 2:
Magazine deals! Thanks to a post at Skip to My Lou, I saw that Amazon is selling subscriptions to several magazines for $5 between now and Dec. 1.
Stray Thoughts 
Sounds like your Thanksgiving was good. Great list of 5 (or was it 7?) 🙂
What an excellent post. Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving my friend. 🙂 I’ve never heard of Apples to Apples. Glad your day went so well 🙂 Much aloha 🙂
One of these posts you’re going to have to explain “Apples to Apples”. I am glad you had a great Thanksgiving. It was your first with your new daughter-in-law. I am certain the newlyweds were left with some new, precious memories.
I should have put a link to Apples to Apples in the post. You can see more about it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Box-4099585-Apples-Party/dp/B000246MQU
Your thoughts about thanksgiving day (no. 2) are well said. I liked reading it. Great thanksgiving faves you got.
Oh I love your #2, Barbara. You are so right.
Loved your list. I think I need a Thanksgiving nap. (Even though our thanksgiving was last month. LOL.)
That’s a great idea to change Wed night service to Tuesday night. We might should consider that with my church because so many people miss it.
I love Thanksgiving for those reasons, too. Hope it stays that way!
Thanks for the Amazon tip. I’ll have to wander on over…
I liked that you were thankful for your new daughter in law and her help in cooking.
I always enjoy this meme so I’m going to do it today.
Ugh. You had to mention subscriptions! I had just resolved to let my last magazine subscription lapse (it ends next year)… That thanksgiving service sounds wonderful. What a great way to celebrate corporately what God has done in our lives.
Ohhhhhhh shoot! I forgot it was FRIDAY! LOL! Actually, I’ve been thinking it was MONDAY all day! This was a good list! We were going to play a game last night – but people kept falling asleep! 🙂 Unfortunately I wasn’t one of them!
I agree with you, Thanksgiving gives us so much to be thankful for. Although I rarely get to participate in those naps you talk about! We are planning on playing Apple to Apples tomorrow. Can’t wait!
It sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving Day.
Sharing the cooking is always nice 🙂
Have a happy weekend, too.
It seems that you had a wonderful time. Have a great weekend, Barbara 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and sounds like you have had a quiet reflective week, getting ready for the following events…We have so much to reflect on in the coming month…keeping our hearts at peace.
I’ve really enjoyed reading all the thanksgiving posts and yours included! 😀