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.
My favorites from the past week or so:
1. Spring break! No alarm clocks!
2. Winning a comment contest at A Dusty Frame. The prize: $10 credit from her Etsy shop. Thank you, Lizzie!
3. I made this Chicken Pot Pie that I saw last year at Barb‘s.
I had been wanting to make it for a while, and finally reminded myself that I wanted to do so before the weather got much warmer. I avoid turning the oven on during the summer if I can help it! (I also got the idea from her of decorating the crust with little cut-outs!)
When I tell my husband we’re eating something I saw on someone’s blog, he says, “Blog food?” with the same intonation as if he were saying, “Dog food?” 🙂 But so far he has liked any “blog food” I have served. And everyone liked this.
4. Then one of my favorite things to do with the leftover pie crust is so sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar and a little butter and bake it just for a few minutes til done. Wonderful!
I also had this week another of my favorite little things to do with leftovers is to make a sandwich out of leftover meatloaf. Some time last year I started making a grilled cheese sandwich with leftover meatloaf in it — even better!
5. This little box:
Holds a little pump:
Which I hope solves a big problem.
I had mentioned before that our little patio area floods when we get a lot of rain, which then floods our sunroom. It’s become quite an ordeal to set the portable pump outside and get towels and the wet vac inside. The drain wasn’t keeping up, and we had roto-rooter guys who cleared a hole through it but said it was caving in and broken through with roots, plus it was not enough of an incline for gravity to really help the water drain. They wanted to dig up a corner of the patio and out a pump in for $1200. My husband put this little pump in outside the patio (Isn’t he smart?) So far in testing it and in a small storm we had the other day it did great. It’s set to automatically come on when the water reaches a certain level. This will be a BIG relief!
I hope you all have a great weekend and a wonderful Easter.
Stray Thoughts 
YUMMY!!! that chicken pot pie sure is making my mouth water and it’s only 7:30 in the morning here! Loved your list…..HAPPY EASTER to you…..
Your pie looks yummy and i love doing that with the spare crust dough.
I want to not use an alarm clock.
I always enjoy reading these. I like meatloaf sandwiches, too. I made a meatloaf last week and had one on several occasions until it was gone.
I love chicken pot pie. Haven’t made one in a while, though.
I see a hose running from a box like that in my neighbor’s yard and wonder if that is what they’re doing.
I try to never wake up to an alarm clock. It makes me feel sick to get startled awake. Smokey is good to wake me up early if I need it. He wants me up as soon as there is any light in the sky. Also leaving the blinds open just a bit helps to wake me with the light.
Have a blessed Easter,
Mama Bear
I’ve made Barb’s chicken pie too, though not as nice and fancy looking as yours, and it was a hit here too.
I love those cinnamon pie crust thingys. Such a simple dessert and sooo good!
Whenever I make meatloaf I always have to make two loaves, one for a hot dinner and one for sandwiches for lunches. Everyone loves that around here.
That chicken pot pie looks fabulous! I’m sure I would just end up making the innards without the crust though…. I’m so BORING! I know… the crust IS the best part! LOL!
The thing I LOVE most about my life at this stage of the game is NO alarm clocks! Oh, occasionally I have to set one to make a drs. appointment or something… but overall… NO alarms! Life is GOOD!
I’m off to our noon Passion service — Amanda just texted me and said Luz is having a hard time dealing with Hector leaving today and may NOT be up to spending the night tonight… say a little prayer she changes her mind, please! She usually does… But God’s will! That’s what’s important!
I laughed outloud about the “blog food.” I get the same reaction around here! BUT! Every single time I’ve made food that I was inspired by from another blog, it receives a rave review. So there! =D
Chicken pot pie. Ooooh, I haven’t made that in awhile and you make me very, very hungry for it!
Have a very blessed Easter weekend!
Mmmmm… that pot pie looks delicious!
And as far as blog food goes, I was trying to remember how to make those crescent-roll-marshmallow Easter thingies you mentioned here when I was at the grocery store this week.
How funny — no alarm clock was on my list, too!
I am definitely trying out that Chicken Pot Pie. It look luscious. I laughed out loud at your hubby’s comment on Blog Food…I’ve heard the same here.
So glad you got your pump and it’s working!
Because He lives…blessed Easter to you.
What a darling pot pie! Mine have never looked that cute. “Blog food”—I love that. Ha. I bet you are such a marvelous cook!
Have a blessed Easter.
Yeah no alarm clocks for a while 🙂 WOOT. The Chicken Pot Pie looks delicious. 🙂 Good idea about the pump. I remember your post on that. Sounds like you had a great week. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Mmmm…. all the baked goods look yummy! I hope your little pump does the job. Water problems can be extremely annoying!
Have a blessed weekend.
Blog food, lol!
I love doing the same thing with pie crust, but mine never turns out as well as I remember my grandmothers. I hardly ever see anyone else doing that.
Your chicken potpie looks amazing
What a cute chicken pot pie with the little dough tulips around the outside edge. Very delicious looking. Hope the pump helps with your water problems. Have a great Easter weekend.
I love no alarm clocks. 🙂 One of my families favorit things is my chicken pot pie, but I don’t make it all that often. That cracks me up about the “blog food”. Still smiling over it.
Wow, I read the other Brenda commentor and it was like reading what I was going to say. I had a weird deja’vu feeling for a sec like I already wrote it. Strange.
So I will add that I too enjoy making cinnamon sugar yumminess with the remaining pie crust.
And I cracked up at the ‘blog food’ reference your husband made. Too funny!
Happy Easter!
That chicken pot pie looks yummy. I have eaten a lot of good “blog food”, and I hope that pump leaves you high and dry. 😉
Food, glorious food! And congratulations on winning the comment contest!
It’s wonderful that the pump works. Hurrah to you husband!
That chicken pot pie looks absolutely delicious and so do the cinnamon tart peices!