Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read others’ faves and link up your own.

Here are a few faves from the past week:

1. Biggest Loser Power Walk video. I found that with bad knees and balance problems, I couldn’t quite do all the exercises on the Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout game for the Kinect (though it actually seems to be adapting and not bringing up as many of the ones I can’t do. One advantage to it “seeing” me, I guess.) But I was thinking that I either needed to walk more or find something that was primarily walking, and then I saw this video at W-Mart. It’s been a nice supplement, and they have “modified” steps for those who can’t do all their variations.

2. Losing 3 1/2 lbs. using both programs. Woot! My first week I actually gained almost a pound. No fun. I’m glad to be going in the other direction now!

3. Small clock radio. I’d been looking for a clock radio for my bathroom. My family found a couple that were meant for the shower, but I wanted something for the wall or counter top with big numbers so I could see it from anywhere — the shower ones had really small clock faces. And here in the South having to fight off mildew due to the humidity, even while running a fan — I just didn’t want to have to deal with that on a radio in the shower. But I found this little travel one:

Big numbers, doesn’t take much space, and the radio is surprisingly clear. It came in handy one night when we lost power because of a storm — I put it on my nightstand, and it has a little button to push to shine a light on the clock face.

4. A new Karla Dornacher print. I ordered this from Karla’s shop:

And she included a sweet note and a few extra goodies, too:

5. Productive days. I haven’t gotten quite as much done as I had planned so far this summer, but had a couple of really productive days this past week. This past Saturday my husband hung up several things for me and I got some cleaning out and organizing done later in the week. The living room looks much more finished and put together now. I had promised when we moved in here last August that I’d give you a house tour some time — I’m almost ready. 🙂 One project Jesse helped me with is the game closet:

I didn’t take a “before” photo, but it would have shown two boxes with the games we’ve played recently set on top. That set of wicker shelves is old — we got it from a friend who was moving and used it for several years, and then when we were just about to get rid of it, Jason and Mittu wanted it. They had to get rid of some things to move into their new apartment, and that’s when it hit me that this would work for the games. A new coat of spray paint, and voila!

Have a great weekend! We’re celebrating Grandma’s 83rd birthday tomorrow.