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.
It’s rainy and cool this Friday here in eastern TN. Here are some of my favorite parts of the past week:
1. Free Outback steak! Some weeks ago there was a promotion for a free Outback steak, and I noticed my coupon was about to expire, so we went last Friday, our first time there since we moved. I don’t usually order steak there, but their new Wood-Fire Grilled Steak had a wonderful flavor (no, this isn’t a paid ad 🙂 ). Plus this Outback wasn’t quite so noisy as the one we went to in SC.
2. Fall decorations. I’m much later than I intended, but I finally got them up this week. I love having seasonal touches through the house. Here are a few of them:
3. Visiting with a neighbor. A piece of our mail got delivered to my neighbor, and she brought it over to our house. It was nice to chat a bit, and I finally was able to ask someone about trick-or-treaters here. Last year Halloween was on a Sunday, and when we got back from the evening service at church, we didn’t have anyone come by. I like to pass out candy and tracts for children, but I didn’t want to have a lot of candy leftover because I really don’t need it in the house. So now I feel better prepared.
4. Time limits. I can spend all kinds of time on the computer and then get frustrated because I’m not getting things done around the house, but just setting a simple time limit has helped.
5. A little more organization. We’ve only been in this house a little over a year, so the closets, cabinets, and drawers don’t need major overhauls, but I’ve been thinking these items would work better there, some drawer dividers would help here, etc. Nothing dramatic enough for pictures, but it’s been nice to implement some of those ideas this week.
Bonus:
I hope I am not speaking too soon, but we taped and watch the premier of the new show “Once Upon a Time,” and it was wonderful! I so hope it stays that way and doesn’t get messed up with objectionable elements, but this first episode was just delicious.
Stray Thoughts 
I haven’t eaten at our Outback in awhile, but I usually love their steaks. I’l have to go try the Wood-Fire Grilled Steak–sounds yummy by its name.
Oops, I still haven’t gotten down any fall decorations. Still not too late though. Maybe this weekend. Yours look adorable.
Hope you have a great weekend!
what is that little statue in your picture of a little girl on the left? I would love to find one.
Here’s a close-up:
It is from the Vintage Virtues collection by Kathy Killip for Demdaco.
oh i LOVE autumn decor! i started putting mine up as soon as school started up again the 2nd week of september…lol…(even tho officially it was still summer!). I know what you mean about the computer..nwo that i’m teaching full time i find my computer time is much less and my housework is much more! lol….have a great weekend.
Love those fall decorations! All I have up this year is a wreath on the door with fake leaves on it.
Hello Barbara, rainy and cooler here today, also. We turned on a little heat tonight just to take the chill out of the house…
I always enjoy reading the highlights of your week.
Blessings,
Mama Bear
Free steak is a highlight anytime!
I love fall decor, thanks for sharing yours.
Organizing to me is a fun adventure. I love seeing what new things I can come up with to store my stuff!
Your fall decorations are so beautiful! Thanks for showing a close-up of the little girl. I enjoyed looking at them immensely. Once Upon a Time is my kind of show. Wish I still had ABC in my TV these days, or if they’re going to have that on DVD later, I’d go buy.
Wow, has it been that long since you moved there? Time has flown. I love the white pumpkin look. Unique and different I think.
Love your decorations ! I did one too with my “season” basket. It’s in the entry and I decorate it for spring, summer, autumn, and winter !
I really enjoy fall decorations. You have some fun ones. Yippee for more organization. We watched the first episode of Once Upon a Time and it looks promising…
I love decorating in the fall. The colors are so lovely.
I saw the ads for Once Upon a Time but resisted as my list of “must watch” programs is already way too long.
I really want to try an Outback restaurant but don’t have one in our city. Maybe I’ll have to look and see next time we go to the big city.
Lovely fall decorations. That little girl is so cute and joyful–her name fits well. We don’t get trick or treaters where we live now–I kinda miss that.
Oh, I like that close up of the girl with leaves. Very cute. I have to agree with you on the Outback — love that steak (I order it with the chopped salad – yum!). What a great idea with the timer for your computer time.
Fall decorations – YES!
And if you continue to like Once Upon a Time, let us know! That sounds really fun!
Oh I wanted to see Once Upon A Time and missed it. I’ll have to add it to the DVR list. I always forget we have a DVR…
I love your fall decorations. I don’t know what it is about this time of year that makes me want to add decorations to my house, but I do, in full force 🙂
We got our Outback “free steak” card a few weeks ago and already used it. Its one of the only safe places that we can take J to eat with all his food allergies. I’m a big Outback fan. Happy Halloween and have a wonderful week ahead!
I love fall and it’s my favorite season, even more than spring. The decor items are pretty! I enjoyed reading about your neighbor’s visit.