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, 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.
Last week I almost didn’t post a Fave Five because at first I couldn’t think of five highlights of the week. It wasn’t a bad week, but it was a fairly ordinary one. But I did come up with five after thinking about it. This week…my cup overfloweth and I have way more than five! That’s how life goes.
1. Ironing is not one of my favorite things, and thankfully I don’t have much that needs to be ironed any more. I tend to let it sit for a while, but I finally knocked it out in an afternoon this week while catching up on NCIs and The Amazing Race.
2. One of the things I ironed: a new-to-me shower curtain. This was left in our house when we bought it, and I loved the design, but the color was peach: not only is that one of my all-time least favorite colors, but it didn’t go with the pink I do have.
I used Rit color remover on it, but it still seemed to have a peachy cast to it. I had planned to dye it pink, but I felt that might be a little too overwhelming, even for me. So I put it away for several months, got it out this week, and decided in some lights it looked pinkish rather than peachy, ironed it, and hung it up.
I like that a bit of color was left in the thread.
Sometimes it still does look a little too peachy to me and I may still try to dye it. But for now it really does lighten up the bathroom, and I love the design.
3. Jesse has been away this week on his senior trip, and though that’s not a favorite in itself, he seems to be having a great time. I’ve enjoyed not revolving life around the school schedule this week, especially not having to set an alarm. You’d think I would have gotten more done this week….but it didn’t work out that way!
4. Jim’s birthday was Tuesday, but because Jesse was away we planned to celebrate some time next week. But I didn’t want to let the day go completely unacknowledged, so we went out to Outback using a Christmas gift card, and then Jason and Mittu surprised Jim by bringing a cake over that evening, and we each got him a card and a little gift. It was a fun night.
5. Jim also had an out of town trip this week, which, again, is not on my list of favorites, but Jason and Mittu offered to come over and spend the night when he was away. It was nice not to be completely alone.
So — I managed to work in just about everything. 🙂
Happy Friday!
Stray Thoughts 
Sounds like a good week!
I like how the shower curtain turned out. It looks very pretty. I wasn’t aware that RIT made a color remover. That’s interesting.
I’m not a fan of ironing either. I have a wrinkle remover setting on my dryer and I use that as much as I can 😉
Hope next week is a good one for you too!
I, for one, like the shower curtain. I didn’t know about color remover either!
Sounds like a week when you had a chance to take some deep breaths in solitude — a lovely thing now and then.
Loved your happy thoughts, and the new shower curtain is pretty! The Favorite Five idea is a blessing! God bless YOU and your family!
I actually keep a running list throughout the week (in draft form) so that I don’t forget my blessings. So many are so small…and other weeks I really have to dig to find the good.
Happy birthday, Jim!
Glad you had a good week!!
Jason and Mittu win a lot of brownie points this week, I’d say! They just sound plain awesome.
I’m glad you had a good week! I think the shower curtain turned out great. I didn’t know they had a color remover; that’s a good idea when you want to mute a color. I’ve dyed sheer curtains before and loved the result.
I like how your shower curtain turned out, too.
It sounds like a pleasant week for you with some time to yourself, and time with loved ones, both!
I’ve never tried anything like that before — a color remover. Looks like it worked pretty well. And it sounds like you had a good week, too. Thanks for your message on Facebook, Barbara — keep praying! Take care.
That shower curtain is very lovely! It is just my style. I love gift cards to restaurants! Glad you didn’t have to spend the night alone : ) Enjoy your weekend.
You did get all your fives tied together! I had one rather disastrous experience with dyeing… looks like your project came out well. It’s lovely you’ve waited to celebrate together — happy birthday to your husband!
That shower curtain sure is pretty! Ironing is not one of my favorite things here as well, but I only need to iron two hours a week, and the neat pile of ironed stuff when I’m finished IS a favorite of mine!
I’ve never tried to remove color or to dye anything. Seems you did a really nice job with it, It is a lovely pattern.
Looks like it was a nice way to celebrate Jim’s birthday. Mittu’s cake looks yummy!
Ironing with a tv show or audio book is how I used to do my bulk ironing too. Now I just iron as I need and it is a bother. I think I need to go back to devoting an hour to this chore. Like Jientje said, when it’s all done that is FAVE!
So glad that Jesse is enjoying his senior trip. And that your life wasn’t ruled by the alarm clock. Such a pleasant way to life. Maybe you needed to be mellow this week and that’s why you didn’t get more done?
I don’t like ironing at all either, but after reading your post and comments, I think I’m going to try bulk ironing as opposed to iron as we go.
That is a very pretty shower curtain! 🙂
I can identify with your first one–ironing while watching TV. I made my sister sit down and watch a couple of movies with me this week, since I had handwork to do (first ironing and picking seams out of some used curtains, then hand-sewing the cushions I’d covered with said curtains.) I’m not much of a TV/movie watcher, but I like to have something to occupy my mind when my hands are busy.
We usually do our ironing during NCIS too! It must be the right thing to do 🙂
I’m glad you have kids who are so thoughtful. How nice to have company overnight. Happy Birthday to your hubby!