Friday’s Fave Five

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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.

Can you believe we’re almost a third of the way through June already?!

Here are a few favorites from the last week:

1. We closed on our old house Wednesday! You can’t really count on closing til it’s over and done and everyone has signed everything — once with a previous house we went to the closing only to have the buyers bring up some issues and show they weren’t ready financially (after we had driven three hours to be there!) But thankfully everything went through. I was a lot more emotional than I thought I’d be going through the house for the last time. But the family buying it is a young couple with 2 children who have been living in a 2 BR apartment, so they are really looking forward to having more space. I hope they have as many happy memories there as we did!

2. Watching Wives and Daughters via Netflix after finishing the book.

3. Single-sized servings of cake. I was hankering for something chocolate but did not want the temptation of a whole cake in my house. The grocery store has single-serving slices of cake in the bakery, and I enjoyed one slice of Double Chocolate. Now if they only had single servings of chocolate pie. I’ve seen other kinds of pie in single servings in the freezer section, but not chocolate.

4. A new gas oven and range. That’s not something I had been yearning for, but the heating element and igniter went out, and it would have cost about as much to fix it as it was to get a new one. We went appliance shopping over the weekend, and it was delivered and installed Tuesday. It’s always fun to have a brand new shiny appliance. 🙂 I especially like the display panel: the one on the previous oven was very hard to read, and this one is much bigger and easier to see.

5. Roasted squash and zucchini. Tried this last night and it was really good except that I cooked it just a smidgen too long.

I hope you’ve had a great week as well! Have a good weekend!

11 thoughts on “Friday’s Fave Five”

  1. A gas range . . . I love mine! So easy to use and regulate, and when you turn it off it’s OFF. I am glad for you! :o)

  3. Oh, I bet it is a relief to have your closing on your house! I’m very sentimental about places I have lived in, too, so I definitely understand your feelings.

    Hmmm… it’s good to know I can buy individual chocolate cakes … I think. I can just see myself going to buy one for every day of the week!

    Love new appliances! Hate the pricetags, though …

  4. I love me a new appliance (I’m a geek that way). Enjoy your new oven!
    Congratulations on selling the house. And I really need to find those single serve cakes. The baby wants cake 🙂

  5. Congratulations on selling your old house! One of my brother-in-laws has been working on buying a house for several months now. It’s been such a LONG process, but we’re all hoping it’s nearly over.

    I’m watching Wives and Daughters on Netflix (slowly) and LOVING it so far. I didn’t like North and South, though.

    Enjoy your brand new shiny appliance! 😉 Those are always fun!

  6. totally agree with you…roasted veggies are a great way to cook them…i also do kale chips (15 mins in a 250* oven, with some sprinkled parmesan cheese)

  7. Barbara, hooray on #1! Now, you have one less thing to worry about. 😉 That’s a major praise item!

    I smiled when I read about your single serving sized cake. 🙂 That’s the reason I don’t bake as much as I do at home. Most of the sweets end up in me and my husband. 😉

  8. Congrats on the sale of the house. That must be a relief.

    I love watching a movie that is based on a book right after I’ve read the book. That book looks really interesting. I’ll have to look for it at the library.

  9. I watched Pride and Prejudice — the miniseries from 1995 — recently, and my daughters watched it with me and loved it. Maybe I should check out Wives and Daughters too.

  11. Congrats on that new stove! That’s great! And the closing, too. I know, it’s not over until it’s over.

    Have a great week ahead, Barb.

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