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.
It’s been a great week! Here are some of its highlights:
1. An invitation to dinner. Often I am the one who asks if we can go out to eat or bring something in, and I sometimes feel a little guilty when I do, like I’m slacking off on my job. 🙂 But last Friday my husband called on the way home from work and asked if I wanted to get dinner out somewhere. Yes, of course! We went to Red Lobster — love their popcorn shrimp.
2. Safety in the storm. We were concerned for our son in RI when Hurricane Sandy was headed to the northeastern coast, but his area only received a bit of wind and rain. My heart goes out to those who were more severely affected.
3. A false alarm. On Wednesday afternoon I was startled to notice in the mirror what looked like something big on my lower left eye. Putting on my glasses and looking more closely, I saw it was a blood red patch bigger than a pencil eraser but smaller than a dime. I thought it might be a broken blood vessel, looked that up on Google, and it fits the symptoms (subconjunctive hemorrhage, technically). Thankfully it is not a big deal and should go away eventually. Unfortunately it’s spreading, which is normal, too — the tissue in the eye can’t absorb it like the tissue anywhere else in the body could. But though it looks gross, it only feels a little irritated.
4. Making headway on organizing my craft/sewing room. Still have a lot to do to make it more functional, but got a big chunk done this week.
5. A word in due season. Often I listen to music or an audiobook while making dinner, but last night I turned on a preaching program I sometimes listen to on the Christian radio station. The Bible story was familiar to me, but then the preacher drew an application from it that I had never made before, and it really blessed my heart and encouraged my prayers and hopes for some loved ones on my heart.
(Bonus) 6. An overflowing cup. Though all time in the Word and in prayer are beneficial, some days are just…special, and this morning was such a time for me.
Happy Friday!
Stray Thoughts 
Love your “Bonus number 6”! God is so good!
I love to eat out occasionally – it’s a treat. I wish we had Red Lobster here – I’ve eaten there while visiting in the States and it’s good.
Glad that your son escaped Sandy’s path – we did too. But I feel for those affected. It was a bad one.
I like to listen to audiobooks while working too – have you ever tried Librivox? it’s free and has some really good recordings.
Love your bonus blessing!!
Happy weekend!
I know the Red Lobster too, when I visited my aunt in Madison, we went there quiet often. Fortunately it was a false alarm with your eye !
I too think of these poor people who lost everything is this terrible storm !
I’m glad you and your family are safe and well. I’d never heard of the Red Lobster before, but it sounds good, and eating out is always such a treat!
Have a great weekend Barbara!
I’m glad your son was safe from Sandy. That storm did cause many of us moms to pray more.
What fun to have an impromptu dinner date!
It’s even more fun to go out to eat when you didn’t expect.to go. I love Red Lobster’s cheddar biscuits…
I love those special times when the Lord’s presence seems so much more special than usual!
Love #6, and I rejoice with you for your overflowing cup!
Hope your self-diagnosis is right and that the irritation on your eye is soon gone! How wonderful that your cup is overflowing. Glad to hear that your son was safe from Sandy.
Hurray on making head-way in your organization. Won’t it be lovely when it’s all done and you can craft/sew in a functional, orderly space.
I haven’t listened to an audio book since my kiddos were little. I think I’ll check it out. Sometimes I get a little lonely here and listening to a tape could help ease that (no TV in my home) and excite the old grey matter so that I learn something.
Sorry about your eye, hope it is still improving…..Its always nice when our hubby’s are thoughtful, I know what you mean about feeling guilty….but we really shouldn’t we do so much for our families….its nice when they return the favor……Can’t wait to see the craft room when you’re done but let me tell you that a perfectly organized and tidy craft room means you’re not creating. Every time I get mine tidy, it only lasts until the next day of creating, then its like an explosion happened. I wish it wasn’t so.
Hugs,
Mama Bear
Yummy, Red Lobster. Though I’m not nuts about seafood, there are certain things there that I really like. We don’t have one where I live so that is one of the restaurants we like to go to when in the bigger city.
My mom has had that several times with her eye. Hope yours disappears soon!
Yay for organizing! Doesn’t it feel good when it’s all done?
I’m so glad that your son is OK. I thought about him during the storm knowing that he was up north.
I hope all is ok with your eye and the redness.
I love an overflowing cup! Especially when it comes to prayer!
I’m very glad that your whole family was safe in the storm. And I hope the hemorrhage under the eye heals up very shortly!