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, 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 some highlights of the past week:
1. A good report from the eye doctor for my husband three weeks after his surgery for retinal detachment. Everything is still very blurry, which is discouraging, but we’re assured that is normal and it takes time for the nerves involved to heal.
2. Better weather than predicted. We’ve had thunderstorms forecasted for much of the week, but have only had a little rain here and there.
3. Good news from OK. My daughter-in-law’s mother as well as family friends live in the area affected by the tornado, and though some in their church lost homes, everyone is safe physically. Our hearts go out to all of those experiencing loss and grief.
4. My first shower here – baby shower, that is. There are been bridal and baby showers at church since we moved here, but for various reasons I haven’t gone until last night. For some reason I have been “cocooning” at home more since we’ve moved, but it’s good to get out and mingle every now and then. I enjoyed it, particularly getting to know a couple of ladies a bit better.
5. An improvised casserole that turned out well. Wednesday nights we have to eat earlier due to prayer meeting, and usually I just fix something really simple, like grilled cheese sandwiches. But this day, all day long I couldn’t decide what to make. I ended up tossing together some leftovers and some new ingredients, and we liked it! I couldn’t tell you the proportions, but it had chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, rice, bacon, corn, and onion.
Happy Friday!
Stray Thoughts 
Your improvised casserole sounds quite yummy, Barbara, and a nice treat for a busy evening,
A shower is a fun way to get to know ladies better in addition to celebrating the honoree.
Hurray for the good news about your hubby’s eyesight. I prayed that the healing will continue and be faster.
That casserole sounds good! Glad to hear you got good news about your hubby’s eyes. Better weather than predicted is always good, too. Hope you enjoy the holiday weekend!
Yay for yummy thrown together casseroles..sometimes they are the BEST! I love bacon with cream of chicken…i make something similar called Chicken Club Casserole. It’s awesome when you have fun evening out celebrating life’s milestones like weddings or babies and even more fun when you connect with a special friend. Glad you got out. I’ll keep your husband’s eyes in prayer. Glad your family is safe in OK. that was a horrible storm. We’ve been praying for the victims. Have a happy weekend.
Sounds like a great dinner to me. I’m glad to hear that those you know in Oklahoma were OK
Glad for your good reports — always at the top of fave lists! Have a great weekend.
Anything with sour cream and bacon has got to be good! I love when a spur of the moment made up dish turns out delicious.
Praying for your hubby’s eyes. It can be so frustrating while waiting for the body to heal after something happens.
The big rain predicted for here didn’t happen either. Just enough to give the grass a really great watering and green everything up nicely.
It’s always a fave when an improvised meal turns out well! Hurray. The good report from the doctor is good — hoping Jim’s vision returns to 100% soon.
I like the sound of that improvised meal! I’m glad to hear that Jim’s eye surgery went well and recovery progressing well, too. Happy weekend to you!
Glad to hear about the good reports! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I have a baby shower coming up too.