Friday’s Fave Five is hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, who invites us to share five of our favorite things from the last week. It’s 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.
Thankfully this week has been a bit quieter than the last several. Here are some of the highlights:
1. An early birthday present. I had been hoping for a new iPhone with more storage space for my birthday in a few weeks. A couple of weeks ago the one I had stopped playing sound, other than the regular phone ringing and speaking, except through the headphones. My son looked online for fixes and we tried them all, but nothing worked. When my husband took the phone to the Apple store, he was told that they replace them rather than fix them, but mine was out of warranty. So Jim went ahead and upgraded to the new iPhone 5 with the next level of storage space for me. So nice to have sound back and more room to work with!
2. A Gifts basket for Grandma. Jason and Mittu brought some yellow flowers for her (her favorite color) and some very practical and helpful items. One, in fact, was very timely because we were running low on it.
3. The right tools. My husband has often said that the right tools make all the difference in car or home repairs. The same is true for kitchen and craft room! I’d had a cordless hot glue gun with a stand as well as a mat and other hot glue gun helpers for a while, but yesterday was the first time I got them out and used them for a project. (Said project has to remain secret for now. 🙂 ) They helped the whole hot glue gun experience go so much more smoothly than usual.
4. A wand or immersion blender has been another wonderful tool for pureeing Grandma’s food. Much better than the big blender. Wish we’d had these when we had babies – homemade baby food would have been a breeze!
5. Fun moments with Grandma. Sometimes when we get her ready for bed, she’s sleepy and groggy or just patiently enduring. Sometimes she is in more pain than other times – she is so arthritic that you can’t really move her without hearing and feeling snap, crackle, and pop throughout her body. But one night recently she had the giggles. We never could understand what she thought was so funny (though I thought our saying, “OK, time to wake up so we can get you ready for bed” was rather amusing), but she has us giggling as well. Then another night Jim said at about 2:45 in the morning, she very earnestly and a little agitatedly said, “How do you spell Ovaltine?” (So that’s what she thinks about when she’s quiet. 🙂 )
All in all a good week. Jeremy is coming next week for his birthday, so I may not be online as much – although he likes his computer time as well, so I may be here about as much as usual.
Have a great weekend!
Stray Thoughts 
Thanks for sharing! So refreshing to read your entries.
Enjoyed your faves and had a great chuckle over the grandma’s antics! I am very impressed that you can do this for her….be there for her in her time of need. I truly don’t know if I could have the strength for it. I am finding it very difficult to see my dad, now without my mom, age. It is very hard. Sigh. So kudos to you! the gift basket is very thoughtful!! enjoy your weekend and I can’t wait to hear about your glue gun project 🙂
My kids got me an immersion blender a few years ago and I love it too. Wonder how I ever lived without it. I think I would have got the giggles from your waking up to go to sleep comment too. :vD Nice to hear that your are finding your joyful and lovely moments in caring for your Jim’s mom.
Smile, laughter or in Grandma’s case – giggles are indeed contagious! What a nice early birthday present!
Hazel
You’re right – if I’d had an immersion blender there would have been a lot more homemade baby food. Looking back, if I’d realized just how easy it really was, and better for the baby, and just plain cheaper – jars of purchased baby food would have been only for travel.
That gift basket was so thoughtful! My husband says the same thing about “the right tool”!! Smiles for Grandma are always good. Enjoy Jeremy and have a great week ahead!
That’s a nice (and necessary) Birthday gift even in advance. I have a simple mobile phone, just for calling, sending sms and I can take photos. More then enough for me ! Poor grandma, must be a lot of work for you !
O-v-a-l-t-i-n-e! I love it! 🙂
So glad things are going well!
I love how thoughtful your kids are to help out with a basket of needful things. I’m so glad you have this unique time with your MIL. Still praying for you in this phase of life.
Like you, I love my immersion blender, too! It’s an old one, not nearly as powerful, but still much easier than a standard blender. So glad it is the perfect tool for you.
I loved that last part of fun moments with Grandma! I’m also happy to hear that you have a new iPhone to play with. Have fun!
I am always humbled when I read about your favorite things. some things I just take for granted. I have decided to join in on this meme next Friday! Thanks Barbara!
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The basket looks nice and useful! How thoughtful of them.
I snickered over Grandma giggling and you not knowing why. I’m glad you have these moments.