Friday is my weekly reminder to stop and ponder the week’s happenings and to express gratitude for them. I join Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story to share.
1. Fall color, finally. It’s not as much or as vibrant as usual, evidently because of how dry it has been here. But it’s much appreciated.
2. Men and boys’ camping trip. Our church organized this on the land of one of the men. Jim, Jason, and Timothy seemed to really enjoy it.
3. Lunch with a couple from church. Jason and Mittu and Jim and I had been wanting to get together with these folks for some time, but it seemed like things kept getting in the way for one or more of us. We finally congregated last Sunday at Jason and Mittu’s house. We so enjoyed getting to know them better.
4. Impromptu dinner. Monday night, Jim brought in the leftover vegetables from the camping trip and made a salad. Then he remembered he had some salmon and trout in the freezer and offered to grill it for dinner. All I had to do was heat up some french fries in the air fryer for “fish and chips.”
5. Dinner out. Our microwave stopped heating this week. It would sound like it was running, and the lights and timer worked, but it wouldn’t heat anything. It was less than a year old and still under warranty, so Jim called the company. They were going to send someone out between 1 and 3. Then between 3 and 5. Someone finally got here after 5. He diagnosed the problem and said he’d have to order a part, which would take about a week. Jim brought over the small microwave in his office that we’d used when his mom was staying there. I had planned to wait to make dinner til after the repair guy came, since the microwave is right about the stove and I didn’t want to be in the middle of things when he came. By the time he got here, it was too late to go to Bible study. So we went to Texas Roadhouse. The only negative there is the place is so noisy. But the food was excellent and our waitress was wonderful.
Bonus: So many of my faves have to do with food this week! To balance that, my friend Melanie told me about Justin Augustin on Instagram. He has several short videos of low-impact, easy exercises for older people or those who have been sedentary. I love that he’s calm, low-key, and quiet. I don’t care for hyped-up, yelling videos. He has an app and probably some longer videos on YouTube, but I’ve saved several of these shorter ones.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Stray Thoughts 
Happy Friday! Same with the color in trees here; it’s ramping up but I can tell it’s not going to be a “wow” year–trees here usually peak around my birthday which I consider a gift from God 🙂 I’m with you as well on TX Roadhouse having great food but it unnecessarily (IMO) loud.
I hope it doesn’t take too long to get the microwave fixed but good you have a back up for now and going out instead of cooking late was a great idea. Have a good weekend.
Justin has three full length videos on You Tube. The others are short ones. I do like his personality and quiet manner. Encouraging but not all hype!
I will have to look up Justin and check out his videos.
You always find the blessings even in the difficulties like the microwave taking so long to be fixed. And enjoying a dinner out.
Glad you were able to spend time with that couple and have a meal with them. Willow
A fave for many in your family this week, Barbara!
Nice that the guys could have a camping event that Timothy could enjoy, too.
Love those easy peasy dinners. I’m surprised the microwave manufacturer actually sent someone out! Glad you got a good dinner and service.
That’s good to know about age-appropriate exercises. I used to like one gal on Instagram but she started selling a book or something and all her videos started to be about that.