Five Things

It’s been a little while, but I am revisiting “five things”
The Original Post on Five Things and explanation of it is here.

If you’d like to join me with a week’s worth of “five things” of your own,
just leave a link to your blog post in the comments so that I and other readers
can find you and peek in on your week of accomplishments and daily happenings!

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Friday, February 1, 2013
1. Since I was otherwise occupied yesterday {Aimee was here!},
I do errand running today . . . bank, health food store, greenhouse.
2. Greenhouse?? Yes! The lady wondered if I have spring fever and maybe I do,
but whatever the case, a few ferns and a succulent will bring life to my house.
3. Cleaning is on the agenda. I do a little, but I’m more inspired to {try to} decorate
so I spend time rummaging for old frames and things in the attic.
4. Tilapia & butternut squash & salad for dinner.
5. A “skinny”, fat stripping frappa for dessert? Yes please. I wish I could introduce you!

Saturday, February 2
1. Phil & Dietrich to Ohio for the day=The girls and I home by our lonesomes.
2. What a crazzzzy day to go to Costco {think everyone in the county getting Superbowl food & supplies}.
3. But not me. I’m buying food for Sunday, yes, but because two of my brothers will be visiting!!
4. Gave the girls their naps and finished cleaning the house.
5. Left the girls with their Aunt Lil in the evening while I went to do this:

{oh, what a luxury that I sooo appreciate as a busy mom
who tries to keep a bit of the beauty goin’ on! }

Sunday, February 3
1. Setting the table, making black bean soup, and putting a salad together before church.
2. Sunday School & Church. So grateful for this family of believers!
3. The brothers & their ladies arrive at church {one is married, one dating}.
4. An afternoon and evening of reconnecting . . . laughter, discussions, food . . .
5. They leave us late in the night or early the next morning.
Oh, it was so short, but I have learned to TREASURE any time I get with them!!

February 4
1. A really s.l.o.w. recoup-from-the-weekend kind of day.
2. Some of us in PJ’s til . . . well, for a long time.
3. Cleaned up the kitchen and did the second load of dishes from last night.
3. We got the laundry done. Big accomplishment.
4. Stories and movies.
5. SIL Lil stopped in and sat in my kitchen for a while.
We discuss all manner of thing, certainly not excluding diets and weight loss!

February 5
1. Off to Tuesday Tea in the early a.m.
2. I am so blessed, once again, by the study in Covenant taught
by Yvonne Pratt from StoneGable, and the fellowship of friends at this bi-weekly event.
I just love writing and underlining in my Bible as we go through and “connect the dots”
of God’s covenant love with His people through the ages . . .
3. We drop off the library books that are due, and I do a quick look-through at the thrift store.
4. Two belts, a blue glass bottle, and two frames are our treasures found today.
5. Dreamfield Angel Hair Pasta with tomato/basil/parm cheese/sausage sauce for dinner,
with green beans and a leafy salad too.
If you need low carb, low glycemic food, and well, just want to lose weight like yours truly,
and you have *never* had dreamfield . . . thou art missing out on one of the things that
is just so REAL and delicious, but without the usual consequences of such foods.
You’ll thank me, so in advance, “you’re welcome” for that tip!
And oh yes, it can be found at Wal-Mart, Weis, and many other grocery stores I assume.

{a little bit of dining room glam with the thrifted silver trays}

February 6
1. Making a meal for a family from our SS class who had a baby:
Potatoes/Cabbage/Sausage dish, Salad, Bread, Chocolate-covered Creme Puffs & Strawberries
2. Phil is home from work early, so I get to deliver the food on my own while the children nap.
3. Of course, it just wouldn’t be right to drive past Target & Good Will without stopping
{How lucky that this church family lives in that direction!}, so stop I do!
4. Something for my Lover Boy for Valentine’s Day,
a free Starbucks blonde coffee w/ cream for me {thanks FB coupon},
and an overpriced treasure or two later from Good Will and I am homeward bound!
5. The Sun . . . the winter sun . . . and the beautiful layers of color in the sky
are rarely taken for granted by me. One day the Lord will appear in the sky!
What a day that will be!

February 7
1.  Oatmeal & Greek Yogurt Berry Whip for Breakfast.
2. Beginning the sorting and digging and pile-making for a yard sale this spring.
3. Helped my Realtor Husband with a photo document.
4. Ate my salad & salmon with creamy dressing for lunch.
I don’t have it every day, but a few times per week and it’s certainly a favorite!
5. To MIL for dinner. It’s always a treat to eat at her house!
Hmm. Hungry today? Breakfast, lunch, dinner? What breaking news!

And there you have it.
The first week in February gone already!
Care to share what you’ve been up to?