Friday Favorites, 10.14.22.

 

Happy Friday, friends! I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika for this weekly blog post. I'll jump right in! 

This is always one of my favorite things to see when I'm driving to and from work everyday. I love this old church building/turned caterer and event venue. They offer delicious dinners that you can order each week. I've only ordered from them once, but it was amazing! And slightly dangerous, if you're trying to be healthier. It was a chicken jalapeno popper bake. While I do spy some pumpkins on their porch, I'm so surprised that our town square has not been decked out for fall. I had such high hopes. 

While losing our power is not my favorite, playing games when it goes out is! Once again, Graham joined Todd and me as we played our favorite card game, Phase 10. Ignore the blurry picture and the fact that my math skills kept getting off, but guess who won again? Moi. Also, fun fact: there are three people in my life who are allowed to call me Jenny—Todd, and my sisters Trish and Debi. 

While it's also not my favorite to wake up to a coffee pot that won't work, having delicious coffee made by this French press IS my favorite. I've had this ever since Todd and I first got married. We used to hang out in a coffee shop before doing that was even considered cool, and our favorite was one in Germantown, which is about ten minutes from Collierville. It was called Gloria Jeans and I could walk in and they would know my order. Sadly, they went out of business, thanks to Starbucks (which I hate to this day because their coffee is terrible) popping up everywhere. I'm so glad I have this to remember them by! It's where I bought it and the coffee this made was so good. Strong, which is how I like it, but so yummy. The key is to press down slowly on that knob once you pull it to the upright position. I know no grounds in my coffee! I boiled the water first on my stove in a kettle, then added it to the grounds in the French press. 

Speaking of coffee, these creamers are my favorite.

I use the top one in my coffee every morning and at night, I switch to a flavor if I have a cup after dinner. I only like flavored coffee in the daytime or evening. Even though that top one says that it's flavored like an oatmeal cookie, I don't really taste that at all. I used to use more sugar and powdered creamer, but now I only use a tiny bit of sugar and more of these creamers. There is sugar in both of them, but it's not much if I only use a tablespoon. 

Apparently owls are my favorite right now. I have had this coffee mug for a couple of years now, but the wooden owl on the top of my fridge is new and was a gift. I love him! 

Seeing a boy and one of our dogs is always a favorite. I took this picture of Jonah on Wednesday, after he'd just driven an hour home in the pouring rain. He was exhausted mentally from that drive, because people in our area cannot drive when it does anything weather wise. I'm so glad he made it home safe! He and his girlfriend went to a nearby safari park that day for her fall break. Funny fact about Jonah—he cannot STAND for his truck to be dirty on the inside or outside. He wanted to come straight home to detail it, but it was still raining, so it kind of ate at him all night knowing there was animal food inside the truck from their day yesterday. Guess what was the first thing he did when he came home from work on Thursday? You guessed correctly if you said that he washed his truck.

The Good Witch movies on Hallmark Movies Now has been my favorite thing to watch all week. I'm also re-watching the show too, but I've stopped to watch these instead, since I've never seen any of them. 

These fall days have been my favorite! I love seeing the changing leaves on trees and on Wednesday I witnessed it raining leaves, which is so beautiful to me. I enjoy standing or sitting outside with the dogs while they roam around the back yard and I always feel like this weather is their favorite as well. 

Lastly, it was my favorite to see a couple of my friends for meals during the week. Andrea and I have been friends for ten years now, but we met at a homeschool group Bible study. The kids went to class and the moms studied the Bible together and fellowshipped. Even though we stopped going after about three years, she and I have kept in close contact and try to see each other monthly. 

We almost always end our night together in Home Goods smelling candles. 

And though I don't have a picture of us from that day, this is my dear friend Dedee. She and I met for lunch on Thursday, which was so sweet. I love her dearly and miss seeing her regularly! We also try to keep a monthly "date" going and we talk in between those times. 

It's so important to keep those friendships going, especially when it's someone you wouldn't see often otherwise. I talked about that recently—how it feels good to keep making that extra effort. It feels good to give that and to receive it! My friends are some of my favorite people and I thank God for them and the gift of godly friendship. I've met all of mine either at church, in my neighborhood or in a Bible study. 

How has your week been? What has been a favorite moment or thing from your week that you can share with me? I'd love to hear from you! In case you missed out on any of my blog posts this week, here they are:

Monday's weekend recap

Tuesday's "come on in" fall home tour

Wednesday's post of random things

Thursday's weekly gratitude post

Thanks for reading my blog, friends! I hope you have the best weekend! I'll be in Colorado next week, but I'll still be posting here, so make sure and come back to see what I'm doing there! Love to all.