Friday Favorites, 8.18.23.

 

Happy Friday, friends! I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika for today's favorite blog post of the week. I hope you've had a great week! I have lots of favorites from this week. Here are a few of the top ones making the list.

First up is my favorite channel on YouTube, Calmed by Nature.

This is a new one they just put out in the last few weeks. It's a harbor scene with the sound of water hitting the shore, which is my favorite. I had this on last Saturday morning, and it made my dogs so sleepy! That is the best.

Making things pretty is my favorite!

I "made" this arrangement to take to Bible study on Wednesday of this week to make our table prettier. I added the sign and flowers to a table with a black tablecloth on it, and then I put some black and white  gingham placemats on top it to break up all the dark. 

My friend Debbie who lives near Nashville posted this on Instagram this week, and it was my favorite thing that I saw on social media. I love what it says and agree wholeheartedly!

The grammar isn't correct, so look past that, but I love the words: Choose kindness. Choose grace.

I ordered some more of my favorite pens yesterday!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've ordered new ones. It was way overdue! I use these all the time and love them. I'll take my old ones to the bookstore at church to use while I'm working there. And on that note...

If you don't read my blog regularly, you probably missed that I have a new part-time job at my church: I'll be running the bookstore! I have been working in there for a couple of weeks already, in order to learn how things run, and I am having the best time seeing people I never see and making coffee for people to come get. On Wednesday night, I helped a lady find a particular Bible that she wants, even though we didn't have one in stock. It's so much fun! Books are my favorite.

Not only is singing a favorite activity of mine, so is doing that outside of our church walls.

This was Tuesday night. Our worship pastor was invited to lead worship at a conference taking place in Memphis, and he invited all his best friends to join him, which is the choir and orchestra. 

These ladies are my favorites!

We were crazy excited for Bible study on Wednesday, as we start our new study that just released.

I have already started digging into studying the book of Judges, and it's so good. I'm the Jennifer whose name you see on that cover. I feel like this was a baby that we spent a year delivering!

This bracelet stack is my favorite. I bought these gold/bronze colored bracelets last weekend and I have worn them several times this week. Are you a bracelet person? I wasn't, but I am now. The more, the merrier!

It's my favorite when my sister Trish comes over and redecorates an area of my house for me. She's so talented! I had this tray standing up, and she put it down and placed these coffee items there. Isn't it cute? 

Last night, we did something that was fun—we saw this play at Theater Memphis. Musicals are my favorite! I'll share a picture of us on Monday, but this was a company event. We had a dinner of delicious cocktails and were entertained for two hours.

Lastly, memories like this one are my favorite. 

The picture of the boys was when we ditched school for a long weekend in August and spent it in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It's only three hours from where I live, and I grew up going there as a young girl. My dad and I went there every three weeks, it seems like, to play on Lake Hamilton and use the boat and stay in the condo that my dad's boss let us use all the time. Those were the days! Both when I was young, and that weekend away with the boys. The second picture is a wall that my sons helped construct in the youth area at our church when they were a lot younger. They'd ride bikes up there and work, then come back home before dinner. This was after the school work had been completed, of course. (If you don't know already, we were a homeschooling family.) They're all in their 20's now, which is crazy to think about.

Before I go, I want to remind you that next Saturday August 26 is the link party for Share 4 Somethings. That post always happens on the last Saturday of the month, and we talk about things we loved, things we learned, things we read, and things we ate and/or enjoyed. (The prompts stay the same from month to month.) I recently added the "enjoyed" to the post, because not everyone is a foodie like me. Also, on the first Wednesday of each month, I host the Currently link party. That happens on September 6th, and we'll be sharing what we're currently loving, seeing, dreaming, eating, and using to decorate. In October we'll share what we're currently loving, excited about, watching, ordering, and observing. I hope to see you at both! 

Did you read my other blog posts this week? I'll link them below.

On Monday I shared about the weekend and a life update.

Tuesday was when I talked about my priority time. 

On Wednesday I shared some meal and snack inspiration.

I shared things I'm thankful for right now on Thursday. 

Tell me something great about your week! I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all!