Friday's Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts Friday's Fave Five. Here are my favorite moments from the week. What are yours? Join in on your blog or tell us in a comment here.


Monday was my last day at the bookstore. It was a fun day helping customers select books and listening to a presentation from a local sales rep on how to use a certain writing curriculum called Institute for Excellence in Writing- a wonderful product. Then dinner with friends at a restaurant where I have never eaten before- Olive's. The food was delicious and the company grand!
My sisters, nieces and nephews visited Fash and I on Tuesday. The sun was bright, the pool water warm and the company delightful.



Three sisters checking out the periodic table, I remember Sn is tin because sin rhymes with tin and Pb for lead- public lead-Cu, cute copper- hey, had to come up with some way of memorizing the ones that didn't seem as logical waay back in the day. Now the illogical ones are the ones I remember best. And boy, is it ever a good thing to know. In case I'm ever on a game show like Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.



Wednesday, we dropped Fash off at the movies with her friend, then decided to go see one ourselves. Not our typical mid-week gig. We chose The Time Traveler's Wife. I like Rachel McAdams, the star of The Notebook, one of my favorite movies. But Traveler didn't draw me in. Too fictional. Not believable. I couldn't connect with the disappearing guy and felt a shock of horror every time he showed up in a different time zone naked- talk about my worst nightmare! I've heard if you read the book, you like the movie better. I didn't read it. Some people must have enjoyed this movie, because I guess it might be coming to ABC as a mini-series. What I liked best about Wednesday was the company- I was with I.T.- the star of my show.



Thursday I worked on my "project" organizing books for Fash's fall studies. I think we've got it figured out now. American Lit., Psychology, World Geography, Art, Consumer Math, Vocabulary w/Writing Studies and a College Prep study course. She tried out for the musical Annie and finds out today if she got a part and she's volunteering three days/week at a local retirement villa, leading arts and crafts, doing manicures and playing card games with the residents there. She is also affiliated with a drama team called Breakdown that performs skits, promoting positive messages about making wise decisions, for local school assemblies. Throw in babysitting and her social calendar and I think she's good for another fabulous year- her senior year! Wow! Fash is for sure one of my all time favorites.


This sign at the local retirement villa where Fash volunteers says it all. I.T. and I are looking forward to dinner with longtime friends and I hear one of them may have a "project" for me. Another "project". Okay. I'm ready. I can always add it to my list where I can try to stare it done. No really, I'm warming up to projects and I'm going to get this one from yesterday done today.