Fave Five Friday & GIVEAWAY

One day I'm going to have this blog made into a book   You can do that, you know?   Make a blog into a book?  Not the incredibly lucky and wealthy way by being an excellent blog writer and someone influential noticing you and passing your name on to studio heads in Hollywood and having your blog made into a movie.  But the regular ol' way for us sorry blog writers via  Blog To Print.  It doesn't make you millions but it is priceless.  I can't wait to pull my grand kids up in my lap and flip through the blog pages full of pictures of their parents when they were young and have them read all the embarrassing stories I am writing about them ;)

Ninja Yahoo asked me twice today if he could read my blog.  Um, no.  I told him this is Mommy having adult conversation with the computer screen.  And all conversations with adults (be they real or virtual) are private.

But I will totally let his kids read.  Every last word;)

In other news:  I think I'm going to start doing this regular post called "Fave Five Friday."  It will be a collection, of sorts, of some of my top 5 things from the week.

So here goes.  My first installment of Fave Five Friday.

1.  Favorite food.

Just look at it.  That spoon staking it's claim into this irresistible peanut butter pie.  You might remember my pickiness of peanut butter and the love affair I have with this pie.  It is scrumptious.  And I stole the recipe straight from my mother. I made it for The Honey after he acted like he was starving to death from giving up pop, coffee, and fast food.  Needless to say it didn't hang around long. 

2.  Favorite Moment  - By default any week that I get to spend some time with my Granny will be my favorite moment.  So I'm going to go ahead and get it out of the way this first week.  I promise to mix it up a little and not use her as the favorite moment every week.  But we did get a chance to visit with her Tuesday.  It was warm outside and the Yahoos love playing in, around, on top of the barn.  Take a look:

The boys standing guard to protect Rapunzel up there in the top of her tower.

That last one is of the Yahoo's greeting their Nana.  Their Nana is the mail carrier in our little town.  That's like being the mayor.  Keep in mind your mail carrier knows a lot of dirt on you.  I would reward them richly during Holidays with loads of peanut butter fudge and potato candy;)  And when I say 'Holidays' I mean days like, I don't know, Groundhog's Day, the first day of Spring, Labor Day.  You get the point.


3.  Fave Scripture

Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven't stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you'll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us. 

Colossians 1:9-12 MSG

Don't we all want this?  I think we all struggle with not knowing how God works or wants us to work.   But this verse reminds me that the more I get to know Him, the more I will know exactly what He would have me to do with my life.  And I do want that 'glory-strength' that He gives.  I recently had to get a bite guard from gritting my teeth too much.  Gritting your teeth is for the birds.  I'm all about that glory-strength these days.  And that it spills over into joy!!!  We all know someone who has had to endure so much but doesn't smell like they have been burnt by it.  I really want to be that kind of person

4.  Fave song :  If you are a regular reader you might have noticed I spiced up the blog with some background music to set the mood.   The first song on the playlist is my fave of the week.  It's called Beautiful Things by Gungor.  Feel free to scroll to the bottom of the page to replay it and listen to the words.  They are really speaking my heart this week.  I feel like God is showing us how He makes all things beautiful in His time.  And this gives me hope.  Hope in knowing that all the ugly mess I see around me will someday be the ugly made beautiful.  And a legacy of faithfullness for all He has done for me.

5. Fave product -  Let's play pictionary to see if you can guess what my fave product was this week.

Anybody???



Yep.  They Honey gave me an ipad for Christmas.  I even had it personalized. 

I have to admit it is pretty cool.  I don't even know 1/8 of what it is capable of doing, but we're having fun learning.  Thank you, Honey!


OK, well, that's about it. Some of my 5 favorite things about this week.  I had some other categories I thought about using like fave pic, quote, book, etc.  And that's where you come in....and the giveaway.

I'm loving this group Gungor so much lately and I really want you to love them too.  So, I'm giving away their cd (or gifting via iTunes. Your pick) to anyone who comments on what you think would be a good category for Fave Five Friday.  I'd love your suggestions. 

You know the rules, guys.  You have 24 hours before one of my lucky Yahoos gets to draw a name out of the hat.  So make sure you leave your name in the comments section.  I have no idea how to gift music to anyone named 'Anonymous.' ;)  Happy Commenting!