Friday Favorites

Hello and happy Friday!!! The weather here has been very nice, so that is definitely a favorite for this week. The temps have been in the low eighties and the humidity has been low. The mornings have actually been chilly, sweater wearing weather. This has made for some wonderful pre-summer days. Lots of people are starting to take vacation and it is just a lovely time to be out enjoying the sunshine.

First and foremost I have to tell you my that my Friday Favorite of all time happened today. I have been keeping you up on the journey with my sister, Sandy, who has Lymphoma. She had her last treatment about five weeks ago. Last week she went for a PET Scan to determine if there were any cancer cells present and today we went to the doctor for the results. SHE IS IN REMISSION!!!!! This is just the best news that we could have ever hoped for. She is feeling so much better and moving around much better. I think we were both so excited we could have hugged and kissed the Doctor and the NP and everyone at the hospital. It has been such an incredible time for her. She has truly been through it. She is such an incredibly strong person.

Of course after the doctor visit we decided to do a little shopping. I have to be honest with you. I just wasn’t feeling the shopping vibe today. Hubs and I are going to the beach in a couple of weeks and I was thinking I probably could use a few things. But you know what? I need nothing. I have actually been going through my closet and I am getting ready to purge about half of it. I’m talking about clothes I don’t wear and keep pushing around in the closet until I am sick of it!!!! They are going!!!!! So with all of the clothes I have, and many that I don’t even realize I have because of all the closet clutter, why would I go and buy more? It just doesn’t make sense and I am going to stop it. I am going to shop my closet first. I started doing this several years ago and then went back to the mindless buying of things I really didn’t need. So I am going to make a conscious effort to use the things I already have. Clothes, purses and shoes are plentiful in my closets. I do not need to bring in more. And to be honest with you sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the amount of things I have that I am not using. Do you ever feel that way?

Here are a few other Favorite Things I am loving:

I had lunch with my friend Lorie last week and she gave me a beautiful orchid. I named her Clementine. She fits in perfectly with my other orchids. Lorie always knows exactly what I love and we have the best time together. We have made a pact to try and have lunch at least once a week. Even if it means her coming to my work with lunch or me going to her house with lunch. I think the important thing is just being together and sharing much needed time together. I fully believe in cultivating your friendships.

Have you tried the new Blue Bunny Soft Serve? I had been seeing it all over FB and TikTok so I finally found some in town at Walmart. Our Walmart only had the vanilla. It’s pretty good. I do want to try the chocolate I think it would be really good. I’ll keep you posted on some different flavors.

I was at CVS earlier in the week and a few impulse items were near the counter I saw this Dove cream. I know it says body cream but I like putting it on my hands throughout the day. It was only $1.19 and I got one to put on my desk at work. It’s a fairly good size tin of cream. Check it out if you are at CVS. My hands get so dry sometimes from working in flowers and dirt and washing them all the time. I just love some of those little impulse buys. I am a true sucker for them.

I just had to show you these oven mitts I got today at T.J. Maxx Only because they are so cute and yellow and yellow is one of my favorite colors right now.

I got my kitties some of these flavored lickable cat treats. I got the tuna flavor. I was hoping to lure my outside kitties a little closer to me. They were more curious than willing to lick it. But I can report that my big boy Gus who stays inside the house absolutely loved it.