Friday's Fave Five #61

Update Note: I added the pics of the weird squash for those of you who asked. If anyone knows what they are and if they are actually eating squash, let me know!

I can't believe this week just flew by like it did. My goodness where did it go? It's time to look back and look for those favorite five things that made your week happy, those things that were a blessing to you. If you are new, click on over here and then come back and just join in.

1. Trying a Mexican restaurant for the first time in years with hubby. There is a little authentic mexican food restaurant in my neighborhood that we finally tried last week. Oh my. Was it ever good. My mouth waters as I think of it. And there was so much food we could hardly eat it all. It came with a bowl of this wonderful tasting mexican soup and a good serving of salad. And I'm not talking about the wimpy iceberg lettuce with a few purple cabbage strands thrown in for color. This salad had lettuce, peppers, real grated parmesan cheese, olives and it was good! Then the ordered meal came. When they put the plate in front of me I had to make the executive decision to not touch the rice as I knew I couldn't eat it all. So the rice was sacrificed. Everything was so good!

2. A nice cup of hot mint tea after supper in the evenings. Now that it's cooler out I'm back in the mint tea habit. I don't know what it is about it but I really enjoy it in the evenings. It really does bring out an "Ahhhhhh" content moment.

3. An unexpected walk around the lake in the daytime with the dog. I rarely get to go to the lake for a walk in the daytime during the week because I'm working. It was really nice to get that chance this last week. The breeze was quite nippy coming off the lake but I still savored the moment. Who knows when I'll get that chance again.

4. A last trip to the Farmer's Market. Now done for the year, I was able to get in on the last day where I found a huge spaghetti squash which promptly became part of the next days dinner. Yummy. And I found the two neatest shaped squashes to put into my flower pot by the front door. Ok, I ran out this morning and took this pic for those of you who asked. I like them because they are this pastel kind of dark green and shaped weird and then to offset them I put a perfectly shaped little pumpkin. I still need something to cover the dirt. Little pinecones maybe? Did I ever mention I love fall decorating? Does anyone know what the weirdo ones are?

5. Getting the flower beds cleaned out for the winter. I so glad I was finally able to get to that job this week and to finish it. It feels great to have it done. Another "to do" thing crossed off the list.

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