Friday's Fave Five #245

Welcome everyone to a very damp, drizzly, rainy Friday.  Lots of rain this week, but that hasn't dampened my spirits for looking back over the week to find some good things, blessing from God!  Please join in with me.  Guidelines are linked in my sidebar if you've never read them, then just jump right in.

1.  Every heard of a Corpse Flower?  Neither did I, but this article totally fascinated me!  You'll never guess why they call it that.

Photo courtesy of  Wikipedia

Who knew there was such a flower, a giant both in size and smell?  Apparently there is one in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, and wherever they have one, thousands of people go to see it because it is so rare for it to bloom.  I'm so going to have to get on their website and watch for a bloom.  It might just be worth the long drive to say I saw one.  The smelling of it, though, might be debatable.  I might forgo that, if at all possible.  I've read to take a gas mask if you have one available.

2.   Hard working guy.   There was some bigger rain fall predictions made last week, and though we did get a good rain it wasn't a torrent or continuous for days on end.  And it's a good thing because as I was getting something out of the fridge I felt a big splop of water on my head.  I looked up and lo and behold our light fixture was "crying".  All over the new laminate floor.   Aaargh, we had a leak. So dear Hubby, got up into the attic, which is no small feat in this house.  The access is in the roof of my closet.  I do not have a walk-in closet.  It is a normal, fairly small double door closet.  Anyway, the hard working guy got up there to find where the leak was coming from and then up onto the roof in the rain to try and fix that leak.  So thankful for his willingness to do the tough stuff around the house.

3.  Family Birthday celebrations.  I admit.  I love a good celebration, whether it be big or small.  There is something about celebrating a person and making them feel special that just makes me happy.

4.  Breakfast out.  I love eating breakfast out.  I consider it a real treat.  I'm normally not a big breakfast person and usually the only breakfasts we eat out are when on holidays and even those not so much anymore since a lot of hotels include some type of breakfast with your stay.  So when Hubby suggested a new breakfast restaurant in town I hadn't tried yet I was all over that!  Oh, the choices they had.  I wanted one of everything but finally settled on 1990's Harvest breakfast:  cinnamon raisin brioche bun french toast with an egg and bacon.  It arrived with a ton of fresh fruit on the side.  Bananas, cantaloupe, strawberries, orange slices, kiwi.  So much fruit, I had to ask Hubby to help me finish it.    And some of the best coffee we've had in a restaurant.   My mouth is watering all over again just thinking about it.

   

5.  The fact that it is, indeed, Friday!  Whew, it's been a non-stop full week and I'm really, really glad it's Friday.  Even though rain is still on the agenda according to the weatherman, I don't care.  It's Friday!

What were your favorite blessings from the week?