Friday's Fave Five #702

A wonderful sunny fall day to pause and look for our blessings from the past week?  Are you ready, like me, to just let go of the busyness of our everyday lives to stop what we are doing and just take note of every good thing God has brought into our life?  And don't forget to be grateful and give thanks for those blessings, great and small! 

~ warm days ~  it has been an incredibly lovely start to the fall.  This past week was warm and sunny during the day.  The nights are getting colder but the days have been gorgeous.  So thankful to still get outside and play.  And today the slight breeze cause the trees on our street to start losing their leaves.  It looked like a golden rain coming down.  

~ hot air balloon ~  I'm a huge hot air ballon fan and it's on my bucket list to one day ride in one.  Three times last weekend we saw this guy fly by our house and hubby said one morning it was hanging low right above our home.  We haven't seen a balloon in quite a few years around here and it always bring back great memories.  When the kids were young there were 3 or 4 balloons that regularly flew around our area and the kids and I would watch for them and get so excited when they came by.  They especially loved the "Jesus" balloon that a pastor from Southern Alberta flew.  We even had a balloon festival a couple years in a row, which is so bizarre considering we are known for our wind.  But it was such fun to chase the balloons and watch them land and we even managed to get to a couple of launches.  Now those are exciting and an adrenaline rush with all the scurry of prepping the balloons and the noise of the hot air being blasted into them and then seeing one after another rise up and fly away.  But anyway, made my week to see a balloon hanging around our area again.

And speaking of hot air ballons I've been loving all the pics coming thru facebook about the Albuquerque Balloon Festival!  It is on my bucket list to go there one day.  Hopefully soon!

~ doggy cuddles ~ nothing like having one's pup curl up right next to you on the couch or in your lap at the end of a long day

~ new favorite chocolate fix ~  Grabbed a bag of these on a whim while in line at the tills at my local Marshalls.  You know how they like to get you with stuff, especially food, as they funnel you through the herding chute to the tills.  I thought chocolate, cherries, less sugar. What can go wrong?  I wasn't prepared for how yummy they were.  Went back and bought a couple more bags because you know Marshalls, ya never know if you'll see them again.  When I went to link them for this post I found they are actually exclusive to the Marshalls/Winners/TJX stores.  (Sorry for poor quality pic.  Late at night after a long day.   And the silly price tag is one of those that rips apart in a million pieces some of which refuse to come off). 

~ it's Thanksgiving ~  Yes in Canada it is Thanksgiving weekend.  I'm looking forward to having at least 2 of the kids here on Monday and we'll all have lunch with Mom.  She's 90 years old now and my mind always goes to "What if this is her last "fill in the blank" holiday.  So I'm glad that even though gathering in the community room in her supportive living home is not nearly as nice an atmosphere or  meal as we would normally have at home, it's still an opportunity to make it as special as we are able under the circumstances for her.  

I'd like to wish all my Canadian blogging friends a Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy your weekend.