Friday's Fave Five #823

Hi everyone!  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five.   Our time to take a pause of gratefulness for the blessings that have come into our lives over the last week.   Learning to see the gifts and grace of God in our lives no matter the day is a process.  One which we must intentionally practice.  Please join in as we look for the blessings from the past week. 

I can't believe I am once again late to my own post.  But I was in a phone in town hall meeting with the ministry of gov't that is over child care in my province and my brain is so overloaded with trying to understand the new funding model that is coming that I can't even get it out of that gear to think of anything else.  I need to clear my mind with a good sleep and I'll join in in the morning.  Meanwhile here is Mr. Linky so my east coast friends don't have to wait until noon.  😊

UPDATE

Well that took a hot minute to get back on here this morning.  Dealing with the fallout of how Gov't changes funding for things like childcare is not for the faint of heart.  Flurries of emails from child care agencies, upset parents, confusion as to what it means for us educators...it's all stressful.  But here I am and soooo ready to look for blessings!

~ baby shower ~ this week at bible study we had a fun evening blessing a soon to be Mom with a surprise baby shower.  She wasn't expecting it at all and it's fun to share in the joy.

~ river bottom walk ~ the last week the weather has been absolutely beautiful.  We've been trying to get out and go for walks as much as we can to get that vitamin D and fresh air.  Sunday we went to one of my favorite walking areas and enjoyed the beauty with a whole bunch of other sunshine and fresh air seekers.  Walks in the river bottom are always a fave and always are a great de-stressor.  Our furball loves them too.  He had a grand time chasing the mice in the tall grass.  

~ date night Mexican ~ Friday night was a Mexican feast at our favorite local Mexican restaurant courtesy of the 4000 cent gift card my son and his quirky sense of humor gave me for my birthday.  It was delicious as usual.  The owner is from Mexico and everything is homemade including all the salad dressings and about a dozen choices of hot sauces.  Yum!!

~ ice cream ~ speaking of Mexican, I finally dug into the Mexican chocolate ice cream I had in the freezer from my favorite local small batch ice cream store.  Oh my.  Rich chocolate with a slight kick at the back of the throat.  Sooo good.  I think it may be one of my favorites now.  Hope they make it again soon.

~ book delivery ~ FINALLY, I got Book 4 in the Timeless Series by Gabrielle Meyer.  I have loved this series so far and was so excited for book 4 that I pre-ordered it from Amazon back in May of last year.  The publication date was November 5.  Well that date came and went and we finally got an email saying there was a delay in delivery and we could cancel if we wanted.  I thought, well it couldn't be much longer.  Well, the end of the year came and went and still no book.  Finally at the end of January, Hubby cancelled the purchase.  I re-ordered through Indigo and within a day had an email saying it was on the way and 2 days later it was in my hot little hands.  Can't wait to read it!  And isn't the cover just gorgeous??!!  Oh and btw, we are still awaiting even an email about our refund from Amazon, even though we've tried to contact them about what is happening.  I will never, ever pre-order anything from Amazon again.  

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!