Friday's Fave Five #851

Happy Friday, everyone!  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five.  Hope you all had a lovely week.  But whether it was fantastic or had some struggles I am so glad you have joined us at Friday's Fave Five where we make it a practice to pause and look for the blessings God has gifted us with over the last week.  If we can make it a habit not matter what kind of a week we have, it will be easier to default to a grateful attitude and life.  In hard times, the intentionality of taking note of what is a good blessing will help get us through and in good times the reminder to be grateful for the good things in the week keeps us centered.  Please join in with us, we're always excited to see someone new join our community.

~ slower paced days ~ this week has been a bit slower paced both with work and with home.  I've really been grateful for that. At work with the kids we've had fun with lots of water play, time at the playground, and doing some fun crafts.  Home has a bit more leisurely paced too without too many obligations.  I'll take it.

~ vanilla slice ~  One of my favorite desserts.  I haven't had one in years but this last week I broke down and asked hubby to get me one when he was near a bakery that I knew made good ones.  Enjoyed every single bite.  And now it will probably be a few years before I have another.  They're nostalgic for me as it was a treat we'd get when I was young whenever we ordered KFC (then known as Kentucky Fried Chicken).  Back in the day eating out or ordering in wasn't a regular occurence in our family or any families I knew, it was a special thing.  The local Kentucky Fried was owned by a family who also owned a bakery that made the best sweets both housed in the same place and both me and my sis would get to pick one dessert.  For me it was always a vanilla slice.  I thought I'd won the dessert lottery whenever I got one.

Updated to add:  I'm being asked what a vanilla slice is.  It is two layers of puff pastry with a thick layer of vanilla custard and whipped cream.  The best bakeries also put a line of raspberry preserve in the center.  The top has an thin icing made of icing sugar, milk and vanilla.  Some bakeries might just dust the top with icing sugar but I've never seen that in these parts it's always pink icing here.  

~ lunch treat ~ Hubby was doing an order pick up at a business that has the best lunch cafeteria for their employees and he came home with some lunch for us.  Though it said chicken tacos on the top it was really more of a Thai flavor combo.  Little mini naan breads with thai type noodles, lettuce, tomatoes, and loads of shredded chicken with a peanut sauce to drizzle on top.  It was different and very good. 

~ tea with a friend ~ Monday I had tea and reconnected with a friend.  It was so nice catching up on what's been going on in our lives over the last couple of months.  It's so easy to lose touch with those people we don't see on a regular basis and I'm blessed that both of us make that effort so that it doesn't happen.  

~ haircut and foils ~ I don't know about anyone else with shorter hair but I find that my hair is great for about 4 weeks and then all of a sudden overnight my hair gets a mind of it's own but it's still about 2 weeks from the next cut.  Well it was time for not only a cut but to get the color foils redone.    One day after I retire the coloring will quit but for now I'm blessed to have a stylist who really knows what she's doing and what I like.  

That rounds out my week.  How about you?  What blessings did you have in your week?