friday favorites

1. Friday lunch with Scott . . especially when he buys.

2. A new book! "Matched" by Ally Condie.

3. Ben's teacher has been holding class via Skype all week because he is in China; that makes class at 5 a.m. for the teacher - talk about passionate.

4. I have been wanting "birthstone rings" for a while and I ordered them today with Christmas money! They are stackable rings, one with mine and one with Ben's birthstone. They'll look like this (except just two, obviously):

I can add a ring for each child as well. Fun. I'm excited!

5. No more studying for the GMAT in this house!

friday favorites

1. A Thanksgiving feast with Jamin, Anne, Aunt Ellen, Uncle Creed and family. Joyous!

2. Spending Friday in the Alzheimer's Unit. Working a full day is tiring!

3. Buying a carton of Roasted Almond Fudge from the BYU Creamery. It is my all-time favorite ice cream so I am attempting to eat myself sick of it before we move so that I don't miss it.

4. We joined Netflix this week!

5. We only have 4 more items left on our Utah Bucket List!

6. Ben & I enjoyed nice big bowls of popcorn last night until I noticed a spider crawling across my shirt . . .

friday favorites

1. A 17-month wedding anniversary. We're pros by now.

2. While we're in Utah, every wedding month-iversary we get a slice of Magleby's chocolate cake to share. We had this month's slice last night and when we opened it, we both leaned down to smell the yumminess . . . and bonked heads.

3. Vocal Point concert tonight!

4. Ben's flag football team, "da ducks," is in the Elite Eight! Ben had 3 touchdown catches at last night's game.

friday favorites

1. Meeting my brother Scott on campus for lunch every Friday.

2. When, during a ballet performance at the assisted living home this week, one of the residents tried to get on stage to join the dancers.

3. Having the in-laws in town!

4. When we're at a restaurant and Ben says "You know my policy: it never hurts to ask, and always order something that's not on the menu!"

friday favorites

1. I learned something new about Ben this week - he does not feel comfortable when the TV volume is on a prime number.

2. One of our activities at the Courtyard at Jamestown this week was "Quotes, Jokes, & Root Beer Floats." After serving everyone a root beer float, I read them jokes for thirty minutes. My favorite one was "You know you're getting old when . . . you get the dreaded furniture disease - your chest falls into your drawers."

3. Ben & I visited the Tamale Lady this week for $1 tamales - I ordered "uno pork, uno cheese, and three chicken." Now I wish I had taken Spanish in high school.

4. We took Ashley's cute kids (2 years and 4 months) to the Smurf movie last night and learned that we are probably better off sticking to Uncle Ben & Aunt Karin for now.

5. I've started wearing winter jackets this week and in each one I've put on, I've found at least one partially used kleenex. Welcome to my life!

A new blog tradition? Friday Favorites? We'll see how it goes. :)