5 Friday Favorites: September 15, 2023

It's time for my Friday link up with  A Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals. 

On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and sometimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick. 

Hello. 

Texas beat Alabama. Thank you for stopping by today. That is all.

Good-bye. 

Just kidding. Here are a few more favorites from the week.

1. Automet Two Piece Lounge Set

I bought the shorts version of this two piece lounge set this summer and I love it. I saw the wide leg pants and think this would be such a good fall travel outfit - either for road trips or on a plane. You could wear a denim jacket with it as it gets cooler.

2. Swamp Kings

Have I mentioned anything about College Football on this blog? I'm kinda into it. Kyle told me that he was watching Swamp Kings about the University of Florida football team in the 2000s on Netflix and that he thought we'd like it. Then Steve mentioned it, so I said, "I'm in." We watched it last week. Really interesting dynamics between the players including Tim Tebow and the coaches. I really enjoyed it.

3. A Gift for Your College Boy's Room

There are only two things Drew has asked me to send him since he left. Protein bars and a diffuser to make his room smell better. Apparently there is some recognition that his momma kept things smelling good around here. I decided to order him a new one along with  these very manly scents. FYI: to the residents of a dorm at Averett University: Drew and Maddox are about to transform their room from one that reeked of baseball cleats to one where you wouldn't be surprised to find the Marlboro Man working on some leather goods next to a cedar tree.

4. Paul Rudd Dancing to September

There will never be a time that this video of Paul Rudd dancing with Earth, Wind & Fire's September as a backdrop won't feel exactly like a shot of pure happiness to my soul. I keep the tab saved in case of emergency. 

5. The Game

If you roll your eyes at people who put too much of their emotional well being into the sports, you might want to click away right now. However, I can't imagine you would have shown up here in the first place if that was the case.

It was amazing. Although I didn't enjoy it because I'm a weirdo who couldn't relax. I should go back and watch it again so I can enjoy it and breathe normal breaths as I do. It didn't feel like a fluke. It actually felt like we were a good football team. Our quarterback was on fire. Our O-Line did a bang up job of protecting him. Our defense was incredible. There were some ridiculously great receptions. They looked confident and I could have run through a brick wall, I was so excited. 

Our family group text was blowing up the entire game. Y'all, we're an absolute mess. But we are all a mess together so I guess that's good. 

Dear Reader, you might not want to jump into our family dynamics. Because of our special brand of crazy, I just feel compelled to save these texts somewhere for future generations of our family to more deeply understand from whence their sports madness comes. You know some people have a Family Tree or a Family Bible. We have the text chain from the Texas - Bama game of 2023. 

Dear Grandchildren: This is who we are.

Some advice for Drew from Kyle & Mom (please forgive the language. That ship has sailed during intense sporting events. Mama tried.):

Much discussion about how we might pull this win out from four people who have never played football and one who played one season when he was 9 years old with a team that never won a game. Bonus: Kyle decides to play the "Tennessee beat Alabama last year so I am a veteran of this battle" card. FYI: Joe is not having it.

There's a bogus call against us under review. It's panic time for the Skinners recalling last year's game when there was an obvious tackle of Bryce Young in the endzone for a safety which was not, in fact, called a safety. 

Call goes our way. I react in a very gentile and lady-like fashion.

It's starting to look like we could win this, but we're not buying in yet.

Joe goes off topic to give his review of the newest Chick-Fil-A sandwich. This is a mistake on his part.

A couple of us are ready to celebrate. A couple of us are protecting our hearts because IT'S BAMA.

Clock is at 0:00. We won. THE END.

Thank you for your time, friends. Please send us all your mental health counseling recommendations.

Have a great weekend and Hook Em Horns.

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