5 Friday Favorites: December 20, 2024

   

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, how we doing? It's all fine. Five more days. We gotta get after it, so here are some favorite things from the week that do not include the low level panic that set in when I realized that we had already run out of the Trader Joe's Cedar Balsam hand soap before Christmas Day had even arrived. It occurs to me that the fact that I've decided that we desperately need our hands to smell like a forest in order to adequately celebrate the coming of the Savior of the world means we have made a wrong turn somewhere. Lord have mercy on us. We're a bunch of weirdos. 

1. Pink Cocktail Shaker Set 

I think this is the cutest cocktail shaker and champagne flute set and would make a great hostess gift for whoever is hosting Christmas Eve or a New Year's party. You could even look ahead to February and gift it to your Gal-entine. 

2. Coaster Set

Another cute hostess gift. Seems like I'm ready to party.

3. This Sweater Vest Again

I mentioned this sweater vest a few weeks ago, but I'm mentioning it again because I got it in last week. I got the burnt orange (which Amazon mistakenly calls Gold Flame) and it's the PERFECT Texas Longhorn color if you're a fan of the best school in the land. Really good quality and fit. I'm ordering another in a different color because it's so good and there is a 15% off coupon right now. 

4. A Song and a Movie for This Week

This song, Born in Me is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It's sung from the perspective of Mary after the Anunciation. I highly recommend taking some time to listen if the chaos is getting to you or perhaps you/ve lost your mind over a lack of pine-scented hand soap.

This week I watched the movie, Mary, on Netflix. The writers take quite a bit of artistic license, but in my estimation it was an interesting and well done interpretation of Mary's story. Nothing offended me or made me think that they were taking such massive leaps with the Biblical content that it took away from the message of Mary's obedience and faithfulness. Having said that, if you're someone who is going to get spun out by that type of thing, just be warned there are parts of this you are absolutely not going to find in Scripture. I thought it was absolutely beautiful and highly recommend it.

5. A Sermon on Luke 1:26-38

Obviously, this week, I'm thinking a lot about Mary. Here's a message I delivered a few years ago at Aldie Methodist Church on the Anunciation and Mary's courageous, obedient response.

That's it for today. We went from Cocktail Shakers to the Blessed Mother to this:

Hook Em Horns. 

We're nothing if not a mixed bag around here.

Happy Weekend and have a blessed Christmas.

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