5 Friday Favorites: January 24, 2020

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

On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote or Bible verse, 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.

Happy Weekend! It's been awhile since I've been here for Friday Favorites. I'd like to tell you that I spent the Christmas break and the last few weeks doing really important things, but alas, I cannot. I have done some writing and a lot of Bible studying and research, but mostly I put a whole lot of focus and energy into my television and movie watching goals.

We spent real American dollars to see Just Mercy, Richard Jewell, and Little Women at the actual movie theater. (all 5 Stars, by the way). I also spent a lot of time on my actual couch introducing the children to many of the best of the 90s including A Time to Kill (Matthew McConaughey was so young and so sweaty), Primal Fear (Ed Norton making us all do the superfreak), and A Beautiful Mind (Russell Crowe - young and insane). Also, we, of course, tuned into many reruns of the holiday classic, That 70s Show.

What I'm saying is that it was as if Coach Monica and Jerry from Cheer were spurring me on to be the best version of my Television Watching Self. If the producers of Cheer ever want to do a 6 episode series of my ability to recall a good 90s legal thriller, I'm available. This brings me to my very first Friday Favorite.

1. Cheer on Netflix

I blew off pretty much every single responsibility I had to watch this show. Since I was a cheerleader in high school, I love it for obvious reasons. However, I will say that we practiced hard and went to competitions, but comparing my cheerleading skills to these cheerleaders is basically like comparing someone playing Operation to a real surgeon. There are only six episodes and I loved it so much. If someone made a playlist of Jerry's Mat Talk, I am 100% sure I could run a marathon tomorrow. I want to bankroll the rest of Morgan's life to include buying her a new set of ribs. I want Monica to kick my butt and expect all the things from me and I need Lexi to pull it together because she has a whole life ahead of her and she absolutely cannot let the rest of the team down with her antics. Lastly, I need Gabi's parents to be less creepy.  

2. Revlon One Step Hair Dryer Volumizer

I had seen this Revlon One Stop Hair Dryer and Volumizer recommended by a bunch of people online and now I know why.  I got it for Christmas and it is awesome. It dries my hair much quicker than a regular hair dryer. Also, the brush helps smooth it out so that it doesn't seem frizzy and fried. This is great because one of my 2020 resolutions is to be less frizzy and fried in general.

3. Little Women

When  I heard about the new Little Women movie, I decided I wanted read the book again. I have had my grandmother's copy of the book on my book shelves forever. It has a note in it from my great-grandmother, Mama Connor, to my sister and me. I tend to go on cleaning frenzies when I throw things out without thinking and I'm so glad my copy of Little Women survived these yearly "burn it all down" manic episodes. The book is a lot longer than I remember with some sweet - honestly, a little corny - language in it which I actually think the world sorely needs right now. Yesterday, I saw the movie and I loved it so much that I haven't stopped thinking about it since. It was perfectly beautiful. Don't miss it. It's worth every penny of your actual American dollars.

(PS We called my Grandmom, "Mom". I don't know why, but we did, until my baby cousins came along and set us right and we changed her to "Grandmom". I realize that this is too much information for you on a Friday. Thank you for your time.)

4. White Chocolate Bread Pudding

image: www.cakescottage.com

For Christmas this year, I went on a baking tirade. I made Mix and Match Mama's Chocolate Candy Cane Neiman Marcus Bars, two pound cakes, a bunch of M&M candy cookies, and a White Chocolate Bread Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce from Cake's Cottage. My people loved the White Chocolate Bread Pudding so much that my ego grew ten sizes that day and I thought I was a rock star. Perhaps you are in the mood to feel like a rock star, too? I got you, girl. Find the recipe HERE. 

5. Nashville, Tennessee

I have now officially visited the amazing city of Nashville 4 times in 18 months and I'm not ready to quit it yet. We went to Nashville with some of our people for the second year in a row over the MLK holiday last weekend to celebrate a couple of anniversaries and a couple of birthdays and just have a "big ol' time", as my grandmom would say. The city is totally worth the hype. The food, the music, the shopping, the history, and especially, the people are so wonderful that I cannot get over it. We hit our favorite bar, The Redneck Riviera, to see our favorite Nashville artist, Noah Garner, play. 

We ate the best nachos in all the world at Jason Aldean's place and brussels sprouts made with the some sort of magic that we could not stop talking about at Deacon's New South. 

Of course, there were biscuits and gravy and fried chicken at Puckett's one morning and our first visit to Milk and Honey in the Gulch the next. We shopped at Reese's Draper James, Landyn's Living with Landyn, Vici, The Barefoot Cottage and White's Mercantile. 

It was freeeeezzzzing cold, but we didn't even care because friends and music and food and a new plaid top with a fringe hem and a pair of cowboy boots can warm you up real fast. 

Have a happy Friday, Friends! 


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