Friday Five and Flashback Fridays!

1. Let's just get right to it....who watched the Grey's Anatomy finale?? HELLO??!!! The writers were obviously in positive creative overdrive...what a STORY LINE!!! I went into the episode completely unspoiled, so WHAT A RIDE, and how do I make it till the next season and the premier? AHHH!!!! Did you hear my "Ahhhhh's!!" at your house?

2. Do not. I repeat. Do not EVER go to a Trader Joe's on an empty stomach. EVAH! You'll end up helping out the economy with your own personal bailout spending plan. We went for the first time tonight to get some wine, etc for an Italian themed Supper Club dinner party at out house Saturday, and went about crazy there with yummy and healthy organic and AFFORDABLE foods. Another big plus, especially for a dinner party? 2 Buck Chuck! Another cute moment? Lovely finding out they have metal, kid sized shopping carts!!! She was so proud of herself pushing and shopping with her own cart. She's never pushed a kid sized cart to our knowledge - GASP! She walked with a purpose. It was TOO CUTE!! This picture didn't capture her smile, but she was so into her cart:

3. Today I'll be cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning. I have to admit that one side effect of having new people over makes one get a very clean and organized house. I'm sure though I'll crash with tiredness on Sunday after church lol. But, I hope to squeeze in a nap at some point today. I was feeling VERY tired yesterday - I needed one!

4. We experimented with the dinner we will be making Saturday, and it turned out pretty good. It will be Spinach Manicotti alla Romana. It's a multi pan dish which is not my forte, so I wanted to practice. It was yummy. I hope our Supper group likes it. In any case, it has been nice to get to know new, and old, friends from our church and share some fellowship, faith, and food! We hope to eat dinner outside, and maybe even use some tiki torches as the sun sets. We always have wanted to do the torches, but when we host, we tend to have lots of kids around, and fire isn't really safe - but this will be a kid free dinner, so bring on the fire!!! And bug spray....LOL.

5. Our water heater does not heat. The light's out on it. I was trying to find out how safe it would be for us to relight it, but it seems pretty dangerous because we have a contained water heater. So, we now have 'No Rinse' Shampoo for quick, non freezing hair washing and no rinse body wash for a quick sponge bath. The water is super cold, and it seems Monday is the earliest any professional can come fix/relight. Whoa....we'll just use this time to appreciate the comforts of life. It's good to be reminded at times not to take things for granted. We have it so easy compared to others!! Brrrrr! Plus, God has a sense of humor, right? He's keeping it real! lol

***I'll give more details when I can, but I got to meet another blogger yesterday! How cool!!***

From Scary Mommy - "You know those posts that you wrote way back when only your mother was reading? The ones you wish actual people had read? That’s what Flashback Fridays are for. Don’t have any? How about that old story or photo that you could never find a reason to post? Don’t be shy! Republish it today...play along!"

I only recently started blogging, but I'll play along as I can. Maybe with photos at some point. I LOVE old pics. Here is a post from a sarcastic day.

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TGIF!!!!