The VERY first FRIDAY FAVORITES of the YEAR! WAHOO! Andrea and I are so excited to be back with you for another year recapping our favorites from the week each and every Friday. We hope you get to join us this year!
First of all THANK YOU for all the kind words about my first room reveal from the new renovation. If you missed it, this was our old pantry…
And after the little room switch we moved the pantry into the old laundry room so now it looks like this…
You can check out our new pantry and get all the details in this post from Wednesday. It’s definitely a new FAVORITE space in our home.
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A new FAVORITE top arrived last week. This oversize sweater from Amazon in a small and the color, “apricot”. I paired it with jeans at first but then decided it looked a little too oversized with jeans and paired much better with leggings. These are my leggings {I sized up}. And the bracelets I’m wearing are one of the most worn item in my closet. They’re the only bracelets I left unpacked from July to basically now so if I was wearing jewelry, these were the bracelets. My boots are old, but similar to these.
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On February 2nd, 2017, I shared THIS BLOG POST where I talked about infertility, shared my struggles, discussed what helped me, and then offered up creating “Infertility Pen Pals” so women going through this could reach out to someone else going through the same thing. I matched up numerous women way back in 2017. Just this week I got an Instagram message from two women I randomly matched over five years ago. These women have become great friends, talk almost everyday, and now have four kids between the two of them. You guys!! My heart almost burst! Talk about a FRIDAY FAVORITE!! It’s easy to share my favorite Amazon finds from the week, a new favorite show, or even a FAVORITE mom moment but sometimes sharing my heart leaves me feeling a little too vulnerable. This was just the reminder I needed how important that is. THANK YOU to those two ladies who reached out! You made my week! And isn’t God cool?! He connected two women who are living hours apart but are being so encouraging and so supportive while living miles apart! Well, that’s just cool.
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I know we don’t really know many updates {and I don’t blame the family for keeping things private} but what we have heard sounds really good about Damar Hamlin. His injury this week definitely wasn’t a favorite but the way both teams came together, the way an ESPN analyst PRAYED for him on live tv, the way football fans all over the world have been lifting him up in prayer…now that’s a FAVORITE.
I saw this and teared up as I read. Praying for complete healing for Damar and for all God is doing through his story.
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Taking a hard right turn here because how do you change topics after that? Every winter my body gets SUPER DRY. A girlfriend told me she’d seen a meme that said, “My body is doing Dry January”. That could be me. My sister-in-law told me to try this Eucerin Eczema Relief Lotion and it’s made a HUGE difference on my eczema spots. This is the first winter those have creeped in. If I put the lotion and band-aids on each night it really helps, but do I spend the rest of my life or this dry season with band-aids on each night? Maybe so? If you have another suggestion, please share!
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And wrapping up my list for the week…the National Championship game on Monday will definitely be a FAVORITE! What are the odds two of my FAVORITE college quarterbacks are battling it out next week? Those playoffs game were both SO GOOD! I was glued to the tv on New Year’s Eve and must have been really into the college football scene, because I talked to Tab later that night and said, “Let’s go to the game!” I tried to convince him just the two of us could sneak off to Los Angeles for a night to see Georgia and TCU battle it out. You guys! I was ALL IN! {Let me remind you he’s created this-I’d never even watched an entire football game before meeting him.}. He first said that I was crazy. Then he slowly came around and asked how much the tickets were. When I told him I’d found some for $800 each, he said, “You’re crazy. We’re not going.” hahaha! And so I’ll be watching from my living room on Monday night. Who are you cheering for? I want Stetson Bennett to have the game of his LIFE, but I want TCU to get the WIN. {And, I’d like Max Duggan to have an outstanding game as well.}
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And now I’m off to get ready for a dinner with my favorite twin babies! Happy Friday, Everyone!
XO
