Favorite Fives: Outside

It's that time of the month again...  This month's favorite fives is our favorite outside things.

Let's see...hmmm....

1.  Fireflies!

2.  Fall leaves.  

I love the smell of fall.  Isn't it wonderful how God can make a season into a smell?!?

Unfortunately we don't get a whole lot of the first two thing down here in Florida :(

3.  Flowers! 

(Can't seem to find any in our digital files.  Can it REALLY be that long since I've gone out shooting?!?  Must correct that ASAP...)

4.  The beach.  

Salty air laced with the smell of suntan lotion (coconut).  The call of sea gulls.  Kids running back and forth.

The peaceful silence when you're alone.

Though I do dislike the sand.

5. Sunsets!  

(I have come to appreciate sunrises lately too)

 God's power in all it's majesty. 

Head on over to Emily's to tell us about your favorite fives!

Favorite Fives: To make you smile

Emily, at God’s Canvas is hosting a “show and tell.” Each month on the 5th, she encourages us to share our “favorite five” in a particular category.

This month’s Favorite Fives “Show and Tell” is to share five small things in your day that make you smile. This is not to include our precious children. Just five things you see in your day to day life that make you smile.

My Favorites

~1~

The dimmer switch in our bathroom.  Sorry no pictures :)

I know, who needs a dimmer in the bathroom?  I never thought we did.  But, let me tell you how great it is to stumble in there at o'dark thirty in the morning after being woken by a little one and be able to see what you're doing without being blinded :)

Plus it's nice to turn it on really low when first getting up in the morning to let the eyes wake up nice and slow.

~2~

 

My St. Therese de Lisieux Rosary holder & St. Therese rosary.  

Hubby gave me the holder after my initiation into the Church Easter 2008.

(I can't believe it's been 2 years!)

I was so tired that night, that when I first saw it I thought it was Mary :)

Some friends at church gave me the Rosary.  There's a spray of roses in front of the corpus and a St. Therese medal at the center.  The beads are purple, my favorite color!

~3~

 

Our printer!  It's a laser, duplexing, printer, fax, scanner all in one.  I love it!  

It's only black and white, but who's complaining?

It's a Canon ImageClass MF4150.

~4~

 

Puppy!

I know our kids aren't supposed to be part of this, but I can't help myself :)

This is Doodlebug's constant companion, well loved and smells just.like.him.

Even at 2 years old, Doodle's kept his baby smell (thank God!), and of course this has the smell too.

~5~

Blogging!

When I first started, I wasn't sure of what to write about, or who would read what I did manage to come up with :)  But then I started getting a few followers and a few other people commented and I was hooked!  It's fun chronicling our lives; the kids growing, living the liturgical year, all the ups and downs of life.  I've been deeply touched and inspired by so many beautiful, talented women in the blogosphere (these links aren't all inclusive or in any particular order :) ).  

I feel as if I know each and every one of them and I enjoy hearing from reading their updates every day.

That's my favorite 5.  I had a hard time getting started on this one, especially eliminating the kids from it :).  But I have so much to make me smile :)

Thanks Emily for starting this, it's fun to take a step back and really look at our lives.

 

Favorite Fives : Kitchen

This seems like a really fun idea!  What are my 5 favorite kitchen things?  Oh, so many to choose from...so little time...

1.

Definitely my KitchenAid stand mixer  I mean it's just the classic, but I use it nearly every day!  I make bread several times a week, and this machine saves me sooo much time and effort.  

2.

A VERY close second would be my J.A. Henkel's knives.  They rock!  The chef's knife cuts through potatoes like a hot knife through butter.  Unfortunately, it also cuts through skin the same way ;(

3.

My toaster oven!  I toast, I bake, I broil.  I save electricity!  Rather than use the big oven, I use it all the time.

4.

My Black & Decker mini-chopper.  I got it when Doodlebug was starting on solids and I pureed everything.  It's great for chopping garlic, onions, peppers, etc, etc, etc.  It's also great for emulsification.  I make my own salad dressing, so it gets a lot of use.  However, the boys are getting bigger...appetites are getting bigger...so I think this fav is going to change to my KitchenAid food processor :) 

5.

My cookbooks.  I spent years collecting and sorting recipes and now have quite a collection.  I couldn't get by without them!

How about you?  What are your favorite kitchen things??
Go see Emily at God's Canvas  for more kitchen favs!