Friday's Fave 5 & Saturday 9

It's Friday evening and I am just getting to sit down with my laptop.  

Another busy week! Now for Friday's Fave Five

1. Thankful that I could make it to church and hear my granddaughter sing. The message was good and pastor talked about his new book. It will be on Amazon on Saturday and it is called Cycle Breaker. I plan to get one for me and one to gift. After my granddaughter was through singing at 3rd service, we left and we got some lunch and then went to her house. Then I went shopping before going home. Then hubby and I watched some more of the When Calls the Heart series that I recorded last year. Thankful that hubby wants to watch this with me and we can free up recording space on our Direct TV list.

2. Another great Bible study on Monday. Thankful to be able to trust in God for my night driving.

I got home and was able to work on band exercise. I had breakfast with the girls I am taking a road trip with in two weeks. Most of us have been on road trips before. I may get to the beach after all.

3. Thankful that I was able to finally get a new iPhone. They were able to do a phone to phone transfer of my everything and I had a lot! I started playing with and did not like how it felt so much smaller because it was not a plus the larger size I had before. My old phone was an 8 from 2018. My hip was really hurting and I think I over did a couple of exercises. Luckily I was able to get an appointment the next morning, but we missed married group. Dr. said I overdid my exercises and to not push to hard. We went over the history of my back and neck issues. We also went over things for my flight to Israel. I got my compression socks and she said to stand up every hour if possible, walk if possible and move my feet while sitting. Thankful that I have good insurance and a got good advise.

4. Thankful that I followed my feeling of not being happy with my phone and took it back and got the bigger phone. Yes, it was more money, but I plan to have it a long while and I had set aside the money for it knowing I would need a long lasting battery with good picture quality for my trip. Also thankful to celebrate my granddaughter's 16th birthday at a restaurant of her choice. Her party is Saturday.

5. Thankful that all my information from the small new phone to the bigger one finally completed. It's amazing that things go to the "cloud" and then come back down to the newer phone. I have a lot to learn, but I love the speed and how long the battery last. Thankful for my friend Linda that I nice enough to drive me places that we are both going to.

Working in the Coal Mine (1966)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Lee Dorsey sings that at 5:00 he's already on the job. What were you doing this morning at 5:00 AM? Sleeping

2) He's worked so hard all week that he's too tired to enjoy his weekend. What are you doing for fun this holiday weekend? Going to my granddaughter's Sweet 16 party. 

3) Lee Dorsey was raised in Portland Oregon, home of the Portland Trailblazers. The NBA season kicks off next month. Do you have a favorite basketball team? Lakers.

 

4) This song was written by Allen Toussaint, who had a long career as a composer and producer. He produced Fats Domino in the late 1950s and worked with Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney into the new millennium. What job have you held the longest? I worked for the postal service for 36 years.

 

5) In 1966, the year this song was popular, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey was born. Are you a good cook? I am descent. I did more varied cooking when I was first married. Once we had kids, I did more limited cooking. I did most of the cooking the first 19 year when was home during the day. When I started working the same shift as hubby, we cooked together. When he retired, he took over most of the cooking. He makes most of the meats and I make most of the sides. We each have our specialties. 

6) 1966 was the year when more Americans purchased color TVs and black and white sets. When you were a kid, did your family have a black and white TV? Yes, when I think I remember back to when I was 4 or 5 and I remember getting a color tv, and the neighborhood kids coming to our house to see the Wizard of OZ in color.

7) Labor Day is a big weekend for mattress sales. Do you plan on buying a new mattress before the year is out? No, maybe a pillow.

8) Though kids go back to class earlier these days, store aisles are still full of school supplies. When she was a little girl, Sam was crazy about her big box of 96 Crayola Crayons with a sharpener in the back. Share one of your back-to-school memories. First day of school around 1965.

New clothes was always a fun thing.

 I actually liked pants better, but girls had to wear dresses!

9) Labor Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of fall. Have you had any pumpkin spice yet? No

Thanks to Susanne and Sam for the memes, links are on the left.