Frday Fave Five and Saturday 9

It's hard to believe I was in Oregon a week ago today. Time goes by so quickly!

I am going out of town for a few days with hubby for my 50th class reunion. 

Posting both Friday Fave Five and Saturday 9. Links on the left.

1.I am thankful that I got to go on this trip with my friends! There were so many beautiful sites.

This was the view from our room at the Riverside Inn.

2. For all the great food we had each day. The Riverside Inn had a great breakfast each morning. We ate a late lunch each day at some great restaurants. Desert too!

3. For being able to meet up with my online friend Theresa. We met in a crafty group and are also in the Bible journaling group called Illustrated Faith.

4. The jet ride on the Rogue River and trip to the Lighthouse I mentioned in my previous post.

5. God's beauty everywhere, in spite of the nearby fires and heat.

Saturday 9: My Sharona (1979)

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

 

1) The Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger wrote this song for his girlfriend, Sharona Alperin. That's Sharona on the record sleeve shown here. Who took the most recent photo of you? Linda took a group  selfie with my friends,  when we arrived back to Ontario airport on the 21.

2) Today Sharona Alperin is a realtor in Southern California. (The photo on her website is more demure than the record sleeve.) She specializes in high-end properties. Have you ever attended an open house, not because you were interested in purchasing the property but because you were curious about the inside? Yes.

3) Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger, a prominent attorney in Detroit. Have you ever consulted a lawyer? Yes, when we did our living trust.

 

4) The Knack's record producer was Jimmy Miller, who also worked with The Rolling Stones. What's your favorite Rolling Stones song? Ruby Tuesday 1967, I was in 7th grade. I like the beat to Honky Tonk Woman.

 

5) In 1994, more than a decade after its initial release, "My Sharona" became popular with a new audience because it was included on the soundtrack of the movie Reality Bites. What's the most recent movie you watched? At the movies:Indiana Jones.

6) President George W. Bush said he loved listening to "My Sharona" on his headphones while riding his bike. Do you often have music on when you exercise? Yes and when I am working on a crafty project.

 

7) In 1979, when this song was popular, the CBS TV show Alice was a hit. It was about a widowed mom who made ends meet working in a diner. Have you ever worked at a restaurant? No.

 

8) Also in 1979, the Voyager spacecraft sent back photos of Jupiter and its rings. Without looking it up, can you name all the planets in our solar system? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. I know they say Pluto is not a planet, but it was when I learned about the Solar System.

9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?

I have a few, but losing my first baby would be first. I could not erase the 2nd two I lost, because my son would not have been born.

 

 

1.   What was the best thing you have ever bought? That would be my first house. Off all my homes, it is the one I liked the best.
       
2.   What was the best book you have ever read? The Bible and Gone With The Wind.

 3.   What is the best food you've ever eaten? My mom's tacos and I learned how to make them too. I guess you could call it a comfort food.

4.   What was the best movie or TV series you've ever watched? Grey's Anatomy.

Friday we drove 350 miles to Northern California. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn which was very nice. We had dinner at Chilis and then shopped at Walmart.  Hubby had to get some desserts to take to a gathering after a funeral service we were attending. The service was on Saturday.  Sunday we stopped at my husband's brother's house.  His stepson is the person who passed away and I was able to talk to my sister in law about it. Her son was the same age as my oldest.  We left there and drove to Pismo Beach and spent the night in Pismo. We had a great dinner at a place called Brads. Then I got to meet up with my online friend named Sloan. We belong to the same crafting group and we met at a virtual camp 2019. The beaches were crowded even though they were pretty cool and overcast. It was really nice to get back home. 

This week I am starting an in depth study on the book of John with one group. I am also doing Encampment, a study on the Holy Spirit. It is on Facebook and it is free. It starts the first. Finally I am doing Camp Wonder through Illustrated Faith. 

My life group meets on Tuesdays for a few more weeks. This is the last week of school for the older grands and Jazzy graduates from 6th grade this week. I also have a dentist appointment this week. So it will be a another busy week for me. Thankful for those who died serving our country.

 

Life has been so busy the past few months! Christmas has now come and gone. One thing has really made me think about life lately and that is the loss of a couple of online friends. I never met them, but I knew them for over 15 years because of this thing we call the computer. Back in the day we all had our little country web homes on the net. We shared stories about our life, encouraged one another had did fun things with our pages. Then Facebook came along and it took over our country webhomes. So many went to Blogger to have a home, after all it was free. Toni was a graphic artist and did great things with her Blogger page. Marge missed her web home and brought it back and she and I visited each other's pages and talked about the fun we had and the friends we net.

Toni really took to Facebook and was a great at sharing the Word, inspirational things. She loved the Peanuts Gang just like me. Toni shared her story of cancer. She shared her faith in God and her struggle with it through her many poems. I enjoyed reading them at her blog and on Instagram and saved many of them. I was so sad when I heard she had past. She had just emailed me her address to send her a Christmas card and I did. Sadly she died around the time the card was delivered and never saw it. She was a special lady and I will miss her.

When I was trying to sell my home back in 2015, Marge sent me a little statuette and told me to bury it. I thought it was so thoughtful my house did sell. I noticed that Marge was not posting as much and tagged her a few times. Then one day I got a response from her son she passed in November. I was so sad that I did not know she was sick. I wish I would have sent her a card sooner.

Now that the business of Christmas is over, I want to reflect and take note about the important things in life. Spending time with the Lord and sharing His story with my family, most importantly with my grandkids. I got them all Bibles for Christmas and I plan to spend time with them reading it and illustrating our faith(Bible Journaling). I pray the Lord will help me prioritize my time as we enter the new year. I won't focus as much on how much time I have left. I will try to make the most of the time the Lord gives me. I told my family on Christmas morning, there is only one thing we take when we leave this earth, the Word of God that we have hidden in our hearts. Here is a graphic Toni sent me and poem she shared on Instagram