I haven’t
done a faves post in several Fridays, so here we go!
O N E – A VERY Old But New-to-me Plant
I am a
self-proclaimed “black thumb” and I’ve mentioned that no less than twenty times
here on the blog. I can’t keep plants/flowers/shrubs/trees/sometimes
grass alive to save my life, so every single one of the plants in our house is
fake. Only in the last couple of years
have I finally been able to keep our outdoor ferns alive for the five-ish
months of summery weather, and even that has been no easy task. (Not to mention by the end of summer they are
turning brown and crunchy.) I have
constant envy over those of you who have all of your perfectly green and abundant
gardens and I think it would be the coolest thing ever to grow my own veggies
one day. First, though, I have to master
keeping the easy stuff alive.
I was
discussing this with my grandmother one Sunday evening a few weeks ago and she
started telling me about her plant that is in their front sitting room. My grandmother and grandfather have lived in
the same house since before my mother was born, so that is the only house that
I have ever known them to have. As long
as I can remember, the table in their front sitting room has always been full
of greenery. I never really thought that
much about it, but I have always assumed there were multiple plants throughout the
years.
Well, my grandmother
gave me the history that evening, and I was completely blown away. It turns out that all this time, there has
only been one single plant on that table.
It is now over FIFTY years old, and it belonged to my great
grandmother. She was gifted the plant
from my grandfather’s work after a hospital stay back in the 60’s and my grandmother
has cared for it ever since. It is now
humongous and taking over the whole table, and she has given clippings to lots
of people including my mom, my aunts, and I think even a couple of my cousins.
She asked me
if I wanted a clipping, and I wasn’t about to turn that down! She brought it to me this past Sunday and I
am so excited and honored to have such a neat living piece of history in our
house, but I’m also really nervous that I’m going to kill it. I told her how nervous I was about caring for
it, but she replied with a cool, “Well, if you kill this one, I’ll just clip
another one for you.” Haha.
She told me
that all I have to do is water it once a week and make sure it gets a little
bit of sunlight each day. Sounds easy
enough, right? We’ll see.
T W O – Painting and Hiding Rocks
Have you guys
seen the new trend of painting rocks and then hiding them around your city for
other people to find? Once you find some
you can either keep them or you can hide them again for someone else to
find. We have a city Facebook page
devoted just to this and it’s made me so happy to see all of the posts of kids
with the rocks they’ve painted or found.
We haven’t painted or found any yet, but I’m beyond excited to do this
with our kiddos soon! You could totally
make someone’s day by doing this… you just never know!
T H R E E – Girls Night
I had a much
needed girls’ night this past Tuesday to celebrate my BFF for her
birthday. Five of my girlfriends
including Adrienne (you might read her blog… hi Adrienne!) all went to our
favorite Mexican place in town for margaritas and tacos. We stayed later than usual this time and it
was so nice to just chat and eat and drink without getting interrupted every 30
seconds by, “Mommy, look at this!” Haha.
On another
note, the birthday girl (Shelly) and I met in 1993 when she moved into my
neighborhood and we’ve been inseparable ever since. Of course now that we’re married and have
babies we don’t get to see each other near enough, but we try to see each other
as much as we possibly can. This birthday
marks the 24th of Shelly’s birthday’s that we’ve celebrated together and that
still blows my mind every time I think about it. How awesome is that? She is someone who I know will always be in
my life.
F O U R – Shutter Fixed on the Back
Door
A few weeks
ago one of my favorites was that we had a new shutter on our back glass door so
my paranoid anxiety-filled self could feel 100% safe at night and NOT like
somebody was always watching us.
Well, the
company we hired had to have our shutter custom-built so it took two months to
get it, only to find that they had built it backward. Instead of opening the same way the door
opens, it opened the opposite way, completely blocking the door knob and the
door opening. #Stupid
Anyhoo, after
several more weeks of waiting, the new shutter was finally installed yesterday
so now it can be opened the way it was intended to be opened and we will NOT have
to close it before opening the door each time for the approximately 1,900 times
a day that Maui asks to go out. #Winning
F I V E – ATL Trip
As I mentioned
at the beginning of this post, B and I went to ATL on Wednesday and the primary
reason was for me to finally see a specialist about my back problems that I’ve
had for the last six years. The appointment
went well, and I have started some new treatments, so I’m keeping my fingers
crossed and praying every day that this will finally be the end of my problems. I apologize for being vague, and I promise to
eventually tell you about my journey from start to finish (and I’ll go ahead
and warn you – you better SETTLE IN because it will be LONG… just ask the nurse
I talked to yesterday!), but I want to see how this new experimental treatment
goes before putting it out there for the whole world to see. I’m trying not to get too excited about it,
but I am cautiously optimistic.
Anyhoo, the
fact that my six years of research AND never giving up on finding a cure might –
just might – pay off is definitely my
VERY FAVORITE from this week.
Not to
mention we got to eat lunch at Tin Lizzy’s – our verrrry favorite ATL
restaurant – aaaand we brought home two cases of wine from Trader Joe’s.
#EnoughSaid
Happy
weekend, y’all!
And P.S.
Moana is now on Netflix
#YoureWelcome
*Linking up with A Liz Adventures and Carolina Charm for Five on Friday, A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites, September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday, Meet @ the Barre for Friday Favorites, and Cup of Tea for High Five for Friday.
