Five Finds Friday. (three)

FUNNY

Is this funny?

When you hear a child calling you from upstairs with this phrase,

“Mom – is broken glass upstairs a bad thing?”

Yeah.  I think I’m filing that under the wrong category here.

FASHONABLE

I mean, it would be silly of me to not take this opportunity to point out to you these fashionable Noonday (made in Rwanda) bags.

Naturally, they aren’t an Achilles, but they are made for different purposes than my pal is.

Actually  – I’m thinking his name will no longer be Achilles.  Which is perfectly fine with me as long as we can still take long walks together and he can carry all of my baggage for me.

I have a First Purchaser (!) and her name is Beth and she gets to make the final call on his name – she’s leaning toward Sean, as in Sean Penn, giving his leathery good looks apparently.

Or hey, in other news, you could pick these – these sweet arm warmers from Peru.

Actually, I really want these myself.  And they are on sale.

(Don’t forget – when you order, please list LACEY KEIGLEY as the hostess – I’ll be one step closer to sharing my home with that rustic leather tote.  I think it’s the word rustic – right?  That’s what’s drawing me in.)

FLAVORFUL

Mosely made these beauties last week.

That’s right.  My eleven year old is a Master Junior Chef.

It’s a tasty house to live in, over here, I tell you.

Anyway.  I think I’ll be a dear and share the recipe with you.

(This recipe is old school.  It calls for Crisco.  If you are adverse to using that stuff, you have a few options — you can buy organic shortening at Whole Foods and feel less guilty about that.  You can use butter instead.  I’ve done all three on various occasions – the Crisco goop, the Whole Foods goop and the butter goop.  I think in the end – the result is pretty much the same – delicious Whoopie Pies that everyone devours and no one asks which version of unhealthy you chose.)

They are a family favorite.  My brother Douglas requests them every year as a part of his Christmas gift.  I’d be happy to oblige but he keeps living in New Zealand – and well – that’s hard shipping!

FAITHFUL

It’s really the little things — am I right?

About eight months ago a friend gave our family a gigantic container of laundry detergent.

So gigantic that just last week I used the last of it.

One container.  Six people.  Eight months of laundry.

And do you know what?

Last week – the morning of sponging the last wee bit off the inside edges of the five gallon bucket – who should appear at our mud-stained front door?

That same friend with a new, equally gigantic, laundry soap container!

You guys.  God provides in the most fantastically simple forms – like gargantuan amounts of laundry soap on the very and exact day you need it.

FEELS

This week all the feels go to a song.

It’s not new and I’m all in the wrong season to be promoting it but I don’t care at all.

When I hear it I smile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3mArZmN-UQ

I love this line:

……..You’re standing on the landing with the war
You shouldered all the night before.