Some Fridays, it takes a bit of thought to come up with five favorites for the week for Friday's Fave Five with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story. But other weeks, like this one for us, it's hard to narrow the favorites down to five. Here's my best attempt:
1. Christmas, of course: the music, decorations, lights, food, cards and letters from friends and loved ones, time with family, and most of all, the reminder that God loved us enough to send Him to redeem us.
2. Family outings. Last Saturday, we visited Sweetwater Valley Farm, took a tour of the facility, saw the robotic cow milkers in progress, heard a lot of interesting facts about the science and psychology of managing a dairy farm, and ate great food at their cafe, made with cheeses produced there. Beforehand, Jim said, "I can't believe we're paying to see a dairy farm" since he grew up surrounded by them. But at the end, he thought it was a great place to visit. Our tour guide was quite amusing.
Then Wednesday we went to James White's Fort, which was where Knoxville got its start. One neat feature of their tour is QR codes on the doorposts of each building that you can scan and hear more about the building, the things inside it, and the activities that would have taken place in it.
We got done there pretty early in the afternoon, so went over to the Knoxville Museum of Art. I love that it's free and not terribly large. If it had cost a lot to get in, you'd feel you had to wait til you had several hours. This way, we can wander in for a bit when we're downtown.
After that, we ate at Smash City, which was amazing.
3. A sweet gesture. While at the cheese shop of the dairy farm, I saw someone at the checkout of the gift shop with a cute pink mug. I asked where she found it in the store, but she said she only saw the one. I looked around there as well as the shop connected with the cafe, and saw blue cups, but no pink ones. I lamented that to the family. A little while later, Jim wandered off to check at both shops, then saw one on a display behind the counter. He asked if he could buy that one, and they said yes.
4. A new computer! I had become increasingly frustrated with my computer running slow and having trouble doing what it was supposed to. One problem was that I was running on Windows 7 in a Windows 11 world. 🙂 Another was old drivers. I had determined that while Jeremy was here, I wanted Jim to confer with him about what would be best to do. But on Christmas morning, I was surprised to find that they had gotten a new one! Jim said he was afraid it would be viewed like a vacuum cleaner or iron--necessary but not a very exciting gift. I assured him I was excited!
Then Jeremy got everything set up for me, transferred all my files over (which took a couple of days because it ran so slowly), and deleted a bunch of extraneous stuff.
I am extremely well-pleased! I feel like I've gone from a donkey race to the Indy 500.
5 Clever Clasps. I have trouble fastening a few of my necklaces, even with turning them around and looking in the mirror. I knew I had some of these magnetic clasps, but couldn't find them (after having moved them from the "wrong" place, where I used to see them all the time, to a location I couldn't remember). I found them this week while looking for something else. They work so well!
I hope you have a great weekend and Happy 2024!
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