High Five for Friday - (04/19/13)

High Five for Friday is hosted by Lauren @ From My Grey Desk.

1. This is a great year for movie releases of my favorite books. The trailer was finally released this past week for Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, # 2). It looks good! Check it out! (Coming to theaters November 22, 2013.)

2. My husband and I went out to eat at Longhorn and went shopping for me a new beach chair. I rarely get to go out to eat. For one thing our meal plan doesn't allow us to eat just anywhere. For another, it just doesn't work out timing wise for me (I say "me" because my husband goes out with his team at work every Friday) to go out much, so it was a nice treat to go to Longhorn. Of course, I got steak and veggies so as to not stray from the meal plan. Then we ran by Target to get me a new chair for the beach. Paid a little more for it than I wanted to, but that's okay. Below is a picture of the one I bought. You can find it here.

3. Went to see my neice, Ashlyn, play softball last night. Bless her heart, her team got stomped last night so bad that she only had one turn at bat. It was bad. But apparently they've had better games and have even won some. Check her out. Such a sweetie!

4. Vampire Diaries started back last night! I love that show!!!! Photo Credit

5. And finally, my friend, Jennifer, got engaged this week and asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding! Congrats to Jennifer and Reggie! YAY! I'm so excited for her. And excited to be a part of her wedding.

That's my top 5 things from this week. What are your high fives?

High Five for Friday - 1 (04/12/2013)

High Five for Friday is hosted by Lauren @ From My Grey Desk.

I'm participating in a new feature/meme this week called High Five for Friday. Because I already do a weekly recap (Sunday Post), I'm using High Five for Friday as more of a way to highlight my week, book related and not. And here's to hoping that I can meet some new people that I might not have met if sticking to only the book blogging community.

1. My number 1 is that this is my first High Five for Friday post. How exciting!

2. I finished Day 100 in my daily Bible reading schedule on Wednesday. Obviously today I've finished Day 102. This is my 2nd year in a row where one of my goals is to read through the entire Bible in a year. I'm 27% through.

3. I started re-reading The Mortal Instruments book 1, City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare this week in preparation for the movie that's set to release August 23rd. Here's the newest and longest trailer available. EEE!!! It's looks so good!

4. The weather has been so nice this week and I've been in the spring kind of mood so I painted my fingernails and toenails some extremely bright colors. The hot pink is on my fingers, and the brand is Sinful Colors number 920. The neon green is on my toes, and the brand is Salon Perfect named Loopy Lime. These were my first bottles from either ones of these brands (purchased at Walmart). They were both extremely fast drying which I LOVED. And once covered with a top clear coat, they shine quite nicely.

5. Jim Madaris came and shared his testimony with our church Wednesday night. He's recently found out that he has cancer, mesothelioma to be exact, and his testimony is really about continuing to worship and praise God despite his circumstances. I really admire that. Here's a video of his testimony.

On a related note, check out A Wordy Woman's blog. Another person who has taken praising God through unbearable times to a new level.

That's it for my High Five for Friday. What's great things have you experienced this week? Let me know!