5 Friday Favorites: October 24, 2025
It's time for my Friday link up with A Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals.
On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and sometimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick.
Happy Friday and Good Morning from Lake Anna. By far my favorite thing of this week is how beautiful the fall weather is in Virginia. I’ve lived here for over 30 years now and I will never get over it. If you have never been to this area of the country in October/November, you are missing out. The Lord has done a mighty work outside my window this morning.
Here are some other favorite things from the week.
The Texas Longhorns Defense
I would like to take this opportunity to express my undying love for the defense and only the defense of the 2025 Texas Longhorn Football team who prevented this touchdown in OVERTIME against the mighty Kentucky Wildcats. I repeat: OVERTIME against KENTUCKY.
A win is a win. Let’s move on.
2. Burger Bowls w/ this sauce
We had Drew and some of his buddies over this week and cooked upwards of 700 burgers. We had some left over so this week I made a burger bowl.
WHAT?? Am I Ina Garten?
Anyway, get ready to make notes because it’s very complicated.
Grill more burgers than even six 20 year old men can manage to eat. Break up the leftover burger into pieces.
Grab stuff out of your fridge like lettuce, tomato, avocado and leftover roasted potatoes.
Use this recipe that I found to make a sauce that was good enough to eat by itself with a spoon.
Stay tuned for my cooking show coming soon.
3. Maybelline Superstay Ink Crayon
I have bought this same lipstick in different colors, but I got it in a color called On the Grind this week. I really like the color, but the best part is that it actually does last a long time. It can be a bit drying, so I usually put this gloss on top.
4. Cremo Sage & Citrus Body Wash
Here is where I would like to give a shoutout to a handful of men that read here each week - some wonderful gentlemen from my Bible Study and a few others out there who are so supportive of my writing despite all the dresses, makeup and pairs of shoes I feature each week. Guys, if the lipstick above is not to your liking, you will love this body wash. It’s definitely a masculine scent. Promise. I SEE YOU, GENTLEMEN.
5. Some Shameless Self-Promotion
This week I’ve been deep into writing my book, so honestly, I feel completely out of meaningful words for this space today. The Lord is showing me so many new things as I go through this process of putting this book together and my brain hurts. For example, I found myself in the book of Zephaniah this week.
Friends, I didn’t know there was a book of Zephaniah. Over 20 years of studying the Bible. HAD NO IDEA.
Anyhoo, since my mind is fairly empty this morning, I’ll take an opportunity to point you toward my Youtube channel. So fancy, right???
In addition to writing, I’ve done some speaking in the past several years which I really enjoy. My son, Joe, helped me to compile some of the messages I have delivered in one spot. If you have a women’s group at your church or any other event where you might need a speaker, I’d love to chat with you about the opportunity. You can send me a message here if you are interested.
Thanks so much for reading and have a great weekend, Friends.
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