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Friday Favorites - December 9, 2022

Happy Friday! I'm looking forward to a fun weekend! We're going to a holiday festival in a neighboring small town where they have wine vendors set up for a wine tasting. Looking forward to going to that! 

My favorite meal this week was this chicken and pear salad. I used pre-grilled frozen chicken breasts from Sam's, cut up a pear and grilled it on the indoor griddle and put it on top of buttercrunch lettuce with cranberries and sugared pecans. I used Brianna's Honey Ginger Vinaigrette dressing. Super easy to pull together!  




Matt planted rye grass in the yard for the winter and it is so lush and green. I love it!! You can see the moon rising peeking out behind the tree just to the left of the roof. 




Reading

I finished A California Christmas by Brenda Novak this week!  I love reading seasonal themed books; any recommendations for what I should read next?




Holiday Cheer

All of the office girls where gifted poinsettia's at work this week. I chose this gorgeous white one; she's adding a little extra cheer to my office space this month. 


At home, I have been turning on the tree lights every evening and just savoring the season. 





Funnies from this Week








I hope y'all have a fabulous weekend!

This week I'm linking up with Erika & Andrea for Friday Favorites!

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  1. Joanne December 9, 2022 at 3:56 PM

    That salad looks so delicious!

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  2. Sparkles and LattesDecember 12, 2022 at 8:50 AM

    The phone emergency meme is funny. What a beautiful tree. That salad looks really good! I hope you have a wonderful week!

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