Five on Friday - September 2, 2022

Glad you stopped by this first Friday of the month for Five on Friday!  Let's take a look at this week's five ~

1.  National Food Bank Day

Today's a great day to celebrate - it's National Food Bank Day!  If you're grocery shopping for your family, pick up a couple extra non-perishable items and drop them off at your local food pantry.  Those donations help feed some of the 42 million people in our country who struggle with putting food on the table.  Be the good.  Donate to your local food pantry today!

2.  Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid has a new book out - Carrie Soto Is Back.  I loved the audio version of Daisy Jones & The Six, so I decided to get the audio version of this new book of hers.  This book reminds me a lot of Daisy Jones, only it's the sport version versus music.  So far, I'm about 3 hours into it and love it!  Here's the summary from Amazon ~

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.

But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.

At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle-Axe” anyway. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.

In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet.

3.  Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul

Sterling K. Brown is one of my favorite actors and his new movie is out today - Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul.  Definitely going on the list of movies I want to see!  It's playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock. Here's the summary~

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. is a satirical comedy starring Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs -- the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, who together with her husband, Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), once served a congregation in the tens of thousands. But after a scandal forces their church to temporarily close, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis must reopen their church and rebuild their congregation to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.

4.  Eyeshadow Stick Set

At a conference I was recently at, one of the ladies had the most gorgeous eye makeup.  Before the meeting was over, I had to know what kind of makeup she was using.  I finally got up the nerve to ask her and she was gracious enough to send me the link.  Come to find out, she got it from Amazon.  I couldn't get it in my cart fast enough!  This stuff glides on and remains in place all day long.  I just not never use another kind of eyeshadow again!

5.  Any given day...

Have a wonderful, long weekend!  We are both off work on Monday and I'm looking forward to having a couple nice relaxing days.  Pop in next week to see what's happening!