The Candee Dish

I was awakened by a loud clap of thunder this morning, so I may as well get the Faves going.   1) JSlide Sandals I saw these on Instagram and snatched them up! They were pricier than I would normally spend, but I think they are going to be staples in my wardrobe this year. Super comfortable and super cute! 2) Unmissing by Minka Kent  Hmmm. I went ahead and put this as a Fave, but I’m not sure I liked this book very much. The plot was overall interesting. I listened to this book on Audible, and I think the problem was the two narrators. They were both SO annoying, and I found their perspectives irritating. I wonder if it was just the way they read their parts? I never realized how important the actual audible narrators are. My advice would be to read this book and not listen to it. 3) Hale Navy Paint by Sherwin Williams I love love love this paint color. I first used it in my dining room niches, and recently had my study painted Hale Navy. While it’s still a work in progress, I...

Good morning! I’m telling you, this no social media from 9 am to 9 pm thing really cuts into my Friday Faves timeliness.   1) Oura Ring or lug nut as my husband calls it…My friend Lynn told me about this gadget to help understand my sleep at night as well as activity during the day. Another friend, Cynthia, also uses this for wellness incentive points through her job. I have found I use it a lot more for my sleep. I like to know my heart rate and oxygenation levels. It starts notifying me around 8:30-9 that it’s time to power down for sleep. I also find that I try to get a good “grade” so I try to keep to my bedtime and other things to get good sleep. Ha! I still use my Apple Watch for my steps and to close my rings during the day. 2) These girls and this photo These ladies are my Faves to do life and Bible Study with. I love this photo because it represents a fun night where we hosted our (available) adult children for a wine tasting. What I love most is that we were thrown togeth...

  Good morning! Since giving up FB and IG from 9 am to 9 pm for Lent (and I’m loving it, by the way), I have struggled with getting my Faves in. Here I am, bright and early this week to make sure the Faves get done. 1) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Hudson read this book a couple of years ago. It is the memoir of Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University, who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in his mid-thirties. He uses the pages in this book not only to tell his story, but also share his ideas on how to approach death with grace and what it means to be fully alive. I copied the summary I just gave you. It is a book way out of my normal genre. Now that Hudson is a doctor, I try to understand his world a little better, I try to look at gross things, ha, and just understand. One “wow” quote for me was this: As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives-everyone dies eventually-but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness....