Here are my Five Things for today.  As part of my new blog editorial calendar, Five Things will now be  a regular on Fridays.

• I've made mutiple trips to one of my favorite stores this past week and each time I've run into a friend from church there.  What a good feeling it is to see friends out and about unexpectedly.  Don't you just love it when that happens?
• D and I enjoyed breakfast this past week at this lovely place and one of the things I absolutely adore about it is that they serve your drinks with a little carafe so you can refill at your leisure.  How charming!
• With the kids still on their Texas vacation, I've been sleeping in waaaay more than a mom ought to!  (But, damn, I'm loving it!)
• I'm gearing up to be a speaker for a local business group on the topic of Blogging for Business, which I am totally stoked about!
• D and I have resorted to using some of our kids' phrases with each other because we miss them so darn much!  I sometimes have to remind myself at night that they aren't just upstairs asleep in their rooms.  It's amazing how quiet the house has been over the past week and a half!

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!  Have a safe and fun one!