Wednesday Hodgepodge

It's time for Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce, who blogs at From This Side of The Pond.  Each week she'll pose some questions for us to answer. What a great way to journal life.

1. What is an adult problem nobody prepared you for? Hmmm....maybe dealing with parents passing away and not having things in order so then it's just a mess, especially when the relationship with a sibling isn't very stable. 

2. Without mentioning any tech, what's your most prized possession? I have a secretary's desk that was my moms and I love it. Is it a prized possession? I don't know..I'm sure there's a few other things that I would consider prized possessions.

3. It's National Peach Ice Cream Day (July 17th). Will you be celebrating? Nope...I don't like peach ice cream. Do you like peaches? I do like peaches though...BUT, not the fuzzy skin. Given a choice would you prefer peach ice cream, peach pie, peach cobbler, or just hand me a peach? Since I don't like the fuzzy skin, I would prefer a pie or cobbler thank you...with vanilla ice cream on the side.  Do you own anything that is peach in color? nope...it's not a color I like, except when it comes to flowers. It is NOT a color I should wear. 

4. What makes a friendship successful? Boy, sometimes I feel like I've failed in the friend department...I mean, I know I have friends, but gosh, sometimes it just seems like those close knit, tight friendships, whether individual or groups have eluded me. I guess when I think of success I think that it needs to be a two way street...in many friendships (and I think they were dear friends), I felt like I was always the one making the effort (and still do)...that gets old and tiring. I think open communication is important, as well as cheering the other on, and challenging as well. Maybe it's also not having too high of expectations of the person or relationship and thus suffocating them. 

5. Let's give our brains a rest and do a little summertime this or that...beach or pool? Beach. ice cream or snowcone? Ice Cream. amusement park or camping? Oh boy...those are two totally different things...I'm going with camping. burger or hot dog? Burger, but sometimes I love a good hot dog. I love melting cheese on it, and having it with a bit of mayo, ketchup and saurkraut. watermelon or strawberries? Watermelon. get up early or sleep in late? Get up early. sunrise or sunset? Both, but I'm more likely to catch a sunset than a sunrise because we are surrounded by trees.

6. Insert your own random thought here. I haven't done a great job commenting on blog posts. I'm trying to find a creative way to fit that in because I don't like linking and leaving. I think it's kind of rude and if I expect or hope others will comment on my post then I should be doing the same. It's definitely not because I don't want to...the week just gets away from me.

A few months ago we were at a home and garden show and ordered a cold plunge tub. It arrived last weekend. I've done it three times, 5 minutes at 53 degrees. Brr.

I did get a blog post up about our trip to Vancouver Island. You can find it here. I ended up with a version of what my hubby had, but thankfully it was mostly just a stuffed up nose and little cough and by the end of last week I felt fine. 

The grandkids were over yesterday and their favorite thing lately has been to chase the bunnies and birds in our yard. They've been listening to stories of Peter Rabbit and so they'll say "let's catch it and put it in a pie"...lol. We've spent a lot of time outside. I introduced them to "making mud pies". They spent a good amount of time creating their pies...now I need to go find some "kitchen equipment" for the outside. 

 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin