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. Something you're working on currently? What am I working on or should be working on....haha, that is the question.Two weeks ago we did a staycation and I did accomplish a few projects. What I still need to work on is cleaning up my computer and phone (photos, organizing things better, clearing space, etc).  

2. Tell us something about your first job? Well, if we're talking very first job, I babysat probably from the time I was in Jr. High all the way through high school. Was it a positive or negative experience for you? I would say it was almost always positive. Did your parents insist you work while in school (either high school or college) or did you work because you wanted to? They never insisted, but I liked the idea of earning money and helping pay for things. 

3. Have you ever had a job that required overnight travel? No but I kind of think that would be fun. How did you feel about that? Have you ever had a job that required you to wear a uniform? Nope, no uniform either. Do you work better in the morning or at night? I work much better in the morning. I hit a wall at night though I suppose I'd adjust if I had to work a night job. 

4. What's something you bake or cook that is labor intensive? Hmm..I suppose my clam chowder could be a little labor intensive. My completely from scratch Green bean casserole is labor intensive (including making homemade fried onions). Oh, and homemade cinnamon rolls.....Is it worth it? All of them are worth it. 

I'm not sure how "labor intensive" we're talking, but those either take a bit more time or have several steps.

5. One thing you're looking forward to in the month of September? Today we leave to go to a small beach town and help with the grandkids while our daughter and son in law host a retreat, and then in two weeks we have a family beach trip. I'm looking forward to both of those. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. As I said above, we are heading to a small Washington beach community tomorrow (Wednesday) through Saturday to hang out with the grandkids while their mom and dad run a retreat for some leadership students from their church. Today (Tuesday) we painted some rocks to leave along the Gnome Trail which is a really fun trail in the woods. I'm looking forward to going but I'm super tired today and still need to pack and finish up a few things before we leave. We're not leaving til 12:30/1:00 but still. I don't feel entirely ready. Hoping for a good nights sleep tonight and feeling refreshed tomorrow. It's now Wednesday morning and I'm feeling much better and it's 6:20 and I've already managed to get a decent amount accomplished. I'll share some photos below of our trip last year of the gnome trail and the community, though you can easily google Seabrook, Washington and see photos. The story behind it's start is pretty neat. 

Some people put so much thought into it, which is really neat. I may look for a few more things around the house that we can add to it along with our rocks. 

The houses are so pretty...all the garages (if they have them) cannot be on the main roads, they have to be to the side or rear of the houses. There are small paths that go between the houses and I don't know, it's just a neat "vibe". BUT it's not cheap to stay there. We've only come when we've been helping with the grandkids. My hubby's boss has a house here and they have come as an executive leadership team for planning retreats. 

The village area is about 2 streets and a neat place to walk around. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin