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.

I will say I'm making my way through last weeks Hodgepodge for commenting...the week got away with me. I apologize for not getting around sooner. 

1. What was your after school routine like when you were a kid? I do not remember at all!!! I'm sure I came home, ate a snack and did homework. If it was when I was older, I might have went to babysit, or perhaps had to get home and get ready to be at a game to play in the band and perform with the drill/dance team. Probably found time to play outside. In College, after classes, we'd eat lunch, go change and then head to work. There were several of us that worked at the same place so we carpooled.

My sister and I outside...this is probably summer, but it might also be what we did after school...go play outside. This was before we moved to Washington. 

In college we spent a lot of time sitting around the picnic tables...or working at Napa's Distribution center in Portland, Oregon. (below)

2. January 26 is National Green Juice Day ( I guess it's true everything really does have it's day). Do you juice, as in make your own in an attempt to get healthy? Yes, we do juice occasionally and have a juicer. We've gone through phases of juicing a lot and then sometimes very little. It is messy, and can take time to clean up but I do think it's worth it.  Do you do the green juices? yes, I have done green juices and green smoothies. What's your favorite kind of juice (home blended or store bought, either one)? I love fresh juice from home, or from a juice bar..store bought can be okay, but sometimes there are too many other additives. I do love orange juice, that's probably my favorite store bought. If I'm juicing, there are several combos that are good. Apple Pear is good...I've juiced a few fruit combos with beets and like it. Celery, carrot and apple are decent. Over the years, I've acquired a taste for juice and can handle quite a few flavors. 

3. What's something trivial about which you have a strong opinion? Hmmmm...I don't know that I'm an overly opinionated person (maybe others would disagree)...maybe it comes from my people pleasing nature, and not liking conflict that I don't often voice my opinions..let me think on this one...Okay, I would say the way I have my kitchen organized. I have things in places that work for me since I'm the one who does 98% of the cooking. Sometimes my hubby will move things around and it does drive me nuts. 

4. What do you need more of in your life? Time to do all the things I want to do. More discipline to get back to exercising. More confidence to try new things. Less of? Procrastination, less worrying about what others think. 

5. Give us three adjectives to describe your January. Cold, Dry, Sunny! All related to weather!  

6. Insert your own random thought here.  Last Saturday I went to a dot paint and sip class with a friend from work. It was very fun. I purchased a beginners kit so I can do it at home. It was very relaxing and enjoyable, though I was hoping I wouldn't mess anything up. Here's what I made below. I am challenging myself to try new things. You can find kits online if you good mandala dotting kits on Amazon or Etsy.

This week is my last week as a VA for a friend and blogger that I've worked for the last, you know, I want to say 10 years...wow. She is needing to make some changes and cannot pay for VA services right now. That will be a strange transition. I am sad, because it was fun, but I think it will give me some time to focus on some other things. I'm going to take a few months and focus on other things before deciding if I will try to find other VA work or maybe look for something else to do online to make some additional money, OR just not do anything. We'll see. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin