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. The midpoint of summer (believe it or not) is August 7th. Describe a perfect summer day. Maybe a perfect day would be temps in the mid to upper 70's, clear skies, birds singing. Maybe we'd go for a hike or take a drive to Hood River to walk around. Maybe we'd just stay home and spend time outside, have family up for a meal. Have you had one this year? I'd say a few, though no hikes yet. Next weekend we reserved a swimming pool on Swimply for the whole family. That will be a great day. 

2. What's one thing you wish you knew before starting high school? I really have to think back that far? Knowing what I know now, I wish I would've known that I could be confident in who I was, that once we were out of high school so much didn't matter anymore. I'm very thankful that I had the friends I did, I'm sure it spared me a lot of heartache. 

3. What's something that bothers you if it's not done perfectly? Haha. I'm am really not a perfection whatsoever, so probably not much. I guess I would say it bothers me when the dishwasher isn't loaded efficiently or things are put away where they go in the kitchen or the kitchen my daughter and others in the house use isn't cleaned regularly. I don't care if any of these things are done perfectly, I just wish they were thought out a bit more.  

4. What's the most overrated food you're convinced people are just pretending to enjoy? Dubai Chocolate. I've not been impressed. What's a trendy food you actually do enjoy and would say is definitely not overrated? Oh man...I don't completely pay attention...I'm going to say Smash Burgers and Avocado toast. I Love the crispy edges and melty cheese on a smash burger, and I really love avocado toast. I'm sure as I read everyone's answers I'll remember more. That's assuming I get around to visiting you all. 

5. Wrapping it up this week with five fun this or thats...

personal stylist or personal chef? Personal stylist.
dance like nobody's watching or sing like nobody's listening? Can I say both? If I have to pick on, it'll be sing like nobody's listening. I love to sing.
unlimited tacos or free pizza? Joyce! how can you put these in the same this or that. I'm going with free pizza. 

bookshelf organization-by size or by genre? haha..none! But probably by size.
ten minutes late or ten minutes early? 10 minutes early!!!

6. Insert your own random thought here. It's raining this morning. We could use it. I intentionally didn't water my flowers last night in hopes it might rain. I do have to water my hanging baskets. This afternoon I'm supposed to go with a friend to find some Little Free Libraries so I kind of hope the rain stops by the time we go. 

Last weekend we all went to the fair. I enjoy going with the grandkids. It's fun to experience it through their eyes! We got our grandson an unlimited rides bracelet since he's tall enough to go on several...he had a blast and would've stayed forever. Our granddaughter couldn't quite go on as many so we just bought a certain number of tickets for her, but she had a blast too so we might have to rethink that next year. 

My MIL entered some of her Swiss Cookies in the fair and received a 1st place ribbon. She was proud of herself. We are proud of her too. 

We have a wedding to attend this weekend. My oldest daughters niece  (on her hubby's side) is getting married. We've known the whole family for years and I help at their pumpkin patch each year. I'm not sure if my hubby is going or not. I'm looking forward to it.. 

Okay, lots to do today so ending this now. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin