Time for a Hodgepodge!

 

I am joining up with Joyce and friends for the Hodgepodge questions of the week. If you have commented on my blog, I promise to come back and visit you VERY soon. I'm running a tad behind this week, but I love comments.

1. When does time pass slowly for you? When does time past quickly for you? 

My sister and I were just talking about our daddy and how he used to tell us not to "wish our lives away." He would always say that the older you were, the faster time went. I know there are 24 hours in a day for all of us, but I think I understand his comment now that I'm 67!

Time passes slowly when I'm having to do something I don't enjoy - like sit in a hospital room with someone. Time flies when I'm having fun . . .or when I have a lot to do . . .or just . . .time flies.

2. Do you have a favorite beach? What's your favorite 'beach' activity? Tell us what we'd find in your beach bag.

We haven't been to the beach in a couple of years which is tragic :-). For almost my entire life, a beach trip was a part of the year. Our family would go to Laguna Beach (which is probably part of 30A at this point). When I was a teenager, we went to Destin or Fort Walton. After Mark and I were married and after our kids were born, we went to Gulf Shores or Orange Beach every year. We went for a week in June of 2021 and we went for several days in October of 2023.

sun was in our faces - creating too much
and too little light

our beach vacations always
include fishing

You can find sunscreen, a diet pepsi, a bottle of water, and something to read PLUS my phone in my beach bag - at home, I will have the pool swipe card and at the beach, the key card (or whatever is needed to get back in the condo).

3. Your favorite book or movie with a beach setting? 

Have you read The Noticer by Andy Andrews? I love that book and it is about Gulf Shores, AL.

I've also read some "fun" books about the beach over the years that I've enjoyed -- written by authors such as Mary Kay Andrews and Elin Hilderbrand.

4. What's a food you love, but find it's a pain to eat? Is it worth it? 

I don't eat things that are a pain to eat hahaha! Seriously - I don't like ribs (too much trouble). I can eat fried chicken on the bone, but it isn't my favorite. I can't wait to read everyone's answers for this question.

5.  Do you like roller coasters? What's the best (or worst) roller coaster you've been on? 

I do love roller coasters. I haven't ridden one in several years. I loved Space Mountain at Disneyworld. I have always loved wooden roller coasters - I remember riding the Great American Scream Machine a million times (slight exaggeration) at Six Flags over Georgia.

not my photo - borrowed from the internet

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Mark made our Trinity UMC social media page. I've mentioned how he volunteers at The Hub (our missions and outreach center) a couple of days every week. Here he is hard at work: