Hodgepodge PLUS Magazine Article

 

1. It's National Cheese Day (June 4)...does anyone not like cheese? What's your favorite? Last thing you ate or made with cheese? I love cheese! I like everything from Kraft Deluxe slices to Aldi’s Goat Cheese rolled in blueberries. I’m not as fond of stinky cheese. I can eat a little blue cheese crumbled on a salad. There is a salad at a local restaurant that has Gorgonzola crumbled on it and it is really good  . . . even though it is a blue. I ate cheese toast for breakfast on Sunday morning! I served Hash Brown Casserole to the young professionals on Tuesday night and it has lots of cheese. My son-in-law and his mother are allergic to cheese. It is hard to cook without adding cheese. So many of my recipes include cheese. Our family really LOVES cheese straws and I'm so glad I learned to make them!!

2. Last time you were instructed to 'say cheese!'? How do you feel about having your picture taken? We took a lot of photos on this day. I don’t remember if she told us to say cheese or not. We made the cover (which is a little embarrassing)! It is not my favorite photo . . . and she used some creative license in the article. There were several very important people who showed up the night of the fire and the next morning and none of that made it into the article. Back to the photos, Mark’s family says I always take great photos – I don’t know about that. Mark really dislikes having his photo taken.

3. What's your travel packing strategy? Are you typically a light packer or do you throw in everything but the kitchen sink? When flying do you check a bag or aim for carry on only? I try to take an outfit per day re-using bottoms for at least two days (skorts, pants, jeans, shorts). I like to take an extra outfit if it will fit. I always like to take extra underwear! For the last trip, I used packing cubes and I really think they worked well!! I usually check a bag and take a small carry-on. These are the ones I ordered and use.

4. What is it about people's cell phone habits that you find most annoying? I worry when I see people driving and reading on their phones – not looking briefly at the map but READING text messages, etc. I also hate it when I’m trying to talk to someone and they can’t look at me because they are too busy looking down at their phone. I also think it is very rude for someone to be in a check-out line and talk on their phone instead of acknowledging the cashier.

5. What will be your summer mantra/slogan? Go to the pool more often! Actually, what has been in my head since last weekend is “Love those that God loves.”

6. Insert your own random thought here. If you are interested, Here is the link to the Hoover Magazine. Our article begins on page 47.

 

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