H is also for Hodgepodge

 

This is NOT my April A to Z post, but I thought it was cool that Joyce's weekly Hodgepodge also starts with H!! Check out the "older" post for H is for Hagia Sophia's History.

I'm joining up with Joyce for the weekly hodgepodge!!

1. What's a lesson you've learned from a mistake? Which one? haha! I have made so many mistakes in my life and learned a lot of lessons the hard way! When I was MUCH younger, I remember drinking too much . . .and then later in the evening . . . being sick. It took me a few times to catch on. I rarely have more than one drink a WEEK these days! I'm not sure that drinking too much could be considered a "mistake" . . .but maybe it was. 

2. Do you salt food while you're cooking or let diners add their own?  What's a food you think must be salted? Do you like pepper? I do salt when I'm cooking because I feel like salt brings out the flavors. I love black pepper, too! I think tomatoes,guacamole, and eggs need salt. We rarely add salt at the table. I'll share a pepper secret with you. When we make guacamole, we add a LOT of black pepper. I've never measured, but I will almost coat the surface with black pepper and then mix it in. You don't taste the pepper but it makes the guacamole so tasty!!

3. What was the last gathering you attended and what did you do there? How big a gathering are we talking about? I taught our Sunday School class yesterday and there were about 45 or 50 people in the room. We went to a play last week and there were probably 50 or 60 in the room.

4. Your favorite shade of purple? What's your favorite purple flower? Purple is not my favorite color at all. I don't know if I own anything purple. I think an Iris might be my favorite purple flower, though I do like a purple pansy, too. I borrowed this photo from Brecks.com.

I borrowed this photo from Woodies Garden Goods website.

5. Share a favorite spring travel memory. I don't know where I've traveled in the spring. Most of our trips have been in February or early March or in the summer or September or October. If I were to travel in the spring, I would need to go to a place that had less pollen!!

6. Insert your own random thought here. I made the mistake (har har) of googling memes about making mistakes and I went down a huge rabbit hole! Do you ever do that? I finally decided to go with this one (though there were a lot I could have chosen!). Just so you know, when I do make a mistake . . .I beat myself up mentally!!