Hodgepodge Time!

 

1. June 17th, 1994 was the day of the infamous O.J. Simpson car chase. What were you doing in 1994? I'm guessing somebody is going to tell me they weren't born yet but that's part of the fun of the Hodgepodge. Lots of generations are represented here.  In 1994, our kids were 8 years old! Wow! I was volunteering at the school a lot. I was involved in several things at church. I was busy being a wife and stay-at-home mom. In June of that year, we probably spent a week at the beach and we were probably going to the pool every day. 

2. What's your favorite summer salad that isn't the traditional tossed green lettuce kind of salad? Do you like fresh fruit in a salad (other than in a fruit salad of course)? I love blueberries, strawberries, pears, apples, mandarin oranges in a green salad - usually just one at a time. I make Asian Slaw a lot - family favorite. It is a "salad." I mentioned Strawberry Pretzel Salad recently. It isn't really a salad, more like a dessert. It is really yummy. I have enjoyed watermelon and feta salad before.

3. Is chivalry dead? Should it be? First, I think of chivalry as being courteous to others. Letting someone go ahead of you in line. Opening the door for someone. In the past, it was very gender specific. Women expected men to be chivalrous. In today's world, I think everyone should be more chivalrous. Mark and I have noticed that with the 20 somethings (that come to our house), chivalry is almost dead. We finally instituted a house rule -- women go first through the serving line. At one time, two of the guys in our group didn't understand that there were 14 people behind them who had to serve their plates, too. They would load up with no thought of others. Mark instituted the house rule - ladies first. I think they all think we are crazy . . .but our house :-). The only other "rule" we have is "do not eat chocolate on our sofa." So back to the question. I think chivalry is on its death march. Once again, I wish there were more chivalrous people - of all genders. Our world would be a better place. I am stepping down off my soapbox now.

4. Would you rather spend a week of your summer vacation in Hawaii or Alaska? Have you ever been to either? Are they two places you really would like to see? How do you feel about 'Hawaiian pizza' aka pineapple on a pizza? Have you ever eaten Baked Alaska? Many years ago, Mark and I went to Hawaii on a great trip. We had so much fun. We were much younger! Mark has been to Alaska several times, but I have not. He has this unbelievable fishing trip planned with 8 or 10 friends and relatives next summer (in Alaska). I would like to go to Alaska at some point. Hawaiian pizza is ok. Odds are that I won't order it, but if it is the only choice, I would probably eat it! I have eaten Baked Alaska - once! When I was 20, I went on a Carribean cruise and they served Baked Alaska - with a lot of fanfare - one night. 

5. World Cup play is happening now...are you interested? Watching any matches? Did you or your children play soccer/futbol? There are eleven US cities hosting matches-

-Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York with the stadium in NJ, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle

along with  three cities in Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey)

and two in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver)-

You get free tickets to one of these matches. Which city do you choose? Tell us why. 

If I had free tickets, I would be headed to Seattle, or San Francisco, or Los Angeles, or New York. I've never been to any of those cities. Last week, there was a friendly match at Auburn University. We didn't go, but 88,000 of our "friends" went. Seriously, we did know a lot of people who drove to Auburn to attend the match. I think our southern hospitality was impressive to a lot of folks from other countries! Neither of our children played soccer, but our daughter-in-law played. Our son told us that some tickets for these matches are $7,000!

6. Insert your own random thought here. We are taking a few days away with our family and we've enjoyed being together. We have a tropical storm headed our way so I think our kids and grandkids will be heading home sometime today. We may stick it out another 24 hours - we will see! We have the condo rented until Saturday.