I'm joining up with Joyce and friends for Wednesday Hodgepodge.
1. When did you last have cancelled plans? Were you happy
about that or disappointed?
Our last cancelled plans were back in March and we were
supposed to go out to dinner, but our daughter was in the hospital with
pre-eclampsia so we had to cancel. I had mixed emotions. I was glad I could go
to be with our daughter.
2. On a scale of 1-10 how much of a planner are you?
1= I go where the
wind takes me
10=I've got a power
point on it, no matter what it is
I don’t have a power point on it . . .BUT I do have a
detailed list where I can mark things off as I do them and I have lots of Excel
spreadsheets!!
3. Do you have a menu plan for the week? If so tell us one
or two things that are on it. If not, what's your plan for not having a plan
lol?
I love to meal plan, but it hasn’t been happening much
lately. On Sundays, we eat a big lunch at Mark’s mother’s house. Some weeks
Mark and I provide the entrée and some weeks one of my sister-in-law’s provides
it. We just eat something light for dinner on Sunday nights. On Mondays, Mark
is at his mother’s, so I usually grab a salad to eat and study while I eat. On
Tuesdays, we host the young adults, so I have whatever we are serving them (I
cook for 15-20 folks). On Wednesdays, I work until six and our church chef
prepares dinner for purchase by our families, and I usually order a dinner for
Mark and me. That leaves Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. We usually eat
out at least one of those nights. The other two nights might include some
cooking, or they might include a Lean Cuisine.
4. The Hodgepodge lands on National Bucket List Day. Do you
have a bucket list? Is it written down or just in your head? What is one thing
on your bucket list? If you don't have a list, what is one thing you'd add to a
list if you did? Yes, I'm going to make you think about it.
I don’t have a Bucket List written down (which is crazy
since I love lists!!) but there are several things I definitely want to do. I
want to go up in a hot air balloon. I thought the hot air balloon was getting
marked off this year, but that portion of our trip was cancelled (trip is in
October). I want to ride a zip line. Is it called “riding”? I actually said
something about this on Saturday night. I think my daughter-in-law wants to do
it, too. Mark and I want to travel more – we want to go to Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, and I want to see the Northern Lights in Iceland. We want to go to
Scotland.
5. Rain buckets, a drop in the bucket, couldn't carry a tune
in a bucket, sweat buckets, cry buckets...which 'bucket' idiom applies to your
life in some way currently?
I’m going with cry bucket. Our newest baby granddaughter
is having a tough time and her mommy says she cries a lot – as in all the time
if she isn’t being held . . . and sometimes even when being held. They are
adjusting formula and adding some tummy meds. I could choose sweat bucket because
we are getting ready to move into summer here in Alabama and we sweat buckets
around here at times.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
I mentioned here that a local magazine might
contact us. They have contacted us and they are sending a reporter and a photographer to our
house on Friday. It is a “town” magazine so not a huge publication, but it is
still cool.
