Wednesday Hodgepodge

Welcome back to the Wednesday Hodgepodge! Be sure to add your link to the bottom of Joyce's post and then go visit the neighbors. After all, that's part of the fun! 

1. In what way are you your own worst enemy?

I tend to be my own worst critic. Things just never seem to be as good as they can be so I keep editing all the time - be it a paper I'm writing, or the way my house is arranged.

2. Jacques Cousteau's birthday was Monday, June 11th...ever been scuba diving? Is that something you'd like to try? What's your favorite under the sea creature?

I've never been scuba diving but would love to try it some day. I guess my favorite under the sea creature would be the giant turtles. They amaze me at how graceful they are - and they live sooooo long.

3. On a scale of 1-10 how comfortable are you in and around the water? (1=not at all and 10=very) Do you know how to swim and if so how and when did you learn?

10-I love to swim. It is the only "athletic" thing that I do enjoy.

4. What's something you do to motivate yourself to tick an item off your to-do list?

I just tell myself that the sooner I start, the sooner it will be done.

5. What makes a good neighbor? Are you a good neighbor?

Good neighbors are those that respect your privacy but are there if you need them. I have always tried to be a good neighbor.

6. Who loads the dishwasher at your house? Is there a right way and a wrong way?

I don't have a dishwasher!

7. You know it's summer when_______________________.

I get the pool up and can get in it!

8. Insert your own random thought here. 

 

I've been working on re-doing my cookbook. I've collected recipes over the years and keep them in a binder. A few years ago, my son asked me to copy it for dil so I made a template and typed it all out all nice a pretty - took me months to do it. Since then, I have accumulated lots more so I've been working on adding them, then I decided to change the template - so now I'm completely re-doing it. Hopefully it won't take so long this time since I can copy and past a lot from when I did it the first time - sure am glad I saved that file!

 

Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

It's time to head over to Patrice's porch for the weekly chat.

Questions

1. What do you do when friends or family pull out a camera? Hide, pose, smile, pull out your own camera and take a photo of whatever they are photographing, or something else?
2. Did you take any type of music lesson in elementary school?
3. What is your favorite color of cat (even if you aren't a cat person)?
4. What did you have for dinner yesterday?
5. Do your feet hit the floor running in the morning, or do you drag your self out of bed?

My answers:

1. I hide. I've never taken a good picture in my life.

2. I took piano lessons as a kid.

3. Calico cats are my favorites. I'm an accidental cat person, have been since the kids wanted a kitten. It became MY cat when daughter's dog (from her dad's house) had to come live with me or go to the pound. I couldn't see any way out of that one without me ending up being the bad guy so I gave in, the dog terrorized the cat and I became it's protector.

4.  Grilled cheese sandwiches - it was a lazy night.

5. A little bit of both I guess. I always get up early, but can't function till the coffee hits my bloodstream.

Coffee Chat

 I'm joining the coffee chat again this morning! If you'd like to join, head over to Leslie's at Time out for Mom. The topic is: What I am Loving

Well - it's summer and I am loving my pool right now. It makes me happy. I'll get in every night after work and spend as much time as possible over the weekend there!

It's also garden season, which I love. I've been eating lots of spinach, lettuce, raddishes, turnips, turnip greens, peas........I picked my first green beans this weekend along with my first cucumbers and zucchini! Next weekend I will be canning beans - which will make the pool even better in the evening after a day of canning in a hot kitchen!

 But most of all - I am loving my grandson!
 Can you tell how much he looks like my son?








Just look at that face!

His first real tear - poor little guy was hungry!










I'm in love!

Monday Quiz About Me

Based on the original Meet Me on Monday hosted by Java at Never Growing Old, Heather over at Acting Balanced  posts 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! Since Java is back , Heather has changed the name of her hop to "Monday Quiz About Me."
This weeks Questions:

1. Finish this sentence - I had a great....weekend - lots of pool time and all town yard sales where I found a lot of pool supplies.

2. What is your favorite kind of soda pop? I don't drink soda often but if I do it's Diet Coke.

3. What is your weather like today? It's raining here today.

4. What is your favorite workout song? I can't really say that I have a favorite workout song - just whatever they are playing on my dvds is fine.

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!

My 5th question: What is your favorite summertime vegetable?

Six Word Saturday

To participate all you need to do is describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, go to Show My Face. and Cate will explain it. Add an image, a video, a song, nothing.


All town yard sales today, yippie!