It's Baaa-aack...The Wednesday Hodgepodge

I'm happy to be back in the Hodgepodge this week after a mini-blog break.  Here are my answers to this week's questions-

1. Summertime is a season of reunions, weddings, and other family celebrations and gatherings...are any of the above on your calendar in the next two months?

Do we have anything on our summer calendar? Ha! 

Only some little something every weekend but two in the next couple of months. All good fun, but still this will be a summer where we hop from event to event.  

I spent last weekend at a reunion with friends from my long ago days as a camp counselor (wrote about that here if you're curious). We have plans to attend hubs high school reunion, and also to catch up with extended family in July, and later that month I'll be trekking to North Carolina for a fun weekend reunion with college sorority sisters. We have a wedding to attend in August and in between all that some international house guests, and a daughter's graduation. 

And you thought life with toddlers was busy??!!

2. June is National Iced Tea Month...are you an iced tea drinker? If so, how do you like yours (sweet, flavored, etc)?

I love iced tea, and drink it by the gallon during the summer months. My family is partial to the way I make my iced tea, which is lightly sweetened with a lot of lemon. I can drink it unsweetened, but if there's no lemon I'll pass on the iced tea.  

3. When were you last nervous? Looking back, was the event actually 'nerve-worthy'?

I was a bit nervous last weekend as I  got talked into was asked to speak/share something in the way of devotions on Saturday morning at the camp reunion. In hindsight was it nerve-worthy? No, but that's because I felt prepared. In the end I really enjoyed the experience, which is true of most things that give me a case of the nerves.  

4. The bristle toothbrush was invented in China on June 26, 1498...not sure how that date was pinned down so precisely but, on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being sick to your stomach and 1 being not at all, how nervous do you feel when you're headed to the dentist? Do you see your dentist twice a year?

I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the dentist, myself included. In spite of that I see my dentist without fail, three times a year, because if I get my teeth cleaned three times a year I don't have issues-twice is not enough. Teeth are on my list of things to ask God about when I get to heaven.  

On a scale of 1-10 I'm a 7. 

5. What's making news in your town this week?

I live in tinytown so normally not a lot of news is made here, but we did have a little excitement last weekend.  

A man pulled his vehicle into a driveway to speak to a family member and thought he put the brake on.  Alas, he did not. He actually put the jeep in reverse and then got out to speak to his friend at which point the vehicle rolled right on down the driveway about 100 feet, across the road, through a neighbor's closed iron gate, and over a rock wall.  It then flew another 250 feet down a side yard, before launching itself off the sea wall and into the lake, where it promptly sank.  

Thankfully nobody was hurt, but I imagine the poor man will be hearing about that little mishap for a long long time.  

6. Curtains, drapes, blinds...your window treatment of choice?  Are there any bare windows in your house?  Is that by choice or because you just haven't gotten around to covering them?

My window treatment of choice would be plantation shutters.  I have them downstairs and would love to have them in every room. Upstairs I have blinds in the bedrooms and sheers alongside. I do have some bare windows in my dining room and may or may not add shutters there.  It's not a necessity because it's not a room anyone can really see in...I like natural light in a house, so shutters are still up for debate.

7. Summertime is officially here (in the Northern hemisphere anyway)....what one song is a must-have on your summer playlist?

These 'pick one song' questions are always so hard for me...do I go with something new or an old favorite?  

Okay-going with an oldie, but one that's definitely on my summer play list-Summer in The City by The Lovin' Spoonful.  I like to sing this one in the car.  

Loudly.    

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

While I was away last weekend, hubs purchased a great big umbrella for our patio. We sat outside Sunday evening and played backgammon and listened to music.  I still need to finish my flower pots, but we're getting there.  

Now we just need to pencil some 'porch sittin' time into our very busy summer calendar.