1. What are two or three expectations you have of yourself?
I expect to handle difficult people and situations with love and grace.
I expect to be a supportive wife, and a good role model for my daughters.
I expect to do the work that needs to be done to succeed at the personal goals I've set for myself.
I expect to handle difficult people and situations with love and grace.
I expect to be a supportive wife, and a good role model for my daughters.
I expect to do the work that needs to be done to succeed at the personal goals I've set for myself.
2. In what way does your outdoor space need sprucing up this spring?
Hmmm...our home is under construction so there is quite a lot of sprucing up that needs doing. Not sure it will happen this spring since there are work crews on the lot every day, and I think we'll hold off on the landscaping until the house is closer to completion. We did get the dock cleaned and sealed so that might count in the sprucing up department.
Currently we're in an apartment, so the outdoor space is not our own. The management does a good job maintaining the grounds, but our tiny little balcony could certainly use a pot of happy pansies. I intend to add one this week.
Hmmm...our home is under construction so there is quite a lot of sprucing up that needs doing. Not sure it will happen this spring since there are work crews on the lot every day, and I think we'll hold off on the landscaping until the house is closer to completion. We did get the dock cleaned and sealed so that might count in the sprucing up department.
Currently we're in an apartment, so the outdoor space is not our own. The management does a good job maintaining the grounds, but our tiny little balcony could certainly use a pot of happy pansies. I intend to add one this week.
3. According to this site (Roadtrippers), six of North America's most wondrous waterfalls are-Webster's Falls in Ontario, Upper Whitewater Falls in North Carolina, Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon, Multnomah Falls in Oregon, The Lower Yellowstone Falls, and Niagara. Have you seen any on the list? Which one on the list would you most like to visit? Prettiest waterfall not on the list that you've seen in person?
I haven't seen any on the list in person, but we don't live far from Cashiers so the Upper Whitewater Falls have been added to my must-see list. If I can only choose one though, I think I'll go with Multnomah Falls. My daugher1 lives in Washington, and Oregon is her next door neighbor so Oregon it is.
Hubs and I enjoy hiking and have seen some pretty smaller falls in the state parks we've visited. One of my favorites is Bushkill Falls which I blogged about here.
They're called the Niagara of Pennsylvania, although I feel like that's overstating their grandeur just a tad. They are beautiful though, and worth a visit if you're in that part of the country.
I haven't seen any on the list in person, but we don't live far from Cashiers so the Upper Whitewater Falls have been added to my must-see list. If I can only choose one though, I think I'll go with Multnomah Falls. My daugher1 lives in Washington, and Oregon is her next door neighbor so Oregon it is.
Hubs and I enjoy hiking and have seen some pretty smaller falls in the state parks we've visited. One of my favorites is Bushkill Falls which I blogged about here.
They're called the Niagara of Pennsylvania, although I feel like that's overstating their grandeur just a tad. They are beautiful though, and worth a visit if you're in that part of the country.
4. Looking back, what's something you wish you'd done as a teenager?
Become fluent in a foreign language.
Become fluent in a foreign language.
5. Ham...yes please or no thank you? If you said yes please which of the following do you like best-baked ham with all the trimmings, a ham and cheese sandwich, prosciutto with melon, a ham biscuit, a bowl of split pea and ham soup, or a slice of pizza topped with ham and pineapple?
I love a holiday ham dinner with all the trimmings, and that's what we had for Easter this past Sunday. I have the leftover ham bone in the crock pot today, making split pea soup which is also a favorite. I like everything on the list, although the Hawaiian pizza is just eh for me. Probably the baked ham dinner would be my favorite.
I love a holiday ham dinner with all the trimmings, and that's what we had for Easter this past Sunday. I have the leftover ham bone in the crock pot today, making split pea soup which is also a favorite. I like everything on the list, although the Hawaiian pizza is just eh for me. Probably the baked ham dinner would be my favorite.
6. Are you typical of your generation? How so?
I think so, if there's such a thing as 'typical'. I think my generation wishes they'd taken better care of themselves when they were younger, but we're doing the best we can to make up for it now. Like most women I know who are my age, I try to eat right and exercise both my body and my brain, take care of my skin, manage my health in the sense that I book routine appts with the dentist, dermatologist, etc. I read new books, see films, follow current events, and do my best to keep up with technology.
I think I struggle with that last bit in the way many people my age struggle, but we are trying and we want to keep up, which I think is typical of my generation. We remember a world without cell phones and computers, and we miss the simplicity and innocence of that sometimes, but we also recognize time marches on and we try to march on with it. Go us!
I think so, if there's such a thing as 'typical'. I think my generation wishes they'd taken better care of themselves when they were younger, but we're doing the best we can to make up for it now. Like most women I know who are my age, I try to eat right and exercise both my body and my brain, take care of my skin, manage my health in the sense that I book routine appts with the dentist, dermatologist, etc. I read new books, see films, follow current events, and do my best to keep up with technology.
I think I struggle with that last bit in the way many people my age struggle, but we are trying and we want to keep up, which I think is typical of my generation. We remember a world without cell phones and computers, and we miss the simplicity and innocence of that sometimes, but we also recognize time marches on and we try to march on with it. Go us!
7. April rolls in at the end of the week, and in keeping with that theme...'act the fool', nobody's fool', a fool's errand', 'could have fooled me'...which foolish idiom most recently applies to you? Explain.
None of these are an exact fit, but 'Act the fool' might come closest. I think it means to clown around, do something silly, foolish...
I (accidentally) threw my check book in the trash last week, along with a check I'd written, put in an envelope and even stamped. I honestly have no recollection of doing so, but guess I gathered up some magazines and paperwork to toss and they were in the pile? Thankfully I thought to check the bin before the rubbish went out. Middle age brain. The struggle is real y'all. And typical of my generation-ha!
None of these are an exact fit, but 'Act the fool' might come closest. I think it means to clown around, do something silly, foolish...
I (accidentally) threw my check book in the trash last week, along with a check I'd written, put in an envelope and even stamped. I honestly have no recollection of doing so, but guess I gathered up some magazines and paperwork to toss and they were in the pile? Thankfully I thought to check the bin before the rubbish went out. Middle age brain. The struggle is real y'all. And typical of my generation-ha!
8. Insert your own random thought here.
So remember how I said in #5 I had that leftover ham bone in my crock pot and split pea soup simmering since early morning so we could have it for dinner last night? Yeah, well hubs and I went out to the lake late afternoon and for some reason he unplugged the crock pot before we left. I think he thought it was the coffee pot chord but whatever, dinner last night was not split pea soup. It was Chinese take out.
On the bright side-we've got a roof, so whoohoo!
So remember how I said in #5 I had that leftover ham bone in my crock pot and split pea soup simmering since early morning so we could have it for dinner last night? Yeah, well hubs and I went out to the lake late afternoon and for some reason he unplugged the crock pot before we left. I think he thought it was the coffee pot chord but whatever, dinner last night was not split pea soup. It was Chinese take out.
On the bright side-we've got a roof, so whoohoo!
