Beware the Hodgepodge

Welcome to this week's edition of The Wednesday Hodgepodge. If you've answered today's questions add your link at the end of my post, then leave a comment for your neighbor there. Here we go-

1. March 15th is known as The Ides of March, the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C....have you ever been to Rome? If so what did you love most about the city? If not, is this a place you'd like to visit? 

I have been to Rome, but it's been a while as evidenced by my short and naturally brunette hair. Also my teeny tiny teenagers who are now grown married women with children of their own. 

While I've been to other parts of Italy since, it's been 20 years since I set foot in Rome and I would not be opposed to going back. 

What did I love most? Well, pretty much everything...the food, the wine, the light, the history, the architecture, the fashion, the language...did I leave anything out? 

2. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.' What project/activity/improvement (of any kind) do you have going on right now to which this saying might be applied? 

We have some lingering bits and pieces to take care of in order for the outdoor space to be considered truly done. We still need the electrician to come out, still need to purchase and install a big fan, and add a couple of other decorative touches to make it feel complete.

3. Let's do a little this or that with some Italian foods...

• Caprese salad or Prosciuto with melon? Caprese salad
• Bruschetta or Antipasto? Antipasto
• lasagne or ravioli? Ravioli
• bolognese or Carbonara? Bolognese
• Risotto or gnocchi? Risotto
• tiramisu~gelato~cannoli? Tiramisu

4. Of the colors red, white, and green which would I find most prevalent in your home? Which one do you think is most flattering to you in terms of your wardrobe? Have you ever had your colors done? Is that something you'd be interested in doing? 

I have a rug in my main living space with a very dark shade of red in it along with some navy and golds. I live on a lake, so while there's not a lot of green in my home decor there are a lot of windows, so you see a lot of green. 

As far as my wardrobe goes...I love white pants, but it still feels too early to bring them out even though I don't think that 'Labor Day' rule applies anymore. Once it warms up here I'll be wearing a lot of white. I have never had my colors done but think it would be a fun thing to do. It was really popular to do this a few decades ago and it's true that with fashion everything eventually comes round again. 

5. Life would be boring without____________________? 

My hubs who still makes me laugh, nudges me to step out of my comfort zone, encourages me to write more, and is so sweet with the grands it makes my heart melt. 

6. Insert our own random thought here. 

This little guy turns ten on Friday, pictured here with his first love my Daughter1. He was hers before he was ours. 

Then she went and moved to South Korea so he came to live with us. He was four years old then, and full of mischief.  

And now he's ten, still full of mischief, living his best life beside the water. Never was a dog more attached to a human than this one is to the hubs. Where hubs goes, he goes. 

Happy birthday to the little brown dog! 

The smartest, most exasperating, handsomest, sweetest, most loved pup I know.