A Freshly Painted 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 the blogger before you so the hop keeps hopping. Here we go-

 

1. Do you make an effort to see/hear live music? Last time you went somewhere for the live music? 

We love live music and I'd say we make some effort. Tickets to popular well known acts are ridiculously expensive these days so that's a factor in who we see perform live. We enjoy live music at several local venues where local artists play, some of whom are very talented. We have tickets to see one of my favorite bands in December and I'm looking forward to that. 

Last time we saw live music would be this past weekend. We went to the Fall Festival event in the nearby city which featured three days of all day music on five different stages. We heard some good bands. 

 2.According to HGTV the colors of the year for 2026 are mostly decided. Top paint companies declare a color of the year, and decorators will incorporate that into their new year home and room designs. Here's what's on tap in terms of paint trends for 2026 (check out the link here to see photos)

• Sherwin Williams-universal khaki (inspired by heavy canvas and outdoor gear)
• Behr-hidden gem (a confident shade of teal)
• Valspar-warm eucylyptus (a warm sliver tinted green)
• Dutch Boy-melodious ivory (a honey tinted beige)
• Glidden-warm mahogany (a classic brick red)
• Krylon-matte coffee bean
• Clark and Kensington -Hazelnut Crunch (warm reddish-brown)
• Graham and Brown-Divine Damson (cherry red with a subtle violet undertone)
• Dunn and Edwards-midnight garden (the green that works everywhere) 

First question-did you know there were so many different paint manufacturers? 

I'd heard of more than half of these companies, but two or three were new to me. 

Which color on the list most appeals to you in terms of your own decorating style? 

The walls in my house are mostly a soft neutral-Sherwin Williams Canvas Tan. It's very livable and we still like the color. We have a lot of windows and you see the lake out of most of them so we purposely chose a wall color that wouldn't compete with Mother Nature. The Universal Khaki is a little darker, but similar so maybe that one. I like the matte coffee bean too in terms of a neutral. 

I love dark dramatic paint but it doesn't feel right in this house. 

Do you have plans to do any painting in your home in the coming year, and if so might you choose a color from this list? 

We need to repaint some rooms more than others, but one room moves in to another then another and before you know it everything has to be painted or it looks funny. Maybe in the coming year. Maybe. Hubs says the exterior needs painting too and this would all be a huge project so we'll see. I see it as a two year project-interior one year, exterior the next. Hubs probably sees it more as a two-week project because once he gets hold of a home improvement project he's like a dog with a bone. I'm still recovering from the backyard re-do. 

Now, forget painting walls, which color name appeals to you most? 

Do the same people who come up with nail polish names also weigh in on paint. It seems so. I like the sound of warm eucalyptus. 

3. What's something in your life you have to do-watch-or participate in that's about as exciting as 'watching paint dry'? 

Taxes and insurance. Either and both. 

4 . Tuesday, October 14th is/was National Dessert day...did you/will you celebrate? Tell us how? What's your absolute favorite dessert. Yes, just one. I know!! 

I'm answering these questions on Tuesday morning and probably won't celebrate because I have book club Tuesday afternoon and play Mah Jong Tuesday evening. I did have dessert on Monday night at our wine club dinner...a very light cheesecake with a strawberry topping. It was yummy! 

I have a sweet tooth so choosing just one favorite is hard. I'm going with crème brûlée. 

We make it at home occasionally for dinner guests, and if I'm dining out and see it's on the menu I'll be ordering. 

5. Perhaps today is the day I will __________________________________. 

Organize that out of control cabinet in my laundry room. Except probably not because both my Tuesday and my Wednesday are already pretty full. The question did say 'perhaps'. If it doesn't happen Wednesday it's on my calendar for Friday so it will happen this week. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Are you familiar with something called a Day In The Life post? I've wanted to try one and I invite you to try it too. In a nutshell, you chronicle your thoughts, activities, and experiences throughout a single day. Any day. Nothing big needs to be happening, just everyday ordinary life from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. 

Most of the bloggers I've seen do this take a picture every hour or two and then add some words to go with. They're fun to read and you really see how, although our lives are our own, there is much we have in common. I'll be setting an alarm to remember to snap pictures on the day I choose, because that's usually my downfall. 

I'm going to host a link up for anyone who wants to play along on Thursday, November 13th, which is almost a month away. You can pick any day between now and then to blog about, then come back here and share your post on the 13th. See you there! 

And also here because like I said, it's a month away.