Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 620

Here are the questions to this week's Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog then hop back here on Wednesday (9/17) to add your link to the party. See you there! 

1.  Are you more life of the party or more party pooper? If your answer is somewhere in the middle which side of the middle do you lean towards more? 

Birthday party, beach party, cocktail party, dinner party, charity fundraiser, surprise party, costume party, garden party, Christmas party, reunion...what's your favorite kind of party? 

2. Cheese, wine, and balsamic vinegar all improve with age. What would you personally add to the list? 

3. How do you feel about your birthday? How do you want to be celebrated? Or don't you? 

4. What remarkable feat, interesting piece of trivia, or historical event occurred on your birth day and month? Not necessarily your same birth year, just the same date/month. 

5. Share two good things about your life right now. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

An Impressive 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. What impresses you? 

a gentle quiet spirit

faithfulness, optimism, contentment, courage

people who keep their cool when provoked or under pressure or maybe they're just annoyed, but smile and exhibit patience anyway

2.  Where are you in your family birth order? Do you fit the stereotype of that particular slot? In what way?

I'm the third of four children, the middle girl. Here we are with our mama in 1960 something. I'm on the left in the navy blue coat. We used to get new coats every spring. 

Middle children are typically easy-going, independent, and creative, and I think in terms of those particular traits the stereotype holds true. Middle children are also often the peacemakers and I do try to bring peace where I can. 

3. What motivates you more-a reward or a consequence? Elaborate. 

I think it depends what we're talking about here. Am I going to get fired if I don't complete xyz? Is someone going to get hurt if xyz doesn't occur? If so then the consequence is motivating. Do I get a bonus? A raise? a chocolate cake? a clean house? if I complete xyz? In that case, the reward is more motivating. 

4. May 14th is National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Who thinks biscuits deserve their own day? Do you like biscuits? Make your own? Grab one for breakfast at a drive-through now and then? Which drive-through makes the one you like best? What do you like to put on a biscuit? What's your favorite food or dish that calls for buttermilk? 

Everything has a day so why not biscuits? Yes, I like them, but it's rare I have one. I couldn't tell you the last time I had a biscuit from a drive-through. We don't do fast food, other than the occasional Chick-fil-a when traveling. If I were ordering a breakfast biscuit I'd get sausage on mine. 

My favorite dish that calls for buttermilk would be a sour cream coffee cake I make every now and then. 

5. Are there any weddings on your summer calendar? What's your favorite part of a wedding/wedding reception? 

Just one on our summer calendar this year. Technically spring but we've all moved into summer now, haven't we? We're also going to a wedding this fall, so two in 2024. Most of our friends children are married and we're more into the season of welcoming babies. 

I love the solemnity of the spoken vows, but my favorite part of a wedding/reception is probably the father-daughter dance. 

It's all the feels. 

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

We've been in our house almost eight years now and every spring we attempt to find a plant that will thrive on our front porch. It gets the scorching afternoon sun and unless we water several times a day, every plant we've tried there eventually withers and dies. Purslane is pretty and works beside the garage doors, but that spot gets just enough of a break from the midday sun that it's fine. 

This year we opted for (shhh...don't tell...aritificial). I am normally not a fan of artificial plants, but I came across an article in Southern Living on which look the most real and ordered two. 

Ferns because we love them, and also because we have real ferns hanging on the back patio and it's hard to tell the difference. I got mine through Amazon from a shop called Nearly Natural. 

We are really happy with them. 

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Reelin' In The Hodgepodge Years

Welcome to another 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. Here we go-

1. Do you know much about (or understand) Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Does it worry or excite you? 

I don't know a lot, but I've read about some of the many ethical concerns raised by those who are in the know. I think it's an area where science and technology are once again moving faster than our grasp of what it all means in terms of morality. 

Supposedly AI will reduce human error, and in some fields that could be a good thing. There are definitely red flags in a lot of areas too though, so I think I lean more to the side of caution as opposed to excitement. In general I don't get too excited about anything tech.  AI is probably one of those things I'll be forced to understand when it's thrust upon us. 

2. What was the last song you listened to? Your favorite movie soundtrack? What song always puts you in a good mood?  

Oh My Soul by Casting Crowns was playing on the radio when I got out of the car a few minutes ago. 

As far as movies soundtracks go it would be hard to choose a favorite. A few favorites would be The Big Chill, Saturday Night Fever, A Star is Born and Almost Famous. 

A song that always puts me in a good mood? Dancing Queen by Abba. Don't judge. 

3. What were you doing ten years ago? 

May 30, 2013

This is when a blog is helpful. I scrolled back through my end of May/early June posts from that year, and it seems life was rather ordinary. I wrote about my blooming Viburnam hedge, celebrating my nephew's 7th birthday, a teacher daughter home for a visit, hubs traveling hither and yon, enjoying the outdoor fire pit, dinner with friends, and taking a spin in the little red car. 

Hubs and I were living in North Jersey, Daughter1 was in D.C., Daughter2 in South Carolina, and both girls were single and working. Hubs was working too, and Daughter2 finished her Master's degree that summer. Life was good and for the record none of us live in those same places ten years later. 

An awful lot of change happens in a decade, doesn't it? 

4. Your favorite no-bake summer dessert?

Blueberry pie. I do cook the filling on the stove, but the pie isn't baked. 

5. Something you're looking forward to in June? 

Sweet Baby J turns one in June, and I'm looking forward to celebrating this boy who has brought so much sunshine into my life this year. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

You never know what's going to pop up when you peel back the years. This picture was on my blog May 6, 2013. She never did catch one of the chipmunks or groundhogs who lived in our rock wall, but she sure loved to try. Sweetest dog ever. 

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