Wednesday again (how does that happen?) ... and that means it's time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond. Joyce writes the questions, bloggers provide the answers! Here we go ...
1. What does adventure mean to you?
Adventure means trying something new, be it a flavor or an experience, something off the beaten path. I'm not an adventurous person in many ways. I'm fairly adventurous about food, and moderately adventurous about travel, but nothing extreme.
I've picnicked in places with this signage. Some would call that adventurous.
Some folks are terrified of heights or riding in a tram car like this. I quite enjoy it.
2. What are your thoughts on tipping? What businesses or service providers do you regularly tip? Do you resent being asked if you'd like to add a tip? What about when a suggested amount is presented?
I will nearly always leave a tip. Mostly we only regularly tip in restaurants or occasionally put something in a tip jar at an ice-cream place. (We don't frequent hair salons or other places where a tip might be expected.) When we traveled West by Amtrak, we did tip service personnel.
We usually tip 20% but if the service was great it might be more. If it was not very good service the tip will reflect that. I don't care for it when people ask for tips or suggest an amount.
3. I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream...do we? Is ice cream a favorite treat at your house? What's your favorite flavor? Regular, soft serve, gelato, sherbet, or some sort of non-dairy version of ice cream...what's your pleasure?
Oh, ice cream is a huge favorite at my house. However, with a special diet for my hubby's psoriasis we are avoiding both sugar and dairy, so we aren't currently eating it. Regular ice cream is our favorite, especially homemade (and we have a lot of homemade ice cream places in our state). Favorite flavor is a difficult choice. One place makes a sweet cream flavor that's really good. And I love one that features malted milk ice cream with bits of Milky Way in it.
If only this were true!
4. What's your 'back in my day, we____________________ ' story or saying?
"... girls had to wear skirts to school every day." This was in public school no less.
5. Somehow this is our last Hodgepodge in the month of June. Next week's Hodgepodge lands in July. Wow. Sum up your June using three adjectives.
Challenging, friend-filled, busy.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Our peonies are blooming. Such beautiful flowers. I wish they lasted longer.
That's the Hodgepodge for today!
I had to wear skirts and dresses to school as well. I also mentioned that today. And when we got home from school, we immediately out of our school clothes into play clothes. There was a definite difference in the two. Your flowers are beautiful. I think those are my favorite flowers just now...would love a bush in my yard!
ReplyDeleteYour peonies are beautiful! And I love the color! I think we love them more because we know their bloom time is brief. Sweet cream ice cream sounds like a flavor I'd enjoy. Have a great rest of the week!
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