Adulting with the Hodgepodge

The second week of July!  How is that even possible?  And it's also 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's an adult problem nobody prepared you for? 

Caring for aging parents.  We sort of learn as we go.

2. How tuned in are you to all the recent food related health news? Have you gotten rid of your scratched cookware? Did you pay attention to food additives before they made the news? What's one healthy eating/cooking/food shopping habit you need to adopt? 

I may not be tuned in to all of it, but I do know enough to realize we've been sold a bill of goods as to what actually is healthy and what is not.  I have gotten rid of most of my scratched cookware, but I plead guilty to still harboring some old scratched cookie sheets.  I just like the way they bake, but I do know they ought to be replaced.

I paid attention to some food additives but am becoming much more aware of them now.  I think the biggest habit I need to work on implementing is reading labels at the grocery store.

 3. What's getting worse and worse as you get older? How about better and better? 

Everything seems to take longer and longer as we age.  There are things that get better and better.  Marriage, for one.  At least from my vantage point.

4. Are you more of an indoor person or an outdoor person? Elaborate. 

I love the outdoors, but probably in general I'm more of an indoor person.  I enjoy being outdoors and in nice weather will try to spend a lot of time outdoors,  but I don't love outdoor sports other than walking.  I do love being outside in God's creation and especially love to have my quiet time outdoors.  I always feel calmed and encouraged as I observe God's power, beauty, wisdom, creativity and order in nature.

5. If you had an expert personal assistant today, what would you have them do? 

Sort through all of my cookbooks and recipes to declutter and organize them.

 6. Insert your own random thought here. 

What a week it's been!  Vacation Bible School at church every morning, and afternoons have been very busy too.  Today we delivered a casket my hubby built to a funeral home.  Years ago he promised our dear friend to make her a "plain pine box" when the time came, and he made good on his promise.

And that's the Hodgepodge for this week!