It's Wednesday again -- and time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond, where Joyce writes the questions and bloggers provide the answers! Here we go ...
1. Next Sunday is Grandparent's Day. Share a favorite memory, photo, recipe, or something you learned from a grandparent.
My paternal grandfather died when my dad was 10, so I never knew him. My maternal grandfather died when I was 4, so although I have some memories of him they are not very clear. My dad's mother was a lovely lady, but we only saw her a few times a year as she didn't live nearby and was often working.
My maternal grandmother lived next door to us was a completely amazing woman. She was the matriarch of a large family and successfully ran a farm and business after her husband died. I know I was greatly impacted by her love of beauty and her creative bent. She also had a beautiful singing voice, and I loved it when she would sing in the car or around the house. I learned many things from her, but probably the things that stayed with me most were her adventurous spirit in cooking and baking and her love of holidays and seasonal decorating, especially for Christmas. She was very hospitable also, which has surely impacted me. I think that I also inherited my camera-phobic tendencies from her. Here are a few posts where I've shared more about her:
My Grandmother's Best Cookie-baking Advice
In fact, memories of this dear lady are sprinkled throughout my blog like chocolate chips in a cookie! That is her in her kitchen, below.
2. What's a quote from a book (besides The Bible) that has stayed with you?
I know it's been quoted to death, but probably the Anne of Green Gables quote that "tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet." I'm incredibly grateful for that every day.
3. What's your number one food pet peeve?
I am trying to think. Most everything that comes to mind would surely qualify as a first-world problem.
4. What's one thing about you that is still the same as it was when you were young?
My eyes. They may be the only thing about me that hasn't changed very much. I am second from left in this 1950s photo.
5. September is National Preparedness Month...does your family have an emergency plan? Do you have some sort of preparedness kit you keep on hand? If so, tell us one thing that's kept there.
Not a plan as such. We do have emergency food supplies and extra non-perishables on hand, and we try to keep extras of first-aid basics and common OTC medications. Anytime a serious weather event is imminent we try to keep our vehicles' gas tanks full and to have some jugs of drinking water available.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Oh goodness ... so many random thoughts are crowding my brain today that I'm not sure I can isolate just one. Well, here's a thought: I am longing to try this 7-day Home Reset. The problem is finding 7 uneventful days in a row! Maybe later in September!
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| A paper coaster from my grandmother |
And there's the Hodgepodge for this week!
