Wednesday Hodgepodge

 

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1. Mayday! Mayday!...when was the last time (or a recent time) you literally or figuratively needed to call for help? Elaborate. Not counting all the times I get help from hubby for techy stuff, probably when we had to have someone come and work on our furnace.

2. May Day...when was the last time you danced? Probably my oldest daughter's wedding 3 years ago when my then 4 year old grandson asked me to dance with him. I don't dance but only for him. Do you have a lot of baskets? Several and most of them are Longaberger baskets. Some were gifts and some I bought while visiting the Longaberger factory. What's something you keep in a basket? Cards we receive through the year and then I go through them after the first of the year and enjoy them again and then get rid of most of them. What's your favorite purple flower? I love lilacs because they smell so good. I'm hoping mine will bloom this year. This photo is from my bushes from several years ago.

3. What's something you may do this month? Well, this first day of May we'll be taking Lucy to get her summer cut grooming. I know I have a mammogram scheduled and I'm sure there are probably a few more. As to something fun, we're planning to go to lunch with my sister and her husband on Friday. It's been several months since we've been out together.

4. Do you like eggplant? I don't know as I've never tasted it. Quick topic changes lol? I don't mind as this is pretty much how my brain works any more. If you said yes in answer to the eggplant question how do you like yours prepared? Of the following purple foods, which one is your favorite...plums, purple carrots, purple asparagus, eggplant, acai berries, blackberries, purple cauliflower, elderberries, purple potatoes, or passion fruit? Plums. I'm not sure I've had most of the rest of these.

5. The calendar turns on Hodgepodge Day... 

 

"Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful that they are alive, if for nothing else."

-L.M. Montgomery

Tell us one thing you're thankful for today. I'm thankful to be alive and well.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Thank you so much for visiting,

Cathy

Tuesday 4 - Time to Pamper You…

 

Time To Pamper You...

Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.
Let's talk about you personally.

1. Do you pamper yourself at all? If yes, how do you do that?  I do enjoy a nap and then sometimes just relaxing and reading a good book and that would be about the extent of pampering myself.

2.What kinds of foods/dishes do you consider to be a real treat? A real treat to me is a good steak and baked potato. Do you often pamper yourself by having them? No, not often.

3. What  luxury item/items do you consider would be very hard to do without? (like buying books, having your hair done.. just about anything you really could do without but prefer not to.) One of my favorite things to buy is yarn when I find a project I want to make or when I find a good sale on yarn. Like Monday morning I went shopping with my sister to buy some yarn for a baby blanket for a new great niece coming in October. I found the most beautiful pink yarn and had to place an order for it to get enough. I’m so excited to get it next week and get started making it. My hubby just ordered me a new iPad last night as mine has been going bonkers lately. It’s supposed to come in today. That makes me feel pampered by him.

4. What kind of holiday or vacation would be a total luxury with which you might pamper yourself? Any place we can travel together and have a really nice hotel room with a great view of the mountains or the ocean.

Thanks for visiting. You can link up here, if you'd like.

Cathy

Bits of This and That

 

It's Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. We did, though it was a very laid back, quiet kind of weekend.

On Friday morning we both had a chiropractor appointment that had been postponed twice. All is well on that front. 

After that we stopped by the church and hubby pre-recorded his Sunday morning sermon for YouTube and then we grabbed some lunch from Panda Express and took it home. I read a whole, short book and that made for a great day.

Saturday, we slept in and I did some yard work. We had lunch at Red Lobster and then came home.

Sunday, we went to Sunday School and church, took a nap at home and did a little more yard work and then back for Bible Study that evening. Watched some TV after church and I started a new book.

So what did you do this weekend?

Cathy

Linking up with Holly & Sarah.

Share 4 Somethings - April

 

Good morning!

I'm linking up with the April edition of Share 4 Somethings. We'll be talking about things we've loved or disliked, accomplished, improved upon or something that needs improvement, and noticed. 

*Loved - I've finally started using my air fryer some and I have to say, I'm starting to kind of like it. We'll see if in time I can say that I actually love it.

*Accomplished - I've finally got my reading mojo back. I've read 6 books this month, which is quite a lot for me. I've really been enjoying it too. You can check what I've been reading in my sidebar if you'd like or go to my Goodreads account.

*Needs Improvement - It's time to go through my closet and put the winter clothes away and bring out the summer ones. I also need to get rid of the clothes I haven't worn in a couple of years. I do not enjoy this task, but I do love a freshly purged closet.

*Noticed - I took Lucy out for a walk this morning and saw a beautiful hawk hanging around. I don't think he liked me taking his picture. He flew away right after taking this. Not the best picture, but the best I could get at the time.

Well that's it for April. You can link up here if you'd like.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great weekend.

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

 

Good morning:

Things I am thankful for today.

*  Hubby and I are both starting to feel better.  He's still pretty racked by coughing, but most other symptoms are gone.  I also still have the cough (not quite as bad as his). Yesterday, I had my 6 month oncologist appointment and while there she decided she wanted me to have a chest Xray as she thought she had heard some rattling in my lungs. So, I had an Xray before I left the bldg. Got the word back that my lungs are all clear...Thank you God.

*  We are spending time at home this morning and then may be going out to get some lunch later. 

*  Eating a bowl of cereal this morning with fresh blueberries added. I love getting fresh berries and adding them to my morning cereal or overnight oats.

*  Bible Study - we've had to cancel a couple of our Bible Study meetings. We've had a death and also storms one night. I felt like we had lost a lot of momentum, but we met Tuesday (and we were missing at least 5 of us due to sickness and other things). But God was faithful and we had an awesome time together. I hope everyone will be back next week.

*  Frndly App - I have really enjoyed watching a couple movies this week. One was "An Uncommon Grace" and another was "Blind Date Book Club". Both are very good. Jennifer is the one who shared about "Blind Date Book Club" and I'm so glad she did. Thanks Jennifer. She is also the host of Thankful Thursday.

*  Pink clouds - I took the dog out for a short walk last evening before the sun set and I had to run back and get my phone when I saw the pink clouds. God's artistry in the sky never ceases to amaze me.

*  Reading - I always enjoy reading on my Kindle, but right now it seems my eyes do better using the Kindle App on my iPad. I think the black background with white letters is a little easier on my eyes.

God, your mercies are new every morning and I am most thankful for that.

Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you have a great day.

Cathy