Ahh, Hodgepodge while on vacation... what a relaxing time! Beach house, family, card games, yummy seafood, wine... yep, that's what summer vacation is all about! So here it is, midnight, and I'm hodgepodgeing for you all - I hope you are having a great week as well! :-)
1. July 24th is Amelia Earhart Day. Earhart was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. What's something you've recently accomplished solo?
Designing the sets for our church's VBS - our childrens director and I worked together brainstorming ideas, but I put it all together and, oh, was it fun! :-)
2. What's one product you use that never ever fails?
Bleach. Whether I want it to or not. As is evidenced by several of my favorite black t-shirts that have gotten in the way of me doing a load of whites. Urgh.
3. Have you found your place in the world? Where is it?
Flagstaff, Arizona. It is where my hubby and I spend our last 6 months as an engaged couple, as newlyweds, and where our firstborn arrived... for 6 years it ushered us into young adulthood, and it still remains "home" to us, no matter where else we live. It is where I want to be buried, overlooking "our" peaks at Trinity Heights UMC, our first church home. It's where we truly "grew up" together and where I began to glimpse who I would someday become.
4. Worst movie you ever saw?
Howard the Duck. There's just no words for it... no explanation for it... Even Leonard Maltin was quoted as describing the film as a "hopeless mess ... a gargantuan production which produces a gargantuan headache"
5. What's the last fun thing you did?
Well, we are on vacation, so I've got to say this morning, when we walked on the beach down to the pier and let the kids shop in the candy shop, then we walked to the Brown Butter Cookie Company (um, YUM!), and then waddled our way home, peeking in people's gardens and commenting on home designs along the way. I love this place. Enough said.
6. The month of July is named for Roman Emperor Julius Caesar...ever been to Rome? What's your favorite Italian dish?
Nope, have never been to Rome. But going to Italy is DEFINITELY on my bucket list for sure... the whole country, please! Favorite Italian dish? My shrimp and angel hair pasta recipe from Williams and Sonoma - with a crisp white wine and crunchy homemade garlic bread. YUM!!!
7. What is one piece of advice you'd offer new mom Kate Middleton?
Stop listening to everyone who tells you that you are doing everything the wrong way. Stop, and just hold your baby. Listen to his breathing. Smell his very essence. Talk to him. Communicate with him. Develop your own love language with him. Because titles aside, and family pressures aside, when push comes to shove, you are still his one and only mommy. And this time, this time is precious. Cherish it. No one can take your place... and no one can take his.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
Tonight my kids and I were playing "Heads Up" which is a hilarious charades game for the iPhone - developed by Ellen Degeneres, we love playing it together as a family. So anyway, tonight my daughter had the theme "DJ" in which she had to guess a song I was humming. AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW THIS SONG!!! I have truly failed in the area of music education with my children.
So, without further ado, and so that anyone reading this blog will NOT fail should this come up in their next attempt at HeadsUp (seriously, one of the most fun app games I have ever owned)... Here you go...
1. July 24th is Amelia Earhart Day. Earhart was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. What's something you've recently accomplished solo?
Designing the sets for our church's VBS - our childrens director and I worked together brainstorming ideas, but I put it all together and, oh, was it fun! :-)
2. What's one product you use that never ever fails?
Bleach. Whether I want it to or not. As is evidenced by several of my favorite black t-shirts that have gotten in the way of me doing a load of whites. Urgh.
3. Have you found your place in the world? Where is it?
Flagstaff, Arizona. It is where my hubby and I spend our last 6 months as an engaged couple, as newlyweds, and where our firstborn arrived... for 6 years it ushered us into young adulthood, and it still remains "home" to us, no matter where else we live. It is where I want to be buried, overlooking "our" peaks at Trinity Heights UMC, our first church home. It's where we truly "grew up" together and where I began to glimpse who I would someday become.
4. Worst movie you ever saw?
Howard the Duck. There's just no words for it... no explanation for it... Even Leonard Maltin was quoted as describing the film as a "hopeless mess ... a gargantuan production which produces a gargantuan headache"
5. What's the last fun thing you did?
Well, we are on vacation, so I've got to say this morning, when we walked on the beach down to the pier and let the kids shop in the candy shop, then we walked to the Brown Butter Cookie Company (um, YUM!), and then waddled our way home, peeking in people's gardens and commenting on home designs along the way. I love this place. Enough said.
6. The month of July is named for Roman Emperor Julius Caesar...ever been to Rome? What's your favorite Italian dish?
Nope, have never been to Rome. But going to Italy is DEFINITELY on my bucket list for sure... the whole country, please! Favorite Italian dish? My shrimp and angel hair pasta recipe from Williams and Sonoma - with a crisp white wine and crunchy homemade garlic bread. YUM!!!
7. What is one piece of advice you'd offer new mom Kate Middleton?
Stop listening to everyone who tells you that you are doing everything the wrong way. Stop, and just hold your baby. Listen to his breathing. Smell his very essence. Talk to him. Communicate with him. Develop your own love language with him. Because titles aside, and family pressures aside, when push comes to shove, you are still his one and only mommy. And this time, this time is precious. Cherish it. No one can take your place... and no one can take his.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
Tonight my kids and I were playing "Heads Up" which is a hilarious charades game for the iPhone - developed by Ellen Degeneres, we love playing it together as a family. So anyway, tonight my daughter had the theme "DJ" in which she had to guess a song I was humming. AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW THIS SONG!!! I have truly failed in the area of music education with my children.
So, without further ado, and so that anyone reading this blog will NOT fail should this come up in their next attempt at HeadsUp (seriously, one of the most fun app games I have ever owned)... Here you go...
