Friday, June 30, 2023
Five Minute Friday - Music
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WQ - Keep Glowing
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
What's Up Wednesday Hodgepodge - June 2023
When your post-surgery instructions are to drink prune juice, but you want to keep it classy. |
OH NO!!! |
The "What's Up Wednesday" questions asked me a very similar question and I had trouble coming up with an answer. I mean, I guess I'm excited about starting a job of some kind, but it's hard to be truly excited when I don't actually have it nailed down and know what I'm getting myself into!
Life was good! I don't remember many specifics, except that my family went on a road trip in the US that summer. That stands out because it was the bicentennial year and patriotism was totally ramped up! That big road trip took us to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado and Arches National Park in Utah, and my mom's family from Manitoba met up with us in Kansas, where we stayed for a few days with their extended family. That part of the trip was super interesting because it was the town where my mom was born so we saw the house that had been her grandparents' place. And also that was the first time I'd ever seen fireflies. True story.
Maybe it's because I haven't had breakfast yet and I'm hungry, but I'm thinking in terms of food here! Ice cream, cookies, and sugary kids' cereals. I really want some Count Chocula or Cocoa Pebbles now . . .
Easy answer! Alaska! I have been dreaming of going on an Alaska cruise for at least twenty years. I want to see the wildlife and the glaciers and all the scenery. And the Northern lights. I haven't seen Northern lights in years and years.
In general, I like driving, but I try to avoid having to drive in the city. Especially in areas I'm not familiar with. I get anxious driving on busy multi-lane freeways and in crowded downtown type areas.
I started learning to drive when I was in my late teens, but I got really anxious and it didn't go well. It was weird because I'd never had trouble with anxiety other than that, but I was so upset my first time or two just trying to manage in a parking lot with my mom as my instructor that I just gave up on it. When I was in college, my husband (he was boyfriend at that time), made me start learning again and I did better as long as I wasn't on the highway. The first time he had me get on the highway, I burst into tears and pulled over onto the shoulder as soon as I could and that was that. So I finally paid for drivers instruction after we'd been married for at least a year and got my license when I was about 22 years old, I guess.
It's just a few days until my daughter's birthday, and this might be the first time we haven't been with her for the occasion. I think one year she was away at camp or something over her birthday. And we haven't bought her gift yet. It will be rather strange ordering something from Amazon and having it shipped directly to her. Last year, her party was just a couple days after my knee replacement surgery so I let the kids do all the planning and the celebration happened around me.
What's up in your world this week? Leave a comment and let me know!
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A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a wee...
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A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a w...