Wednesday Hodgepodge - In This Week's Bucket

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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 weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1.  When did you last have cancelled plans? Were you happy about that or disappointed?

 

I had to look at my calendar to figure this out. We've had plenty of changed plans recently, but not actual cancellations. But a couple weeks ago, my chorus rehearsal was cancelled because of the eclipse. Many of our members were going to be traveling or doing something special to view the eclipse so they just gave us a night off. I was a little disappointed, of course, but I had to also admit that it was kind of nice to be at home that night.

 

2. On a scale of 1-10 how much of a planner are you?

 

It really depends on what I'm planning! In general, I'd put myself somewhere in the middle, maybe a 6. There are some things I like to plan, and I always have plans to make better plans (haha), but I don't plan anything in detail. I make lists of things to do, to pack when I'm traveling, restaurants to try, and that sort of thing, but my lists are pretty general.

I have been using the website Remember The Milk to keep all my to-do lists for a few years. I haven't got the RTM app yet, but I think I probably should. Adding that to my to-do list now . . .  

 

3. Do you have a menu plan for the week? If so tell us one or two things that are on it. If not, what's your plan for not having a plan?

 I do try to have a weekly menu plan, although I usually plan just the main dish and figure out the sides as I go. Most weeks Monday is leftover night or something similar, since I have very little time between work and chorus. Wednesday nights we eat at church. This week I have roast pork tenderloin (or, as we like to call it, Kangaroo Tail) planned for Thursday night. Crispy Cheesy Chicken makes it onto our menu quite regularly. I use Plan To Eat to help me keep track of recipes, meal plans, and even shopping lists.

 

4. The Hodgepodge lands on National Bucket List Day. Do you have a bucket list? Is it written down or just in your head? What is one thing on your bucket list? If you don't have a list, what is one thing you'd add to a list if you did? Yes, I'm going to make you think about it.

 I do have a couple of bucket lists. The "things to do before I kick the bucket" type list is vaguely in my head, with things like "go on an Alaskan cruise" on it that I think of from time to time. The bucket list I actually work on is more immediate. I wish I had a different name for it - I used to call it "40 things while I'm 40" and so on, because it was the list of things I wanted to do before my next birthday, but it got harder to come up with enough specific items to match my age! But that's what it is, a list of things I want to do or work on before my next birthday. The current list includes a couple of vacation ideas, setting up our patio with at least some basic outdoor furniture so we can use it, and visiting all of the Columbus Metro Parks. And someday, I will go on that Alaskan cruise! It's been on my wishlist for years!

5.  Rain buckets, a drop in the bucket, couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, sweat buckets, cry buckets . . . which 'bucket' idiom applies to your life in some way currently?

 

Hmmm. A drop in the bucket. It doesn't feel like much changes or that what I'm doing makes much difference most of the time, but each day and each positive thing adds another drop that eventually adds up to make a full life.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I'm writing this late Tuesday and I'm too tired to come up with anything. Plus I need to go to bed! So please enjoy these two cartoons that really made me laugh this week!

What are your thoughts on planning and bucket lists? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

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