Wednesday Hodgepodge - Prioritize!

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.  What are your current priorities in this season of life? Elaborate as much or as little as you like.

 

I think just managing our time and plans so that we can do the things we want and like to do, and not just the things we have to do. The way I most want to spend my time is with my family and with my friends, which sometimes means saying no to other things, sometimes means rearranging other parts of my life so I can be available for something I want more.

 

2. What's one thing you wish you had more of?

 

Money, of course! That's the obvious answer! I tried to think of something else and the only other thing was time. Free time. 

3. Do you celebrate Halloween? If so, what are your Halloween traditions? Any special plans for Halloween this year?

 I have never been much of a fan of Halloween. Lots of mixed feelings about it. I think the costume parties can be fun, and I like the more whimsical and fanciful decorations. But I'd say we don't celebrate Halloween, and don't really have any traditions. We've usually participated in our church's Trunk or Treat but that's about it. No plans to do so this year, as we'll be travelling on Trunk or Treat evening. We'll be with our Maryland family on Halloween and I know our daughter has plans because she loves Halloween, but we don't have anything specific going on.

Daughter's "Hotel Transylvania"
themed Trunk in 2021

I was Kym-ella DeVille in 2021

 

4. Last thing you ate that contained chocolate? Last thing you made that called for chocolate? 

 Last night I had a bit of buckeye fudge that had chocolate, and also ate a delicious Canadian Oreo cookie. Last time I made something with chocolate in it was banana bread with chocolate chips.

5.  Do you prefer laid back weekends or do you like to have a lot of plans? Thinking back to this past weekend . . . which was it?

 

Talk about a wishy-washy answer but here goes - I like a bit of each! I like having plans to do fun things on the weekends, but I don't want the schedule of activities to be so full that I can't sleep late on Saturday or have a nap on Sunday afternoon, or just chill. Lots of plans is great but not so many plans that it's stressful and rushed. This past weekend was a good mix. We went out for dinner on Friday night but weren't out late. We slept in a bit on Saturday and ate breakfast at home, then walked the trail at a park and went for a drive to a town about an hour away and had dinner at a train car diner before driving back home to watch the hockey game and play games in the evening. A full day, but very leisurely. And on Sunday, we went to church, then spent the rest of the day at home, except that my husband played hockey.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

We're headed to Maryland this evening so I'll plan to visit and comment on the Hodgepodge posts tomorrow. I do hope that some of you will visit this week's Wednesday Quotes link-up and share a little something with us. Our theme is Superstitions. You can find my post here:  WQ - Superstitious

 

Do you celebrate Halloween? Do you have any superstitions? 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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