There is always a way to take a photo of our acreage without showing you the close-up of our out of control weeds! 🙂 We got behind and it seems there is no catching up. A couple evenings ago, I was thanking the LORD for this view out our bedroom window. It is His handiwork, not mine. I just water between the rain.
Thank you, Joyce, for more Hodgepodge Questions this week.
1. What’s an adult problem nobody prepared you for?
All the technology stuff and apps you need on your phone and those QR thingies to take a photo of so you can do stuff like, parking downtown, checking in for a flight, ordering food at your table. Besides being unprepared for it, I dislike it and avoid it as much as possible.
2. How tuned in are you to all the recent food related health news? Have you gotten rid of your scratched cookware? Did you pay attention to food additives before they made the news? What’s one healthy eating/cooking/food shopping habit you need to adopt?
Oh no, what have I missed or should I be glad I missed it. Maybe I will learn more when I read all the answers from other hodgepodgers. The one habit we’d like to adopt is to eat less sugary things.
I was a home economics major but that doesn’t mean I’m the model of excellence in all things home economics. One thing I learned in a nutrition class that has always stuck with me is that there aren’t fattening foods, per se. What is ‘fattening’ is the total of what you eat not one individual thing. Does that make sense. Some foods have gotten a bad wrap.
3. What’s getting worse and worse as you get older? How about better and better?
Worse and worse is my memory and being able to recall the right word or the name of something or your name in a pinch! The struggle is true and real.
Better and better is my assurance of and the hope I have in the one true God who saved me by sending His Son, Jesus Christ to be the substitute for my punishment and the redeemer of my life here and the giver of my life in heaven for eternity.
4. Are you more of an indoor person or an outdoor person? Elaborate.
I’m a little of both. By outside, if you mean having a stroll through a beautiful garden or around beautiful ancient ruins I’m a fan. I’m not a fan of getting to the top of the mountain by hiking where there are mosquitoes and other bugs and natural prey to contend with all the way. I do enjoy an early morning stroll along the beach. The cool of the morning calls to me. I guess I’m a comfort traveler or outdoorsy person. Strong emphasis on comfort.
From 2006-2009 we lived in Camarillo, California while Greg worked in Thousand Oaks temporarily. Most Saturdays we would walk the beaches starting before sunrise. We moved back to our home in Kenmore (NE of Seattle) in early 2010.
I enjoy being inside in the morning hours in my robe and slippers getting ready for the day leisurely. I’m not a fan of being stuck indoors, though. I will enjoy strolling through a cathedral, or a museum, or a library. I prefer eating inside.
5. If you had an expert personal assistant today, what would you have them do?
Since being healthy is all the rage, I’ll take a personal chef who makes healthy food Greg and I would eat.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
We are having a garage sale this Friday and Saturday. Pricing and organizing takes a lot of time. Hopefully we’ll make enough so that we feel it was worth it and at the same time get rid of a lot of stuff we don’t use anymore.
There will be several more tables added and more stuff but this was the start of things for the sale. That pretty butterfly came to visit while I was pricing things.
We have a fire in our area and people are pulling together to help and give shelter to people and animals.
This fire is north and across the Columbia river from us.
Staying safe in Colville. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
A comfort outdoor person- that is definitely me as well! Agree about the “fattening food” part. Of course there are vastly different health levels of two given items of food, say a piece of birthday cake and a plate of steamed broccoli. But eating a small slice of cake is not going to make anyone fat… it’s the slice after the slice and then the slice after the slice…. and so on! I’m grateful that I grew up in a family where our meals and desserts were reasonably portioned. We didn’t have the option to “gorge” on anything. Anyway… good “food” for thought about the fattening food! And I like and agree with your better and better statement. Have a great day!
A personal chef who prepares healthy meals every day would be wonderful!
I’m so sorry about the fire. Are you able to see it that well from your home?
We’ve had ONE yard sale in 41 years of marriage. Mark said “never again.” He hated people saying things like, “will you take a nickel for this?” He felt like it was a tremendous amount of work for not much profit. I hope you make a HUGE profit!!
…Ellen, your garden is a wonderful example of the “American Style Landscape!” Stay well and safe from the fires.
Hello Ellen,
Your garden looks beautiful. I love the Swallowtail butterfly.
The fire looks dangerous, I hope you and your area stay safe.
Take care, have a wonderful day!
Your garden is beautiful! Looks so peaceful. The memory thing is real. I hope it’s due to the amount I hold there and not something more sinister. The comforting thing is everyone I know says they have the same struggle lol. I agree 100% on all the codes and log ins and codes. No more! If someone tells me to download an app I say no thank you. I think we’ve reached full pool when it comes to that sort of thing. Have a great day!
The memory thing is real! Stay safe from the fires.
I like that “strong emphasis on comfort.” 🙂 Same! I like your common sense approach to eating. So sad to hear about the fires! Pausing to say a prayer for safety for those in harm’s way.
Love your “better and better” answer! Amen!
Ellen, I am right there with you when it comes to your answer of #1! We recently had to get a new cell phone and it’s like a whole new learning curve.
Loved your answer to #3…not because of the memory challenges, but because of the person you DO know…our precious Lord and Savior.
Praying you do well with the yard sale.
Hi, I like your better and better … well said, thank you!!
I think I spy beer making supplies at the garage sale, my husband will be over to pick them up. 😉
Praying for safety regarding the fires.
Carla
What a beautiful view you have. Weeding is an endless job.
Life seemed so much easier before apps and QR codes were a thing. I try to use them as little as possible.
I had a quick Google about food related news when I read the question thinking I had missed something but there’s was just the usual. Phew!
Your time in California sounds lovely, I think I would be a more outdoorsy person if I had a beach to walk along.
Good luck with the garage sale, that bed frame is beautiful!
You sure are having a busy summer! Hope your tag sale does well, as they are a lot of work. Stay safe from the fires.
Number 1 is me too. I agree with you on number 3!!!
I’m an outside and inside person. Depends on what I feel like doing.
I enjoyed seeing your pretty view. It looks so peaceful. Also enjoyed reading your answers and I think we have a lot in common.
Good luck with your garage sale!
Stay safe from that wildfire–if wind picks up embers can fly for many miles. We had a bad wildfire near us last summer, and thankfully no wind. I was amazed by the restoartion work done on the area to protect our watershed.
Your yard is so pretty. It looks calming and relaxing, like someplace you’d rent for a retreat. Yes, yes, yes to #3! Both paragraphs! I haven’t heard about any of the nutrition news either. I hadn’t considered that it’s not necessarily the food that’s ‘fatty’, just the amount we consume. That makes sense. Praying that fire is out soon and you aren’t imapacted at all.
I hope they get that fire contained quickly. Your photo shows the awfulness of it. Your acreage always looks lovely! We have our own out of control weeds, so know what you mean. It is very hard to keep ahead of things in the garden. Many apps are well used here. Son used the parking app on his phone to get a great spot in downtown when he took our visiting family up to New York. The flight one too comes in very useful for our trips to the airport when dropping off, picking up people. Could have done with that years ago but so much easier now. Very interesting questions on here which I enjoyed reading along with your answers. Thanks Ellen!
The photo of your acreage is gorgeous – what a lovely yard. I think I could be an outdoorsy person if it meant spending time there. 🙂 I liked your answer about being an inside or outside person and I think emphasis on comfort would describe me as well. Praying that the fire is contained and dealt with quickly and everyone stays safe! Hope you’re having a great week!