On Sunday these two enjoyed a scoop of ice cream in an ice cream cone after our dinner.
Such a simple good dessert.
What is your favorite brand and flavor? We are partial to Häagen-Dazs. One of our favorite flavors is Vanilla Swiss Almond. We only buy it when it goes on a good sale.
The grands above are enjoying Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
On Friday we attended the NE Washington State Fair here in our town.
Before we left the fair we enjoyed some ice cream cones.
On Saturday we met up on Main Street for the NE Washington Fair Parade.
The fire department starts the fair off and it is really loud. Our Grands have the best mom and she plans so well and remembered their ear muffs!
The participants in the parade are always stocked up with lots of candy to throw to the children along the parade route.
The short parade was over in no time and our Grands had a bag full of candy. We walked over to the Saturday Farmer’s market and bought veggies and fruit before heading home for the rest of the day!
It’s Wednesday and that means Jo From This Side of the Pond is asking questions for us to answer. Thank you Joyce!
1. What’s something that makes you feel stressed? How do you cope?
Confrontation makes me stressed. If I can I walk away, I do. One of my coping mechanisms is to avoid it altogether. That’s okay unless I’m the cause for the need of the confrontation. Asking for forgiveness is a good solution. There are other situations where being a peacemaker is the solution.
2. What’s a food you eat that evokes a memory? Explain.
Borsch (Borscht) evokes lots of memories of growing up. I hated it when I was little. The cabbage was not a pleasant texture to my palate. Having to sit at the table until I finished my bowl is not a good memory. I sat there for what seems hours after everyone else left the table. My solution was rebellious and I suffered for it by the reprimanding from my mom. While I was alone in the kitchen I decided the solution to my problem was to pour my bowl back in the pot. This would have worked except for the fact that I had soaked lots of bread in the bowl of soup. It was clear to my mom that I dumped my bowl of soup back in the pot. Oye, was I in trouble!
I love borsch now! Here’s our mom’s recipe.
3. This week’s Hodgepodge lands on National Visit Your Relatives Day. Will you celebrate by visiting a relative? If so is travel involved? Geographically, who is your nearest relative (not counting those living in your own house)?
No, I will not be visiting a relative. Our nearest relatives live 8 miles away from us. They are enjoying sunshine elsewhere right now. I will travel to their property to water the garden and maybe check the chicken coop for eggs. Our other relatives (children, siblings, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins) live in Western Washington, California, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, New York, Illinois, Florida and Israel. Dear and my parents, grandparents, uncles and all but one aunt are deceased.
I will see some of our California relatives and friends when I travel to Southern California for a Memorial Service in June.
4. What’s your most frequently used emoji?
Probably a heart or smiley face.
Do you make more phone calls, send more emails, or mainly text to communicate with friends and family?
It used to be phone calls and emails but now it’s mainly text. Phone calls are few and far between because our country connections are dismal.
5. Tell us the story behind a favorite piece of furniture.
We have an eclectic collection of furniture with lots of stories behind them but one of our newer purchases of an old piece is my current favorite. I wrote about it here.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
It’s Ice Cream weather for these two! Love seeing their faces via texts!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 