Hodgepodge

Hello and happy Wednesday!

Last week, Sarah linked up with Joyce for her weekly “Wednesday Hodgepodge” series, and I thought it looked like a fun post to write!

For the first time, I’m linking up with Joyce to share my answers.

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

Me:

Also me:

Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a recent time we’ve had cancelled plans. That being said, some of that is our schedule and just knowing if we want to do something, we probably have to make it work.

Depending on what’s going on, determines if I’m happy or sad about cancelled plans. haha

Over spring break, we had tentative plans to go to Keeneland, but a family matter came up that took precedence which was totally understandable.

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

I’m a level 10 planner….and I have all the things to keep me organized. I use the phone on my calendar, I have a calendar on the fridge with weekly activities and dinners, I have my school planner and school calendar, and then we use the Cozi app as a family.

I guess these things are both about having a plan and staying organized. For being in a busy stage of life, we need to have most days, weeks, and meals planned out.

That being said, I don’t enjoy planning vacations, and usually tag Travis as “it” for planning those things.

3. Do you have a menu plan for the week? If so, tell us one or two things that are on it.

This is what I use for the calendar on our fridge. I write down our meals for the week, kids’ activities, appointments, and the grocery list. I’ve purchased this magnetic meal planner three or four times. I like that it has the days of the week and a shopping list all on one pad.

This week, we’re having:

Sunday – chicken pot pie and bagged salad. I knew we were having a busy day with volleyball, so I wanted something quick and simple for dinner.
Monday – shredded BBQ chicken sandwiches, baked potatoes, and fruit. The chicken was just in the slow cooker with chopped red onion, BBQ sauce and some Italian dressing. I cooked it on low for six hours. Again, we had a busy evening with a track meet, so I wanted something ready for when we got home.
Tuesday – I made this Cheesy Taco Pasta, and we will have it with green beans.
Wednesday – Leftover taco pasta after the track meet.
Thursday – TBD – but either grilled cheese and tomato soup or taco pizza.

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?

I don’t really have a bucket list, so nothing is written down. Honestly, I don’t have activities that I really want to do…I don’t feel the need to jump out of an airplane or hike Mt. Everest. There are some places I’d like to go and things I’d like to see. At the top of my list is that I hope to go to Nantucket one day.

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?

“Couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket” could definitely apply to me. I can’t carry a tune to save my life. I will sign along (quietly) to the radio in the car, and I love to watch American Idol, but that’s about it as far as singing in concerned.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

It’s hard to believe, but including today, we just have 24 days left of school.

What’s even harder to believe is that we’ll be celebrating the kids with their 8th grade promotion/graduation…and I feel like they just started middle school!

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