Hello and happy Wednesday!
I enjoyed linking up with Joyce a couple of weeks ago, so I’m doing so again today for Wednesday Hodgepodge:
Let’s get started answering this week’s questions.
1. What impresses you?
Manners. Literally…that’s the first thing that popped in my mind. When I see someone hold the door for another person, when I hear a “yes, ma’am,” or when I hear a “please” or “thank you,” I really take notice. It’s not that I think that many don’t have manners these days, but sometimes it does feel that way.
I really hope I’m raising kids who will do the right thing and be polite and respectful.
2. Where are you in the family birth order? Do you fit the stereotype of that particular slot? In what way?
I think I’m the pretty typical first born. I very much have a “type A” personality and always wanted to do the right thing, please others, and make my parents proud.
My brother is 3.5 years younger than me, and we are close, but have different personalities. As a younger sibling, he’s more easy going than I am.
3. What motivates you more – a reward or a consequence?
Oh…this is a good question.
I never really had to have consequences as a kid. Not that I was perfect…I did get grounded occasionally, but I was always pretty intrinsically motivated, and I still am. Again, I always wanted to make others proud, and I think that turned into wanting to make myself proud…and now I want to make good choices so my kids are proud of me.
That being said, as an adult, you can reward yourself…and sometimes, I do go through McDonald’s for a Diet Coke after making it through a hard day or buying myself something if I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I used to buy myself something at the end of every school year as a reward for making it through the year. haha! It was usually a purse I wanted, a pair of sandals for the summer, or one year I bought my Kindle. Now, I usually treat myself to an end of school pedicure which feels like a reward.
4. May 14th is National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Do you like biscuits? Make your own? Grab one for breakfast at a drive-thru now and then? Which drive-thru makes the one you like best? What do you like to put on a biscuit? What’s your favorite food or dish that calls for buttermilk?
I do like biscuits, but I don’t make them very often. The Bisquick “just add water” package is a life saver for making quick biscuits.
7 Up biscuits are easy and delish!
I think Chick-fil-A chicken minis are good, but it’s pretty rare for us to go to CFA for breakfast.
We do have a couple of biscuit places in Lexington, and they are good.
Biscuits and gravy are not one of my faves, but Trav’s mom is known for her biscuits and gravy. There is a restaurant here that we go to pretty often for breakfast, and Hadley always orders the biscuits and gravy…and eats the gravy with a spoon!
The only dish I make that calls for buttermilk is my Irish Soda Bread that I make at St. Patrick’s Day.
5. Are there any weddings on your summer calendar? What’s your favorite part of a wedding/wedding reception?
We don’t have any weddings on our summer calendar. It is crazy to think there was a time in our life when all we did was go to weddings. One year, when we’d first started dating, Travis was in six weddings in one year!
This spring, one of my best friends got married, and it was a lovely backyard wedding.
We have a niece and a nephew that have recently gotten engaged, so my answer might be different if I was answering this same question for summer 2025.
My favorite part of a reception is seeing the bride and groom’s first dance.
When we got married in June 2025, I let Travis pick out the song as a surprise for the first dance. He chose “Someone Like You,” and I joked it was because at that time, Ashley Judd was around a lot more as a Kentucky fan…attending the basketball games…and she was in a movie by the same name.
Anyway, it’s a sweet song, so I appreciated the sentiment.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and I saw memes like this floating around:
While it makes me chuckle, and honestly I don’t think much about the pay…I knew what I was signing up for…but, yes, if we need an appreciation week, it probably means we spend most of the year feeling underappreciated!
I did feel the love last week. Our PTSA, admin, and local businesses did spoil us. We got ice cream one day, and then two days I didn’t have to pack a lunch…that made me so happy…especially at the end of the school year when I’m over packing lunches.
This was a fun post to write; I love having topics where I can just write the first thing that comes to mind.