It's All About Me Hodgepodge

Good morning, dear friends.  I hope that everyone enjoyed their Mothers Day.  The Mister took a four day weekend so we managed to do our share of gardening, shopping, and lunching.  

If it's Wednesday, it's time for hodgepodge.

1. When is your next big deadline?  What is it for?

Every week I have a Wednesday morning deadline to have my post ready for hodgepodge.

2.  May is National Barbecue Month.  Do you prefer cooking indoors or out?  What's the best thing about a barbecue?  What's the last thing you cooked on an outdoor grill?

When you are married to a former chef, the question is more like "do you prefer to be cooked for indoors or out?"  Believe it or not, I have never grilled on a barbecue in my life.  I wouldn't know how to turn one on.

As a matter of a fact, the Mister alerts the Fire Department when I get too close to the stove.

I love barbecues because that means the warm weather is here.  The  last thing that the Mister cooked on the barbecue was delicious chicken.

3.  What is one thing on your "never again" list?

Never again will I go through an entire winter without stepping on the scale.  I hate surprises.

4.  What's something that annoys you about people your own age?  Something you love about your generation?

One thing that annoys me about people at any age is when I walk away from meeting a person and I can tell you their name, their husband and children's names, their pets name, where they live, what grocery store and bank they frequent, and name all of their accomplishments and their family's accolades that they have been awarded since grade school.  Meanwhile, they could not even tell you my name. 

The thing I like about our generation is that I never feel old hanging out with them.

5.  Lilac, iris, hyacinth, pansy... your favorite purple flower?

Definitely lilacs.  I'm fortunate to have three trees in front of my kitchen windows.

6.  What's a song that always calms you down?

I listen to Pandora radio.  When this song comes on my station, I belt it out with K.D. which immediately calms me down.  Now that the weather is getting warmer, I need to make sure that the windows are closed so I don't share my "talent" with the neighbors. 

7.  What's the last thing you donated?

I donated money to my handsome ex-boyfriend, John's team, so that he could throw on some heels and walk for this worthy cause.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Over the weekend, we had our new neighbors over for cocktails.  When I asked the gentleman what business he was in, he told me that he just retired from TJX Corporation.  I immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and the Mister gently took my hand.  Certainly, not the same TJX Corp.  that owns my beloved Marshals, Homegoods, and TJ Maxx?   Yup, the one and the same.  

I explained to him how much I adored all of the stores and he smiled politely.  But I knew I had to curb my enthusiasm because I could see he was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable.  I didn't want to risk restraining orders this early in the game.

He asked if I had made the trip to Newton, where all three are on the same street.  I told him that I hadn't but I looked forward to my next adventure.   The next day was Mothers Day.  The Mister asked me if I wanted to go to the Cape for the day.  I told him I had a better idea.

So we went to Newton and to top it off we had Greek food, my absolute fave.

Mothers Day was not nearly as fun without the girls.  
But it was close.

Until next time...