A Trend Setting Hodgepodge

Hello, dear friends.  Everything looks so green after all the rain we had.  I am very excited for tomorrow because I will be attending the Beacon Hill Garden Tour with sweet friends.  This is my third year.  You can read about the previous years here and here.  The weather is supposed to be in the 90's.  Sounds like a tube top and hot pants kind of day to me.  


You know the drill.  
If it's Wednesday, it's time for Hodgepodge.

1.  May 17th is National Pack Rat Day.  Sidebar - should we be celebrating this?  hmmm...

Are you a pack rat?  

If you asked the Mister, he would tell you that I am.  This is what my closet usually looks like.  I would estimate that only thirty percent of my clothes in my closet actually fit.  What can I say - I'm an eternal optimist.  

I don't want to show an actual photo because it doesn't look this good.

These are actual photos of the Mister's closet.  If he buys 3 shirts, he disposes of 3 shirts.  He carries out this annoying practice with every article of clothing as well as shoes.

We have only shared a closet once in our marriage and we promptly had to move.  It was either that or head to divorce court.

Even if you're not a full-fledged pack rat, most people have one thing or another they struggle to part with.  Tell us what's yours.

I can't part with my Size 4 jeans that I wore for a mere 15 seconds of my life.  These are not my actual pair - mine are locked in a glass case displayed in the living room for all our guests to see.

I also won't part with my drawer full of shoulder pads.

My philosophy has always been the bigger the shoulders, the smaller the waist.

You are free to quote me.

I have a sneaking suspicion that shoulder pads will be back in fashion in no time.

2.  What are two things you know you should know how to do, but you don't? 

I will circle an area for hours in order to avoid parallel parking.

I seldom travel solo, but when I do, I've got a few hang-ups.
When I see technology that I am not familiar with, such as those stupid bag tag machines, I begin to hyperventilate and break out in a cold sweat.  After the paramedics are called and I am revived, an airline agent will approach and volunteer to do it for me help.

And then, it never fails, the tag usually gets stuck to my clothing or I attach it incorrectly.

3.  Do you crave sugar?  Do you add sugar to your coffee and/or tea?  When dining out is dessert a given?  Are you someone who has slain the sugar dragon, and if so tell us how you did it.

Although I constantly crave sugar, I only use powdered creamer in my coffee which probably contains buckets of sugar. 

I try not to have any sugar in the house.  
You can't eat what you don't have, right?

Yesterday, my sugar craving was so intense, I ate a half box of these.  I must have the strongest bones in America.

4.  What's a trend it took a while for you to come round to, but now you can't imagine living without?

Facebook was born when my girls were in high school.  I fought them tooth and nail to keep them off of it.  After being needled to death, I gave in.  When they had been on for a couple of years, I decided that I wanted to hop on the social media train.  As soon as I got on, my girls got off.  Funny how that happened.

There are many things that I don't like about Facebook.  I especially detest the bragging and political rants.  But what I really enjoy is catching up with school buddies, camp mates, and former neighbors (only the good ones) from the past.    

In our early years of marriage, The Mister used to joke that I would go to the grocery store, spend a hundred bucks, and come home with a gallon of milk, a package of diapers, and eight decorating magazines.  That's not too far from the truth.  He forgot to mention the wine.

Although I have a few magazine subscriptions, I lean on Instagram for my style eye candy.  I follow so many talented people.  I also am addicted to the doggie Instagrams, as well.

5.  What's a song that reminds you of a specific incident in your life?  Please elaborate.

Whenever I hear the song Moon River I think of a very special time in my life.

It was played for our first dance at our wedding, otherwise known as the day that I made The Mister the luckiest man in the world.

6.  Insert your own random thought here.




This hits a little too close to home.



Until next time...

My favorite dog Instagram - beaconhilldogs.