Wednesday Hodge Podge

Hosted by Joyce!

1. What puts a spring in your step these days? Knowing that  Amanda and her family,,, our grands are coming for Easter..  We haven’t celebrated Easter here since the grands came along.  SO I was out today buying  baskets and goodies.

2. April 2nd was National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. Did you celebrate? Do you like PB and J? If so how do you like yours? What's your favorite kind of jelly? I didn't know it was  PBJ Day  but  I  do love  peanut butter.,  I had strawberry jam on my breakfast English Muffin today and a peanut butter  on bread sandwich for lunch!  I ,also, love  Orange Marmalade,  blackberry jam  minus seeds, and apricot jam!

3. What's a memory you associate with spring flowers?I always think of my mother   in spring.. She loved flowers and we worked in the gardens  all the time  as able  to  make each  flower bed  glorious. She liked to create rock gardens and fairy gardens in the yard. She got her love of gardening and  flowers from her grandmother! 

This was not her garden  but is so very much like  her's!

4. Three things on your spring bucket list? Do you have a spring bucket list? If not pretend you do. We got all the rooms downstairs done  before Easter except the den/library.  I would love it if we could get it done  but alas there is  some carpentry work that needs doing. so  we will just  clean it up  and  make it comfortable  as it is a room we  enjoy when the kids come.

 SO after  Easter we plan to 

        1.Finish the den/ library

       2. I was watching on YouTube  15  must have perennials  every yard should have   and I made a list of the ones I would love to have .  I imagine  creating a long border  along the back of the property which gets full sun  and plan  a planting of those gorgeous  flowers!

Here is the link.  I think you would love it! https://youtu.be/dX9dqoN49lQ

       3. After this  it will be well into time I did some serious planning  regarding our July  special  which will  also include Amanda and her family!  YAYAYAYAYA  for that  event!!!

5. One place you will travel this spring? (It might be Europe or it might be the grocery store)Well, I do have another ERCP scheduled for  June.. this is  a endoscopy regarding my gall bladder.  I Understand from the doctors note he will replace the stent he placed there last time in February.  I do pray this will not be a lifelong  reoccurrence!!

6. Insert your own random thought here. Time is flying by.  I just found out over the weekend that the kids will be here in two weeks. Their upstairs rooms need quite a bit of time put  into getting clothing where it belongs and general cleaning.  Lord, give me the strength to work on it some each day and then have time to plan some lovely meals and times together.  I am just so excited!  Below is the latest photo I have of them from their recent ski trip to Vermont!