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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Hodgepodge

Hi Friends and Happy Hump Day! Today I am linking up with Joyce for her fun Hodgepodge Link Up! We have a President's Day Theme happening this week - love it! Let's get to it...

Many of our earliest presidents created words or expressions widely used today. Teddy Roosevelt is credited with mollycoddle, pack rat, frazzle, and loose cannon...which of those words/phrases currently relates to your life in some way?

I guess I would have to say "loose cannon"...I think I have used this phrase mostly in work which is kind of funny...we are in the profession of judging people unfortunately....and I have used this phrase about folks who have made me a bit nervous...ha!

2. Have you visited many (or any) of the US Presidents homes, monuments, libraries or related sites? If so what's been your favorite? Are there any you particularly want to see? Here's a link to presidential sites listed by state which is kind of fun to read-Presidential Places by State. And since several bloggers who participate in the HP each week live outside the US, here's a link to Presidential Places Outside the US. Have you seen any of those?

Born and bred in New England here! So yes the Kennedys are a big deal here. I have visited the Kennedy Library in Dorchester/Boston twice in my life. Once my parents took my brother and I when we were young and then I took the girls during spring break a few years ago. It is an amazing place! It is so fun to look at JFK growing up...seeing his old report cards (Hello a D in history!) Then seeing all of the wonderful work he did for our country. We also got to see some of the best monuments that exist when we visited Washington D.C a few summers ago and also toured the theater and home where President Lincoln died. Eva acted as our narrator and tour guide. If you have been reading for awhile then you know she is obsessed with the presidents and wants to be POTUS some day :)

3. February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day...will you celebrate? Given your choice of cherry pie, cherry cobbler, cheesecake with a cherry topping, or black forest cake which would you choose?

Not a big cherry fan but if I had to choose I would probably say black forest cake

4. Last time you worked a puzzle of some kind? Something that had you puzzled recently?

Have no idea...puzzles are not my jam...what is the opposite of doing a puzzle? Hmmm...not sure

5. Of the early blooming flowers (January-early March depending on your zone) which one's your favorite?

snowdrops, lenten roses, pansies, violets, snapdragons, reticulated iris, crocus, winter jasmine

Do you have any of these in your own yard/garden?

Well...this list is missing one of my faves and that is tulips! I always count on Natasha to share her tulip finds in the winter. They make me so happy!

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Zach surprised us with a visit home this week! He will be joining us for the big basketball game Friday Night! :)

Monday, February 17, 2025

Hello Monday (February 17, 2025)

Hi Friends and Happy Monday! I am here with Sarah and we are chatting about our weekends! Did you write about your weekend today? If so, grab our graphic above and link back up with us below- c'mon...it'll be fun!

Here is what our little winter weekend looked like....

Friday (Valentine's Day)

Love leaving little treats for my girls and a Valentine for my love....then it was tea time and this day also meant Heart Shaped Protein Blondies :)

Lunch Time was Remi's Favorite Time because it meant time for the RAIL TRAIL :)

Friday Night

Our parents and my brother came over for Friday Night Pizza Night and My Mom made her amazing antipasto to go with the pizza....we enjoyed some laughs talking about the high school drama....and then we all headed to the high school to enjoy some more...ha ha! We headed to the Varsity Basketball Game where Windham was taking on Portsmouth (my favorite town in America AND the #1 team in the division)...Diana was cheering of course and the game was SOOOO EXCITING...Windham pulled out the win in overtime! It was incredible!

Saturday

It was so nice to have a slow morning of watching some of the series "Murder Under The Friday Night Lights"- Great docuseries in case you like documentaries AND high school football

I also did the meal planning and blogging and prayers and cooking

Then it was time to head to Diana's Cheer Competition in the next town over

It was fun to get out of the house and go enjoy the various teams but watching Diana and her team rock the mat was the best part of the day. They are in D1 and out of 13 teams, they placed 5th. It was their first comp of the season and they had a couple of dropped stunts and still did well. Excited to see how they improve this season BUT we loved watching them- they amazed us- check them out

Then when it was awards time, we were all shocked and so excited when Diana won the award for BEST JUMPS in the whole competition- woohoo! My favorite part was how happy she was :)