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Hello friends! I'm joining Joyce over at
From This Side of the Pond for Wednesday's Hodgepodge. Each week, she hosts a weekly link-up that is a collection of questions for bloggers to answer. It's to help bloggers get to know each other better and have a little bit of fun! It's a great way to hang out with friends. So grab a cup of coffee or tea if you prefer and join in on the fun.
So, what is a hodgepodge? A hodgepodge is an unorganized mixture of various things, a jumble of items that don't seem to belong together.
Here are this week's questions and my answers for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge~
1. What's a lesson you learned from a mistake?
Wow, where to even begin. There are so many mistakes I've learned from over the years. Every mistake I've made while cooking has helped me become a better cook. When sewing all the little mistakes (and big mistakes) I've made have made me a better and more confident sewer. The mistakes I've made as a parent have helped me grow as a parent. I know during our homeschooling years, I felt like I was making tons of mistakes when planning my children's education, but I now see how successful they are as college students and I know I did my best and it worked.
But one of the biggest lessons I've learned from making mistakes is to love myself. When I was younger, I doubted myself. I didn't love myself enough. I didn't believe I deserved to be loved for who I was. I felt and believed that I had to be what everyone else wanted me to be for me to be loved. Sacrificing myself and my beliefs didn't help me or the people who were in my life. They never got to know the real me because I never allowed them to see the real me. I was too afraid that they wouldn't love me. Over the years, I've struggled with this and still do at times. I now try to be myself and if people don't love me for me then that's their loss, not mine.
2. Do you salt food while you're cooking or let dinners add their own? What's a food you think must be salted? Do you like pepper?
I use salt when cooking. Salt brings out the flavor in so many foods. The amount I use depends on the recipe. I don't over-salt either though. Mashed potatoes need salt (and butter). Without salt and butter, they just taste bland. I do use pepper, but not a lot of it. I don't like it too much.
3. Your favorite shade of purple? What's your favorite purple flower?
I love purple! All shades of purple. In the summer, I love the lighter shades like lilac. I'm also a huge fan of the pinkish/redish purples like magenta.
My favorite purple flower would have to be lavender. I love the smell!
5. Share a favorite spring travel memory.
We don't travel too much in the spring. During the Covid lockdown, the kids and I went on a little day trip to an Iris farm. It was one of the only things open. It was outdoors so no masks were required. It was so wonderful to get out of the house and see something new.
6. My own random thought~
Source~ Pinterest
I love cottage gardens! I dream of creating a stunning and enchanting Irish cottage garden in my backyard. I'd love a white picket fence, but that won't happen since we already have a fence up. That's okay though. My plan is to add flowers each year until I have a beautiful garden along my fence and porch. I want to be able to sit on my back porch and relax while looking at all the pretty, colorful flowers. I've added daylilies, irises, roses, and gladiolas so far. I have a box of seeds my hubby ordered for me. I can't wait to add them to my garden.
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Till Next Time,
Monique
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