Wednesday Hodgepodge

 

It's a bonus blog post day! I hadn't planned on writing again today, but I saw the prompts for Joyce's Wednesday Hodgepodge link, (http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/), and I couldn't resist. My first post will be right under this one. These are great prompts! Here goes...

1) It's National Splurge day; what's something you might splurge on today? What have you splurged on recently? I'm thinking of going to get my nails done after work today, so that's always a fun splurge! Mine are too long and I cannot function with them like this. I'm thinking of going more neutral this time around, but I'll keep you posted. 😉

2) Do you have a beach bag? What's in it? Is a trip to the beach on your bucket list? Do you have a summer bucket list? I do have a beach bag, though it's not really beachy. I actually wrote a post about this a couple of weeks ago, but I always have my reading glasses, sunglasses, my beach towel, my Kindle, hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes, sunscreen, lipstick or lip balm with SPF, and a small lunch bag with snacks and plenty of water. 

3) What's a song that makes you think of summers past? What comes to mind when you hear it? What memories does it stir up for you? I have several songs that make me think of summers from the past, and I'll list them below. 

• Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams
• Cruel Summer by Bananarama 
• American Kids by Kenny Chesney
• Memories by Maroon 5 
• Counting Stars by OneRepublic
• Story of My Life by One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful by the same group
• Some Nights/We Are Young by Straight No Chaser

These songs remind me of when either I was young or my boys were, and so many great times and memories are wrapped up in these songs! In the summertime, when the boys were younger, we would go windows down, music all the way up, and we'd go for long drives. This one time we were driving home with the windows down, and this huge bug flew into Graham's lap. He tried swatting at it with a box of Kleenex, and the entire box flew out the window! I was laughing so hard that I had to pull over. Never in my life have I laughed like that while I was driving. It is such a great memory, and we still laugh about it when I bring it up. 

4) Sushi? Yay or nay? Have you actually tried it, and if so, what's your go-to order? I love sushi! Todd and I like to get it to go and bring it home to eat. I love anything like spicy shrimp or crab, and I love the tornado roll at my favorite Japanese restaurant.

5) I own a ridiculous amount of books. I think we all know that by now! However, this summer I've also gained a ridiculous amount of dresses and I'm living in them nonstop. I am too hot to wear pants, so dresses it is! 🤣 Here are a few of my favorites:

See what I mean? But also, look at my book collection that's growing.

I need to clean this shelf off and reorganize it or maybe even move it upstairs and bring my lawyer's cabinet downstairs. 

Tell me some of your thoughts now, please! What's something you own a lot of? Thanks for reading my blog today, friends. Love to all!