Weekly Hodgepodge

It's Wednesday so I'm linking up with Joyce at From This Side Of the Pond for the Weekly Hodgepodge. Find Joyce here.

1. August 19th is National Aviation Day...do you like to fly? Last time you were on an airplane? The date is chosen in honor of the history and development of aviation, and celebrated on the birthday of Orville Wright. Have you ever been to the Kitty Hawk area of North Carolina? The city of Dayton in Ohio (their birthplace)

We are a flying family. We love to travel and my parents live three provinces away so, yes, we have to fly. I really like flying -- it usually means something exciting is about to happen -- like seeing my parents or exploring somewhere new. We have not been to either Kitty Hawk or Dayton but we're wanting to do an Ohio road trip at some point (to see the Guardians and the Reds play) so we should add visiting Dayton to that list!

The last time I was on a plane was just under two weeks ago when I flew home, with Sam, from Saskatchewan, where we were visiting my parents.

left: arriving in Saskatchewan during canola season; right: sunset over Saskatchewan as we left. The wheat was starting to ripen and it was gorgeous!

As of this summer, both kids have had their first solo flights and they rocked them! Sam flew to Saskatchewan on his own in summer 2024 and Rachel flew there on her own this past summer. Did I mention we are a flying family!?!?!

 

Edited to add: Until I was reading another post in the link up, I totally forgot that I even got to fly a plane once. You can read more about it here. Dave gave me a flying lesson as a birthday present and it was awesome!

2. In what area of your life do you tend to 'wing it'? Is this an area you should be winging?

Well, this week we haven't gone grocery shopping yet so we've been winging meals. Maybe we shouldn't be, but we have a lot of food in our house so we've just gotten creative! I think it's fine to "wing it" a bit for meals in summer because Rachel and I are both home with very few plans. During the school (work) year though, not knowing what we're eating for supper stresses me out!

3. A favorite book, song, or movie that relates to flight in some way?

I've always loved "Top Gun" (the original one) and a favourite book about flight is Wings by Danielle Steel, even thought I haven't read that one in ages. It's about a woman who flies a lot in the 1930s and 1940s.

4. Soft serve, gelato, sherbet, frozen yogurt, or good old fashioned ice cream...what's your pleasure? Your favorite flavor? How often do you indulge?

I just love regular old ice cream. I don't know if I have a favourite flavour but I do love checking out the unique flavours at our favourite ice cream shop. I really loved their May 2025 feature flavour of grapefruit orange blossom. When I was a kid I loved coffee ice cream but I rarely find it these days.

 

5. I never get tired of______________________.

Reading. It's a rare time when I don't want to read. I also rarely get tired of travelling or going to baseball games!

Throwback picture of me reading when I was about seven or eight!  

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I have a lot I want to get done today. We have produce in our fridge I'm going to turn into soups and freeze for a busy fall night when none of us want to cook, I want to finish weeding the day lily bed under the laundry line, Rachel has an appointment this afternoon, and I have a ton of laundry to fold. I guess it's time to stop blogging and go be productive. Sometimes I wish I could snap my fingers and have all the chores be done, complete with that feeling of accomplishment, without having to do the actual work. However, I really appreciate that I'm still on summer break and actually have time to do all these things.

And with those very random thoughts, I'm signing off. After all, those weeds won't pull themselves! Ha! Happy Wednesday!