Wednesday Hodgepodge

1.  This week marks the beginning of Lent...will you be giving something up or adding anything to your life during this season of the year? 
I usually do one or the other, but I haven't given it much thought this year.

2. The day before Lent is Shrove Tuesday... tradition states you eat pancakes on this day. In some parts of the world Shrove Tuesday is actually known as 'pancake day'. How do you like your pancakes? Or don't you? 
Our favorite "pancake" is a "Danish pancake", which is really a crepe.  We like them with peanut butter, mashed bananas, nutella, and syrup.

3.  I'm sure there are many, but what's one love song you really love? 
I'm totally blank right now.  I'm sure half way through Wed. I'll think of at least 3!
After listening to The Carpenters on the way to work, let me say that I can't just pick ONE!  "Goodbye to Love" is a great one, though.  "Only Yesterday" is another good one.  Unfortunately I'm at work & the state of Tennessee doesn't think it's a good idea for us to be on youtube, otherwise I'd post a clip of "Only Yesterday" for you!
If you missed my post on Monday, go back and check out the youtube clip.  If you're a Karen Carpenter fan, you'll LOVE this song!
 4.  What are some things you do to let others know you love them? 
Cook.  And bake.

5.  Roses...red, pink, or do you prefer another color? Can you recall the last time someone gave you flowers? Given your choice would you like to open the door and see a dozen red roses, a dozen purple tulips, or a dozen pink peonies?
Yellow roses.  The last time I got flowers was for Mother's Day a few years ago:  peonies from MS.  I'm not much of a flower person:  I tell CH not to spend his money, since they'll just die after a few days!

6.  President's Day will be celebrated in America next Monday. Does US Presidential history and trivia interest you?  Many Presidential homes are open to the public and offer guided tours...Monticello (Jefferson's home), Mount Vernon (Washington's home), Montpelier (James Madison's home), Hyde Park(FD Roosevelt's home) and The White House (home to the sitting President) to name just a few. Of those listed which would you be most interested in touring?  Why?
I love to learn about Presidential History.  CH & I saw "Lincoln" a few weeks ago, so now I need to read the book that the movie was based on.  
I've been to Mount Vernon a couple of times.  I'd love to tour Monticello or The White House.

7.  Are you good at keeping secrets? 
Terrible.  Although, the older I get, the better I am at keeping them!  Probably because I don't remember them!  :)

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
Have you seen this youtube clip?  The big sister laughing is pretty funny, too!

Productive Weekend Wrapup

This was actually a pretty productive weekend!

~  Friday, we learned that YS made a 90 on his last Physics test!  He has really struggled with that class this past trimester, so we were extremely proud of him for that grade.  We went out for pizza at a new local pizza place that is just down the road from our house.  It's our new "go-to" place for pizza!

~  I got caught up on Suits and Deception, along with Nashville.  Last week's "Deception" was pretty neat:  my former high school band director's daughter was in the Debutante Ball Scene.You can see a great shot of her at the 17 second mark.

She's the red-head just behind the actress playing the lead in the scene.

~  Saturday, I did some laundry & got busy on a Valentine's Project for the boys:

I did one batch on Sat. for OS & MS, then another batch on Sunday for CH & YS.  These are the "Mosaic Glazed Sugar Cookies" that I made over Christmas.  So easy, and I was very happy at how well they turned out.  They aren't too sweet; in fact, they kind of taste like shortbread.  If anybody has a tip for rolling out the dough evenly, let me know.  I'm making these cookies for the goodie bags for my in-laws' anniversary party, so I want them to turn out perfectly.  Maybe I just need to practice between now and then, which would make OS & YS pretty happy!

~  I printed out some new games for school from the TPT website.  I LOVE that site; I just wish it didn't take so much colored ink to print out. There are lots of creative speech pathologists out there that have made some awesome materials!

~  Sunday was more laundry & the 2nd batch of cookies.  I got some of the materials laminated; the rest will have to wait until today when I can use the school's laminator.

~  YS had his "D&D" group over Saturday night, so I made French Toast for them on Sunday morning.  One of his friends said that I was now his hero!  He said that he thought about moving in with us last week, after the pancakes/crepes that they had.  Good to know I can at least cook a good breakfast!

~  As I was working on my school stuff, I came across this song on Songza.  As you listen, close your eyes and see who you think this sounds like.  I had CH do that, and he got the same answer I did.


If you guessed Karen Carpenter, you'd have the same answer we did.  To me, it's almost eerie how much she sounds like her, and I absolutely LOVED Karen's voice.

Have a great week!

Friday Fragments

~  I've been a bad, bad blogger lately...I haven't posted in over a week.  Honestly, my heart just hasn't been in it, but I'm trying to get back on track.

~  Community Band Practice started back up last week.  The director had a great idea to do a "John Philip Sousa" theme.  We're playing some great music!

~  Flute Choir is chugging along, too.  For anyone who is wondering about the "scent saga", you'll be happy to know that it's been solved!  2 weeks in a row, and I've found the solution.  Before practice, I take a shower and use unscented soap, shampoo, and deodorant, and put on clothes that have all been washed in unscented laundry detergent.  Then, I dry my hair without using any gel or hairspray.

~  My FIL & MIL's 50th Anniversary is coming up in 2 months.  My SIL & I are going to get treat bags together for the guests, complete with some homemade touches.  

~  So, there you have:  short & sweet.  Seriously, this is all that's been going on for the past week and a half. Hopefully things will pick up!