Loved the HodgePodge questions again. Thank you to Joyce for doing this. Click here to learn more.
1. What's one thing you want to get done before the calendar flips to a new year?
I'd like Dave and I to firm up our Spring travel plans to New Mexico and actually put a deposit down on the air bnb we found.
2. What's something that brought a smile to your face this year?
Lots of things!a few of them are: Getting a proper diagnoses via MRI after a 2.5 year wait for answers regarding daily headaches and upper back pain; having the daily headaches (which ended up being cervicogenic) ease up and not be constant; seeing both daughters get raises at their work places; starting and leading a hiking group; meeting 3 new women friends who love hiking and doing life together; spending time with Dave at a camp literally right on the water near Plymouth MA and just being alone with him with no obligations
3. What do you like on a cracker? Do you have a favorite cracker variety?
Things I like on a cracker: roasted red pepper hummus or lemon beet hummus; very sharp vermont cheddar cheese; cucumbers and basil leaves; mozzarella and basil; Saratoga Maple peanut butter.
A fave cracker is this one. SO good.a second fave is this one. I also like Triscuit Garden and Herb whole grain crackers and in a pinch, a good old low sodium Ritz cracker. But the ones I linked to are my absolute faves.
4. Do you have plans for ringing in the new year in a fun or special way? Are you typically awake at midnight on the last day of the year?
When our girls were very young (5 and newborn; then up to when the oldest was about 8) we would stay home and have friends over or go out to a party. When the girls got older, we would invite friends with kids our daughters' age and have a huge party where everyone brought a dish to share, etc and we always provided the drinks. Once they got to college age, we stopped going out. It was just the 4 of us or they would be going out with friends and we would stay home. This year, we are having some friends over for drinks, games and snacks. We typically stay up and watch the ball drop from Times Square but last year Dave and I were in Boston for First Night! We also did First Night once when our oldest was in college..the 4 of us went and spent the entire day and most of the night in Boston and rang the new year in back at the hotel that year.
My fave way to ring it in is to go to Boston. This year we can't as my husband couldn't get the time off from work.
5. What are three words that describe your 2024?
Creative, adventurous; informative
6. Insert your own random thought here.
1 comment:
Red pepper hummus is my favorite variety as well. New Year's Eve in Boston sounds like fun. Also cold lol. Have a merry Christmas!
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