I think it's been over a month since I participated with the Wednesday Hodgepodge questions. These were fun questions so I'm taking a much needed housework break to write up my answers. To join in, head over to this blog.
1. What does adventure mean to you?
Adventure for me has always meant something out of the ordinary and usually somewhat spontaneous as is "let's just go on a road trip and find something fun to do". We've had a LOT of those especially when the girls were young and now that we're empty nesters, we are doing it again. But some of our adventures have needed planning (Paris, Rome, Montreal, Acadia National Park, Pittsburgh, Gettysburg National Park, Hershey, Amish country of PA, Maine, Michigan, Albuquerque, San Francisco, most hiking trips, most Cape Cod trips, and most week long mountain/camping trips).
2. What are your thoughts on tipping? What businesses or service providers do you regularly tip? Do you resent being asked if you'd like to add a tip? What about when a suggested amount is presented?
I regularly tip my hair stylist. I regularly tip my *$ barista (especially when my daughter was the barista) unless I'm ordering via the app, and we regularly tip waitresses/waiters if they do a good job, and/or the food is exceptional. I don't resent being asked and I prefer that the tip is automatically included at restaurants. They (most) do not make a decent living wage in these horrible economic times. I never tip fast food as I don't think they accept tips. (at least when I was a kid working at Burger King we didn't get tips). We are NYers so of course our standard tip is 18% but we tend to tip at 20% if the restaurant is top notch. For instance Olive Garden (we never go anymore though) gets 18% but MidPoint Pizza which is authentic Italian and top notch everything gets 20%.
3. I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream...do we? Is ice cream a favorite treat at your house? What's your favorite flavor? Regular, soft serve, gelato, sherbet, or some sort of non-dairy version of ice cream...what's your pleasure?
I can still eat cows milk ice cream if I have a lactaid tablet first. Soft serve doesn't bother me but that's because there is a lower fat content. I love ice cream and my fave is oat milk coffee flavored ice cream or the plain chocolate. I also love the mint chip one. My preferred brand is Oatly. I don't eat coconut milk ice cream as I find it too sweet and just kinda gritty. At leas the brands I've tried. I'm ok with almond milk ice cream especially Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie. I basically only eat soft serve in the summer when I'm done with a hike and am near my fave soft serve stand in the southern ADK. For home, I buy Oatley maybe once a month in the warmer months.
My favorite soft serve flavors are chocolate raspberry and Mounds (Chocolate Coconut). Both are available here. I also tried chocolate orange last summer at this place which is in the eastern ADK and wowza!! SO good. And yes, they even sell lactaid tablets for .05$!!!
I always buy size kiddy or small. They're big!!
4. What's your 'back in my day, we____________________ ' story or saying?
Oh I have a lot but when I was a 12 yr old I remember my grandparents saying "back in my day we had to walk to school both ways up hill and back". (well so did I grandpa!!) But seriously, I was a teenager from 1973-1979 and I remember just never being home....meaning my parents never knew where I was. Me as a parent: "text me when you get there. Text me when you leave", "Wear your bike helmet". "put on the sunscreen". I never did. My daughters? absolutely. I also tell them
"Back in my day I always skipped math class and gym".
their reponse: "OMGOSH Mom no way could we do that now. There's hall monitors everywhere"
5. Somehow this is our last Hodgepodge in the month of June. Next week's Hodgepodge lands in July. Wow. Sum up your June using three adjectives.
HOT, HUMID, BUSY
6. Insert your own random thought here. Mine is a picture thought:
Me about to plunge into the Hudson
after hiking 3.7 miles to this spot
the trail is called Blue Ledges in the central ADK
temp: 90 degrees
humidity level: 82%
my age: 65
oldest age of hiking buddy: 70
youngest age of hiking buddy: 50s
Total in group: 5
number of times I've hiked this trail: 5
Emotions of the group: AWESOME but TIRED, HOT, EXCITED
ACCOMPLISHED, FIT
HAPPY WEDNESDAY AND HAPPY SUMMER!!
5 comments:
I cannot have ice cream; however, I have found that frozen yogurt seems to be ok for my system. My favorite is Peach Melba, so very good, smiles. BTW, you look good for being 65. I bet the Hudson was nice and refreshing, smiles. Wishing you a lovely day.
Your adventures sound fantastic, especially the one's travelling.
That is good that you can still eat ice cream! I love any of the Ben & Jerry's one's.
My grandparents always said they had to walk miles to school and back and so did I some days. hehehe I remember being out all day, every day during the summer with my parents not knowing where I was and they didn't worry. I couldn't have been like that with my daughters, the world is a different place now.
Hi Faith. Looks like your hike was great. So glad it went well. Yes, I remember the way it was with playing outside all day and not having to constantly check in with mom. It was more like, just come home when the street lights come on. Have a good day. See you again soon!
I love Mounds ice cream. Have not tried the Oatly brand but will look for it now. My daughter sent me a meme when she was traveling solo the other day...it said, 'Here's my 35 year old self with my coffee in hand about to board my plane, still texting my mom I made it through security' lol. Kind of true. I bet the plunge felt refreshing!
I'm impressed with your random thought. Good for you! Planning can definitely make the most of an adventure so when you get home you don't kick yourself for missing this and that. :) Hope the end of June goes well at your house!
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