Wednesday Medley: All the Holidays!

Hoooo-boy! Terri @ Your Friend From Florida has found all kinds of crazy "holidays" for us to celebrate today.  She couldn't choose just one so today's Wednesday Medley is a collection of questions based on each one!

For National Peach Ice Cream Day...

1. Do you enjoy fresh peaches? What is your favorite way to use them in a recipe?  I do! I think fresh, ripe peaches are one of the best flavors of summer. Usually, I just eat them or cut them up in a bowl of cereal. Once in a while I will make peach cobbler, which is, in my humble opinion, the best dessert ever!

For National Wrong Way Corrigan Day...

2. Have you ever gone the wrong way on a one-way street? Yes, but I wasn't the one driving. It's happened more than once when I've been a passenger. What do you think about Mr. Corrigan's story? True or false? I think the man knew exactly what he was doing. I mean, c'mon....he ended up in Ireland instead of New York because he couldn't see the landmarks??? You'd think he might have noticed it was taking hours and hours longer than it should have. The fact that he'd applied for a flight plan to Ireland and modified his plan are kind of condemning, too.

For National Yellow Pig Day...

3. Tell us about your life when you were 17.  I turned 17 the summer before my senior year and I was in the Pocono Mountians of Northeast Pennsylvania. I had applied for and gotten a job with the Youth Conservation Corp for the summer. It was the first time I had ever been away from home for more than a couple of days and along with the work (which was very demanding physically), I made some great friends and got to see and experience a lot of things. I absolutely loved it and wanted to return the following year as a leader but the program was cut from the budget. 

It's been brought back since then but for the most part the youth don't live in the parks as I did. Assignments are now local and the kids are responsible for getting to and from and providing their own lunch. It's still a great program that I'd recommend to anyone. I felt so much more grown up than most of my friends when I got home.

For World Emoji Day...

4. Do you use emojis when you text, email, or FB message? Do you have a favorite? I use them, but sparingly compared to many of my friends. I think a long string of hearts or kissy faces is annoying so I'm surely not going to send them to anyone else. No, I don't really have a favorite. 

For National Tattoo Day...

5. It's been asked many times, but do you have a tattoo? Do you want to get a tattoo?  I have one tattoo. I had talked about wanting one for years and when my 45th birthday was drawing near I started thinking that if I was ever going to do it, I needed to do it soon or quit talking about it. I shared that with Tim and one day when we were out running errands he stopped at a tattoo shop and took me in. A week later (it took that long to find a design and they wanted you to be sure you wanted it) I crawled up on the table and got a cute fishy in water with shells, a starfish, and seaweed around him. It has 17 colors and was so bright at first that people didn't think it was real. It's faded a good bit, but all the colors are still there. As for another...my daughter and I talked about getting mother/daughter ones but haven't been able to agree on one...and if I were to ever get one just for myself it would be footprints along the side of my foot with the scripture about "walk by faith, not by sight."

6. Last, but not least, tell us something about your week.  Life is so hectic right now! Our cruise is coming up next Thursday so I am all about getting ready for that. I think all the shopping for clothes is done. Tomorrow I'm racing from work to Monroeville (a good hour away if traffic is good) to get my hair cut by the only woman "nearby" trained in the Deva Curl method. Friday is my day off and I have an appointment with the doctor so I can get prescriptions filled before we leave and I'm also going to have my hair colored. 

I refuse to go back to the salon I went to in May (that I've been going to for years) since they fried my hair and I had chemical burns all over my scalp, neck, and ears. The salon I'm going to on Friday is owned by a high school friend. I'm hoping she will be gentler, but accomplish what I want, which is something that is lighter and that the gray will blend into so I don't have to dye my roots every 2 weeks or less. I'm almost thinking of what they used to call "frosting."

We are also getting ready for baby Leah's arrival. Megan's c-section is scheduled for the 29th. We won't be here for it, but I'm doing what I can to help ready things. How awesome will it be to come home from our vacation to get to hold a new grandbaby???