Wednesday Medley and Bits of Life Wednesday

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First of all, THANK YOU to Terri 
for bringing us Wednesday Medley!
 

1. If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?

Pray, read, blog, journal. Freeze more apples for apple crisp.

2. What’s your favorite piece of clothing you own/owned?

I don't know that I remember every favorite item of clothing, but one favorite was a drab green (like olive but drabber) corduroy coat with a fake fur collar, my favorite winter coat - that was stolen a couple months after my mom had bought it for me. My other favorite item of clothing was a dark rust colored dress with a hood - corduroy again - that buttoned all the way from top to bottom, kinda mid calf, and I wore it with tall brown lace-up leather boots. Wow, that was back in the day. And I could lace up those tall boots fast, with ONE HAND. It was quite the skill.

 Mr. C's sunset photo at Barron High School with the Barron Bears mascot. I thought it was a pretty cool photo.

3. What hobby would you get into if time and money weren’t an issue?

Well, it wouldn't be fishing, that's for sure, but I thought this was a cute pic of a couple of kids on the Wisconsin River, I think it was. Ever hopeful fishermen of Wisconsin. Well, if time AND money weren't an issue, my hobby would be travel. There are a lot of places I'd like to visit, and besides, I love the planning of a trip.  And I like to see how lightweight I can keep my carry on. I think it's becoming a pride issue.

4. What would your perfect room look like? (You can post a picture.)

 

 My perfect room looks like this (above) and has a ceiling like this  (below) and I can be there any time day or night, praying and contemplating the awesomeness of God.

Right, you don't have to have a cathedral to do that, but it sure doesn't hurt. 
(York Minster, by the way)

5. When was the last time you climbed a tree?

That would have been some time before my first hip replacement, like a long time before. But I did love climbing trees when I was a kid. Our youngest just turned 30 years old this year, is married, etc. etc. But just this spring Mr. C. noticed high up in the 90' tall spruce at the top of our driveway (where eagles like to perch, actually) there was a 2 x 4 across a couple branches. Then we found out that our youngest had, at one point in his storied childhood, carried that 2 x 4 up near the top of the tree so he could sit up there and enjoy the view. If I'd known that, I would have killed him! (which is why I didn't know that until this spring). :-) 

 But I did climb the observation tower at Rib Mountain

when we were in Wausau last weekend. That oughta count for something!

 

Our daughter, whose birthday it is TODAY -  and kids - 

whom we visited last weekend. It's always fun.

Happy Birthday, Honey!

6. Tell us something you will do/did today.

Something I did do today was make a batch of Lemon Verbena soap, and compare various backpacks at the outfitters store.  AND, I picked up and held my Tommy who thought he just wasn't getting enough attention, apparently!

 It's been pretty cool out.

High of 55 and low of 39.

Tommy and Smokey enjoy snuggling on that squishy blanket in the screen porch.

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