The Wednesday Hodgepodge! #20

I hope you are all having a good week? It's Wednesday which means it's time to join in with the Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce over at From This Side of the Pond! Each week there are 6 questions, we answer and then link up. Simple!

1. What's an adult problem nobody prepared you for?

The constant mystery of where all the teaspoons go? I buy a full set, twelve shiny little spoons and within a month I’m down to three. The rest have vanished into the abyss, probably off living in a parallel universe where single socks and hair ties also retire. It’s like they sprout legs and flee the moment responsibility hits. lol I used to blame the girls, they would eat yoghurts with the teaspoons and I thought they were putting them in the bin with the yoghurt carton but no. It's a mystery! Nobody warned me that adulthood would include contemplating whether I need to buy more teaspoons once every few months!

2. How tuned in are you to all the recent food related health news? Have you gotten rid of your scratched cookware? Did you pay attention to food additives before they made the news? What's one healthy eating/cooking/food shopping habit you need to adopt?

Honestly, I’m not very tuned in to the recent food related health news I usually don’t follow all the updates closely. I think a lot of it is scaremongering and there is just too much information out there, it's hard to keep track. I usually just stick to what I know.

I didn’t even know scratched cookware could be a problem, so I haven’t got rid of any yet, the only time I do is if bits are flaking off.

As for food additives I’ve never really paid much attention to them before they made the news. I think it’s easier to just focus on eating freshly home cooked meals and not stress too much about every little ingredient.

I already meal plan and I we are quite good at sticking to what I eat but what I want to get better at portion sizes when cooking and serving meals. I always seem to cook too much and probably put too much on our plates. I need to get better at that.

3. What's getting worse and worse as you get older? How about better and better?

My eyesight is getting worse. I struggle to see anything in the distance and have to squint a little if I am reading something off the TV. I am supposed to wear glasses for watching TV but I don't even know where they are and the last eye test I had was years and years ago.

What is getting better is my confidence in myself and knowing what matters in my life. With age I’ve got better at stopping nonsense in it's tracks, trusting my instincts and focusing on the people and things that bring me happiness. 

4. Are you more of an indoor person or an outdoor person? Elaborate.

I’d say I lean more toward being an indoor person. I love the peace and control I have inside my own space. That being said I also appreciate spending time outside. Fresh air, a bit of sunshine and doing some gardening. While indoors is my happy place most days I try to make sure I get outside enough to keep that balance.

5. If you had an expert personal assistant today, what would you have them do?

If I had an expert personal assistant today, I’d have them handle all the meal planning and grocery shopping for the next month. From picking new recipes that fit my families tastes and doing the online food shop orders making sure I have everything I everything I need. Meal planning and ordering groceries online is a chore which takes time and a lot of thought.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I hate updates when it comes to technology! My mobile phone has just done an update and it has changed how I use it. I used to swipe down to go to the settings and extra things like my torch and it was all simple, now if I swipe on the left hand side it brings me notifications and on the right hand side I get my settings which they've moved around. Hmmf. I never get to my torch or Mobile data setting on my first swipe.