Dancin' with the Hodgepodge

This is the last Wednesday before school is out! Well, it's the last full day Wednesday. Next week, Wednesday will be a half day! Am I happy? Need you ask?

Here we go with the Hodgepodge!

1. How should success be measured? I really believe that success is best measured by each individual person. I do not believe that success should be measured in terms of money or status or how big your house is or what job you've worked, etc. Using that as your standard, who is the most successful person you know? I have no idea. I believe that you are successful if you have achieved happiness and who knows if someone is truly happy or not? We often put up a facade that leads others to believe we are happy but I find that is rarely the truth. I've known people who have tons of money and a big career only to leave it all behind for a simpler life and find happiness only at that point. Those are the successful people in my mind. Of course, there are those who seem happy with big houses and money and coveted careers too so, who knows. (Or one of the most successful?) 

2. Have you ever been to a hot air balloon launch/fest/party? No. Ever taken a ride in a hot air balloon? No. Is that on your bucket list? Hahahahaha! Hell to the N.O. According to Frommers the ten best hot air balloon adventures in the world are-

Loire Valley (France), the Serengeti (Tanzania), Napa Valley (California), Lake Champlain (Vermont), Cappadocia (Turkey), Istria (Croatia), Gstaad (Switzerland), Yarra Valley (Australia), Muelle (Costa Rica), and Albuquerque (New Mexico). 

Which one on the list would you most like to experience? Not a single one. I am NOT going up in a hot air balloon. 

3. May 25th is National Brown-Bag It Day. Did you/will you pack a lunch today? I did pack a lunch, as I do every school day. But not in a brown bag. When did you last pack a lunch for someone and what are your go-to ingredients for a brown bag lunch? The last time I packed a lunch was eons ago and the lovelies were in school. I packed them lunches nearly every day as they were not fond of school lunches. And, once they hit middle school, they preferred brown bag lunches. I would put a little love note on a napkin too. Did y'all do that? I miss doing that and I love it when they talk about how much it meant to them.  

4. What's one of your favorite dance scenes from a movie or television show? Oh shoot...how about this one:

Or, this one (Lord have mercy but I loved this movie):

Or this one:

Oh, but the list could go on and on and on..I didn't cover black and whites nor ballet. Goodness, but I love me some dance!

5. John F. Kennedy made famous the line, '...Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." So what can you do for your country? Vote against a certain candidate. Ha! Be civil and kind? Be an informed, active citizen? Be eco-friendly?   

6. Weekends are made for spending time with this cutie:

7. On this last Wednesday of the month, bid farewell to the month of May in seven words or less. 

Don't forget to take school along. 

Time to let the monkeys out. 

Farewell to you and school. 

8. Insert your own random thought here. Daughter 2 is in Rio for the next eight days. I don't mind telling y'all that I am not thrilled about her being there. However, it is a wedding and she will be with the bride's family and it is somewhere outside of Rio so... Having adult kids is great but this jet-setter one makes this mama nervous. Until she gets back. With my Christmas ornament. :) I was up Monday night tracking her flight. Do we ever stop worrying about our kids? Guess not. 

 Here's a picture:

And here's to the last full week of school! Only one full day and two half days next week!

Have a great rest of the week, y'all!