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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Happy Easter Hodgepodge

 


 

Happy Easter my Friends.

It is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

Click here to join the fun. 

 

 1. Do you complete your own taxes? Besides actual taxes, what's something you've found taxing lately?

 No, we do not complete our own taxes.

Balancing my time... spring can get very busy for me with all my seed starting and garden preparations.  I am trying to do a better job of balancing my time.

 2.  What are three values you treasure most in a friendship? 

My dear friends are the ones who listen to me... sometimes go on and on and on. And they still love me when I am all done and give me a hug. 

Laughter and joy...  my dear friends have a way to make me laugh.

Helping me stay the course when I feel like tossing in the towel. 

3. Do you meal plan or do you mostly wing it? Share your dinner menus for this week.

We do meal plan. 

I am writing this on Sunday, April 13th.

Tonight's dinner is spaghetti and meatballs with a side salad. 

We have a meeting to attend Monday, so we will have leftovers Monday.

Tuesday  ~ I will make chicken - cranberry quiche 

Wednesday ~ I have a meeting, so we will have left over quiche. 

Thursday  ~ my husband plans to grill hamburgers. I will make steak fries and we will have coleslaw. 

Friday ~ fish fry

Saturday ~ we will be busy with Easter dinner preparations. I will grab a soup out of the freezer that I made earlier and froze, we will enjoy soup and bread sticks.

Easter Sunday's Menu ~ ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans and hot cross buns.

And Easter Cake for dessert.

 4. Thomas Sowell is credited as saying, ''There are no solutions, only trade-offs.' Agree or disagree? Discuss.

 Agree. Nothing will be 100%... you will always have to decide to just be with something in your life. An example is purchasing a home, you love the house, but the garage is not exactly what you want. You have to trade off and make the garage "work" the best you can. You will do your best and sometimes that is all you can do.

 5. What's the best perk you've enjoyed at a job?

It has always been the friendships I have made. 

6.  Insert your own random thought here. 

 

Last year's Easter Cake. 

I will share our annual Easter Cake next week.

Happy Easter!!

 ♥

Carla



 

22 comments:

  1. That cake looks so pretty and spring-y. My daughter's mother-in-law is bringing banana pudding which is my hubs favorite. I'm also making mini carrot cakes which is the Southern Living cake recipe this month. We'll see how it goes. Piping isn't my best skill in the kitchen. Oh I love friends who keep you going too! I didn't think about that one. Have a great day!

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  2. That cake looks good on the inside and out :). The spring colors! I think I'm going to make a carrot cake and maybe try to pipe on frosting carrots. I enjoyed reading your answers. Yes, almost every decision involves a trade off. Have a great day!

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  3. Love love the Easter Cake for this year. Yummy and pretty. I made mini carrot cake bunnies. Have a beautiful rest of the week. Happy Easter right back at you. Hugs. Kris

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  4. Oh that cake is beautiful, Carla.
    #4 was hard for me.
    You have a hectic week!

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  5. Hi Carla, that cake looks so good.
    Since I only cook for two, I plan meals to have left overs. I use what I have on hand that is simple, quick and delicious. Congratulations on your son getting married. Awesome news.
    Hugs,
    Julia

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  6. Such a pretty cake. I'll be happy to see this year's, too. Good for you for all the good meal plans! I enjoyed reading all your answers. Hope your Easter is glorious!

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  7. MMmm, nice cake! Mu husband is a tax guy, so yes he does ours. I wing it on dinner, but when the kids were smaller I had more of a plan. Happy Easter!

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  8. Happy Easter! That's a beautiful cake, and I wish I could simply reach out my fork and take a bite. LOL.

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  9. Wow, I don't remember last year's cake, so this is like new, and gorgeous! I used to plan dinners for an entire week, but now I don't seem to be as organized.

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  10. Your Easter menu sounds delicious! We are hosting this year so I am still trying to meal plan and get the house ready. I just had the carpets cleaned this afternoon. I love your Easter cake! The tulips on the top are so cute! Can't wait to see this year's. Happy Easter!!!

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  11. Your Easter cake is beautiful! I like your answer about the solution/trade-off! I enjoyed reading all of your answers!

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  12. That is a beautiful church. I hope that you are able to learn to balance your time. That's important. Love the values that you love in a friendship. Way to go on planning meals. We have never gotten into that. We will often take a few things out of the freezer and work from there the next few days. Tonight is pork chops. That's a good point on having to trade off. Glad you enjoyed making friends at your jobs. Yum on the cake. Looking forward to seeing this years cake. Happy Easter!

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  13. Well Carla....not sure what cake you are making this year but looks like it might be hard to beat last years. Wishing you a very happy Easter Weekend my friend.

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  14. Hubby does our taxes, he's an accountant. I've not done my own since I was single and in my teens. What I find very taxing is this administration firing everyone, deporting others without due process, and each day wondering what horrific thing he's going to do or say. Friendship, I value compassion, longevity, and laughter. I disagree, I do believe there are solutions. Been retired a good long while, so can't really think of a benefit I got from work. Your cake is very pretty.

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  15. Last years Easter Cake looks delicious ...
    Wishing you and your family a very Happy Easter.

    All the best Jan

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  16. Last year's Easter cake looks so moist and scrumptious, Carla. Your chicken cranberry quiche sounds really good too. I love a good quiche. We will be having the same thing for Easter, only a green bean casserole will take the place of green beans. I liked your words on love of the home, but sometimes you have to make things work that you don't like about it. That's so true, isn't it?

    Happy Easter to one of my best friends in blog land.

    ~Sheri

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  17. Happy 😊 Easter to you ❤️ The cake 🎂 looks delicious. I have never done my own taxes.

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  18. Happy Easter to you Carla! Always love your answers to the Hodgepodge. Friends are the best! And I loved your Easter cake last year, wow! Truly amazing. I don't plan our dinner menus, but generally I cook a large amount of meat on Sunday, which I then use for our meals throughout the week. We love leftovers too, so that always helps. I hope you had a wonderful Easter! Many blessings to you :)

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  19. I hope it was a Happy Easter, Carla! I can't wait to see this year's cake. Last year's cake looks hard to top!! Heehee!!

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  20. That cake looks amazing! They always do!

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High Fives from Wisconsin!