Final Wednesday Hodgepodge

I have been out of town this week and unable to get my Wednesday Hodgepodge done in time for the usual Wednesday morning posting.

Since this is JOYCE'S FINAL WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE, I did want to participate even if it's a "Thursday Hodgepodge" for me.

Please click on the link below and see how the others have closed out this fun group posting.

1. What has been the highlight of your summer so far? (It's still summer people!)

It was spending time with our daughter and granddaughters last month, spending the last couple nights with my middle sister doing some fun stuff in her house.  But, I think the real highlight for me was actually my husband's highlight.  He was able to spend a whole week with our son in Colorado as they shared in a huge Rugby event with our grandson.  I was thrilled that they had this rare time together.

2. What do you wish you'd done more of this summer? Less of?

I wish I had done more reading but I've had a hard time focusing on reading books lately.  I've started several but haven't finished any.  I am listening to a very fascinating book by Charles Martin, "The Mountain Between Us," that I have to finish. 

Less of?  Sitting I suppose as that seems to have been a big pastime lately.

3. Something you're looking forward to on your September calendar?

I can't wait to tell you what we have planned for mid September.  We will be spending a couple nights at Cumberland Falls National Park in Kentucky and a couple nights in Shaker Village just north of there, while on our way to spend a couple weeks in Northern Indiana with our son and his family.  We are so looking forward to this trip.

4. Best/favorite book you've read this summer?

Like I said, reading has taken a back seat this summer unfortunately.  However, after seeing a most interesting documentary on PBS a couple weeks ago, Dick bought the book.  It is about a young couple who lived on a houseboat in the deserted swamp area of the Louisiana Atchafalaya Basin.  I look forward to finishing it this week.  What an amazing experience this must have been for them.  The book is "Atchafalaya Houseboat" by Gwen Roland.

5. Share something positive, encouraging, or uplifting here.

My daughter has been in Maui this past week and shared this picture and wrote how God's beauty around us is also a constant reminder of His promises to us.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I read today that Anne Graham Lotz has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  You can read about it here - 'Pray for God to Heal Me'  - and the significance of the date of her diagnosis.

Thank you Joyce, for bringing us all together on Wednesdays for these several years.  You are more than due a break and I am excited to see where blogging takes you from here.  I will miss all my Hodgepodge buddies, but hope we can meet up again soon.