AuburnChick's Adventures

Good Wednesday morning (or afternoon or evening, depending on when you’re reading this)! I hope you’re having a good week.

With Memorial Day being on Monday, my days are a little out of whack. Thank goodness for Joyce and her fun questions. Let’s get to them!

1. What’s your favorite room in your house and why? 

My favorite room is, hands-down, my kitchen.

It’s the most spacious kitchen I’ve ever had. The island is huge!

The stove is my favorite. It runs on gas, and there’s a pot filler on the wall above it.

There is so much light in my kitchen thanks to the windows in the dining room just off of the kitchen.

My kitchen is the gathering spot when my kiddos come home for visits. It’s the place where I pour out my love for others through the desserts I’m especially fond of preparing. I love, love, love this space in my house.

2. What’s something that will instantly annoy you? 

I’m such a creature of habit. If someone is parked in the spot I like the best in the lot at work, I get so annoyed. It’s not like I own the spot, but I purposely have picked one in particular because it’s easy to back into and get out on the street from. First world problems, eh?

3. May 28th is National Hamburger Day…will you celebrate? How do you like yours? If you’re not cooking at home is there a favorite place you like to go for a burger? Did you ever work in a fast food  restaurant? 

I’m not planning on celebrating National Hamburger Day. I’m a vegan. Even the vegan “hamburgers” make my stomach hurt because so many of them have pea protein, which I’ve learned is bad for the gut. I sometimes get the Impossible Whopper from Burger King – but only when we are driving up to visit our boy and his family. I like mustard, ketchup, tomato slices, and pickles on a “burger.” I’ve never worked in a fast food restaurant.

4. What are three scents you like? 

Scents carry so much power with them. They bring back memories of favorite moments and seasons in life.

I love the way a puppy smells when it hasn’t gotten old enough to get that gross dog breath that develops as it ages. A sweet, clean puppy makes my heart swell.

I love the smell of my grand babies when I get to snuggle with them after their evening baths. Their sleepy innocence during that pre-bedtime routine makes me wistful for when my own kiddos were wee littles themselves.

I love the smell of the rain before it arrives – especially when I’m porch sitting with the Mr. and my sweet Gambit. It feels like time slows down in those quiet moments before the rain falls in earnest.

5. What do you miss most about being a kid? 

With it being summer, I am taken back to lazy Sunday afternoons when the smell of the grill being fired up punctuated the end of the weekend.

I miss laying in the middle of the grass after it was freshly mowed. The smell of fresh-mown grass still takes me back to those days.

I miss the lack of stress about what was happening globally because, back then, there was no internet, social media, or even cell phones. There’s something to be said for the weight of knowledge and responsibility that accompanies adulthood.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I saw an Instagram video demonstrating the making of a strawberry lemon juice.

I loved the pitcher and immediately ordered it from Amazon.

It came with a sponge too!

The ingredients were right up my alley (the mint isn’t in the picture).

It looked pretty when I finished putting it together.

Honestly, it was just blah. I think that my tastebuds must be used to sweeter offerings. I couldn’t detect any mint in it either.

Not one to give up easily, I found a recipe for mint simple syrup and whipped up a jar.

After it cooled, I added a bit to a glass, and what a huge difference!

We had the Mr.’s parents over for dinner Sunday night to celebrate his mom’s birthday, and she was in complete agreement about the juice (and how much better it tastes with the simple syrup).

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