Five Question Friday

Time to head over to Mama M's at My Little Life for 5 question Friday!

Rules for 5QF: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then watch for the linky post to appear and LINK UP!

Questions for Friday, June 8th.

 1. Did you do anything special for your kids on the last day of school? Or did you parents do anything special for you? I never did anything on the last day of school, the kids were just happy to be out and I usually spent the day with a house full of neighborhood kids.

2. What's your favorite summer tradition with your children? We used to go to Forrest Park Zoo in St. Louis once every summer.

3. What was your favorite thing to do during the summer as a kid? I spent lots of time with siblings and cousins during the summers.

4. How old were you when you were married? Were you a Bridezilla? I was 23 and no I was not - didn't have a big wedding.

5. What is your favorite girl name? (I'm needing suggestions.)  I wanted to name my daughter Amanda Jade but got so tired of hearing it before she was born by both grandmothers, I changed it at the last minute without telling anyone. But I still think that name is pretty.

Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun

Welcome to the weekly Follow Friday Four Fill-in Fun Blog Hop!

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Each week, Hilary over at Feeling Beachie lists four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs.  This week’s co-host is Beth Ann from It’s Just Life – she came up with the last two statemements. Hilary really needs co-hosts, so please email me some statements! She would LOVE it if you could please help her spread the word about this hop…. So, please tweet, FaceBook share, and add the linky to your post…

This week’s statements:

1.       When I young I _had big plans

2.       I wish I was a little smarter when I was younger.

3.       If the world is my oyster then _everything will work out in the end.

4.       My favorite meal of the day is breakfast and the food I think would be my favorite to eat then would be sausage, biscuits, eggs...... good old country food.

Pondering With a Purpose

Thursday again! Time to do a little "pondering" with Brenda from Fiction With a Purpose.

Her rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in her sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Go back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list on Brenda's.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

This Week's prompt:  Favorites

Children and favorites. I can honestly say that I have a favorite daughter and a favorite son. Of course I only have one daughter and one son. Do I have a favorite between them? I don't really think so. They are each so different and each hold a special place in my heart. My daughter is my best friend. I tell here everything - and I mean EVERYTHING. I have always tried to keep no secrets from either of my children. I must admit that there are some things that are easier to talk to a daughter about than a son - but that doesn't mean that she doesn't talk to him about them and I'm ok with that.

My son was always the one there to help me. He would help clean (he's a bit of a neat freak as opposed to his sister who has a bit of trouble putting things away). He would take care of the lawn. He slid into the role of "man of the house" quite easily and did an awesome job. If fact, when he left I was quite overwhelmed.

My daughter had no trouble in school, my son struggled. I spent many nights consoling daughter because she thought she was going to get a B in something - never happened.  My son really didn't care about school. I would get D and F slips every week of my life, tell him he had to do better and he'd just look at me and say that he had it covered, he wasn't going to fail - and he never did. He had this uncanny ability to do what he had to do (and only what he had to do) to get by. His junior year he decided to apply himself and ended up with straight A's - and got the good student discount on his car insurance. He told me that if he had known he'd get that much off his insurance, he would have done it a lot sooner. 


Anyway, they are so different but each so special. I haven't seen my son in almost two years but he is and will always be my "favorite" son. I see my daughter quite a bit and she will always be my "favorite" daughter. I can't choose between them. They each have their special place.

Wednesday Hodgepodge

Welcome back to the Wednesday Hodgepodge! Be sure to add your link to the bottom of Joyce's post and then go visit the neighbors. After all, that's part of the fun! 
1. How many students were in your high school graduating class? Did you know most, if not all of them?

Umm - like 87.

2. What was the last thing you photographed?

I think it was some pictures of my garden. I like to keep a record of how it looks from year to year.

3. Pickles-love 'em or loathe 'em? If it's love what's something you eat that needs a pickle?

I love dill pickles. Either by themselves or with hamburgers.

4. What's a stereotype you perpetuate without meaning to?

I have to go with Joyce on this one. I have no sense of direction at all. My daughter used to ride shotgun whenever we went some where and tell me where to go (and she was only six or seven).

5. Ever been horseback riding? If so, is it something you enjoy? If not, do you have any interest? Did you watch the Kentucky Derby? Will you be watching the last leg of the Triple Crown this weekend?

I love horseback riding. Used to do it all the time as a kid but haven't been in years. I don't watch the races.

6. What's your favorite wedding movie?

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has been a favorite of mine since the first time I saw it - and that was YEARS ago.

7. What is one 'tourist attraction' in the USA you'd like to see in person?

I'd love to see the Grand Canyon.

8. Insert your own random thought here. 

My summer class is going to be BORING. It's just a little one hour class that meets once a week and should be really easy - honestly I don't know why some of these things are required now. Back when I first went to college, we had "real" classes with "real information." It seems like since I've been working on this second degree that some of the new requirements are just LAME. This one is  "Pre-Professional Preparation" - now really, do we really have to teach a college course on how to dress for interviews, prepare a resume, and use online employment networks? Do the kids these days really not know this stuff already?

Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

It's time to head over to Patrice's porch for the weekly chat.

Here are the questions:

1. If you wear a hat, what kind is it mostly likely to be?
2. Do you wear perfume or cologne (ever)?
3. What's your favorite snack while watching movies or television?
4. What's the last gift you purchased or made?
5. Please finish this sentence. Before summer is over I hope I've___________.

My answers:

1. I own two hats - both ball caps - one is pink, with "Air Force Mom" on it and the other is blue with the American flag and all my VFW pins on it.
2. Not very often. When I do, I like Ciera.
3. Popcorn! Not very original, I know but nothing better!
4. I saw a water dispenser posted on the bulletin board at work and knew daughter had been wanting one, so I picked it up.
5. Before summer is over I hope I've canned all the fruits and vegetables that my daughter and I will need for the winter.