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 Pam from Trooppetrie (she came up with the last two statements) 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. I learned how to make jellies and jams in 1981, from my mil.
2. I have always wanted to see an old castle in Scotland.
3. My purse always has a set of  keys and they're always at the bottom..
4. One day when I am an old woman I am  going to move back to Va and sit ina rocking chair on my porch every day.

Porch Chat - Day 3

Day 3 for the party at Patrice's. I'm having  a ball and Kimmy says she never wants to come home! She wants to know if Patrice would mind having a Husky around all the time. (Don't worry though, I told her that I would miss her too much and she would have to come home with me when the party is over.)

Today's Question is:3. What kind of music should we play at the party? Are there any particular dances you like? 

That's an easy one for me! I'm a country girl - born and bread! And as far as dancing goes - is there anything other than the two step?

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:   Staring

When you stare off into the distance... what are you thinking about?

 

Truthfully, I do this quite often. I stare out the kitchen window every time I stand there and do dishes - a mindless task. I often find myself thinking of little landscaping things that I could do, wondering if it is ever going to rain again, or just thinking about my day. 

 

Sometimes I think about my budget, and how to save enough to get me and daughter to England. Tonight as I was standing there staring out the window, my mind was on the trip daughter and I are planning this fall - just a trip down home but I was wondering how much this little trip would cut into my savings for the big one.

I go to bed at night and turn on the TV - but I don't often really watch it. I stare at it but my mind is elsewhere - on my kids, my grandson, my job, the pets, maybe a crochet project............. anything really.

Sometimes, when I read someone's post, I'll sit and reflect on it for a while. Brenda's are good at making me do that. 

I stare into space all the time - but my mind is always working while I'm staring!

Porch Chat Party - Day 2!

 Patrice's party is going to continue all week! Such fun!

Today's Question is:1. Would you like to have your picture taken with Wendell at the party? 

I would love to have my picture taken with Wendell and I'd be happy to wear a funny hat!  Kimmy says that she will also wear a funny hat and she's super excited about chasing the sheep.

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. The Summer Olympics officially begin this Friday night...will you be watching? If you could see just one event in person which one would you pick? Son and dil are in England and they are going - I really don't care about any of the events but I'd love to be there just to see them and my amazing little grandson!

2.Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?Unproductive! I hate it when the day is over and it doesn't feel like I got anything accomplished.

3. July 25th is 'officially' Threading the Needle Day...can you sew? On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being not at all and 10 being Betsy Ross-like, how would you rate your skill with a needle and thread?I'd give myself an 8. I can sew but I'm not nearly as talented as some of the quilters out there.

4. 'Threading the Needle' can also mean to walk a fine line between two things or issues (think awkward social situation). When was the last time you had to 'thread the needle', figuratively speaking? I think I do just that all the time. It's part of the job that I have - we deal with lots of diversity, which can often be like threading a needle.

5. Kidney, pinto, black, or navy...your favorite bean? How about "green?" I'm not a huge bean person, but I love my own home canned green beans. Way back, when my dad was failing, I was traveling down home just about every weekend - 751 miles one way. I decided not to can that year, simply did not have time. I bought canned green beans that winter and my kids would not eat them. I ended up getting some home canned ones from a friend!

6. Have you ever hosted a garage sale? Was it more success or bust?I've had yard sales, but I don't think they're worth the trouble - I do love going to them though.

7. What makes you roll your eyes? Lots of things  - like the boys with their pants halfway down their "bottoms" and their underwear showing! Really! What is the point of that?

8. Insert your own random thought here.Summer class over! I'm free for a few weeks!