Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

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

Questions

1. Do you like to sing? What kind of music are you likely to sing? I do like to sing although I'm not very good at it. I will often sing along to the radio when they're playing the old country songs - Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Tanya Tucker.....
2. Do you watch soap operas (daytime TV), or have you ever? No - has never been my thing.
3. Do you wear glasses or contacts? Glasses - they just gave me trifocals - the joys of getting old!
4. What's your favorite easy meal when the weather is hot? Taco salad.
5. Tell me something about the past week. It's been busy for me, especially  last weekend. I'm in the heart of canning season! Did spaghetti sauce Saturday, will do whole tomatoes tonight, then more juice - and I'm going to daughter's tonight to pick up peaches!

Monday Quiz About Me

Based on the original Meet Me on Monday hosted by Java at Never Growing Old, Heather over at Acting Balanced  posts 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! Since Java is back , Heather has changed the name of her hop to "Monday Quiz About Me."

This weeks Questions:

1. Where do you go to get your news? Usually from the internet.

2. What Olympic level skill do you have (e.g. One could be a world-class paper clip bender)? I could take the gold in "doodling during meetings"

3. If I say the word, 'intellectual,' what do you think? Scholarly

4. Who in your family do you look the most like? They say I look like my aunt. I hope I do although I've never seen it myself.

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around! I had a very productive weekend - made a trip over to see my bf, cooked, canned spaghetti sauce, worked at the VFW, took the cat to the vet, went to a couple of yard sales, started a new crochet project - and still had some pool time and got the normal chores (like laundry) done! What did you do over the weekend?

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 Jen from what would jen do (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 have no desire to eat if fancy restaurants.
2. I love the smell of rain in the mountains because there's just nothing else like it.
3. I wish that my bank account would magically start to grow.
4. In one month I will be back in school - again.

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:   Legacy

I'm right there with Brenda on this one! My children are my legacy - the biggest accomplishment of my life! I struggled for years to give them a better life than the one I had. I When I look at them now and see the strong, independent, intelligent, successful and loving individuals they have become it makes every minute worth it. I am so grateful for the relationship that I have with both of them and the relationships they have with each other and with their spouses!

I have often made the comment that "twice in his life, my ex-husband did something right," but in all honestly, I can say the same thing about myself! As I said, they are my greatest accomplishment. I did good! They are my legacy.

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. Joyce is  joining her daughter1 in the 101 in 1001 challenge. Essentially you create a list of 101 things you hope to do or accomplish in the next 1001 days. What's one thing you'd put on your list?
Crochet a Christmas stocking for my grandson to match his mom and dad's.

2. How many remote controls do you have in your house? What's one item in your home you wish could be operated by remote control?

Way too many. I'd guess at least 10 - and I don't want any more.

3. What does having it all mean to you? Is it attainable? 

Having a good relationship with family and enough money to pay the bills with a little left over for fun.

4. What's your favorite movie soundtrack?

In celebration of 25 years since it came out, I'm going to say Jaws!

5. Describe the best view you've seen from a rooftop. 

The mountains down in VA are simply beautiful. From a rooftop, I could look at them all day.

6. What's your least favorite thing about summer?

Mosquitos

7. Our weekly Hodgepodge falls on the first day of August. In ten words or less sum up your July.

Hot, scorching, sizzling, sultry, blistering, stifling, sweltry, baking, torrid, fiery

8. Insert your own random thought here.
I'm impressed by the 101 in 1001 challenge. I would have a hard time coming up with that many things.