Coffee Chat

Time for the Coffee Chat! If you'd like to join, head over to Leslie's at Time out for Mom.

  The topic is:

Back To School joys and trials

Well, being that my children are done with school and I am still GOING to school, I may have a little different perspective. My classes started a month ago and I took my first test yesterday. I think I did well. I must say that I am actually enjoying this semester - the classes are actually going to TEACH me something, which has been lacking in quite a few of the "required" classes that I have taken recently. My favorite is "Computer Forensics" and I LOVE IT! This class is going to actually require some work, and lots of studying. But, as I said, I think I will actually walk away from it with some new knowledge. That's the whole point of school, isn't it?

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. What room in the house do you try your hardest to keep clean? I'd have to say the kitchen. I can't stand dirty dishes or counters.

2. How do you describe your blog to someone you just met? I don't usually tell many people about my blog.

3. What was your lie from last week?  (If you didn't play last week, What was your favorite cartoon you watched as a kid?) I don't really enjoy my job but hopefully that will change when I take on my new responsibilities.

4. What is your favorite kind of salad? (post a recipe if you got one) Taco salad.

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!
I'm off on a short vacation with my daughter beginning on Thursday this week. It will be a long drive and we'll have lots of time to talk about my future grandchild! What do you do to pass time while driving long distances?

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  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. The last time I was on vacation, I went to San Antonio.
2. For breakfast I like to eat sausage, eggs, biscuits....... I like REAL breakfasts!
3. My heart hurts when I see a the waste of food in this country because I know there are hungry children out there..
4. Why must  people spend beyond their means just to portray to others that they have more than they really do

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:   Venting

Oh to be able to vent! I used to live out in the country just 5 miles from my bf. She's been there through the past 30+ years - the good times and the bad times. She's the person who'll tell me what I want to hear or tell me like it is - depending on the situation and what I need at the time. She was my venting outlet for a long time and I was hers. Living so close, it wasn't unusual for one of us to show up and rant for an hour or two about all those things that drive a person crazy - kids, exes, MEN, jobs...... All she had to do was look at me and she'd smile, turn around and put a pot of coffee on and the venting was on!
I miss it, and phone venting is just not the same.

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. What's the best and worst thing thing about growing older? The best thing is becoming a grandmother! The worst would be looking in the mirror and not recognizing yourself. Truth is, I know I'm 53 but I still feel like I should be 30!

2.   Autumn arrives this week in the Northern Hemisphere...what one thing do you love most about the fall season? I love the colors and the cooler temps. It's nice to not need the heat or the air!

3.  Speaking of fall...pumpkin seems to be flavoring everything these days-are you a fan?   What's your favorite pumpkin flavored food or beverage? Pumpkin bread would be my favorite.

4.  Since we're on the subject of fall...what's the worst fall you've ever taken? I've never had a bad fall. I fell off of a stepladder when I was pregnant with my daughter and it scared me half to death but didn't hurt anything.

5.  If you could own a prop from any film what would you choose? How about the plantation house from Gone With the Wind!

6. What's the most interesting word you've read or learned in the past week? I can't think of a word that I have learned recently.

7. When was the last time you locked yourself out of your house, car, or office?  Was it a big deal? I used to lock myself out of the house when I lived in the country but it was no big deal - I knew how to break in. Biz locked himself out of his truck and I broke into it for him. Must be a knack I have. Is that bad?

8.  Insert your own random thought here. For anyone who doesn't know - I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMA AGAIN!!!!!! Daughter gave me the news last Friday. I'm so excited for her. She's been trying to get pregnant forever. In fact, she was extremely upset when her brother told us they were expecting. It was a really hard time. I was so happy for them but so sorry for her.