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 Janice from Janice’s Footsteps - 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. Given the choice of taking an online class or a traditional class for my graduate work, I’d pick the online class.
2. If you told me I would be back in school at this point in my life I would never have believed you
3. The last time I cooked chicken and noodles it came out really good.
4. My favorite color is green.

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:   History - do you or don't you?

I do learn from my mistakes. I no longer let people take advantage of me and I will no longer tolerate the intolerable just to be in a "romantic" relationship with a man. Maybe this means that I will never have that sort of relationship again - who knows. If that's the way it is, so be it. 

It has been said that I am bitter but I don't believe that's true. I'm just smarter. What's mine is mine, I've worked for it and I'm keeping it. I support myself and will help my children if they need it but I will not support  anyone who does not want to support themselves. I once had a man say to me, "You supported your ex for 10 years, why can't you support me?" Really?!! Don't think so buddy.

I do have a man in my life and while it may not be a "romantic" thing, he pulls his weight. He helps financially and has helped a lot with the remodeling of the house. He's a good person and a good companion and that's enough.

Sorry about the "man bashing" today - I haven't done that in a long time and I do know that there are still a lot of good ones out there.

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.  In what ways do you indulge yourself? Coffee or espresso.
2.  Have you ever taken a cooking class?  Any interest?  What type of class would you most like to try? I haven't but would like to take some sort of French cooking class. Their food always looks so rich and yummy.
3. What does it mean to be a good citizen? I think it means doing your civic duty - like voting and trying to stay on top of things. Giving some of your time if at all possible is also a way of giving back. Obeying the laws of course helps too.
4.  'Tis the season of the political advert...do these ads influence your vote? I try to avoid the ads.
5.  What's something you see today that makes you wish you were a kid again? I can honestly say that I haven't seen anything to make me want to be a kid again.
6.  What's your least favorite cliche? Not a big fan of cliches - really can't think of one that is any worse than another.
7.  What percentage of your Christmas shopping has been completed?  How does that make you feel? Very little, possibly 10% - and it makes me feel like I need to get busy.
8.  Insert your own random thought here. I've been driving the truck for the past couple of days since the car was in the shop. Got it back last night but I forgot to put my parking hangtag back in it. The only thought on my mind this morning is getting Parking Services called first thing when they get in so that I don't get ticketed.

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 have a variety of handbags, or are you happy with one old favorite? I have a variety - mostly all hand me downs from the daughter. But she has gotten into the Miche bags now so I don't get any "new to me" one anymore.
2. Do prefer to have your hair long or short? I have always loved long hair. I tend to cut mine all off every couple of years though since it is as straight as a stick and tends to just "hang" there. Right now I'm torn about whether I want to cut it or let it grow some more.
3. Are you doing any crafts for fall? I don't have time for crafts. I'll be crocheting baby things all winter for the new grand coming in April.
4. What's your favorite sweetener to use? Sugar
5. Tell me something interesting. Interesting? The Hatfield McCoy Dinner Feud was interesting, and so was the wax museum. I wasn't all that excited about the Titanic exhibit but daughter loved it. And the Christmas place - honestly, I don't know how the people who work there could manage to have any Christmas spirit at all when it is Christmas! I think it would take some of the wonder and excitement out of it if you saw it every day. We were a couple of weeks too early for the really pretty fall colors but it's is always beautiful in the mountains. Oh, and we just had to have our pictures taken while we were there.

My answers:

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 is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you on your birthday? The kids used to make me coffee on my birthday and clean their rooms without being told to.

2. What is the funniest thing that ever happen to you while you were on a 'date'? It's been so long since I've been on a date that I really can't remember.

3. What is your favorite backhanded compliment? Some sort of sarcastic remark when people do something stupid.

4. Have you ever had someone guest blog for you? If so, how was the experience? No - at least not yet.

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!
I'm going to keep it simple today and just ask this: When it comes to technology, are you the first in line for something new, or do you wait until the price goes down?