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. My real life friends came through with another question this week so thank you real life friends. When you've eaten in a restaurant do you complete their comment card? Do you take online surveys highlighted at the bottom of store receipts? I have but rarely.

2. The (US) ban on women in combat was lifted at the end of January. It will probably be next year before specifics are worked out, but its been reported over 200,000 front line positions will eventually open up to women.  Your thoughts? Totally against it. Why? I just don't think it's right. But then I think we messed up years ago with all the women's lib stuff. I would have loved to be able to stay at home and take care of my kids instead of going to work every day.

3.  In looking back at all the blog posts you've written, what's your favorite post title? I'm not much into the witty titles - don't really have a favorite.

4. What's worse-overly permissive parents or overly protective parents?  Did your own parents lean more to the permissive or the protective category?  If you're a parent where do you fall? I tried to fall somewhere in the middle. I was raised by the fanatically overbearing - not sure I'd call it overly protective, just overbearing. I would never do that to my kids.

5.  Candlelight-moonlight-firelight-bright lights in the big city...which one's your favorite?  I'm going to go with firelight, although I do like candlelight and moonlight too. I've never been a city gal, although I do believe that the lights of Cincinnati are a beautiful sight.

6. Dr. Seuss's birthday was celebrated on Saturday. What's a favorite book you remember (Seuss or otherwise) from your own childhood?  Did books play an important role in your growing up years? Explain.I missed this question somehow! But yes, books played a big part of my growing up. Books were a way to escape and you could always find me with one.

7.  To quote Dr. Seuss...

"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere." 

from One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

Share something funny you've recently read, seen or heard.  I just was reading a "ghost story" this morning. there was a passage when a character went running out of the house with his hair "standing on end." For some reason a picture of Albert Einstein came into my head as I was reading that and it made me smile.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.Grandson #2 is doing a little better. He has gained a little weight back (he went down to 4 lb, 1 oz) and is trying to nurse a little more. He still has to be under the light for his jaundice but all is well. Daughter got her staples out yesterday so she is also feeling better.

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: "Snog, Marry, or Throw off A Cliff?"

Once again Les, I'm gonna have to pass this one up - don't watch enough movies I guess. But the topic for next week! That I can get into. See you then.

Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

It's time to head over to Patrice's porch for the weekly chat. Welcome to the new participants in the chat!

Questions

1. Who has the most outgoing personality in your family? I would say my son. He is a very social person. He used to be surrounded by friends at all times - so much that it drove me nuts at times. I think he has mellowed somewhat now that he has his own family but he's still very outgoing.
2. How did you name your blog? Well - because my kids grew up and left me all alone :(.
3. What's your favorite topping for ice cream? Melted peanut butter!
4. Tell me about someone you know who would make a wonderful character for a book. Oops- please. That's a little difficult. I think maybe a coworker - because she's just a little bitty woman and she's always "bopping" around. It makes me smile to watch her sometimes.
5. Please tell me up to three questions that you think I should ask on future farmhouse chats. Well: best childhood memory, one word that "defines" you, collector of something?

Monday Quiz About Me

Welcome to Monday Quiz About Me - hosted by Acting Balanced and Touristic. They post 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! 

Here are the Questions:

1. Which are you better at: Reading, Writing or Math?If I had to choose one I guess it would be writing, although I've never had a problem with any of them.

2. Tell us a good 'come back' story. Where you were down but were able to reverse fortunes and come out on top. I've been down a lot in my life. I was a newly divorced single mother when I lost my first job to "downsizing." For two years, I worked 5 part time jobs while I went to school. Don't know that I came out "on top" in the end, but things got much better.

3. Which would you rather do: dine or eat? Definitely eat.

4. What is one thing the someone close to you does that just annoys the heck out of you? That would be the Biz and he tends to be somewhat of a slob in certain areas of the house. I don't understand how you can add salt to a pot on the stove and the entire stovetop looks like there has been a snowstorm - or why food ALWAYS ends up on the floor, table, cabinet - or why he can get something out but never put it away - and I'm not even going to mention the bathroom issues!

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!

Most of you probably know by now that I got a new grandson last week - a surprise 6 week early grandson. It's amazing how small 4 and a half pounds looks and feels! He's doing great but it scared me and everyone else half to death. I think I managed to stay pretty calm on the outside but I was sure shaking on the inside. How do you handle crisis situations - calm or crazy?

Six Word Saturday

Look who arrived six weeks early!

My second grandson made his entry!

he's four pounds and 5 ounces