Coffee Chat

Let's go to Les's from Timeout for Mom  and chat - don't forget to get your coffee before heading over!

 What Was, or What's to Be?:   If you had the choice of going back in the past to a specific time in history, OR, if you could travel ahead into the future (you are coming back to present, don't worry) --- which would you choose?

 

I believe I would travel ahead - just to see what kinds of technologies the future holds. I remember when I was a kid watching the cartoon "The Jetsons" and laughing about the phones - where you could actually see the person on the other end. Isn't that what Skype is? It amazes me the strides we have made in just my lifetime. I can remember when we got our first color TV. Better yet, I can remember when they put a bathroom in my grandmother's house!  Makes me wonder if we'll all be zipping around in little "flying cars" in the future - wouldn't that be awesome!

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. April 15th is the deadline for Americans to file their state and federal income tax returns.  What's a job you do on a regular basis that could be described as 'taxing'? Ironing is very taxing to me - hate it. The bad part is, winter is over so I am no longer wearing sweaters and that means - more ironing.

2. I'm participating in the April A-Z blog challenge, and the Hodgepodge happens to fall on Day O this week. In keeping with that theme...olives, onions, oysters, okra...of the foods mentioned, what's your favorite O food? That would be olives -love them. I use a lot of onions in cooking, oysters are ok but definitely not my favorite and I won't touch okra - yuck.

3.  What is something memorable you experienced as a child that your own children (or future children/nieces/nephews) will not get to experience?  Doing thing the old way. My grandparents on my dad's side did not have an indoor bathroom. I can remember cold morning around the old pot bellied stove and I have helped make apple butter in a big cast iron kettle over a fire outside.

4. Term limits for our elected officials...your thoughts?  I try to keep my political thoughts to myself but I do think this could be a good idea.

5. On April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere made his famous 'midnight ride'...when did you last make a midnight ride?  Perhaps the fate of a nation wasn't hanging in the balance, but tell us where you were headed anyway. I have made many midnight rides - most not for pleasure. I hate to hear the phone ring in the middle of the night - it's never good. My last midnight ride was probably a few years ago - going to my daughter's rescue when she ended up in a ditch.

6.  What would freak you out more...a mouse running across your floor or a big fat hairy spider?  The mouse. I can kill spiders. I can kill snakes. Mice freak me out.

7. I love it when people ask me if my daughter and I are sisters - sadly that hasn't happened in a while.

8.  Insert your own random thought here. I woke up this morning to the Biz digging in cabinets for the papers that came with the TV. I told him last week that the color did not look right. He said it was me. Evidently it was not me - he is not a happy camper right now.

Coffee Chat

Les's from Timeout for Mom  and chat - don't forget to get your coffee before heading over!

The topic is:   All Fun and Games. 
 My all time favorite game used to be monopoly. When I was first married, my ex and I would play for weeks at a time - games that just kept going. Then, after I divorced I would play with the kids. We spent many nights sitting around that board.I haven't played in a long time. It may be time to dig that out of the attic.

from google

 I also enjoy playing cards. Rummy is my personal favorite, poker would by my second favorite. I've never really cared for games like Hearts or Spades.

google again.

Porch Chats

It's time to head over to Patrice's porch for the weekly chat. Welcome to the new participants in the chat! The questions today are from some of us "porch gatherers."
QUESTIONS

1. From Suzanne at p.s. Annie!: Are you part of the back to nature/ecological group or are you more of the mindset of "I'll do what I want and everything will work out in the end"? Maybe a bit of both - I do try to be as green as I can but it is not a "life or death" matter to me.
2. From Stacey at Happy Bride to be: What's a favorite dinner dish to make? Depends on the season. I love salads in the warmer months and comfort foods like fried chicken with mashed potatoes/gravy on those cold nights.
3. From Melanie at Melanie at A Year of Jubilee Reviews: What animals have you seen give live birth? Lots - dogs and cats of course, cattle, horses, pigs, goats, sheep.......
4. From Anne at Homeschool on the Croft: If you had the opportunity to teach something, what would you teach? English and the proper use of it.
5. From Madonna at Butterfly Acres: What did you love most about school? I enjoy learning new things, enough about different subjects to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation.

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. What is your best solution for getting rid of a headache? Drink more coffee. 
2. Do you enjoy taking naps? Rarely.

3. What was the last 'block buster' movie you saw at the theatre? Don't remember.

4. If you could have anyone cook you dinner who would it be? Emeril Lagasse

My 5th Question - Any suggestions on how to deter those anonymous commenters? I hate having to have comment moderation turned on but the only other solution I can see is to limit commenting to only those who are followers and I don't want to do that.