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 Jessica from Black White and a little bit of pink – 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 always dreamed of retiring and going home(back to VA) but it will probably never happen - won't leave my daughter here with no family.
2. My son is my hero.
3. I love to read when I go to bed.
4. I will never forget how it felt to be pregnant with my children - it was the happiest time of my life.

Blog button?

I've decided that I need a button. I think I'll try to design one when I'm off for Christmas break. I've found some instructions but they all seem a little different. Any suggestions?

Pondering With a Purpose

Thursday again! Time to do a little "pondering" with Brenda from Ponderings of an Author.

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:                In-Laws

I have to say that I have been very lucky when it comes to in-laws. My mil and fil were wonderful people. I loved them dearly and they loved me - in fact when it came to the divorce, they were on my side. They lived right next door until they retired and decided to spend winters in AZ. That was when my marriage fell completely apart -they were no longer there to "keep the husband in line." There were multiple times when he would be throwing one of his fits and my fil would come through the door, grab him and throw him outside. Literally. I loved my fil. I drove 55 miles through a blizzard to get my kids to his funeral when he passed. His son who lived two blocks from the funeral home was 45 minutes late for the services.  But I digress.

I now have a sil and a dil and I love them both. Both my kids picked wonderful people to spend their lives with.

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! 

This week's questions: 


1. Which do you prefer-pretty gift wrap with a bow or a pretty gift bag with/without a bow?  What percentage of your holiday gifts are currently (as in right this very minute) wrapped in some form or fashion? I like both wrapped and bagged gifts. None are wrapped yet.

2.  What is one item on your Christmas list this year? I don't really need anything.

3.  What makes a home? Love makes a home.

4.  Motown founder Berry Gordy celebrates his birthday on Hodgepodge Day-November 28th. Are you a fan of the Motown sound?  If so, who's your favorite Motown artist and/or song? Here's a list in case you're stuck.  Not a fan - don't know any artists.

5.  Red or green-which one is more prevalent in your closet? Definitely green - it's my favorite color. I've been told that I look good in red but it has never been a color that I like.

6.  True or false-bacon makes it better? If you answered true, what's your favorite dish made with bacon? True - I put bacon in my potato soup.

7.  Share a favorite holiday memory. Some of my favorite memories are of when the kids were little. Like the time my son was about 2 and got a flashlight in his stocking. He was so happy with that flashlight we had trouble getting him to open any of his presents.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.There was an accident here last night - semi trailer hauling hogs turned over in an intersection. Driver wasn't injured - didn't say how many pigs were (they were headed to slaughter). They say none of the pigs escaped - can you imagine pigs running round town? It took them hours to offload them to another trailer.

Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

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

Questions

1. Do you still write letters (snail mail)? I haven't written a letter in years. I did receive a nice one from a wonderful blogging friend just a few months ago which was the first "letter" I have received in years. I must admit that it made me smile.
2. Do you sing? Rarely - it isn't pretty.
3. Did you participate in Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday? I have never heard of Small Business Saturday - that's one that might be worth participating in. No to the other two.
4. How many guests can you have spend the night at your house? Could Wendell fit? I can always make room! Let's see, I have one guest bedroom, the couch, and a couple of blow up mattresses that I could use. I could probably do 7 or 8. Wendell would be just fine in the back yard if the weather was nice. He could go in the garage if the weather turned bad but I doubt he'd care for the concrete floor.
5. Have you ever gone fishing? Many, many, many times. I am, of course a country girl.