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 Uttley from Uttley’s take – he came up with the last two statements!
This week’s statements:
1. Sometimes I am glad I am single.
2. When I wear boots I feel both comfortable and stylish.
3. When in doubt, do some more research.
4. The easiest way to fail is to not try.
Please add the Follow Friday button to your post, or your blog.
Please follow Hilary. Since Google Friend connect is gone, please follow through networked blogs, Facebook fan page or by email….If there is a co-host, please follow them as well. Leave a comment! I will follow back!
Please link your Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun post to the linky below. PLEASE grab the linky and post on your blog…
If you tweet, please use #F5-bloghop so she can find you…

Pondering With a Purpose

It's Thursday! One of my favorite days. 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:  Stretch

Sorry but have to go off topic this morning. Had a very long, stressful night last night that started with a phone call from daughter who said "I hope you're ready to meet your grandson" and then started bawling. They had to take the baby - right then. I didn't even make it to the hospital before they took her back. But all is well! He came out screaming - lungs are ok. So far everything is good. 4 pounds, 5 oz, 17 inches long. I'll give you the whole story later.

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.  When were you last facing an ocean? Using just ONE word, describe how you felt as you faced that ocean. It's been a long time, probably 20 years. In one word - I felt SMALL.

2. What are three sounds you hate to hear? Tornado sirens, a child crying in pain, and a phone in the middle of the night.

3. This question comes to you courtesy of some real life friends. Hi real life friends! When you shop for yourself, do you try everything on in the store before buying or do you buy, try on at home, and then return what you don't like or what doesn't fit? Try on at home - hate trying on clothes in a store.

4. February 26th is National Pistachio Day...are you a fan of the little green nut? Do you use them in cooking and baking or prefer to eat them right out of the shell? Not really a fan.

5. When did you last have to compromise with someone?  Were you happy to reach the compromise or slightly irritated it was necessary? I compromise all the time and it's just a part of life - you can't have everything your way.

6.  Have you ever written a letter to an elected official? Did you get a response? I send emails to officials at times and have gotten a few responses.

7. We 'March' into a new month at the end of this week...what's something on your March calendar guaranteed to make you smile? My garden!

8.  Insert your own random thought here.Vacation day today - yesterday was a snow day. I kind of feel guilty for not being at work this morning but I wanted today off to prepare for my audit tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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. Is there a room in your home that you'd like to redecorate or remodel? Still working on the kitchen - it has a way to go. 2. Did you watch the Oscars? o - just not into watching much TV. 3. How many pair of blue jeans do you own? Lots - in all sizes - from 2s all the way to 12s. Sadly, I'm now wearing the larger ones. 4. What was your favorite toy as a child? My bike - does that count as a toy? We really didn't have lots of toys when I was a kid. That was back in the days when we played outside all day long. 5. If you could visit a country in Europe, which would you choose? England of course!  

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: Some Kind Of Wonderful.  What's the most romantic thing you've ever seen, done, or experienced?

You know you're asking this question to someone who hasn't been in that kind of relationship for a loooooong time don't you? Not sure I can remember that far back. Let's see. I can't even remember how the ex asked me to marry him. Is that awful? But I suppose we had our moments. I've got it! 

I wanted a baby - badly - he wasn't sure he was ready. I was on the pill. I always took them at night before bed. I opened the pill box (remember those little plastic cases with the pills inside?) and found a post-it note that said: "now it is time for having babies." I still have that little post it note inside of daughter's baby book.