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. What are your plans for Easter? Are you cooking a big lunch or dinner?  Dyeing eggs? Attending a sun rise service?  Eating too much chocolate? Cooking - yes, a ham for daughter; dyeing eggs - no but the VFW Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday morning - hoping the snow is gone by then; Sunrise service - I wish there was one here but there isn't; chocolate - no - swearing off (clothes getting a little too tight).

2.  What is something you feel too young to do? Too young? Going to have to go with AARP - I really need them to lose my name and quit sending me stuff.

3.  "Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud...it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs..."  

Of the characteristics mentioned in the biblical definition of love which do you find most difficult to live out and why? It always trusts - I have a really hard time trusting men and that comes from my experiences. I used to trust - no more.

4. What's a springtime flower you associate with your childhood? Going to go with daffodils - I love them and have always looked forward to seeing them pop up in the Spring, sometimes right through the snow.

5.  Ever sung karaoke? If so, what's your go-to song? If not and you're given the opportunity, would you? Never, and I never will!

6. What is something you keep in a basket? Crochet projects.

7.  When was the last time you felt foolish? Yesterday - giving presentation and the "smartboard" wouldn't work - maybe it was smarter than me? Could very well have been operator error.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.  I wish I could spend Easter with my two favorite guys.
Grandson #1 - isn't he a cutie










Grandson #2 - doesn't look like a preemie anymore!

Chirstmas at My House

Since there isn't a hodgepodge this week, I thought I'd give you a wrap up of my Christmas with pictures.

 Let's start with the tree..the one I wasn't going to put up.... yes I caved.

 Then there was the get together with Biz's family - love the way the girls had to make faces.

 This is his daughter who just got home from Afghanistan.

 And then there was Christmas with my daughter and her hubs - and my next grandson!

She's easy to please - and easy to send into giggling fits.

 I got Biz a remote control helicopter - knowing that he would have hours of fun tormenting the cats with it.

 Which he did.

 I caught this last night - I think it was a battle for who got to lay on the fuzzy blanket.

 And there was this little guy - growing up so fast!

 He's definitely going to be a "ladies man"-just look at that grin.

 Daddy had to help a little.

Didn't want anything to do with Santa.

But it was ok if Mom and Dad were there!

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. Do you decorate outdoors for the holidays? Yes I have my outdoor nativity and two candles, one on each side of the entry. I also have my Christmas Village set up on the enclosed porch.

 

2. What is the best thing about office Christmas parties? I don't know - maybe the fact that everybody is usually happy, the festivity of it all.

3. Gloves or Mittens? Gloves.

4. What do you think of Secret Santas?  They can be fun but they can also be frustrating if you don't know much about the person you are buying for.

My 5th Question: What is your main Christmas tradition - the one that makes it Christmas for you?

 Mine is putting the tree up the day after Thanksgiving.

Pondering With a Purpose

Thursday is past but I'm linking up with Brenda's at 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:               A Disaster or Not

I wasn't going to do a post this week as you can tell since it's Sunday night and I'm just now doing it. The thing is that my entire holiday season has turned into a disaster. There are certain traditions that make the holiday for me - the main one being the Christmas tree. It goes up the day after Thanksgiving - or it's supposed to. It didn't. Biz was supposed to get it Friday after work. He didn't and my holiday is ruined. I put all the decorations back in the attic and don't plan on getting them back out. I do have my outside nativity and the Christmas village set up on the porch but that is all. There will be no tree. Am I being petty? I don't think so. If there's no tradition - there is no point. I will go to daughter's house enjoy her tree - which went up on Friday when it was supposed to!