A Very Hot Hodgepodge

Hello dear friends.  The Northeast is experiencing the mother of heatwaves.  Today is supposed to be cooler than yesterday - a refreshing 91 degrees.  I'm not complaining though.  As the Mister says, you don't have to shovel heat.

1.  Last thing you did on the spur of the moment?

I am not a spur of the moment kind of girl.  However, a couple of weeks ago, my bff, Anne and her bff, Kathy were going for a night in Maine.  They were kind enough to ask me to join them.  Kathy needed to check out a venue for her daughter's wedding.  

I'm so glad that I went because I got to see a lot of the beautiful state of Maine through Kathy's eyes, who was born and raised there.  We also had lots of laughs along the way.  I'll tell you all about it within the next couple of weeks.

2.  How well informed do you feel about the current Syrian refugee crisis?

To be honest with you, I am a lot more informed about Jennifer Aniston's wedding than I am about the Syrian refugee crisis.  

3.  What have you changed your mind about?

The only thing that I can think of that I have changed my mind about recently is the Kindle.  I have always been a "book" person.  I love the smell and feel of a brand new book in my hands.  

But now I can appreciate the Kindle for its convenience and for the fact that I can make the text as big as one found in a Dr. Suess book.

4.  A medium sized non-poisonous snake found its way into the pool trap this weekend.  If you'd been sitting poolside would you have fished it out?  Gone running?  Called for help?  Pretended not to know?  Continued swimming?

I would grab the dogs, put the house on the market, and run as quickly as my chubby little thighs would take me.

5.   September 10th is National TV Dinner Day... what's your idea of a great TV dinner?  (or at least a pretty good one!)

TV dinners remind me of  my sweet little grandma, Margaret.  Sista and I would spend every Saturday night at her house so that our parents could have a date night.  Grandma was a good baker but that's about it when it came to kitchen skills.  Sista and I considered it a treat to have a TV dinner and 7UP for supper.

Grandma lived to the ripe old age of 102, so there must have been something to those TV dinners.   

6.  Samuel Johnson is quoted as saying, "Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other."  Would you agree?  Where have you seen that played out recently?  What's the second greatest virtue?

I would agree that courage is the greatest of all virtues.  As far as the second greatest virtue, I will repeat a little saying that Grandma used to chant...

Patience is a virtue,

have it if you can.

Often in a woman,

but NEVER in a man!

Disclaimer:

I am not referring to any man in particular.

Much.

7.  What are three words you have trouble remembering how to spell?

hors d'oeuvres

and

 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

And as far as the third word goes, I not only forget how to spell it, but the actual word slips my memory, as well.

Note to self:  increase dose of Ginkgo whatchamacallit.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Last night was Stephen Colbert's debut as the host of The Late Show.  It's airs past my bedtime so I didn't see it, but I am going to watch it today.  I have been a big fan of Stephen Colbert's since The Daily Show.  Did I mention that one of his first guests is going to be my ex-boyfriend George?

Until next time...