Hodgepodge

Hello, dear friends.  How is your week going?  Mine is moving along.  I went to my dermatologist yesterday for my yearly all-over check up.  My doctor looks like Barbie.  It was the most humbling ten minutes of my life.  But I walked out with a clean bill of health and very little pride.

If it's Wednesday, it's time for Hodgepodge. 

1.  Share a favorite memory of your mother or share a favorite something from your own life as a mother.  If you're a mother (or stepmom) tell us how your experience as a mom differs from your own experience.

This is a pic of Mom and me when life was good and I was an only child and could do no wrong.  As you can see, I am wearing my crown.

Four years later Sista arrived.
Her sole purpose in life was to knock me off my throne and steal my thunder.

By the way, I was channeling Marlo Thomas and Sally Field with this fancy 'do.

As I developed into a beautiful bitter eight-year-old, my Mother came up with an idea to make me feel "special" again.  Who cares

if it took her three long years of me feeling neglected. 

 We worked out a little scheme behind Sista's back.  A couple of nights a week my Mom would whisper under her breath, "t-r-i-c-k" which meant that Sista and I would go to bed at the designated time, and then I would wait until Sista was in snooze land and proceed to sneak out of our room into  Mom and Dad's room to watch "The Farmers Daughter" or another favorite TV show.

It was the best fifteen years of my life.

2.  In May we celebrate teachers (May 9) and nurses (May 6) both.  Most every family has at least one in their midst, so tell us something (or a few things) you appreciate about the teacher or nurse in your family.

My sweet little Grandma was a teacher.  She was a lovely lady who taught for many years and enjoyed every minute.  Her favorite grade to teach was third grade. She continued to teach Sista and me proper grammar and life lessons. She lived to be 102 years old and never missed a day of saying her rosary. I named my #2 after her.

Don't tell Sista, but I think I was her favorite.

3.  Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad... which would you go for if all three were on the menu?  On bread or a bed of lettuce?  If you answered bread, what kind of bread would make it the perfect sandwich?

My second favorite sandwich in the whole world is tuna on whole wheat toast with lettuce and tomato. 

And a side of salt and pepper kettle chips... for the Mister.

But I like to keep them on my plate.

4.  Do you have a desk?  Is it organized?  If so, share your secret to keeping it that way.  If you don't have a desk, where in your home do you take care of family paperwork and business?  Where do you normally sit to blog?

This is my office on the third floor.  
My desk is pretty neat because I hardly ever use it.

I spend most of my time blogging at the kitchen table.

... for two reasons.
They can't get up to the third floor.
and
I can't write without my muses.

5.  When I was nine years old...

I was counting the minutes until I turned 18 so I could marry this guy.

6.  Insert you own random thought.

These pictures were taken on my stroll run yesterday.  It was cloudy and cool which usually makes me walk faster.

Those tulips are gorgeous in real life.

One of my favorite houses.

I didn't even know what a cranberry bog was before I moved here! 

And the best part... I got my shopping done, too.

Until next time...

Reagandoodle

Thanks, Laurie!