An Impatient Hodgepodge

Hello, dear friends.  How is your week going? All is well here.  I continue to watch the coverage on Irma's devastation, and it breaks my heart.

Today is Hump Day which also means that it's time for Hodgepodge. 

1.  Is a picture worth a thousand words?  Elaborate.

Some pictures tell their own story.

No elaboration is necessary.

2.  Have you ever driven any part of the Pacific Coast Highway?  If so, what was your favorite stop?  If not, is this sort of trip on your bucket list?

Although the Mister and I have lived in Southern California, to my dismay, we have never driven the Pacific Coast Highway.  It is on my bucket list, though.

3.  How do the changing seasons affect you?  As the seasons change, do you find yourself looking more forward or backward?  Which season - season transition bothers you the most?  Why do you suppose that is?

The only season change that affects me is Winter.  
And not in a good way.

  I absolutely detest everything about Winter - the freezing temps, the snow, the ice, maneuvering myself in and out of the car in bulky winter coats, sloppy snow boots, runny noses, dry skin, increased appetite, iced windshields, just to name a few. 

Hallmark Christmas Movies and Starbuck's Hot Chocolate can't even snap me out of it.

This is me praying that winter goes away and never comes back.

There is one person in the house who loathes Winter even more than me, and his name is The Mister.  
Btw... I gave him that beautiful necklace for Christmas.

There are two family members, however, who do appreciate the Winter.

4.  It's your birthday and you get to pick the dinner menu.  What are we having?  

Instead of a birthday dinner, I would ask the Mister to make me all of my favorite hors d'oeuvres and accompany them with my favorite Chardonnay.


Do you ever lie about your age?

Lucille Ball was one smart cookie.  Yes, I lie about my age but I do it a different way than most people do.  I learned that when I would claim to be younger, people would give me a sympathetic look because they thought I showed the physical signs of having a rough life.

But since I've been sharing with people that I am ten years older, people tell me I look maaaahvelous.  

I'll take a compliment any way I can get it.

5.  What's a life lesson you've learned recently?

Let me put it this way, I have not mastered the lesson of patience, but I have been working on it.  This bathroom reno really has tested me.  This is the before pic.  After pics are coming next week as soon as I find the patience to put the post together.

6.  Insert your own random thought here.

I started two new books this week.

Amazon

Eleanor is a quirky single woman who has held the same dead-end job since she got out of school.  Her closest friend is a bottle of vodka which warms her heart on weekends.  Then one day she meets the new stinky IT guy, and slowly Eleanor's life becomes a whole lot more interesting.

Although I am just several pages into Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine,  I am totally besotted by Eleanor and looking forward to spending more time with this unorthodox woman through the pages.

Amazon

I put the thrillers aside and downloaded this one for my walks.  It's all about old Hollywood glamour, and it grabbed me from the first page.


Do you ever lie about your age?


Until next time...

Ugh... I know it's coming...