A Tropical Hodgepodge

Hello, dear friends.  Whoah!  Those Nor'easters don't fool around!  I thought the wind was going to blow the windows in on Monday night.  Yesterday it poured all day.  I chose to spend a lot of it at Homegoods where it is always sunny and warm. 

My house now carries the distinct aroma of wet dog.  Enough with the bragging, if it's Wednesday it's time for Hodgepodge.

1.  "The cure for anything is salt water tears, sweat, or the sea." (Isak Dinesan) Would you agree?  Of the three, which has cured you most recently?

I know it's not from sweat, that's for sure.

We live close enough to the water that we can walk to it.  My favorite thing is smelling the crisp salt air, even when it's smelly low tide.

2.What's something you can't eat without salt?  Do you normally salt your food a lot, a little, or not at all?

I love salt, always have.  It drives the Mister crazy that I salt my food before I taste it.  You would think that after 26 years of glorious wedded bliss he would have gotten over it by now.

3.  Sands of time, bury your head in the sand, built on sand, or draw a line in the sand... which sandy phrase could best be applied to something in your life right now?

Every time I turn on the National News I want to stick my head in the sand.

4.  A favorite book, movie, or song with an island setting or theme?

 

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The first thing that came to mind is On The Island that I read several years ago and loved it.  Maybe because the cover reminds me of myself.

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Even though you didn't ask about TV, I'm going to tell you anyway. I used to look forward to Gilligan's Island every week.  My main goal in those days was to someday be Mary Ann, live on a desert island, and marry the Professor.  I had very sophisticated taste in my tween years.

If you want to know five fascinating facts about Gilligan's Island, you can find them here.

If you are too young to remember Gilligan's Island, don't talk to me.

5.  Yesterday - did you run your day or did it run you?  
How so?

I am not the boss of me.

These two hooligans run my day.

Everyday.

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6.  You're on an island holiday.  Will I most likely find you parked in a beach chair, shopping in town, on the back of a jet ski, or snorkeling off the back of a catamaran?

You would find me on the beach engaging in my favorite exercise - boy watching.

7.  What do you think we humans most take for granted?

My little Grandma, Margaret, who lived to be 102, used to say this all the time.  I never got the meaning when I was young.  Now, I think about it every day.  I have even been known to repeat it to my girls one or two million times.  

8.  Insert your own random thought here.  

Thanks to all of you that left such nice comments about the blog's new facelift.  They are very much appreciated.  I am now working with Linda, my Fairy Blog Mother, as she tweaks the final design and takes the formatting to another level.

Until next time...