Good-morning, kittens & dawgs! Next month is the annual A to Z Challenge. If all goes well this will be my 5th year to join. I’m torn with keeping up with regular blog posting, especially since I just got in the groove of daily posts. It’s a tough call. Keep in mind, I may pull the plug temporarily on everything to give my full attention to get all 26 posts pre-scheduled. Hopefully it won’t come to that but we’ll see. Anyhow, recently Debbie from The Doglady’s Den answered the 40 Questions (see below). I felt compelled to snag and share with you. It’s gonna be a long one folks, so grab a cup of coffee or tea while get-to-know-me a little better.
Honestly, I can’t recall how the Josh Abbott Band hit my radar but it was song #3 that caught my attention, liking it so much that I wanted to share the above YouTube playlist. I hope you enjoy it.
1. Do you like blue cheese? I’m not a huge fan but I do like it as a dressing on occasion. In the past, we dined with good friends and the wife makes a nice blue cheese dressing.
2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? I’d love to say no but that’s not true. I smoked for a short time during my early teen years. This nasty habit controlled my life for a year or two. I vaguely recall picking it up during my college years but it was sporadic. Hopefully, any damage done has since reversed.
3. Do you own a gun? It depends, who’s asking?
4. What flavor Kool-Aid? I haven’t had Kool-Aid since they started manufacturing it in Mexico. I don’t know if they still do but putting that aside I think my favorite was Raspberry Blue. When I was a kid, I think my fave was Grape.
5. Do you get nervous before a doctor’s appointment? Typically, no.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I like hot dogs. I most often eat them with mustard, chili, and onions but my favorite way is to add cole slaw on top of everything I just mentioned. Yum, good!
7. What is your favorite movie? Hmm, most flicks from the 80s rocked but I think if I had to go with just ‘one’ favorite then I’d pick, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It’s so good that we often watch it more than once during the holiday season.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? It’s really not a preference as much as a necessity. I. Have. To. Have. My. Morning. Coffee!!
9. Can you do a push-up? Yep, I do a push-up or two, but I’d rather eat ’em!
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? Other than my engagement ring & wedding band it would be the pendant necklace DH designed for me a few years ago.
11. Do you have a favorite hobby? Photography is a favorite hobby but in the past year I’ve taken up art sketching which is my new favorite hobby.
12. Do you have A.D.D.? I don’t know. Often times I go from one room to another to do something and by the time I get there I forgot why I’m there. What do you think?
13. Do you wear glasses? I think I answered this question a couple of weeks ago in one of my g2km posts so if I’m repeating myself then see previous question for explanation. Yes, I wear glasses. I’ve always been slightly near-sighted and I have astigmatism. In 2010, I finally decided to let my doctor fit me for progressive lens because I couldn’t read small texts anymore. What surprised me is find out in my recent eye exam is I’m now slightly more far-sighted. I still wear progressive lens. I am not a good candidate for contacts. 🙁
14. Who was your childhood idol? I don’t know that I had a childhood idol.
15. Name three thoughts you have right now. Why is it every time someone calls they want something? Will this madness ever end? Why can’t I be rich?
16. Name three drinks you consume regularly. Water. Coffee. Tea.
17. Current worries. I don’t like using the word worries. I prefer to call unstable situations as concerns. With that what concerns me at the present or whenever I think about it is the future of one of my children. There’s a huge question mark hanging over this situation which is burdensome but I have to trust God and know that He’s at work. Whatever happens next, I’m leaning on Him for full understanding. All you can do is the best you can and when trouble comes knocking then all you can do is pray as a parent. Some kids refuse to apply Biblical teachings to their lives.
18. Current hates. Political correctness. Grow up America! This is how I survived all these years….
19. Favorite place to be? Anywhere in the mountains! We haven’t been much in the past year with DH’s eye healing and we miss going but hopefully that will change this year.
20. How did you bring in the New Year? We brought in 2018 like we do every year. We had a movie marathan and ate pizza with lots of yummy snacks. As the clock approached the new year, we watched the ball drop in Time Square and at midnight, we greeted 2018 with kisses to one another. After, we raised our glasses of Martnelli sparkling apple cider tossing to a good year ahead. 🙂
21. Where would you like to go? I’d love to go to Maine. Now, that DD#2 lives there we hope to make a trip later this year. cross fingers It’s a beautiful state!
22. Name three people who will do this. I’m not going to put pressure on anyone for this undertaking but I hope if you like it you’ll borrow the questions which you’ll find under my “Cathy Chats” tab at the top to create a ’40 Question’ post, then invite me to read your responses.
23. Do you own slippers? Yes. I like keeping my feet warm in the cooler months and on the coldest days nothing seems to help.
24. What color is your shirt? Red
25. Do you like sleeping in satin sheets? No, I never cared for them. Satin sheets aren’t cozy. I actually prefer flannel sheets year round.
26. Can you whistle? Yeah but not as good as I used to. I wonder why that is?
27. Where are you now? My make-shift home office in the dining room. This has always been Grand Central Station as a home school family. Hopefully, after we move into a larger home then I can have a room dedicated for my special place.
28. Would you be pirate? Nope. I’m not a thief, I don’t like to drink, and I hate deep water.
29. Favorite candy? Hershey’s Reese’s Cup! At Christmas I made some excellent milk and white chocolate peanut butter balls which always makes me think of a Reese’s.
30. Least favorite chore? Cleaning the bathroom.
31. Favorite food? This is easy, Mexican food is my favorite. I could eat this every day and when I was prego I couldn’t get enough.
32. What’s in your pocket? Surprisingly, nothing. Normally, I can find either my phone or a Kleenex tissue or both.
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Honestly, I don’t remember because I laughed about something every day. The world is full of idiotic people doing or saying some of the stupidest things. I guess the most memorable thing is from the Olympics when Ester Ledecka took the gold in the Women’s Super-G. Her stunned expression just cracked me up!
34. What’s your favorite animal? Big cats – lions and tigers.
35. What’s your worst injury? I’ve been blessed with feel injuries. The worst injury I recall happened in 1994 after DS’s birth. We went to Cades Cove to ride bikes. I was out of shape and found it difficult to pull some of the hills around the one-way 11-mile loop road. The first big one I came to, I struggled to climb it but exhausted I quickly stopped for fear I would wreck myself and the car behind me. When I did, my foot made a miss slip and the toe clip grabbed the front of my shin digging out a 3″ gash. I still wrecked but in the gravel beside the road. Thankfully, DH was following behind in the car and soon came to my rescue. That was all the riding I got to do that day, too.
36. How many TVs in your house? We have a 50″ plasma TV in the livingroom and an old analog TV in our bedroom which we do not use. I’m not sure it works.
37. Worst pain? Forgetting childbirth, the worse pain I’ve experienced was in 2013. I had an acute case of diverticulitis which rendered me useless for months with my body riddled with infection. The inflammation made it painful to walk. I barely could raise my legs to get in the shower.
38. Do you like to dance? Once upon a time, I could dance but not so much anymore. I forgot everything I knew but that’s okay disco is out anyhow. I like moving to mewsic and you can find me often boogieing around the house while listening to the tunes.
39. Are your parents living? I’m blessed to have my parents still.
40. Do you enjoy camping? If you asked me this question when I was in Girl Scouts then the answer would be yes but these days…not really. I can tolerate it like once every hundred years. 1980 was the last time we went camping. At the rate of my tolerance, then our next scheduled trip will be 2080. 🙂
After this week, I’m scaling back on my daily posts while I prep for next month’s A to Z Challenge. I’m linking up taking a HOT coffee break with Stacy Uncorked and Eugenia @BrewNSpew this morning and you’re invited to come with and let me remind you to visit again tomorrow for not-so Wordless Wednesday.
