Chats & Hodgepodge

How exciting! Next week, Patrice & Wendell are throwing a party. There’s going to be prizes and everything. I’ll be there with bells on, Pat & Wendell, you can count me in!

Now, grab a cup of coffee and join in today’s farmhouse chats.

1. What’s your favorite room in your home? My favorite room would have to be the living room because this is where we spend so much time as a family.
2. If you could go anywhere on a vacation, all expense paid, where would it be? That’s an easy question, no brain power for this one. I would pick Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine.
3. Were you a girl scout or in any similar program? Yes, I was in the Girl Scouts. I have some fond memories from those early years.
4. What’s your favorite frozen treat? Definitely ice cream!
5. Are you NASCAR or the elderly lady with the pillbox hat when you drive? I’m a cross between NASCAR & crazy old lady driver (not that I’m old coz I’m not!). This is largely because I don’t drive much. When I do, I’m a little apprehensive behind the wheel, but I drive too fast (in my opinion) and I sometimes cut others off (totally accidental – it’s my nerves). Otherwise, I’m a pretty good driver. Hey, I see you shaking your head saying, “Yeah, right!” What do you mean by that?

1. The Summer Olympics begin next week and London is playing host. If you had the chance to go in person which (non-Olympic) London site would you most like to visit?

It will be a huge challenge to get me to travel anywhere by plane. So, good luck with that one. However, we can all daydream of faraway places. That being said, then I think I would like to see Windsor Castle because I think it would be so cool to visit a castle and pretend I am a princess for a day.

2. What is something in your life right now that feels like an Olympic event?

My weight loss progress, except I’m not a gold medalist, I’m flubbing big time! There are times when I feel like I’m taking the lead on this thing to find myself in the last place when I step on the scales at my weekly weigh-ins. Everything I do just isn’t cutting it. Okay, I lost a whole half pound last week. Isn’t that just disgusting? I mean, I workout HARD and I have an eagle eye count on my calories. What more can I do? Seezh, I don’t know!

3. What’s your favorite supper to prepare and serve when it’s too hot to cook?

Ice Cream? This is what my family would want. I would have to be the party pooper by saying no to the fun. I do remember one time while on vacation, we had ice cream for dinner. The kids thought it was a blast, but I was still hungry afterward and sick.

4. July 18th is National Get Out of the Doghouse Day…when was the last time you were ‘in the doghouse’?

The question should be when are you not in the doghouse? with me. I mean, I’m forever like doing something which causes someone to be annoyed with me. No, I’m not paranoid. Okay, yes, I’m paranoid! But, that still doesn’t change the fact I do things which cause these general symptoms in people – headbanging, gnashing of teeth, pulling hair out, slip of the tongue,…. well, you get what I’m saying. Rover may as well just get used to me being a permanent roomy with him.

5. What television advertisement do you find particularly irritating or inappropriate? You may not answer with ‘all of them’. I know some of you were thinking about it.

For some reason, don’t ask me, but the Progressive auto insurance commercials with Flo really irritate me. I just think that woman is annoying. Does anyone else feel like me? I mean, I know she’s in character and more chances than not, she’s nothing like this. Which makes me question, why does such a large company like Progressive use her? Well, I guess anyone who doesn’t care if someone is spying on them. Yeah, that’s what Progressive does with that little tracker thingy under the hood of their (your) car (or where ever it is it clips in) logging how fast you go or how far from home you travel to work, all in order (so they say) to give you those huge discounts is a bunch a poppycock! That’s called spaying, in my opinion. Just saying is all, but…if you’re happy with that and you don’t mind others prying in your life…. okay, enough said…..next question. Remember, I’m paranoid.

6. Share one piece of interesting news from the year you were born.

Since we are facing the summer Olympics in a few weeks, as Joyce pointed out and although figure skating falls in the winter Olympics, let’s remember the World Figure Skating Team that died in a plane crash in 1961. You can read more here.

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