HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY

1.  April 15th is the deadline for Americans to file their state and federal income tax returns.  What's a job you do on a regular basis that could be described as "taxing"?  Well, I guess I'd have to know are we talking physically or mentally?  haha.  Seriously, I don't do a lot of what I might describe as taxing.  My knees keep me from too much physically unless you count vacuuming or laundry.  As for mentally, well A LOT of what I deal with my mom might be described as taxing.  Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE my mom, and I enjoy her company, but there is much that demands my patience and my dependence on the Lord.

2.  I'm participating in the April A-Z blog challenge, and the Hodgepodge happens to fall on Day O this week.  In keeping with that theme....olives, onions, oysters, okra...of the foods mentioned, what's your favorite O food?  Well considering I love onions in just about everything, I guess I would have to go with that.  Though I love black olives too.

3.  What is something memorable you experienced as a child that your own children (or future children./nieces/nephews) will not get to experience?  Well it really was a different time.  We spent most of our time outside just entertaining ourselves in simple, easy ways.   One thing we had though that I really LOVED was the Bookmobile.  A moving library of sorts came around once a week and we could go aboard and check out books.  We also had the bread man who drove his truck through the neighborhood every morning with fresh bread and donuts.  I can still smell it.  And! we used to have our milk delivered to our front porch.  Does it seem most of my memories involved food of some sort?  haha  Hide and go seek, running through sprinklers, and tons of sparklers on the 4th of July while we made home made ice cream comes to mind to.  Not that some of that can't be experienced by today's kids of course, but just not in the same easy way it seems.

4. Term limits for our elected officials....your thoughts?  Yes, I am DEFINITELY for them.  I think that it is important.  I do not think however that the Presidency should be more than 8 years however.  I think that it is plenty.  

5.  On April 18th 1775 Paul Revere made his famous "midnight ride"...when did you last make a midnight ride?  Perhaps the fate of a nation wasn't hanging in the balance, but tell us where you were headed anyway....Truthfully this might take some thought as me and midnight don't do well together, haha...Let's see...I think it was very close to that the last time we came home from time at Melody's.  We were soo tired and our little house and warm bed beckoned like you can't imagine.

6.  What would freak you out more...a mouse running across your floor, or a big fat hairy spider?  Oh a mouse for sure.  I hate spiders just as much, but there is just something about a mouse that flips me out.

7.  I love it when people ask me__________?  Do you REALLY have a 40 year old son?  haha.  I still hear it once in a while, but not as often as you might think.  At 58 I feel like he is catching up to me.  ; )

8.  Insert your own random thought here.  I am trying not to be upset, angry, frustrated, flipped out, stressed, concerned that mom is NOT doing well at all on her new med.  You have to get the new drug into your system for several days BEFORE you get off of the old one so that there is no break through seizures, and so to say she is SUPER drugged would be putting it mildly.  I took her to the doc's today just to make sure everything was OK, and she assured me she was fine, and so we began to slowly take away the old med today.  I don't know how long this will take, but in the meantime I am keeping a much more watchful eye on her so that she doesn't fall etc.  I have spent time in prayer this afternoon putting this all in His hands as goodness knows I really can't handle it.  I think I might just have to spend a little more too.  I did do a little sewing (mom sleeps sooo much on all this medication too) and I am officially done with all of the blankets and will start tomorrow on the burp cloths.  Here are some pictures you might enjoy.

I MADE UP ANOTHER "LITTLE" QUILT/RECEIVING BLANKET SO THAT BOTH OF THE GIRLS COULD HAVE ONE.  I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT BE MY NEW FAVORITE (DO I SAY THAT ABOUT THEM ALL? Haha) OH, AND MY HUBBY FIGURED OUT WHAT DIAL I HAD ON SO MY CAMERA IS BACK TO NORMAL.  SOMEDAY I AM GOING TO STUDY AND LEARN ALL ABOUT THIS CAMERA...I PROMISE!

CUTE...AND I FINALLY GOT MY SQUARES IN DIAGONAL ROWS, HAHA  

LARISSA WANTED ONE MADE OUT OF SATIN AS ALL OF HER BABIES HAVE LOVED THAT AND HAVE IT AS THEIR FAVORITES.  I USED MINKY WITH IT.  JUST SO YOU KNOW....NEVER AGAIN, HAHA.  WHILE I LOVE LOVE LOVE HOW MINKY LOOKS AND FEELS, IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A NIGHTMARE FOR ME TO WORK WITH.  IT STRETCHED SOO WHILE YOU WERE SEWING, AND! TOGETHER WITH THE SLIPPERY SATIN WAS JUST NOT GOOD.  IT DOES FEEL WONDERFUL, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LOOK PERFECT.  

BETTER LOOK AT THE SATIN

HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE HOW BIG HE IS GETTING.  AND LOOK AT HIS HAIR FINALLY COMING IN.  SHE SPIKES IT UP A BIT SO YOU CAN SEE IT.   IT IS SOO WHITE!  TOTAL TOWHEAD LIKE HIS MOMMY AND HIS DADDY, LOL

32 WEEKS AND STILL GROWING!  I HAVE ONLY SEEN HER ONCE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PREGNANCY : ( THANK GOODNESS FOR THE INTERNET.  

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