Wednesday Hodge Podge

I'm linking up to Wednesday Hodge Podge at From This Side of the Pond.

1. It is officially fall here in North America...I realize not everyone who participates in the Hodgepodge lives in North America but if you do, what's your favorite memory of Summer 2011? If you're not in North America, what's your favorite memory of the season just ending on your side of the world? 

Wow, that's a hard one. I would have to say the weekend my Mom, my sister and her husband, her grandchildren and my niece Amy came down. We went out to eat with both my children, their spouses, and all my grandchildren. Then we went and played miniature golf afterwards. We had a blast. And it was great having so much of the family together.

2. Your favorite nut? You know I mean the edible kind, right?

It would have to be cashews. I love salted peanuts and redskins as well. But cashews are without a doubt the winner. The saltier, the better.

3. What activity puts your sense of balance to the test?

Simply walking. :) Seriously, I am not the most graceful person in the world. If you check out my legs at any given time, you are sure to see two or three big bruises where I have walked right into something. For some reason, I think you need to walk at warp speed 24/7. Add to that my general clumsiness and you get someone who trips on her own two feet. The funniest thing though is that during all my years at school, the one thing I did the best in gym class and the one thing I enjoyed the most and always got an "A" on was the balance beam. I could walk it with my eyes closed. I could lay down on that narrow little beam and do a backwards somersault and never fall off. But I can't walk on level ground. Go figure.

4. How would you describe your sense of humor?

Warped. I can find humor in some of the strangest things. Sometimes, I will say or do something and I just crack myself up. Other warped people love my sense of quirky humor because I actually "get" them. I see people who take themselves way to seriously. If you cannot laugh at yourself, who can you laugh out. I do some dumb things sometimes. You know, those "I can't believe I did that" moments when you look to see if anybody saw you. But the bad part is, I find it so funny that I tell everybody what I did. It's good to be able to laugh at ourselves.

5. September 28th is National Ask a Stupid Question Day...what's your stupid question?

I think the most stupid question in the world is one that I ask all the time. I will call my mom...on her home land line and when she answers I'll ask "Are you home?" Well, duh. If she wasn't home, how is she answering her phone. Of course, she always chuckles and says no she's somewhere else. I don't know why I do that every single solitary time I call her, but I do. Now, that is a stupid question.

6. Roller skates~hula hoop~jump rope...which activity would you most enjoy? Yes, you have to choose.

Without a doubt a jump rope. I don't have the hip/belly co-ordination for a hula hoop. Not to mention it is not a pretty site to watch me even try that one. Roller skating is something I have never learned to do well. I can move around the rink good enough, but I have to be close to the bar in case I panic and I start from a standing position, use my left toe to push me and never pick up my right foot at all. Again, not really graceful. But jump rope is something that I still love to do at 54. It is also something that is a great way to exercise. You can burn a lot of calories jumping rope and get in really good shape IF you can handle the embarrassment of the neighbors watching you jump rope by yourself.

7. What's your most sentimental possession?

I have many sentimental possessions and things that mean the world to me because of who gave it to me. But I guess the one thing that I just adore and have had the longest is a little plastic basket of poinsettias. My Mamaw Eden took me shopping when I was 5 years old. We went on the bus to downtown Huntington and went in McCroy's Five & Dime. Mamaw loved poinsettias and had them all over her house at Christmas. I picked this little basket up and loved it. Mamaw bought it for me for 10 cents so I could set poinsettias out every Christmas too. That was 50 years ago this coming December and this little basket is still the very first Christmas item I set out every single year.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Saw this on Facebook and it gave me a good chuckle. "There's A Rumor Going Around That Boys Are Tougher Than Girls. Oh Please , Can You Carry A 7lb Baby In Your Stomach For 9 Months And Survive Hours Of Labour ? Can You Cook , Clean , And Talk On The Phone All At The Same Time ? Can You Walk In 5 Inch Heels ? Can You Cry All Night Then Wake Up The Next Day Like Everything Is Okay ? Remember Guys , Women Are Only Helpless Till Their Nail Polish Dries."

Have a great over-the-hump day!