The HUMP DAY HOP!

It's time for WEDNESDAY HODGE PODGE from Joyce at From This Side of the Pond.  This meme is a great way to get to know some wonderful new bloggy friends and learn more about some old ones...not that I'm calling anyone OLD, mind you.   

1. July is National Ice Cream month...your favorite flavor? Soft served, hand dipped, or frozen yogurt...which do you prefer? And technically yogurt is not ice cream but its hot outside so I'll let that slide for today.  Most of the time I'm a lover of chocolate.  Every so often I'll go for strawberry, peach or cherry vanilla.  Right now, I'm not eating any of it and I will continue to ban ice cream (or yogurt) until every last pound of this excess weight comes off!  Oh, a little taste here and there won't hurt me you think?  Yes it will.  Because a little + ice cream does NOT compute for me! Oh and hand dipped, hold the sprinkles.

2. When you travel do you tend to pack too much or too little? I used to pack too much all the time no matter where we went.  With four lovelies in tow, I just never knew what we might need.  Plus, the weather changes and all that.  Now, I pack just enough.  And it only took me 27 years of marriage and raising the lovelies to figure out how. 

3. What's your favorite cleaning product?  I love Green Works wipes.  I enjoy the easy access, fast use and then throw them away.  But for the more serious cleaning days, I use elbow grease and hot water or steam. 

4. Which is the greater tragedy-an innocent person imprisoned or a guilty person set free? Explain. Geez, Joyce, couldn't you come up with a hard question?  LOL  I almost feel that, with this one, it's six of one half a dozen of the other. Giving my full opinion on this one would be nothing less than a written inner debate that would go on and on and on--so I'll spare everyone and just say that they both suck.

5. What's the longest trip you've taken by car?  When I was 12, my grandmother and I flew out to Nevada to ride back with my aunt who was finishing up teaching at a university there.  We drove from Nevada, through California, a piece of Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, and back to SC.  A wonderful time but I will NEVER do that again.  I can barely stand to go to my dad's and he's only 4 hours away! And this is one more reason why it totally sucks having three of the lovelies living far-ish away.  I am ready to shoot someone by the time we get to Breezy and BestSonInLawEVER's house which is a mere 5 hours away.  I have yet to venture up to DC to visit Deanie---9 hours away.  And Birdie in Texas at 20 hours away?  It might be time for a visit to the doctor for some Valium followed by the purchase of a plane ticket or two.

6. tennis-golf-canoeing-biking...pick one. Biking.  I hate tennis because it's boring to watch and, when I play, I end up chasing the balls more than hitting them; I enjoy watching golf but can't hit that little ball to save my life; the canoe might tip over and there might be water snakes in the water so, no to canoeing; biking is fun- especially if the town you live in has lots of bike trails...which ours doesn't- but I enjoy biking anyway.

7. What sound drives you crazy? S.N.O.R.I.N.G. I hate it.  And I am most unhappy every single time I Hubs does it. It annoys me to the point that I can't even joke around about it.  Drives. Me. NUTS. 

8. Insert your own random thought here.  We FINALLY got some of that lovely rain that some of you have been experiencing and it was TERRIFIC!  It stormed all during the wee hours of Tuesday morning and continued raining throughout the day AND was raining again this morning!  Maybe our rain deficient is only at about 8" now.  Birdie is all moved in but is frustrated with how long it takes to get things up and running.  She likes for everything to fall into place as quickly and quietly as possible.  Don't we all?!