HUMP DAY HOPS!

HUMP day is here which means it is FINALLY time for my THREE favoritey fun HUMP DAY HOPS!

If you're here for Chats on the Farmhouse Porch or Get Wired Wednesday only, then scroll down.

First up this week is WEDNESDAY HODGE PODGE from Joyce at From This Side of the Pond.  This meme is fun and sometimes even poses a challenge (read: she makes us use our noggins!).   

1. How do you typically react in a sudden, extreme, pressure-filled crisis? Would we want you nearby in an emergency?  I hold together well in these situations. Or, at least I have thus far. Whenever the lovelies got hurt I always kept it together until way later. But, once they were in bed, I would lose it. Luckily, Hubs was always there to pick up the pieces. The biggest thing that I've experienced outside of the family was at school when I was working as an interventionist. We had lock-down drills every month or so. But, on this particular day, the code word was used so we knew this was NOT a drill. We had a group in our room and noticed that some first graders had just returned to school from a field trip and were playing on the back playground. Without giving it a moment's thought, we rushed out there and brought them into our room--which was one of the freaking trailers in the back of the school. We had the kids sitting in position and we sat there for TWO HOURS while trying to reassure everyone and keep them quiet and entertained. All was fine- a man tried to shoot his father across the street and had run onto school grounds and into the woods BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND! It was scary because we had no idea what was going on. We just knew that it was NOT a drill. But I totally held it together. It's amazing what you can do when the safety of children is threatened! 

2. Caramel apple-caramel sundae-caramel corn-caramel macchiato...of the four, which caramel treat would you choose? None of the above. When I was eating sugar I LOVED Kraft Caramels. But that's it.

3. Is there such a thing as destiny? Explain. I don't know. Sometimes I think people use a belief in destiny to justify inappropriate behavior. For example, I know someone who reconnected with an old boyfriend and had an affair with him. She justified it by saying it was their destiny to reconnect and unite. Right. Whatev. I certainly don't like the thought that someone was destined to be murdered or raped or molested. I think I am more of a believer of random events and outcomes.  

4. What's your favorite piece of furniture? I'm referring to something currently in your possession as opposed to something on your wish list. It's a toss up between my Grandmother's cedar chest and my Great Grandmother's side board. I love them both so much!

5. Wednesday night marks the start of the 2011 Baseball World Series. Did you know? Do you care? Will you be watching? Ever been to a professional baseball game? If you're not an American do you find the title 'World Series' annoying or amusing? BASEBALL? Ewww...give me FOOTBALL or BASKETBALL or SOCCER. But BASEBALL? B.O.R.I.N.G.  However, my brother, Hubs and DoodleBug LOVE baseball!

6. A sound that takes me back to my childhood is the fan. I had a window fan in my bedroom (no AC back then) and it would lull me to sleep. We have a fan in our bedroom that I turn on every night and it lulls me to sleep.

7. On average, once you've linked your hodgepodge post to mine how many other participant blogs do you visit? Do you ever come back to the Hodgepodge later in the day or even the day after to read posts? I do come back and read as late as the day after. I've made new friends from the Hodgepodge! I usually visit all the bloggers I already know and try to visit at least five that I do not know.

8. Insert your own random thought here. I LOVE picking up visiting lovelies from the airport. I TOTALLY HATE dropping them back off at the airport. Good-byes suck.

Next up is a HUMP DAY HOP from Patrice at Everyday Ruralty called Chats on the farmhouse porch!

 

Questions

1. What kind of camera do you use? I have a Canon EOS Rebel XS digital SLR. And I am in love with it! And grateful to Hubs who bought it for me a few years ago.
2. What will you have for Thanksgiving dinner? If not in the US, tell us about a special meal, please. I will be preparing a completely organic, gluten and sugar free meal this year. I'm still working on the recipes. And we will have a turkey because, really, what's Thanksgiving without a turkey for goodness sakes!
3. What's the biggest vehicle you've driven? Hubs used to have a big blue truck (a 3/4 ton Chevy) and I loved driving that thing! People had to get out of my way or get run over! It was AWESOME!
4. Have you ever been on a train? This can be a commuter train or the chugga-chugga-choo-choo kind.:)  Ok, my very first train experience (which you can read about right here) was so traumatizing that I have NEVER gotten on another one. EVER. And I never will.
5. What question would you like to ask the people visiting on my porch next week? When do you begin decorating for Christmas? OR Do you prefer to decorate for Christmas by yourself or do you like for everyone to join in? OR Do you decorate your house for Halloween, Thanksgiving AND Christmas or just one or two? That was a terrible way to phrase that one, wasn't it?

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