HUMP DAY HOPS!

Christmas is ALMOST HERE!

If you're here for Chats on the Farmhouse Porch, the 25 Days of Christmas blogshare or Get Wired Wednesday only, then scroll down.

First up 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. Are you cooking Christmas dinner? How many will be round your table this year? What are we having? I am cooking. For Christmas brunch it will be Bourbon shrimp on Charleston grits. The dinner will be very traditional and resemble Thanksgiving dinner. It's just a few of us so we'll have 11 around the table.

2. What is one must-have Christmas cookie in your house? My dad's homemade oatmeal raisin for Birdie and me and his homemade chocolate chip for everyone else. He's bringing them down on Friday. But I will NOT succumb to temptation. I won't. No way. Really.

3. Santa likes a glass of milk with his cookies. Do you? What kind of milk is on tap at your house-skim? almond? soy? full fat (Gasp!) When I ate cookies I did. We use coconut milk here now. Except for DoodleBug who prefers almond milk.

4. Time magazine recently named their 'Person of the Year' for 2011. This is the person the editors believe had the greatest impact, for better or worse, in the past year. This year they chose 'The Protester'. Your thoughts? Who would you name Person of the Year for 2011?I have no thoughts on this whatsoever. I prefer to think in a more close to home manner. And, this year, I think I would choose Birdie for being so brave and moving out to Texas for grad school with no one but herself and her dog. Or DoodleBug for keeping such an amazing focus and ending her semester with a 3.5 and being so passionate about education. Or Deanie for sticking it out and persevering when the economy hit her job. Or Breezy for continuing to amaze us with her numerous talents and genius. Or Hubs who, no matter what, keeps a happy spirit and loves us all unconditionally every single day of our lives.These are the people of the year for me. They are the ones who have the greatest impact on my life.

5. December 21st is National Flashlight Day... when was the last time you needed a flashlight and did you know right where to find one? I needed one just two nights ago to see what in the heck Tucker was barking at in the backyard. And yes, I knew right where to find one.

6. candy canes...yum or yuck? Depends on the flavor- peppermint? Yuck. Just about any other flavor? Yum!

7. What Christmas carol lyric means the most to you? We Three Kings because of this (hang in there for around the 30 second mark when the camels jazz it up a bit):

And then this one but mostly when Nat King Cole sings it: 

And Carol of the Bells but only when Deanie sings it- she sounds like an angel when she sings.

Oh! And the Coventry Carol:

And so very many more! They are all meaningful to me!

8. Insert your own random thought here. Ready or not, Christmas is nearly here! And I am NOT ready. I'm just not getting myself organized or anything this year. What I need to do is stop sitting around hanging out with the lovelies and get busy! :)

Next up is a HUMP DAY HOP from Patrice at Everyday Ruralty called Chats on the farmhouse porch! Patrice made a very nice video for us this week! So hop on over there and check it out! And she's maybe making us another one soon featuring Wendell who is only the bestest horse in the whole wide world!

Questions:

1. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? The lovelies like getting their Christmas pjs every year and the opening of the sister gifts. I had tons of them when the lovelies were growing up- now I just appreciate us all being together!

2. Are you ready for Christmas? That would be one great big, ginormous- NO.

3. What would you like to talk about if you were sitting in the living room with Patrice? I would love to hear all about her farm and then chat about how great it is to raise daughters!

And NOW: 

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• AND, if you let her know, you can be a guest host one week!  

AND NOW the blogshare posts from yesterday and today are:

Allergy Free Vintage Cookery

 It's Not Over til You Quit

 

 

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