HUMP DAY HOPS!

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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. George Washington-Abraham Lincoln-Thomas Jefferson...who would you most like to meet and why?  Thomas Jefferson because I would love to discuss his philosophy (so hard when it has to be pieced together from journals, letters, papers, etc) and discover what it was like being part of the democratic revolution in America.  

2. What's your favorite chain restaurant?  Right now it's Brixx pizza- they offer the gluten free option! And the pizza is really good!

3. I spied this question on the Bears at Home blog last week and she gave me permission to steal borrow it-

When you look back on your life, do you imagine you'll think about the goals you failed to meet with regret? Or will you look at what you accomplished and say: it was good? For the most part, I look at what I accomplished and say it is all good. I don't look at un-achieved goals as failures, but more as things that were not as important as once thought. 

4. Grapefruit-take 'em or leave 'em? Given the choice between an orange and a grapefruit which would you choose? Would you prefer it served as is or squeezed into juice? Grapefruit = YUCK. I would, and do, choose an orange every time. As is please.

5. When was the last time you cleaned out a closet? Is there a closet in your home that currently needs cleaning? What are you waiting for?I sort of cleaned out one last month. Yes there are a couple that need cleaning. I am waiting for Armageddon. Apparently. 

6. You get to have lunch with three famous people...who would you like to see round your table? I'm not a fan of famous people. Well, depending on what they are famous for. And is this dead OR alive? Hmmm...DoodleBug says she would like to have Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Joni Mitchell. Living, I guess I would like to see Michele Obama, Bill Cosby and Hillary Clinton. The list of those who have gone on is quite extensive and there is no way I could narrow that one down to only three. 

7. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your ability to parallel park?That would be a -100. I can't do it to save my life.

8. Insert your own random thought here. I enjoyed such a lovely dinner last night with Hubs and DoodleBug for Valentine's Day.

I made salmon on fresh baby spinach and brown rice

and this delicious gluten free, completely from scratch, coconut cake. SO GOOD!

Here's the inside- and part of the card I made for DoodleBug

Hubs and Tucker after dinner.

Next up is a HUMP DAY HOP from Patrice at Everyday Ruralty called Chats on the farmhouse porch! Sometimes we get to visit with Wendell the wonder horse too!

Questions:

1. Did you do anything special for Valentine's Day? Not really. I am not much on Valentine's Day. I did prepare a meal for Hubs and DoodleBug (who came over from school to join us). You can see the pictures above.
2. What was the last craft item that you made? Valentine's Day cards for the lovelies and their fellas, my mom and her sister and one of my brothers and his wife. You can see part of DoodleBug's in one of the pictures above.
 3. Are you planning a garden? Are you swamped with seed catalogs? I am planning a garden but I am not swamped with seed catalogs. I have my seeds already and we don't usually buy seeds from catalogs. We just have a small raised bed area in the yard for growing veggies.
4. What cosmetics do you have in your purse? Zip. Ziltch. Zero. Nada. Don't do cosmetics.
5. When there is a room to be painted in your home, who does the painting? Well, Hubs does it but I do get in there and help- mostly with the prep work though, which I hate but it has to be done when Hubs is involved. He is such a perfectionist. I would paint but I kind of suck at it so I mostly cut in the walls and he does the rolling. He's really, really good at it but he really, really hates to paint. Oh, and he cuts in the ceiling part because he gets tired of getting the ceiling paint out to cover up where I get the wall paint on the ceiling. I try really hard not to but, like I said, I suck at it. Ok, truth. I hate it and I get bored which leads to getting in a hurry which means paint on the ceiling. And everywhere else. Including myself and Hubs. AND, this last time, I stepped in some and didn't realize it until I walked through part of the house. Yeah, painting is a real treat around here. 

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