It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hodgepodge

Well, we're back to chilly weather. If we're not all sick by now, it's a miracle.  It looks like the end of the hot weather has finally arrived, though. And I am so totally digging the cold! 

We have a production of Oliver Twist at school tomorrow. The students are so excited! And it's contagious because now I am too! Meanwhile, it's time for the Hodgepodge!

1. What lesson has failure taught you? Never give up. NEVER. No matter what. Which may be related to my stubbornness that makes me refuse to accept failure and keep trying until I succeed. It's actually quite annoying. 

2. What decision are you glad you made? To stay home and raise the lovelies. Even though it means I have no financial independence. It was a good decision and I'm still glad I made it. 

3. I've been a little bit surprised to see fully lit and decorated Christmas trees popping up for the past several weeks in friend's Instagram feeds. So tell the truth-is your tree up and decorated, and if so when did that happen? If not, when will you be decking the halls? I've noticed a lot of folks decorating really early this year. But not me. As a matter of fact, no matter how much I love Christmas, I am not planning on decorating this year. DoodleBug and Mr. Negative won't clean up their areas and keep them that way so it has thrown me off the decorating train. I have to follow my routine which is a deep clean that stays clean throughout the holiday season. They are not cooperating. So, no decorations. 

4. Solitaire-Poker-Rummy-Hearts-Go Fish-Old Maid...which game of cards would you most like to join? Probably Solitaire. But I do enjoy a good game of Hearts. 

5. This question comes to you courtesy of a Facebook friend, who once upon a time had a blog...When you're feeling stressed do you snack a lot or are you more the 'can't eat' type? I used to stress snack but not as much nowadays. I feel like I've gotten this pretty much under control. 

6.  Have you ever reviewed a product or service on line? Was your review favorable or less than favorable? Yes. I do it from time to time and 98% of the time the review is positive. It really has to suck or they have to really tick me off for me to review negatively. I feel like they get enough negatives so I try to stick with the positive. 

7. What was the best conversation you had yesterday? It was with my assistant principal and it was about conscious discipline. Blog post to follow eventually regarding conscious discipline. 

8.  Insert your own random thought here. Thanksgiving will be here next week. Only DoodleBug, Birdie and SonInLawIntended will be here. I've learned to live with not having all the lovelies home for holidays. But I have NOT learned to like it. Everyone will be together for Christmas except Birdie and SonInLawIntended. They are going to see his grandmother. In Indiana. For Christmas. Yes, I know it's good that they go see her since she's 86 or so years old and only sees them every other to every third year. But I still want them here for Christmas. Sue me.