Crazy Students and the Hodgepodge

Just two more days and we're out for winter break. It. Cannot. Get. Here. Soon. Enough. 

Not that I want Christmas to get here and speed through it but this last week at school can end right now as far as I'm concerned. Good grief. 

I'm so glad there's the Hodgepodge to keep my mind off things for a minute or two! Unless Joyce puts some of those thinking questions in there. Then it'll take my mind off things for HOURS. :)

1. Time magazine has selected The Ebola Fighters as their person of the year for 2014. Do you agree, and if so who would you say is a close second? If you disagree with their choice, who do you think should have been chosen? If they saved a hurt animal or shut down anyone/place that causes animals to be hurt, they are my person of the year. If they saved a child from harm of any kind, they are my person of the year. If they helped a homeless person have shelter, they are my person of the year. If they fed a hungry person or animal, they are my person of the year. If they brought laughter to the lives of others, they are my person of the year. The Ebola Fighters? Maybe. But not so much in my mind. To me, it should be people of the year. If I had to narrow it down to one person, I'd probably go with this guy:

2. This question comes to you courtesy of Susan who blogs over at Stew Mama Says. She knows we have a wedding happening any minute now, and she asks, 'What's your favorite-something old? something new? something borrowed? something blue in your home?  Be sure you hop over and say hi to Susan today! Something old- my oldest and dearest friend from college. IF that's not what you mean, then I'll go with one of my grandmother's hankies. Something new? My new hiking shoes that will accompany me to the mountains in a couple of weeks--IF I get them worn in. Something borrowed? I don't borrow- honestly, I'll do without before I'll borrow something. Something blue in my house? We looked and I don't think I have anything blue in the house. We use fall colors mostly. 

3. Fudge-yay or nay? Your favorite flavor? Do you make it yourself? With nuts or without?  Fudge, YAY! Maple. Yes. I prefer it without but I make it both ways. 

4. December 17th is Wright Brothers Day, commemorating the first successful flights made by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  How old were you when you made your first flight? Do you like to fly? Have you ever been to Kitty Hawk or other parts of the North Carolina Outer Banks? I was around 19 or 20 when I first flew. I don't hate flying but I'm far from loving it. The biggest issue is my claustrophobia. I was born in NC and lived there for the first 15 years of my life so yes, I've been to the Outer Banks millions of times! Ok, not millions. Probably around ten or so times. :)

5. Do the people in your family tend to follow a particular career path, and if so what's the path? We have a ridiculous number of educators in my family. Seriously, the number is large. On both sides of my family.  

6. What is one thing you absolutely, positively must accomplish today? Sitting down for a minute. 

7. This Christmas I hope that everyone behaves themselves for goodness sake.

8. Insert your own random thought here. I'm just going to sum it up with this: 

Have a great one, y'all!