Takin' It Slow with the Hodgepodge

Y'all, this kid is pulling up on EVERYTHING in my house whether it's stable or not. Mostly not. It's like she decided ok, I've crawled now LET'S WALK! And we're all like, NO! Seriously, she's just going to get up and do it any day now. Meanwhile, Grandma, who thought she knew exhaustion, is really just discovering what exhaustion truly is. Just redirect her, you say. That would be fine except REDIRECTION DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS KID. She looks at you like, yeah, I see what you're doing but I was trying to pull up on this ANYTHING UNSTABLE so that's what I'm going to do. And she does and I break my neck getting over there to hold the UNSTABLE THING steady. She's so busy every second of the day. And so CUTE! Until you take something away from her. No, she's still cute even when she's arching her back and throwing her head back while uttering her total discontent for your bad decision and as with the pulling up thing, REDIRECTION DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS KID. She forgets NOTHING and she is totally focused. There's no containing this little stinker. I've never been a fan of the old playpens but I'm changing my mind. I kid, I kid. She's the BEST and I'm grateful to spend this time with her every day! 

Thank goodness I can take it slow and easy with the Hodgepodge every Wednesday! 

1. 'Slow and steady wins the race'...tell us about a time this was true in your own life. I'll have to tell y'all about this when it actually happens. When it comes to slowing things down, my intentions are good but follow through isn't. Although I am getting closer. 

2. 'As slow as molasses'...Do you like molasses? Not really unless it's called for in a recipe. How about maple syrup? Yes. Caramel? Yes. Butterscotch? Yes. What's your favorite of the slow moving treats mentioned here, and what's your favorite food made with that sweet treat? I'm not sure. Maybe this depends on my mood of the moment like everything else. Ha! Y'all know I have an incurable sweet tooth and these are some of my favorites. I love maple syrup on pancakes and on vanilla ice cream. I love caramel ANYTHING but especially one of those little caramel cubes of candy. I love butterscotch when it's my mother's butterscotch fudge or butterscotch pie. And I love the memories that a piece of butterscotch hard candy evokes. 

3. Your favorite slow song? That's a hard one. I love so many songs regardless of tempo that it's always impossible to narrow them down to one favorite. But I always love this one no matter my mood:

4. Your favorite thing to make in a slow cooker or crock pot? There are many things I like to make in the crock pot. A couple of years ago we made several breakfast dishes in crock pots for Christmas morning brunch and those were good. I have a chicken and noodle dish and a pasta dish that are pretty good. Cherry dump cake is pretty good, too. OH! There's a hot chocolate recipe that is delicious! But I don't think I have a favorite. Wait! Maybe my mother's meatballs that we put in the crock pot for Christmas Eve and when we host oyster roasts. Basically, I just enjoy using the crock pot because that means it's cold enough outside so it doesn't really matter what's cooking. 

5. 'You may delay, but time will not.' ~Benjamin Franklin Are you more a hurrier or a delayer when it comes to unpleasant tasks that need doing? I lean towards hurrier. I want to get it over with. I'm always tackling the unpleasant tasks before the others. If I don't take care of those unpleasant ones first, they will not get done. What are you currently either delaying or hurrying to get through this week or month? Nothing that comes to mind. 

6. Tell us three things you encounter regularly or even just occasionally that you find to be annoyingly slow. This poor laptop who takes a lot of abuse and holds so much for me so I try to be so good to it. The passing of summer heat. 

7. March is National Craft Month. Are you crafty? I'm not as crafty as I'd like to be. Or maybe I am rather crafty but, by comparison, I don't feel crafty. My mother is EXTREMELY crafty to the point it's a talent and each of the lovelies is crafty to a degree. Check out the high chair pads below. Tell us about something crafty you'll try in the next thirty-one days. I'll be working on more items for CoasterDoodles (my Etsy shop) Or something crafty you'd like to try or wish you had the skill to make happen. There are so many things I'd love to be able to do, quilting comes to mind, but I lack the skill and/or patience to do them. Mostly, the patience is lacking. 

I pulled the high chair out of the attic that the lovelies used and realized it needed a pad. I searched the internet and refused to pay $75 or above for those cute ones on Etsy so I called my mother. She made herself a pattern for the covers because she wanted me to be able to take them off to wash them, found some seersucker fabric and fashioned the pads. She decided the top needed a little clown so she just cut one out of felt. Just cut one out. Made her own pattern. Those are two phrases I cannot use when discussing my crafting abilities.

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Have a great rest of the week, y'all!