A Hodgepodge of the Hodgepodge

It's that time of the week, y'all. Time for the Hodgepodge! We're enjoying some lovely rain and thunderstorms this week which are such a welcome relief from the heat and humidity nonsense. Speaking of nonsense, our school board and superintendent have sunk to an all time low. Shame on them all. The way they are handling things now is an embarrassment. Finally, a light has been cast on the lack of full disclosure, deceit, and ineptness of the superintendent. It's sad this is happening at all but you simply cannot hide when the truth comes out. Once again, the leaders downtown illustrate how little the children mean to them. Sad, sad, sad. 

Let's move on to the Hodgepodge! It's a happy place and we could all use that, right?

 

1. What color is prominent in your home? I give up, what? Are you glad about that or wishing you could cover it up or remove it? Are you talking about the walls? Then white but not stark white, I don't do stark white. It's a softer white. I'm good with it but I'm ready to change the furniture to more neutrals and use pops of color in the accents. Not that I'd actually use accent pieces. Ha!

2. What's something you'll NEVER do again? Oh gosh! How many times in my life have I said, Never. Again. In keeping with #1, I painted a ceiling decades ago and I said I'd never do it again. And I haven't. The dang ceilings can get painted by someone else or stay in need. 

3. Tell us a couple of ways you fit the stereotypes associated with your gender, and a couple of ways you don't. 

Fit: 
I make less money than men but I also make less than women because the only money I make right now is from the Etsy shop. 
I cook and do housework but only because no one else will do it. To be fair, however, you really wouldn't want to eat what the other two adults living here cook anyway so... 😂

Don't fit:
I am not quiet, I speak out and speak my mind and don't care who doesn't like it.
I do not 'do as I'm told'. As a matter of fact, anyone who tells me what to do is risking their life.
I am not known for being a damsel in distress.
I am physically strong and I can do general car maintenance by myself even though I don't like to do it. 
It takes me less time to get dressed to go out than the men I know. 
I do not cater to anyone and do not expect anyone to cater to me. 
I LOVE sports!
I do not cry much at all. Hardly ever.
I am not usually tactful.
I am not gentle
I am not indecisive.

Ok, this part could go on and on.  

4. May is Motorcycle Awareness Month. Have you ever owned a motorcycle? No. Ever ridden a motorcycle? Yes. If the opportunity presented itself would you hop on a motorcycle and go for a ride? No. 😨

5. If someone wanted to understand you, what should they read, watch, and listen to? Ha! I am not one to be understood. People have been trying for decades and only one person has gotten it right. I can't tell y'all how much I value this person's treasured friendship that began in college. 💓  If I had to---

Read: just about anything from Stephen King to biographies.

Watch: Crime shows and sitcoms.

Listen: anything other than country, opera, metal. Although I have recently listened to 2 country singers and...please don't tell anyone, I didn't hate them. 😯
6.  Insert your own random thought here. We're going to have another giveaway soon, y'all! Some of you might remember that Lovely2 has a small business selling health conscious products and we're going to giveaway a couple of products soon. Meanwhile, she asked me to take some photos of Baby M with the baby balm as Lovely2 wanted to use them for promotion on social media. Y'all should have seen the results. That child did everything but look at the camera and smile. She held the tins facing the wrong way and in the end ignored them completely. We are officially past the stage of the baby sitting and smiling at the camera. She's over it. LOL 

That's about as smiley as she got except when I wasn't taking a picture. And you can't tell what it is she's holding. 

Finally, I did this: 

Gotta love trying to take pictures of babies. I have the utmost respect for those who are successful. Shoot, I respect the fact that they even try. Ha! 

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

Please visit my Etsy shop, CoasterDoodles
and feel free to FAVORITE the shop
or buy something! :)