MAYbe It's The Hodgepodge

Anyone else facing 90+ degree temps this week? If not, do you have a spare room? LOL I am never ready for 90+ degree temps not even when summer officially arrives each year. Not even when it's late summer and those temps are a daily force with which to be reckoned. I can barely tolerate 80-anything. If you need me, I'll be inside. Next to the AC vent. 

And on the computer with the Hodgepodge, of course! 

1. Share a favorite memory of your mother or share a favorite something from your own life as a mother. I quite enjoyed every part of being a mother but if I had to narrow it down I would choose the holiday season- that of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Those were the best times of sharing and teaching family traditions and sharing stories from my childhood with the lovelies. Of course, the same can be said of the other holidays throughout the year but those were my favorites. My favorite memories of my mother center around her passion for kids with special needs of any kind. When we were in high school, Mother went back to college to get her degree and her Master's in School Psychology. She's helped so many kids throughout the years.  If you're a mother (or stepmom) tell us how your experience as a mom differs from your own mother's experience. I think the parents of my parent's generation were far more hands-off than my generation. My mother worked so she was hands-off but even the moms who stayed home with their kids were hands off. Probably because these were the rich moms who had maids and others to help around the house. Those moms were busy with the junior league and such. We were middle class so both my parents worked. On the weekends we were family oriented but the kids still kept to themselves and the parents did as well. I was the opposite and was hands-on with my parenting. I liked my way better. 

2. In May we celebrate teachers (May 9) and nurses (May 6) both. Most every family has at least one in their midst, so tell us something (or a few things) you appreciate about the teacher or nurse on your family tree. I come from a long line of educators and my youngest lovely is a first-grade teacher. I love that she teaches in the very same elementary school she attended as a child. A few of her teachers are still teaching there as well. The thing about Teacher Lovely is that she is one of those 'born to teach' people. She's a natural and she does not play. Those kiddos never have to guess where the boundaries lie, she is always upfront and honest and her students not only know that but they LOVE her! 

3. Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad...which would you go for if all three were on the menu? II would only choose one of those if they were the only things on the menu and it would be chicken salad. On bread or a bed of lettuce? If I'm going to blow it with all that mayo then I might as well have the bread. If you answered bread, what kind of bread would make it the perfect sandwich? Plain old country white bread. I mean, if I'm blowing it, I'm going to blow it all the way!

4. Do you have a desk? Yes. Is it organized? Yes. If so, share your secret to keeping it that way. I keep it that way because I don't use it. I need more space so I use the dining table. Ha! If you don't have a desk, where in your home do you take care of family paperwork and business? I do most everything at the dining table. Where do you normally sit to blog? Guess!

5. When I was nine years old....apparently, nothing at all happened. I even Googled the year and zip, zero, nada. I got the same results from my memory. Maybe I never turned 9. Ha!

6. Insert your own random thought here. These two:

Best dog. 

Best astronaut baby. 

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

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