Adulting through Life and the Hodgepodge

Here we are back on Wednesday. Sadly, there's no winter weather this time other than cold and the predicted wet snow that will fall with the rain today while our friends further north within the state will get some of that lovely winter white wonder called snow. I am so grateful we did see some this year but that won't stop me from wanting more. I'm selfish like that. Oh, all you lovely folks way up north or in the great midwest- yeah, that's TOO much and while I appreciate your willingness to share I think I'll pass on 250 feet of snow and ice and subzero temps. But, thanks!

Let's get on with the reason we're all here- the Hodgepodge!

1. What keeps you blogging? My enjoyment of it, my determination to write, the itch to express my voice, and the interaction with other blogging friends. 

2. Some people like to travel in the winter months. Do you enjoy the beach in winter? YES! So much better than any other time of year. According to Southern Living the best U.S. beach towns to visit this winter are-

St Simons Island (Georgia), Hilton Head (South Carolina), Bald Head Island (North Carolina), Seaside (Florida), Bay St. Louis (Mississippi), Cape San Blas (Florida), South Padre Island (Texas), Folly Beach (South Carolina), Chincoteague (Virginia), Duck Key (Florida), Nags Head (North Carolina), and Fairhope (Alabama)

Have you been to any of the towns listed (in any season)? Yes- St Simons, Hilton Head, Bald Head, Folly, and Nags Head. Which on the list appeals to you most this winter? None because I live so close to the beach why bother traveling? I'll just head over to Sullivan's Island which is a mere 3.1 miles from my front door. I would walk over but I'm still not back into my walking habit. Why not Folly? It's not the same Folly it was way back in the day and the traffic getting over there is RIDICULOUS.  

3. What's a song you're embarrassed to know all the lyrics to? I can't think of any. Are you really embarrassed or do just think you should be? Neither. If I like a song, I like it and do not care whether anyone else does or not. That being said, there are songs I know but cannot stand getting stuck in my head. They aren't embarrassing as much as they are annoying. And I never think of those until someone starts humming or singing one and it gets stuck in my head. Then I remember it. Ha!

4. When you were a kid what's something you thought would be fantastic as an adult, but now that you're an adult you realize it's not all that fantastic? Making my own decisions and doing whatever I want to do. Ha! The decisions are not easy and we never get to do everything we want. Adulting. is. a. trap. 

 

5. Share a quote you hope will inspire you in 2018. 

But seriously--

6. Insert your own random thought here. My 2018 calendar finally arrived. It's late because I ordered it late not because it took forever to get here. Can't blame this one on the USPS. My mother used to buy me a new calendar as part of my Christmas every year and I always loved the folk art ones. One year Mother couldn't find a folk art calendar so she got me a different one and it was very nice and about as close to folk art as one can get without it actually being folk art so it was fine except I looked at that thing every time I went into the kitchen and lamented over it not being a folk art calendar. That was one hell of a year. Why? Because I am super picky about my calendars. Super. Picky. So I started buying my own calendars every year in order to avoid the horror of the non-folk art calendar year ever happening again. I think I might be a bit too picky but when you find one the meets all you calendar criteria, you stick with it.  

Here's the cover of last year's calendar. It was perfect. 

Here's the sleeve this year's calendar came in because the
calendar is already hanging in the kitchen and I didn't want to
walk the 100 steps in there to take a picture of January. Ha! 

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