A Royal Hodgepodge

It's Hodgepodge day or Wednesday, whichever you prefer. I like, Hodgepodge day because it's fun and all the Hodgepodgers always have such fun and interesting Hodgepodge posts to read and enjoy. Let's get to it! Oh, I may have gone off on a tangent vent of sorts in the random thought but that's what random is all about, right? Ha!

1. The last place you visited/patronized where you felt like you were given 'the royal treatment'? I feel like I give the royal treatment rather than receive it. I'm not comfortable being treated like royalty but I do like to dote on others. I will say, however, my girls do a good job of trying to give me the royal treatment and would probably appreciate it if I would just relax and let them. LOL

2. The last task you completed that was a 'royal pain'? Well, I got the probate process started so that was fun. Ha!

3. How have your strengths helped you succeed? I have strengths in dedication, persistence, diligence which have helped me go strong and not give up. I have a creative streak as well which helps. How have your faults hindered you? Suffice it to say, I am my own worse enemy. 

4. If you found a remote that could rewind, fast forward, stop and start time, what would you do with it? Rewind and then hope it had a slow forward on it. 

5. Any special plans for the Memorial Day weekend? Just working on packing up Mother's things. Will you in some way honor or recognize the meaning of this day (remembering people who died in service to their country)? Probably not unless my brother who lives next door to Mother's house hosts a cookout or his wife who is one of the best cooks in the world cooks for us...HINT HINT. Have you ever been to Arlington National Cemetery? Yes. Does your town do anything special to mark the day? I think they do something at Patriot's Point. 

6.  Insert your own random thought here. After jumping through some probate hoops yesterday I barely have a thought of any kind rolling around up there. And I thought this was going to be easy. HA. Double HA. H.A. 

I did watch the royal wedding and I loved it. My favorite part was Bishop Curry's sermon. I know those Brits never 'had church' up in there before. I thought Oprah was about to get the Holy Spirit but she was able to keep it to a bit of gentle swaying. ;)

What a wedding it was and this is from someone who doesn't love weddings. I still believe weddings and funerals are a big racket for people to make money. But y'all have heard me say all that before so I'll move on. 

Have y'all heard the news about one of our super tall bridges? The Wando bridge? First, let me say for 4-6 months I've been waking up at night freaking out about that bridge for some reason. I had visions of falling off along with others driving on it. A couple weeks ago, the DOT shut the Wando bridge down because one of the supporting cables BROKE. Thaaaat's right. Looks like my intuition is still intact, unlike the bridge. Ha! If you think traffic was bad down here before...

I won't even go into all that is wrong with this whole thing from the actual building of the bridge to the breaking of the cable to what they're thinking about doing next because ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! It cost $32 million to build and opened in 1991 and was only supposed to last 50 years. Yeah, didn't make it. So they're going to open it back up in 4 weeks with a TEMPORARY fix. Meanwhile, they've opened the eastbound side to 2-way traffic which is STUPID just think about the Grace bridge and the tragedies that happened on it from time to time. And do we even need to discuss the costly repairs they had to make on it when the bridge was only 4 years old??? 

Lord help us all as we continue to be duped by the DOT and local officials. 

Guess I had a random thought or two rattling around after all. 


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