Wednesday Hodgepodge

I always look forward to Wednesdays and the Hodgepodge!

1. What makes you stand to your feet and cheer?

A touchdown for The University of Texas Longhorns if I'm at a football game.

2. What's your favorite patriotic song?

This is a hard one. I LOVE patriotic music. I like a lot of them for a lot of different reasons but it's hard to beat Stars and Stripes Forever!

3. Do you believe that opposites attract? If you have a significant other are you opposites?

I think that is true many times; we subconsciously look for what we lack. My man and I are opposite in many ways.

4. You're going to get a behind the scenes look someplace...where would you like that someplace to be?

A Broadway show.

5. How far would you have to travel to ride a carousel (merry-go-round)?

Only about three hours. There's a really nice old-fashioned one at a mall in Houston. It even has two levels. My girl loves it.

6. When was the last time you saw fireworks? What was the occasion? Do you enjoy fireworks?

I love fireworks. We don't generally go, though, because the crowds and traffic are such a pain. And we live outside the city limits where folks set off some pretty spectacular ones of their own, so we sometimes get a good show just sitting on our driveway! We did see some a couple of years ago but for the life of me I can't remember where or when it was.

Sadly, we are in such a horrific drought that all fireworks have been banned and even the big shows put on by the city of Austin and the surrounding towns have been canceled.

7. Of all the 'beauty products' you own, what item do you consider to be the most overpriced?

I've always thought foundation is ridiculously expensive. I just switched to a mineral powder foundation and it seems to be much more reasonable.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I love to read. (Surprise, surprise!) The books to be read for reviews and to prepare for my interviews in Atlanta (coming up in TEN DAYS!!) beckon to me. And then the other day I realized that this is the year my nursing license renewal requires me to submit proof of continuing education, and so another book was ordered. It's not nearly as enticing!