Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Hunting Down the Hodgepodge


I'm glad to have the opportunity to join in the Hodgepodge today!


1. My hubs spent last weekend pheasant hunting. Are there hunters in your family? If so, what do they hunt? Which of the following have you tasted-pheasant, rabbit, venison, duck, goose? Which of those would you most like to taste, or be most willing to taste?

Vegetarians keep calm and Hodgepodge on.


No hunters in my family, and glad I am of that! Although if I'd grown up with it, I might have a different opinion. (Actually, my brother did hunt for a few years with his in-laws during his first marriage. I was ten when he married and I remembered being completely grossed out about it.) I have tasted venison and hated it. When my girl and I were in Germany I had duck and it was better than I anticipated but way too small to be worth the effort. I'm pretty much a beef and chicken girl. Emphasis on the beef!

2. What high spot have you visited that gave you a wonderful 'bird's eye view' of something below?

The San Jacinto Monument. The University of Texas Tower. The Grand Canyon. Lookout Mountain. And various scenic overlooks in the Rockies and the Smoky Mountaints.

3. Do you have any birds in your home? These could be either real live pets or decorative, as in bird prints, knickknacks, fabric or pottery.

I'm sure there is one somewhere, especially among the mementos my sister brought back from South America, but right now one doesn't come to mind.

4. Tell about a time you 'killed two birds with one stone'?

I'm a wife and mom. That's a regular occurrence!

5. Your favorite song with a bird in it's title?

His Eye is on the Sparrow.



6. What most recently gave you goose bumps?

The way God intertwines our lives. It is uncanny how many times I have met someone and discovered a common friend, a connection from the past, etc. It happened recently with a patient.

7. Halloween is this Friday...any plans? Did you trick or treat as a child? Carve pumpkins? Share your most memorable costume.

I'm working. We trick-or-treated until the guy put cyanide in the pixy sticks. Turned out it was the father but that was the end of safe and innocent Halloween. That was 40 years ago this Halloween.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I hate how much Christmas has intruded into fall. A couple of weeks ago I was in a small store and they had Christmas music playing, loud! Outside on the railing they had both a large pumpkin and a Christmas tree. It made my head hurt.



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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

A Spooky Hodgepodge


1. What's something you're dealing with that might be described as tricky?

What we've been doing in our house for the past week or so: putting in flooring and getting some of our carpets restretched. There are only so many places you can put furniture (and books out of bookcases, etc.!) when almost every room is impacted. I've been wishing Mary Poppins would show up and just levitate everything up to the ceiling for a bit!

2. What's your treat of choice?

Dark-chocolate covered almonds. Or homemade chocolate chip & pecan cookies.

3. Did you/will you carve a jack-o-lantern this month? Which real (living or dead) or fictional 'Jack' would you most like to meet in person? Why?

No jack-o-lanterns for me. I did it once, and cleaning out that slimy pumpkin wasn't worth the hassle! LOL

I googled the name Jack and didn't find anyone that I particularly want to meet.

4. In your opinion, what's the grossest sounding word in the English language?

Splat.

5. When did your heart last skip a beat?

Probably while I was writing this. One of the joys of having a heart murmur!

6. Monster Mash by Bobby 'Boris' Picket, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon, or Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters...your favorite 'scary' tune?

None of those. I love this and don't think of it as scary, but it does work for a great scary tune: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

7. It was a dark and stormy night when______________________________.

. . .the electricity went out in the middle of a thunderstorm.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I have always loved poetry. One of my favorites for this time of year is Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley.

The Gobble-uns 'll git you
Ef you
Don't
Watch
Out!




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