Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. In your opinion what’s the most important job in the world? Oh, and parenting is a given so besides parenting, what’s the most important job in the world?

I take great pride in being a good homemaker. Not just raising kids, but making a home for them and for my husband. I spent the past weekend canning jelly for the winter. I have canned 8 cases of jellies, and frozen gallons of tomato sauce for the winter. In this day and age, where food prices are rising, the fact that I provide for my family in this way fills me with pride. I also cook 99% of our meals from scratch. I enjoy it, and my husband tells me how important it is for him.

Nourishing the mind and the soul and the stomach!

2. Share a favorite or not so favorite memory from a childhood birthday.

My birthday is in November and I don’t recall any big birthdays because we would celebrate with family a week later at Thanksgiving. But as an adult, my sister gave me a surprise party with my parents, (Dad was still living) and my Uncle George (he also was still with us), cooked my favorite meal, and my daughter, Mandy and cousin Janet all showed up! Great birthday!

3. Peanut butter-crunchy or smooth?

Either way is just fine. I love peanut butter!!!

4. William Butler Yeats is credited as saying, “Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” Your thoughts?

I don’t agree. I cannot believe how happy being a grandmother had made me. It’s such a pleasure! Perhaps personal growth can make us happy, but not solely so.

5. What’s something that makes you cringe?

When I see a parent being cruel to their child. I want to rush over to them and tell them to take 5. Step back and then think about what they are trying to accomplish. I have only stepped in once, and that was in a grocery store where a grown woman was slapping a three year old!

Having lost a child, I think I’m more appreciative of children and their needs then a lot of parents. Some of these people feel like their kids are a burden, rather than a gift!

6. Name a song that always puts you in a good mood?

I love this song because Carley Simon and I share the same vocal range!

7. The answer is yes. What’s the question?

Do you want to: go on a cruise? out to dinner? or shopping?

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I woke up today (Tuesday) to rain. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan. I love rainy weather. Since all the operations on my eyes bright sunlight is painful. So I really love my rainy days!