1. They say you learn something new every day. What did you learn yesterday?
That Dackel Princess Blog is slightly broken (comment section) and I am not swift enough to actually fix it! It looks like I will have to hire someone who understands code to go in and reinstall my comment section. This all stems back to 2016 when my blog was hacked by a porn site!
2. Have you ever had a now or never moment? Elaborate.
Yes, and it’s not easy. About 6 weeks ago I started a new way of eating. I will not call it a diet, but my cholesterol numbers are higher than is good for “a woman of my age” and this requires a change in how I eat. That is not easy for me, because I love to cook and love to eat and most of my specialties are not cholesterol friendly!
3. April 25th is National Telephone Day. Do you still have a landline or have you gone mobile only? When you receive a text message do you respond immediately? Last time you turned your phone off? In two or three sentences share with us a story/memory/incident from your childhood (or something current if that’s too hard) where the telephone is featured.
Yes, we do still have a landline. I think I probably always will. It’s not horribly expensive and the battery doesn’t die. I leave my cell phone in the other room at night. I do not want to be awakened by it going off for whatever reason. Now, a story about the phone from my childhood? Well, this is a good one and completely true. My grandmother had a three-minute egg timer by her phone and a piece of paper. She would enter each long distance call on the paper and the time. Now Grandma never talked over 3 minutes to anyone back then. She told me once that if you couldn’t say what you needed to in 3 minutes, I should write a letter!
4. Close call, at someone’s beck and call, call the shots, call a meeting, call it quits, call in sick, call on the carpet, wake up call…which call have you ‘heard’ recently? Explain.
I tease my husband all the time that I am at his beck and call. There is no rest for the weary!
5. What subject do you wish you’d paid more attention to in school?
I think I wish I had paid more attention in my English class. I try very hard to write correctly, but I catch myself making sloppy mistakes. I also wish I had learned a language. French, Spanish, and Latin were offered, but I wish I had learned to speak German.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Today is another leftovers day! That’s a good thing because as much as I love to cook, I also enjoy a night off. Tonight’s the night!
Also, we had Ice Out on our small lake last night while we were eating dinner. Once again our lake is open, and alive for the Spring and Summer!
Your blog was hacked by a porn site? I’m taking a chance and leaving a comment. Leftover days are the best. Enjoy your week.
We were just talking the other day about how expensive long distance used to be. You really had to be aware of the time. In college we used to call home collect and my parents knew that meant don’t accept the charges, then call me back so they’d get the bill and not me. In that sense cell phones are great! Happy Wednesday!
I had a moment like that for dieting too – back in 2004. We joined a gym, quit all fast food and soda, and I somehow lost weight! That was before kids though and I cannot seem to lose it anymore.
Hello from Idaho and this is my first time doing Hodge Podge…and I will be playing in the future.
I’m also trying to rethink how, why, and when I eat. Yesterday at my local T.O.P.S meeting we cover mindless eating.
Coffee is on