The Dackel Princess

1. Speaking of April 15th…what’s the most ‘taxing’ thing you’ve done recently?

Taxes! LOL! Not, not really. Yesterday was grocery shopping and errand day. Hubby stayed home (he usually comes with me), and so I had to do the entire big shopping alone. By the time I shopped, got home, got everything put away, made dinner, and cleaned it all up, it was 7:30 and I was beat!

2. When did you last take a taxi somewhere and where was that somewhere?

Oh my, it has been a long while. Years. Probably the last time I traveled to Germany with Anneliese. That was 2009!

3. What’s something you can do today that you couldn’t do a year ago?

See my beautiful granddaughter, who has grown from toddler to little girl! She will be three next month!

4. How often is chicken (in some form or fashion) on your menu at home?

Once or twice a week.

Which of the following would you most like to see on your table tonight…a chicken salad sandwich, your mom’s fried chicken, a Chick-fil-A meal, Cracker Barrel’s chicken n’ dumplings, a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings, or ‘hold the chicken, I’m a vegetarian’…?

Roast chicken dinner. I have the best recipe HERE for a perfect baked chicken. Love baked chicken!

5. What was your favorite television program when you were a kid? What characters do you remember the most?

I loved The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, and The Original Star Trek! Favorite character? Keith, (David Cassidy!) Although I also loved Katie, in My Three Sons.

6. What was the last piece of ‘art’ you made?

I went to a painting class in February 2015. We had so much fun! Left to right, my cousin Janet, daughter, Amanda, cousin Sue and me.

7. What frustrates you most about the Internet?

How sometimes it can slow waaaaaay down. Mostly, it is fast and gets me where I want to go. So I don’t have too many gripes.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Hubby and I hoofed it out today to get our free Ben and Jerry ice cream cone. He got Mint Chocolate Chunk and I got my favorite Cherry Garcia! The lines were long, but it was worth the wait!

1. Besides left over Easter goodies, what’s something currently kept in a basket at your house?

Laundry. I’ve never been much of a basket person, but I do have baskets of laundry…always!

2. ‘The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.’ ~Michelangelo Buonarroti ) So which one are you…the one who aims too high, or the one who aims too low? Have you ever seen The Sistine Chapel? Did you know Michelangelo’s surname prior to answering this question?

I’ve never seen the Sistine Chapel, but then, I’m not dead yet! I have done many things that people said could not be done, and yet, here I am.

3. April 7th is National Beer Day. Hmmm…wonder how that’s celebrated? Do you like beer? Have a favorite? If you’re not a beer drinker do you have any recipes you enjoy cooking that call for beer?

In my youth I drank a lot of beer. When I lived in Germany, and whenever I go back, I drink a lot! Best beer in the world, almost any German Beer. One I especially like is Andechs! It’s a Bavarian Beer made by Monks. And it is soooooo good!

4. When did you last travel somewhere new? Tell us where? How’d it go?

We cruised last November, and we stopped in St. Kitts. We took a tour of the Island, via train and that was a lot of fun. Although monkey’s are not indigenous to the Island, someone brought some over and now they are everywhere!

These are Vervet monkey’s. Cute, yes, but they bite, so beware

5. The value of ____fame and fortune__is greatly overrated.

6. What’s a pet peeve of yours when it comes to restaurant dining?

Screaming children, who run around, causing madness and mayhem. I love kids, but come on. I raised two girls, and when we went out, I made sure they had things to do so that they didn’t bother other diners.

7. It’s Poetry Month…share a favorite poem, either the title, a few lines you find meaningful, or the whole kit and caboodle.

Rudyard Kipling

Four Feet

I have done mostly what most men do,
And pushed it out of my mind;
But I can't forget, if I wanted to,
Four-Feet trotting behind.

Day after day, the whole day through --
Wherever my road inclined --
Four-feet said, "I am coming with you!"
And trotted along behind.

Now I must go by some other round, --
Which I shall never find --
Somewhere that does not carry the sound
Of Four-Feet trotting behind.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Easter was simply magnificent!

Mandy’s beautiful dining-room.

The whole family.

The food was wonderful, the company, terrific, and my granddaughter, fabulous!

My daughter, Mandy is a natural at welcoming family and friends into her home.