AuburnChick's Adventures

I’m so thankful that Joyce posted questions this week.  She totally could have taken the week off!  Thanks, as always, Joyce!

Now, on to the questions!

1.  Let’s start with something controversial…dressing or stuffing? What’s it called at your house and what’s included in your recipe…cornbread? oysters? sausage? chestnuts?

I was never a fan of either until I tried Coupon Queen’s dressing.  She uses her mom’s recipe, which calls for cornbread and other stuff…no meat though.

2.  Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

I like to compare myself to the Yarn Harlot.

LOL

I’m kidding.

Though I’d like to think that I’m as good of a knitter and as funny as she is, I am not really that delusional.  I don’t make swatches (if you’re a knitter, you’ll understand what I’m talking about), and my kids tell me all the time that I’m not funny.

😀

3.  When were you last inside an airport?

I was last in an airport in July when we flew home from Seattle after cruising to Alaska.

4.  What is one side dish that absolutely must be included in a turkey dinner?

I think that green bean casserole is a must-have for Turkey Day.

5.  What Christmas song do you dread hearing?

Oh boy.  This is easy for me.  Feliz Navidad is the song I dread the most.  When we lived in South Florida (i.e. home to a large Spanish-speaking population), this song dominated the airwaves, and poor Rooster just could not take it.  As soon as he would hear this song start up, he would say, in his sweet little Mickey Mouse voice, “Oh no…not this song again.”  It’s a priceless memory, and now, I have to say that I agree with him.

6.  If someone approaches you and asks for money do you give it to them? Do you drop money ‘in a tin cup’ that belongs to a person on the street? Do you have a specific charity you support during the holiday season and/or year round?

I’ve never been approached for money by someone on the street.  I don’t think I would give someone money if he or she asked me for it in that way simply because I would wonder what the money was going to be spent on.  I have also never seen anyone with a tin on the street.  I can’t say that I support any particular charities at Christmas or during the year.  I give here and there as opportunities arise.

7.  Share a favorite Thanksgiving memory. If you live in a country that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving share a favorite memory associated with food.

I think that one of my favorite Thanksgiving memories was when the Mr., Chicky, Rooster, and I were in San Diego a few years ago during Thanksgiving.  Though it was a little strange to be away from home during the holiday, it was also fun to be in a city we’d never visited before.

8.  My Random Thought

Chicky and I went shopping yesterday.

We were on a mission – to find her a sapphire ring.

Why?

Well, because four years ago, when Chicky was a junior in high school, I gave her a choice.  Select a class ring or wait and let me buy her another piece of jewelry that she would wear past her first year in college.

She opted to wait for the non-school-related jewelry.

Well, various circumstances prevented me from taking her shopping before now.  After being laid off, the money just wasn’t there.

But I never forgot, and I periodically told her that I still remembered my promise.

With my recent employment in the public school system (and a nice pay raise to go along with it), I found myself, though owing money to some other bills, remembering my promise and being able to afford that long-ago-promised jewelry.

So, today we went shopping.

After checking out several stores, she settled on this…

She really struggled with her decision over which ring to get.  Though I’m not posting pictures of the other rings, I liked the above one the best.

She sent the pictures to one of her good friends, and…lo and behold…her friend agreed with me.

Looks like I have good taste after all.

😉

I was going to put the ring on layaway…finish paying for it with my next paycheck, but when the guy rang us up, the ring wound up being on sale…for a really good price.

It’s now been paid for in full, and it’s being sent off to be sized.

In the meantime, Chicky will get to dream about it until she comes home for Christmas.

Here’s a close-up…

By the way, those are white sapphires around the blue one!  Sooooo pretty!!

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