AuburnChick's Adventures

Wednesdays used to be ho-hum…until Joyce started hosting the Hodgepodge!  Whoop Whoop!  Join in…link up with Joyce!

1.  George Washington-Abraham Lincoln-Thomas Jefferson…who would you most like to meet and why?

Oh my…what a tough choice!!  I minored in history, so I’ve done a lot of reading about all three incredibly brilliant men!  Every single one of them would be a pleasure to meet!  I’d love to meet Washington and find out if, in fact, he was the humble guy some have described him as.  I’d love to meet Lincoln because I’ve read that he was quite the story teller.  I’d also like to warn him to stay away from that crazy woman he eventually married.  She was psycho, I’m telling you!  I’ve read a biography about her!  I’d love to meet Jefferson to chide him for not clarifying the whole “Separation of Church and State” thing.  Sheesh, but politicians have certainly made a mess of his words, now haven’t they?

Oh, what wonderful insights I’d get if I could meet any one of these brave, trailblazing men!

2.  What’s your favorite chain restaurant?

I’d have to say Panera, with its Black Bean Soup and fresh bread!  Yum!

3.  When you look back on your life, do you imagine you’ll think about the goals you failed to meet with regret? Or will you look at what you accomplished and say: it was good?

I will most definitely look back and see all I’ve accomplished.  I’ve worked very hard for everything I’ve gotten.  I was never given anything, including my education, which I had to work for and pay for myself (am still paying for it, in fact).  I can, at this time, say that every single goal I’ve set for myself has been realized.  Years ago, I dreamed of finishing college.  I did it twenty years after graduating high school.  I wanted to be a teacher.  Six years later, I am teaching.

Now, for my last goal…winning the lottery.

😀

4.  Grapefruit-take ’em or leave ’em? Given the choice between an orange and a grapefruit which would you choose? Would you prefer it served as is or squeezed into juice?

I love grapefruit.  What a yummy, sour fruit!  Honestly, I’ll take it however it’s served up!

5.  When was the last time you cleaned out a closet? Is there a closet in your home that currently needs cleaning? What are you waiting for?

I helped Rooster clean out his closet a few weeks ago.  I periodically “rearrange” the closet in my bathroom.  Really, aside from a bit of straightening, I think my closets are alright.

6.  You get to have lunch with three famous people…who would you like to see round your table?

Do they have to be dead or alive?  Is it the table in my house or a fancy restaurant?  Details, details.

heeheehee

Let’s see…famous people…hmmm…

I’ve gotta go with my knitting ladies…Stephanie McPhee (aka the Yarn Harlot), Cookie A, and Anne Hanson.

I need to meet Stephanie so we can plan our children’s wedding.  I know this sounds stalker-ish, but it really isn’t.  See, we’re both from Canada, even if I am a naturalized U.S. citizen.  Her hubby hails from Newfoundland, where I was born, and everyone knows that Goofy Newfies, as we’re called, must stick together.  Thus, with so much in common, I find it quite natural that she and I discuss the wedding plans of our children.  See, I have this dream that Rooster will marry her daughter, and then we’ll have lovely get-togethers where I can sit under Stephanie’s wise knitterly tutelage and soak up all of the knowledge she has about all things yarny.

Cookie A…well…she’s the queen of sock knitting, and I simply MUST meet her.  I test knit for her last book.  My name’s even in the back.  She’s brilliant, I tell you!

Anne Hanson is a divinely gifted pattern designer.  Her shawls are g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s, and her blog posts are filled with beautiful pictures of the trips she takes, knitting, gardening, and cooking.

Oh yes, I like to party hard with the stars, do I not?  😀

7.  On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your ability to parallel park?

Hmmm…I’d say about a five.  Down in south Florida, we only had parallel parking in front of our house, and I was quite good, when I wasn’t gently tapping the fronts or backs of the cars in my way.

:::cough:::

No dents happened, I can assure you.

I’m a bit out of practice these days, but I’m sure it’s like riding a bike.

8.  My Random Thought

With yesterday being Valentine’s Day, I thought I would share photos of what I sent to my sweet Chicky-Poo, who is in her second year of college.

Before you scroll down, please keep in mind that I am the same mother who sent her soccer cleats after she left them at home during the holidays.  I included a “surprise,” which I blogged about here.

Um…yeah.

Valentine’s Day was gonna be fun.

First, she got one of those giant cards…the kind you get at Walmart.  Dang, but I took a picture but must have deleted it.  On the return address part, I put, “From the Ones Who Love You Most.”  On the back of the envelope, in LARGE letters, I wrote, “Someone cared enough to send the very best.”

Yeah.

The post office is across campus, and she had to walk all the way back to her room with that huge envelope.  She said that no matter which way she turned it, there were embarrassing words on it.

heehee

I also sent her a box with the following…

Isn’t that the cutest thing?  It does more than just sit there…

I purchased it in October when a vendor came to my school.

Also included in the box was this…

What?  Haven’t you ever gotten anti-itch cream for Valentine’s Day?

See, I found it under her sink the other day and thought that I’d send it along to her…just in case she got the itch to ditch school.  This will fix that right up!

heehee

I also threw in two boxes of yogurt bars, which I happened to spy on my one and only trip to the grocery store in the last couple of weeks.

All in all, I’d say she received a FINE package…

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