Wednesday HodgePodge

Another week has come and gone ... And it's time again for some Hodgepodge. Why not join in the fun?  Just click the button above.

1. Are we always responsible for our actions? Are there any exceptions?
I hate to say "always" or "never", but I will say that the majority of the time (if not all the time) we alone are responsible for our actions/reactions. 

2.  Has anyone from your home town become famous?
No one who was born/grew up in the town where I grew up has become famous, that I know of anyway.  However, there’s a small town 9 miles to the west (that small town's schools are a part of my hometown’s school district) where Gretchen Wilson was born and raised.  When I married DD’s father, we moved to a large town about 45 minutes away from my hometown ... I lived there for 37+ years, so it feels more like my hometown than my original hometown does.  Manny Jackson, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, grew up in my adopted hometown.  

 
3. January was National Slow Cooker month. Do you own a slow cooker/crock pot? Did you use it last month? What's a favorite dish you make using a slow cooker or crock pot?
Yes, I own a crock pot and will be using it later today to create Chicken Stroganoff.  


4. How do you feel about private companies collecting data about you?
In my opinion, it’s an invasion of privacy, and I can think of no circumstances that would warrant it.


5. The Games of the 2014 Winter Olympics kick off with their opening ceremony this coming Friday....will you be watching? Which Winter Olympic event would you most like to see in person? Have you ever been to Russia? Any desire to go, Olympics or otherwise?
Unfortunately no.  We’ll be in Hannibal, MO to watch T#1, T#2, and T#3 swim in the Tom and Becky Classic … another 3-day swim meet.  There’s a quilt shop in downtown Hannibal … I think DH and I will leave early, visit the quilt shop, and do a little sightseeing.  

6. Share a good or bad sports related memory from your childhood or teen years.

The only bad sports memory that comes to my mind is being among the last chosen when teams were being picked. :-(

7. What's a must have song for you on a work out play list? If you don't work out, run, swim, bike, walk, or anything else that could be construed as 'exercise', then what's a song that movtivates you to at least get up off the couch?
I don’t have a specific song that I need to listen to while exercising … I set my playlist (praise and worship music) to shuffle and off I go.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I was on my way home from DD's yesterday morning when I got an SOS call from my dad ... we spent the afternoon with him in the ER ... after he was released, we got him home and settled on. We hit the road to get home before the roads got too bad.  Good thing we were able to leave when we did ... the roads were getting quite treacherous. Thankfully DH drove carefully and we got home safely. It sounds like surgery just might be in my dad's future.  He'll be 91 next month, so while the surgery itself is simple and routine, the prospect of surgery at his age is troublesome ... but so is the prospect of choosing not to do the surgery.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!