Wednesday, November 6, 2013

PB and Hodgepodge

Welcome to the Wednesday Hodgepodge! Add your link at the end of my post, and let's get this party started.  Be sure to mingle, or at least go say hello to the blogger who linked before you.  Here are my answers-


1. Today is my sister's birthday (yesterday actually). What's one way you're like your siblings? If you don't have siblings, how are you like your lifelong best friend or cousin?

Well for starters, we look alike. There's no mistaking we're related. And we all tend to like our space. We enjoy people, but we also need our own space. Oh, and we all have the sleep gene-ha! All four of us can fall asleep before the car leaves the driveway. Just ask our spouses.  

2. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of yourself at age eighteen?

I've thought a little about this one since we spent the weekend back in collegetown, and I'm going to say the excitement of managing (mostly) my own time and resources. Well, technically my parents resources, but I had to manage them.  I was a fresh faced youth and the future was full of promise.

3. Sculptor-dancer-actor-painter...if you could excel in one of these arts, which would you choose and why?

Dancer...I always wanted to be a ballerina. 

4. What's a scent that takes you back in time, and where does it take you?

There is something about the scent of damp woods in the morning that takes me right back to summer camp. I absolutely love it, and am surprised by it most of the time. Our house backs up to woods, and sometimes in the morning I'll step outside with my coffee and feel overwhelmed by the nostalgia that washes over me with that scent.

5. November is for peanut butter lovers (National Peanut Butter Lovers Month).  Are you a lover or a hater?  What's your favorite dish/recipe that calls for peanut butter?

I'm a liker. I was never the kid who asked for pb+j at every meal, but I do like it now and then. My favorite recipe that calls for peanut butter is the one we use for cupcake icing. My daughter2 found it online a couple of years ago, and it's yummy. Really truly yummy. 

Technically its a peanut butter cream cheese icing, and the cream cheese really makes it pop. We use it on banana cupcakes and most recently on chocolate. Here's the link if you're interested. 

6. What do people thank you personally for most often?

Probably just small acts of kindness.   
My family does appreciate my cooking, and they say thank you on a regular basis.  

7. What event this year are you most thankful for?

Daughter2 earning her Master's Degree, and obtaining a full time teaching position. 



She's wanted to be a teacher her whole life, and there is a special sweetness in seeing your child's dream come true. 

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I voted yesterday, did you? Do you vote in every election or just the big ones? Or are you one of those people who've never registered? tsk tsk





25 comments:

  1. The sleep answer made me smile. I have been guilty of falling asleep when the hubs and I are running errands on the weekends (with him driving, of course).

    Love that picture of your daughter! I know she is a blessing to her students. :)

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  2. No, California didn't have any election that i know of. Possibly next year, usually its in the evened numbered years we vote.

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  3. I never cared too much for ballet; tap was more my thing. I can only imagine how proud you must be of your girl! Every parent, I think, hopes and prays their child finds his/her way in this big, ol' world and when it happens, I know how your heart soars! Our answers to #6 were so similar. I never get tired of being thanked for the things that I do, big or small.

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  4. I can't say me and my siblings look alike...oh you can tell we're related, but only if you KNOW the family, some take after mom's features while some look like dad.

    Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese frosting, huh? That would certainly go over well with Bud. Two of his favorites.

    Congratulations on the Master's Degree. My son is going for his PhD so he can be a College Professor. It IS cool to see a child's dream come true, that I must agree with you.

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  5. I fall asleep easily in a car trip-no problem at all. Glad you had a fun time seeing all this past weekend. Really wishing I could have been there but with schedules and our new business, it was not possible. So happy for your daughter and I am sure she is a great teacher!

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  6. I vote most elections, however I did not vote yesterday as I am not home right now.

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  7. I'm happy for you and for me, that we both got to see one of our children's dreams come true in 2013. Yours is now a teacher, mine's now a dad!

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  8. I voted yesterday, and vote in every election. Joe and I both signed up for Mail In voting, though. Makes it so much easier and gives you time to think about the issues before filling in the circle with a black or blue pen. Happy to say my candidate is our new Mayor, but my candidate for City Commission is now in a run-off, which will be December 3rd.

    I enjoyed your answers Joyce!

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  9. Congratulations to Daughter 2, what a wonderful thing!
    I am going to have to take a gander at the cupcake and frosting recipe!

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  10. Congrats to Daughter2 and her proud parents. All the best in her future endeavors. I always vote, no matter the importance of the election. I believe that if your don't vote you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Also, if you don't vote, your shouldn't complain...I like to complain!

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  11. nothing like witnessing one of your children's dreams come true,...especially one that was years in the making! I have done that a few times now....SUCH a blessing, Enjoy your day!

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  12. I totally forgot about looking alike, you do know we are related. I am definitely going over to get that frosting recipe. We didn't have a vote yesterday, yes we vote but we always vote by mail since Mark travels often.

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  13. I will have to try the pb frosting. Or at least share it with my DIL, who is the talented baker in the family. :) Hope your daughter's first year is going well! That first year can be a challenge. My guess would be that her students love her.

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  14. Those elections in odd number years always seem strange to me because we only do elections in even years here. Although we do have a vote next week to see if we will increase our water/sewer bill so they can build a new water treatment plant. I usually always vote unless I'm out of town and can't do the early voting. To do absentee here you have to get it notarized and that just takes too long.

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  15. OH, my sisters share the sleep gene, too. None of is a "top o' the morning" gal by choice, but kids, jobs, farm animals, necessitate early rising. I think your daughter 2 and my only DD would get along famously.

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  16. Love the questions and the pictures you posted.

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  17. I am registerd and take my vote very seriously, especially these days. The cupcakes look and sound delicious. Both of your daughters have the most radiant smiles. Must take after their mom.

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  18. Great questions this week! Yes, these kids furthering their education is always an event and one that makes us parents quite proud. Maybe your daughter will go for her National Teacher's Certification. Our daughter almost had a breakdown getting it, but she did it and as she said, it's not for the faint of heart. Happy rest of the week!

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  19. I love graduations... for more reasons than I can name. ;)

    It was certainly interesting being in DC over the weekend before a voting day. I enjoyed learning more about the East Coast peeps running. :)

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  20. I am a liker of peanut butter, too. But I am very picky about how the peanut butter tastes -- so much so that I make my own now.
    When I'm on my college campus, I often think about the "me" that started independent life there. Sometimes I wish I could go back and live a day or two -- with the smarts I have now. ;)

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  21. Those cupcakes sound wonderful. So glad your daughter got the job in the field she wanted for so long.

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  22. There were no elections for me. But I do vote in any and all elections.

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  23. Congratulations to your daughter. As a mother, we always feel so good when we see our children succeed in making their dream come true. Best wishes to her and you.

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  24. Congrats on Daughter 2's accomplishments this year. It takes strong character to stick with the education long enough to achieve high ideals. I wish her well.

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  25. Yay for your daughter's accomplishments! Congrats! Summer camp is one of my favorite childhood memories.

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