Brought to you by the Letter B

Welcome to this week's edition of the weekly Hodgepodge. You'll find this post sandwiched between letters A and B in the April A-Z Challenge, and if you don't know what that means, click the button on my sidebar to read more.

If you're visiting from the A-Z today, you'll find my B post just after this one. I host a weekly meme here every Wednesday, and I'm determined to keep it going in addition to the challenge this month.  That might be optimistic, but that's me.

Here are my answers to this week's questions. Answer on your own blog, then add your link at the end of my post. Hodgepodge links only here today, please! 

1. Since the questions posted on the first day of April it seemed only right to ask-when was the last time you did something foolish?  If you can't answer that one, try this one-when was the last time someone fooled you?

A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd lost the dog. She went out one door and I came in another, and when I went outside later to let her in, she was no where to be seen. The gates on the fence were closed and locked, but the snow was still pretty deep so I thought somehow she'd maneuvered herself up the snowhill and on to freedom. Had I been thinking clearly I would have realized this was physically impossible for her to do, but let's just say I was not thinking clearly. 

Hubs was at work and I was bordering on hysteria. Actually I think I crossed the border. ahem. I got in my car and drove around the neighborhood, even stopped someone walking to ask if they'd seen her. I drove home, trying all the while to figure out what to do next aka sobfest. I walked in the house, glanced over into the family room, and there she was sitting in her chair. Good grief. I guess she came in the garage door when I went out the kitchen door, but seriously I felt like an idiot. A happy idiot, but still...

2. What's the last biography or non-fiction book you've read? Was it any good?

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Hughette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune  by Bill Dedman.  I read this one as part of my book club, and really enjoyed it.  I loved the history and her father's story almost more than her own, but all in all it was a good read. 

3. Garlic-friend or foe? What's your favorite dish made with garlic?

Definitely friend. I love garlic, and am not sure I can choose a favorite dish.  How about roasted garlic spread on really good bread? 

4. Several spring flower festivals happen in the US during the month of April. Of those listed which would you most like to see in person...The Skagit Tulip Festival in Skagit Washington, The Dogwood Arts Festival in Knoxville Tennessee, The North Carolina Azalea Festival in Wilmington North Carolina, or Daffodil Festival Weekend on Nantucket Island Massachusetts?

I'd be happy to see any or all of them, but if I'm forced to choose I'm going with The Skagit Tulip Festival.  Tulips are one of my favorite flowers, and seeing the Northwest corner of the US is on my travel wish list. 

5. How do you choose which blogs to read?  What is something that will make you stop and read every time? Something that makes you say, 'eh, think I'll skip this and move on to the next'?

A catchy title for starters. And the layout needs to be easy to read. I appreciate paragraph breaks and fonts that are not overly complicated. I'll read a longer post if you've got something to say, but if you're going to make me 'click to read more' you better grab my attention from word one.  

I tend to back away from the very busy blogs with tons of stuff on the sidebar, flashing icons, and music that plays when the blog opens.  

6. April is National Mathematics Education Month so tell us, when did you last use math?

Friday morning I paid some bills before we headed of town. Using a calculator is math, right? 

7. In honor of the A-Z challenge which kicked off on April 1...choose one word beginning with the letter A to describe your yesterday.

Agreeable

8. Insert your own random thought here.

So, fun news...my Daughter2 just started blogging. You'll find her site (It's Elementary) by clicking here. She's planning to join the HP today, and I know she'd love for you to stop by and say hi. 

Daughter1 is participating in the A-Z Challenge this month and you'll find her blog (Sincerely Shannon) here.  Complete coincidence she and I both used the same word for Letter A. Must be something in our DNA! 

My A-Z Post on the Letter B will follow this one.