Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 172

Welcome to the last week of Hodgepodge for the month of April. If you're here visiting from the A-Z Challenge, my post for the letter Y will be up shortly. In the meantime, if you'd like to play along in this fun weekly meme, feel free. Answer the questions on your own blog, then hop back here tomorrow (Wednesday) to add your link to the party.  See you there! 

1. April showers bring May flowers or so the saying goes. Are you blooming where you're planted as we begin the month of May?

2. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being no big deal, and 10 being full scale panic, rank your fear of spiders.

3. May is National Salad Month (who knew???)...besides lettuce, what are two must-have ingredients in your favorite salad?

4. I mentioned on my blog last week that my Daughter1 will be moving to Washington State after she is married. Of the following sites in the Northwest, which would you most like to see in person-Crater Lake (Oregon), Seattle (Washington), Vancouver (British Columbia), San Juan Islands (Washington),  Mt. Rainer (Washington) Oregon Coast (Oregon), Mt. St. Helens (Washington), or Olympic National Park (Washington)

5. This coming weekend marks the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby...when did you last race (literally or figuratively) to cross a finish line?

6. What is something little you love?

7. Would you say you are more of a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner? Elaborate.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.