Hodgepodge is Back!

Joyce is back with her weekly Hodgepodge! Thank you, Joyce! Missed you last week, but I know it was much deserved time off from here!  Join the fun by clicking HERE!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 187

From Joyce:  Welcome back to the Hodgepodge! I can't say I'm caught up, but I'm not any further behind either, so that's something, right? It's nice to be back, and I always appreciate a week with a ready made theme. See you back here tomorrow to share the love! 

1. As August draws to a close, share what's been your favorite weekend of the entire summer?  Definitely when our granddaughter came to visit us in June! We hadn't seen her since Christmas, and didn't get to spend much time, just with her. She lives in south Florida now, and we will see her this coming weekend!

 
2. Labor Day is marked in the US of A on Monday, September 1st.  What paying job have you held that you've loved the most? Liked the least?  I love the job I have right now, and have been there going on 18 years! I am the accountant and human resources at Polk Museum of Art. I also supervise the building operations, security, and visitor services (including the retail store). Love, love, love my job and the amazingly creative people I work with.  The one I liked the least....well, I've never really hated any job I've had because I have learned from each one, but I guess at the bottom of the list would be cleaning rooms at a motel, two summers during high school.

3. Does the new school year start before or after Labor Day where you live? When do you think it should begin? There is much discussion now about older students having later start times to their school day...your thoughts?  School started here in Lakeland on August 18th, but they get out at the end of May.  When I was in school (no, I didn't walk 5 miles in the snow)...school started at 8:40 and got out at 3:10 (I think I remember that correctly). Band and sports practiced after school, until 5:00 and we all got home for dinner with the family. Those were good hours. We didn't start until after Labor Day, and we got out the first week of June. Seniors graduated in late May. It worked. Having kids be at bus stops by 6:00 a.m. is ridiculous.  BUT - back when I was in school, most moms didn't work outside the home, so start and stop times weren't such an issue as they are today, when mom and dad both have to get to work. It's a different world today.

4. What's something you've worked at recently that could be deemed a 'labor of love'?  Giggle - whenever I cook dinner, it is a labor of love. I have come to hate cooking for two. It's just easier to go out, but I know Joe enjoys a home-cooked meal, so we split it fairly evenly.

5.Which of the following work idioms can you most relate to right now...'A woman's work is never done.', 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' 'Many hands make light work.'  A woman's work is never done, for sure. There are kitchen cupboards to clean out, a pile of boxes with photos that still need to be digitized, and that is just inside. Motivation is the key, and that is what is lacking right now. Ha!

6. Crab or lobster or thanks, but no thanks? Favorite way to have your choice prepared?  Oh my goodness, crab, please!! I like lobster, but given the choice will take King Crab legs over lobster any day. Steam 'em, and let me crack them and dip them in melted butter. Yum. Whole crabs are okay and fun now and then, but they are too much work for too little reward. Give me those big legs, steaming hot and I am in heaven! Throw in some shrimp and call it double heaven.

7. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, 'Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.' Which of the three do you consider to be the most important? Share one of your own 'rules of work'.  In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity would be my choice, because I choose to be positive and figure it out. Finding harmony in discord would be the most difficult for me...but there lies opportunity. I think these all fit together, actually.  My rule....Git 'er done...no one else is going to do it for me (but where is that motivation?).

8.  Insert your own random thought here. Coffee.  I love my Keurig coffee maker at home, and am so glad to have one at work, in our little coffee/snack area (right outside my office, no less).  Coffee keeps me going. I used to be so addicted that I would get a caffeine headache if I didn't have at least one cup before 10:00 a.m.  I 'got off' coffee for awhile, and the caffeine headaches don't happen anymore, but I still drink 3-4 cups a day. Do any of you drink more than that, or am I a crazy lady?

Thanks for stopping by my Hodgepodge! I'm looking forward to reading yours! Please leave a comment for me! Have a great Wednesday/Hump Day! Peace & blessings!