A Taxing Hodgepodge for April 15th....

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 217

Another fun Hodgepodge from blogging friend, Joyce, at From This Side of the Pond.  Join the fun by clicking HERE and link up!!

1. Speaking of April 15th...what's the most 'taxing' thing you've done recently?  

Work has been extremely taxing these past few days.  Budget time, Quarterly Reports time, and March financials due.....

2. When did you last take a taxi somewhere and where was that somewhere?

The last taxi we took was in Italy, in 2007, and it was to go back to our hotel after a long day in Vatican City.

3. What's something you can do today that you couldn't do a year ago?

I had to ask Joe because I couldn't' think of anything.  He laughed and said I can bake Easter Bread.  (Last year's did not turn out very good, but this year's did.)

4. How often is chicken (in some form or fashion) on your menu at home? Which of the following would you most like to see on your table tonight...a chicken salad sandwich, your mom's fried chicken, a Chick-fil-A meal, Cracker Barrel's chicken n' dumplings, a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings, or 'hold the chicken, I'm a vegetarian'...?

I make chicken something a couple of times a month.  Joe likes Italian chicken cutlets, so that is usually how I prepare it.  I love getting a rotisserie chicken from Sam's or Publix, though.  What I really miss is my Granny Kelly's fried chicken.  Oh my goodness.....  (We eat more beef and pork than chicken.)

5. What was your favorite television program when you were a kid? What characters do you remember the most?

I remember loving the Mickey Mouse Club, with Annette Funicello.  I also liked watching Truth or Consequences, Lawrence Welk (with the Lennon Sisters),  and Art Linkletter (kids say the darndest things).  I'm old!!  LOL  Check out the links to YouTube videos if you have time!!

6. What was the last piece of 'art' you made?  

It's been about a year since I made a serious piece of art, but I also fiddle with jewelry now and then, and I doodle at meetings!

7. What frustrates you most about the Internet?

The internet doesn't frustrate me as much as a slow computer, or any computer glitch.  Hackers and people out to do bad things and commit crimes are beyond frustrating, but that's people, not the internet.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I haven't mentioned Bruce in awhile.  I spoke with my sister, Tammy, over the weekend.  She said things are good and Bruce is making progress at home, but slowly.  She gets him out to the grocery and they went out to find plants for the garden.  Bruce helped her get seedlings planted by drilling holes in the pots.  He keeps his sense of humor and understands what has happened to him and that he is not always understood.  He gets around well with his walker and works well with the therapist and homecare nurse.  His sister is coming (from somewhere out west) this weekend.  Joe and I are planning a trip up toward the end of May.

Thanks for checking in on my Wednesday Hodgepodge!  I appreciate your time and your comments!  Peace & love!!