It's Hodgepodge Wednesday!!

Thanks to our hostess, Joyce, who still has time for us and the weekly Hodgepodge while getting ready to move into their new home!  Superwoman!!  If you want to play with us, visit Joyce's blog, copy and paste the questions, answer on your blog and jump back to Joyce's blog to link up!!  Simple as that!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 284

1. What would you say is your strongest sense?  If you are talking about the five senses, probably smell, followed by hearing.  Maybe I say hearing because Joe's is so bad that I always hear things he doesn't (even when he thinks to wear his hearing aid).

2. Do you believe in the idea of a 'sixth sense'?   Yes.  Why or why not?   I call my intuition a 6th sense and mine is pretty good.  That "gut" feeling that in many cases is my Guardian Angel (yes, I believe!) pushing me to pay attention to what our Father is trying to tell me/us.  Very little in life really happens by chance.

3. When do you most feel like a slave to time?  When the alarm rings on work days.  Explain.  Nothing to really explain. I'm tired of getting up at 5:00 a.m. Monday - Friday.  Counting the months to retirement.

4. Have you ever worked in a restaurant?  No, but I worked in an ice cream parlor and waited on tables/customers there.  How would you rate the experience?  It was a great job for a high school girl in the summers.  If you could own a restaurant what kind would it be?  I had my own bakery for four years.  I will NEVER work in food service ever again, and especially not in the restaurant business.  I'm sure it is rewarding. Having my own business was rewarding, but also back-breaking and there is NO time off. None.

5. Ever traced your family tree?  Yes - and am still working on it.  Share something interesting you learned there.  My Revolutionary ancestor who I joined DAR through, was a spy and went to England during his service to find out information for our Patriots!  I was kind of excited and intrigued to learn about that from a newspaper article about him. Someday, when I have more time, I want to look into it a little more in depth.  I belong to Ancestry.com and recommend it highly if you really want to research your family tree.  We also did the DNA test through them which is still finding cousins and relatives and links for us.

6. What did your childhood bedroom look like?  I was blessed to have my own room and my dad painted it whatever color I wanted.  Even lavender, bless his heart.  My room was lavender and pink.  Makes me shudder now!  Ha!  I loved lilacs (still do) and wanted lavender.  When I left home, my brother got my room. I don't remember if he got to change the color or not. LOL!  I had two big windows in my room and a big closet for an old house (we all had big closets).  I had a double bed, a bookcase headboard, a dressing table, a chest of drawers and a desk - but nothing matched.  It was quite comfy on the second floor (all the bedrooms were on the second floor and we only had one bathroom for 6 people!).  Wish the tree wasn't blocking our front porch in this picture. My room was on the other side and in the back, but this is the house I grew up in.

7. Anyone who knows me knows I love  Joe, shrimp and crab legs, red velvet cake, to laugh, my amazing family, my job, Jesus......not necessarily in that order but that is where my thoughts took me.

8. Insert your own random thought here.  Sad news.  One of our coworkers died on Monday.  He had been sick, but we weren't expecting him to go so fast.  I also got word that my grandma has been put under Hospice care.  It was a doubly sad day for me and for all of us at work yesterday.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I appreciate your visit and your comments!  Peace & hugs.