Wednesday Hodgepodge...

It's time for Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce, who blogs at From This Side of The Pond.  Each week she'll pose some questions for us to answer. What a great way to journal life.

1. Where do you get your news these days? That's probably a loaded question. I haven't watched the news on TV in the last 2 1/2 years. I used to be able to watch it and things could roll off me, I could take it or leave it..our local morning crew was funny so I loved watching them...but then it became so heavy, so charged, so one sided, I just quit. Now if I really need to know something I'll go to those outlets websites, social media pages or even local newspaper sites for a quick update or to search for what I'm trying to find. I read everything with an open and critical mind. I refuse to let "media" fuel fear, doubt, hatred in me so I don't pay a lot of attention to it. Have I possibly missed something of importance? Maybe, but my mental health is more important. 

2. It's National Crab Day...do you like crab meat? I LOVE crab meat. Not that artificial stuff though. Give me it fresh. We've gone crabbing several times on the Oregon Coast and always enjoy some fresh crab with melted butter, hot crab dip (click that dip for a post on one of our crabbing trips with photos and the recipe for the hot crab dip) and even fettuccini Alfredo with fresh crab. What makes you crabby? Driving can make me crabby if people around are driving too slow or obnoxiously. Not having time to myself or to do the things I enjoy can make me crabby.

Catch from our trip to the coast in 2020

3. Does freedom mean more choices?Interesting question. One way I'd like to look at it is, freedom gives us more opportunity to make choices we feel are right for us. So I suppose my answer would be yes...Have you ever felt there were too many choices? Elaborate. as far as too many choices, I feel that menus often have too many choices..lol, seriously, I do. There are some places we've gone and I've thought, does there really need to be a menu book? In all seriousness (though choosing something at a restaurant is a struggle for me), yes, I feel like there can be too many choices. I feel like, however, when we truly know what we believe, are passionate about, enjoy, have convictions regarding, then making those choices becomes easier. 

4. Barbara Millicent Roberts was introduced to the world on March 9, 1959...that's Barbie to most of us. Did you have Barbies as a kid, or did you let your own children play with Barbies? Yes, I did have Barbies. My girls didn't have them. They played my little petshop and Loving family and groovy girls. What well known Barbara (living or not) would you most like to meet? Hmmm...Barbara Bush would be neat to talk to, but I also think Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank would be fun to talk to. 

5. What are three things you value most in another person? Kindness, forgiving, ability to not take themselves so seriously.

6. Insert your own random thought here. Heading off to babysit soon. It looks like maybe it won't rain today so that would be nice. My daughter and son in law have a puppy, and it's never fun taking it out to go potty when it's raining, especially if my g-daughter wants to be held while we are outside. They are hoping to build a fence soon, but even then she'll need to be watched because they don't live in the most perfect neighborhood. I'm ready for the rest of this week to be done. I felt very productive last weekend so hoping that this weekend will be productive as well.

 I hope to get a lot of commenting done on the link parties I join (I don't like posting but never visiting and commenting on others posts). I also need to write my post for Writers Quote Wednesday. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin