Wednesday Hodgepodge

A beautiful nearly-spring day

in our neighborhood

1.  Thursday marks the first day of spring...to celebrate would you rather plant a garden or go for a walk in the woods? Would either of those activities be possible on Thursday where you live?

 Photo taken March 18, 2014

The garden is just beyond that buried gate, so no, I won't be planting anything in the garden on the first day of spring. The woods is at the top of the photo, with a snow-covered field between here and there. So no, I won't be taking a walk in the woods either.  But I will be enjoying the wood-burning stove - and checking Travelocity for airfare.

2. When did someone last spring something on you? (or when did you last spring something on someone?) 

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My husband has been hiding marshmallow Peeps here and there for me to stumble upon - like when I open the cupboard to get a coffee mug - there will be a Peep staring at me - or upstairs on the dresser,  or on top of the piano, or hiding in something, etc. etc. annoyingly etc. Finally, one evening after he had his shoes off, I stuck one down in the toe of his shoe when he wasn't looking. Of course he never mentioned that he found it the next morning when he put his shoe on and the toe of his sock got stuck on a pink marshmallow Peep. LOL  (I know. We're easily amused up here. Blame it on the long winter.)


3.  We often think of spring as a time for new beginnings. What's something you'd like to start doing this spring?

 The cure for winter

I'd like to begin making plans to become independently wealthy and move to England.  At least there, even if there's snow in the wintertime, there's so much interesting stuff to look at - castles, abbeys, cathedrals, drystone walls, sheep... all in such a small space.

4. Where do you like to sit in a movie theatre? When did you last sit there, and what were you watching?

First of all, I'll never go to the first night. Ever. I can't understand people who stand in line for hours so they can be crammed into a movie theater.  I won't stand in line for anything I don't absolutely have to. I've been known to pay for a grocery item in the automotive department just to avoid standing in a line.  I like to wait a few nights or a week after a movie opens, then go when the theater is mostly empty (or empty) and sit at the very back with an aisle in front of me, so I have lots of leg room. I think the last movie I went to was Lincoln -  or maybe I went with Lincoln. Can't remember.


5. When you meet someone for the very first time, what do you want them to think about you?

I don't want them to think about me.

6. March is frozen food month (yes, really!). Besides ice cream (gotta make you think a little) what's your most often purchased frozen food item?

Udi's Whole Grain Gluten Free Bread. I know, that's boring, but honestly, I can't think of anything else. The next time, I might buy a banana or orange popsicle. That sounds really tasty.

7. What's something you avoid?

 telegraph.co.uk

 
I avoid large, noisy crowds. So oddly, a very contradictory wish I have is to attend The Last Night of the Proms at Royal Albert Hall some September. I want to hear the crowd sing Jerusalem and God Save the Queen. Other than that, I avoid wheat and corn. But when I go to Indiana after the baby's born, I will avoid nuts because our grandson is allergic to them. They are a mainstay of my diet (honestly, I think half my weight is in mixed nuts), so I'm trying to figure out what [easy, quick thing] to eat instead that will give me enough protein. I can't find a single high-protein food bar that is  peanut and tree nut free and gluten free, all at the same time.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

 Can you name these items??

Do other people have junk drawers? Do they clean them periodically? If so, why? It seems so pointless to me. Not to mention the fact that if I put any of these objects ANYwhere else, I will never find them again. My visual memory seems to be very rigid and inflexible.

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