Hodgepodge Wednesday

From This Side of the Pond

My friend, Linda at Just Simply Linda

(you'll find her link at the bottom)

links up with 

From the Side of the Pond

(you'll find her link above)

to answer random get-to-know-you questions.

I thought it would be fun to do this 

since I'm having a blogger's block today.

1. Do you manage your own money or do you have a financial planner who helps in some way? I do a horrible job of taking care of the money because there never is enough to go around and I must confess sometimes I rob from Peter to pay Paul when I go to see my children.  That's been alot lately.

2. The second week of October is Pet Peeve Week. Off the top of your head, share TWO of your current pet peeves. Clutter on the dining room table.  My family knows this.  The house can be a mess but the kitchen table must be clean and clutter-free.  The other thing that peeves me is people not being real.  Say what you mean and mean what you say is my philosophy.

3. What is one thing you'd like to learn right now, this very week if you could? As for life -lessons to learn, I'd like to learn to be content.  As for the how-to lessons, I'd also like to take a photography class. 

4. How concerned are you about the recent health related news concerning Ebola? How about Enterovirus D68? I'm more concerned with the state of our nations and our relationship with Israel.  I'm more concerned about terorrist attacks and the future of our country spiritually, economically, and with international affairs. 

5. Garfield, Nemo, or Tigger-your favorite orange cartoon character? I'm a hyperactive Tigger, and I'd like to adventure out like Nemo, but I let fear hold me back.

6. I'm going to see Gone Girl with my neighborhood book club this week. So often books made into film are disappointing. What's a book turned film you thought was well done, in that the casting was 'like you pictured' when you read the book, and the film plot remained mostly true to the book plot? The Notebook by Nicolas Sparks. Both the book and the movie were heart-wrenching.  One of those good-cry writes. 

7. What is one story your family always tells about you? The time I got tickled during family prayer time and peed in my pants. My daddy was praying and passed gas and kept right on praying. Me and mama got tickled and puddled the floor.  Seriously!

8. Insert your own random thought here. Blogging has become my favorite hobby.  Since my parents death, I find it hard to connect with "real" people, but I'm finding that the friends I've made here are more real than the people I meet on a daily basis or that I've known forever. Sad, but true.  I'm so tired of the pretense. 

Hodge Podge Wednesday with Linda