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HODGEPODGE

1. Our gracious Hodgepodge meme leader, Joyce, says: "I'm joining my daughter1 in the 101 in 1001 challenge. Essentially you create a list of 101 things you hope to do or accomplish in the next 1001 days". What's one thing you'd put on your list? One thousand and one days? Let's see, that's about 2 and 3/4 years' time, right? What do I want to accomplish? Well, I found some extra poundage lurking about... so, maybe, lose it? Or place it somewhere in a dark corner where it can't be seen!!! I don't know. Honestly, the fact I live from one day to the next without plans or itineraries, I rarely look farther ahead than my nose.

2. How many remote controls do you have in your house? What's one item in your home you wish could be operated by remote control? Four....garage door, two for two TVs and one for the DVD player. And as for a remote control I wish I had, I've oftentimes wished there'd be one for the back entry door. When I have bags of groceries in my hand, I could collect a lot more from the car's trunk if I didn't have to have the key to unlock...or open the kitchen door! If it were remotely opened, I could probably clean the trunk out all at once!!

3. What does having it all mean to you? Is it attainable? When I was a youngster, my dream was to have a good home, a husband and two children. I got that, am happy with what has been handed me in life and I continue to work on being happy...I think I have it all. All I ever wanted.

4. What's your favorite movie soundtrack? Oh my goodness!!!! First, I love movies....and I pay particular attention to soundtracks. There are so many I could consider a favorite. No wait...I like Titanic's love theme...Star Wars...Somewhere in Time [from the movie of the same title]. Even the soundtrack from JAWS!! Oh ya, and one that makes me stop and tap my toes to the rhythm?------------FOOTLOOSE!! [Kevin Bacon's version] I like way too many, hard to choose just one. I guess my all time favorite would be the movie The Way We Were...Barbara Streisand singing ...

5. Describe the best view you've seen from a rooftop. It's not really a rooftop per sé but a 'widow's walk' [a widow's walk is an attached boardwalk around the peak of a roof on a housetop] .... and that would be the view of the Pacific Ocean!!!! If it were to be a rooftop it'd hafta be the view of July 4th's fireworks in Colorado over a lake, late at night with the sky's stars to keep us entertained in between the sparkler's firings in town. Another 'roof top view' that would be a scene that will forever be implanted in my memory was from the top of the Washington Monument....I did NOT look DOWN...but out away from the small windows....Yes, I climbed to the top. I think the best view was the view of the Pentagon from one of the windows there.

6. What's your least favorite thing about summer? Besides the continual inferno and drought you mean? Okay... Unruly kids, out of school on summer vacation, and parents not disciplining them. In my day, families were courteous, kind, and had well-mannered kids. And that, dear bloggers, includes the ill-mannered parents too!!! It's just not happenin' anymore!!! And it's a shame to see the values of rearing the offspring and peaceful family outings going down the tubes.

7. Our weekly Hodgepodge falls on the first day of August. In ten words or less sum up your July. Hoping for rain, that never came!!! [6]

8. Insert your own random thought here. Today, I'd like to expand on my answer to # 3. I noted that I work on my attaining what I wanted in life, with the fact that it's a continual job of working on it. Not as in physical labor...but never ignoring what my life is all about in other words...By that I mean, it's just not being thankful for having what I have! Working on keeping the happiness is a full-time job. If I become lackadaisical in my way of thinking and actions, I'm giving up on what I've strived for for my entire life. The quote at the top of my blog says it all. You can't sing without having a song to sing!!! You can't live a life and be happy with it if you don't LIVE the LIFE. Just saying I'm 'thankful' is NOT enough.

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