Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Growing up, were you close to your grandparents? Tell us one or two specific things you remember about them.

YES! I was close to all of my grandparents.  My paternal grandparents were not living together, but I don’t know if they were ever divorced or not. I called them “Granny” and “Papa”.  My maternal grandparents were together for 54 years when my grandpa died. I called them “Grandma” and “Grandpa”.  All of my grandparents lived the last half of their lives in Anderson County, South Carolina, the county where I was born and spent the first 39 years of my own life.

I remember that my Papa was a skinny little guy with false teeth. He died the year that I turned 15. He liked to flick his false teeth out at us grand-kids. I thought it was hilarious!

My granny was a feisty little woman. She told it like it was. I was scared of Granny when I was a little girl. As I got older and knew more of her story, I was able to understand who she really was under that tough, gruff exterior. She was really a lovable teddy bear. She was a hurting woman in protection mode. I’ve been there myself.

My grandpa was a wayyyyyyy tall man. When he was a young man, he had either a Model A or a Model T Ford; I can’t remember which. He spent time in a tuberculosis asylum.  When he got to be a older man, he was very concerned about germs, which was understandable as he had cancer.

My grandma was a sweet, gentle soul. She was little like me. I’m a mini-me of her and our daughter Maggie (her namesake) is a mini-me of her, too. Grandma was probably one of the most beautiful women that I know, both inside and out. She stood up for me when others were picking on me. She endured so much over the course of her life that I won't get into here, same as my granny.

2. What's an item you were attached to as a child? What happened to it?

I was very attached to a blue teddy bear pantsuit that I had. What happened to it? My little sister happened to it.  I had grown out of it and my mama gave it to my little sister.  I wanted to keep it and was very upset about my little sister getting to have it.

3. When you look out your window, do you see the forest or the trees (literally and figuratively)? Explain.

I guess I see both because we have a yard full of trees and each one is unique. It is great except when the flowers that I want to grow require full sun.

I see both figuratively, too.  I can see both details AND the bigger picture. I can see potential, where it could go or what it could be.

4. Do you like sour candies? Which of the 'sour' foods listed below would you say is your favorite?

grapefruit, Greek yogurt, tart cherries, lemons, limes, sauerkraut, buttermilk, or kumquats

Have you ever eaten a kumquat? What's your favorite dish containing one of the sour foods on the list?

I do not generally like sour candies or fruity candies of any type.  

I love cherries and buttermilk, too. While I like lemons, I have to severely limit my exposure to them due to citrus fruit allergies of varying intensities. I have never, ever liked grapefruit and that’s okay, because it doesn’t like me either. Any time I have had it, it has made a hasty retreat from my body by the same route in went in. ICK!

I don’t know if I’ve ever had a kumquat or not.

5. July 1st marked the midpoint of 2017. In fifteen words or less, tell us how it's going so far.

My year is going by in a chaotic, got-to-get-it-done-right-now pace. Yes, I’m counting that hyphenated thing as one word!

6. Insert your own random thought here.

My random thought for today is an ear-worm that I’ve had for days, since the last time we were in Walmart:

“You don’t know a thing about me.”

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