Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Share a favorite memory of your mother or share a favorite something from your own life as a mother. If you're a mother (or stepmom) tell us how your experience as a mom differs from your own mother's experience.

A favorite memory of mine as a mother - and it is a favorite because it makes me laugh - is when I found out that I was expecting Maggie, our youngest daughter.  Davey was only four months old and my body had not yet recovered from the hormonal effects of that pregnancy when things started to feel a little more "off".  I went to the doctor to find out what was going on.  When the nurse came out to give me the news, I am pretty sure my mouth dropped open far enough for King's Mountain to fall in.  My knees went weak on me and I had to sit down.  I don't think I was breathing.  My sister and the nurse both asked me if I was okay.  Yes, I was okay and was actually very happy, but I am pretty sure I was in shock, too.  :)

2. In May we celebrate teachers (May 9) and nurses (May 6) both. Most every family has at least one in their midst, so tell us something (or a few things) you appreciate about the teacher or nurse on your family tree.

My oldest first cousin on my daddy's side is Audrey.  She is a teacher at the high school where David and I met and also from which we graduated.  She is a totally awesome gal.  I appreciate her spunk and go for it attitude.  She won Teacher of the Year in 1999 and has had rave reviews from her students.  I am very proud of my cousin and all that she has accomplished!

3. Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad...which would you go for if all three were on the menu? On bread or a bed of lettuce? If you answered bread, what kind of bread would make it the perfect sandwich?

It depends on where I'm at or where I have to go that day.  In most cases, I would likely choose the tuna salad and I would choose to have it on potato bread.

4. Do you have a desk? Is it organized? If so, share your secret to keeping it that way. If you don't have a desk, where in your home do you take care of family paperwork and business? Where do you normally sit to blog?

Yes, I have a desk.  It is a solid-as-a-rock desk that David built. A bus could park on it and it wouldn't buckle.

Now, as for the question of is it organized, that depends on your definition of organized. It has stuff on it, but I know, for the most part, where things are when I need them.  My computer is on this desk, as is David's, and this is where we do our blogging and review writing, bill paying, and all that stuff.

5. When I was nine years old....

When I was 9 years old, I was in 4th grade. It was the first year that I had an obviously not-from-the-South school teacher.  She was from somewhere up north and my little Southern ears could not hear nearly as fast as her northern mouth could talk.  She talked about 90 miles a minute. She was a nice lady, even though I couldn't understand what she said most of the time.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I am so grateful for all of the birds and other critters that Heavenly Father has brought to our yard for my enjoyment. I try to spend some time out there every day to see what He will bring me to photograph.  There are the usual visitors: the Carolina wren (who has a nest in our patio lamp), Carolina chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, tufted titmice, and the squirrels are coming around a little more now.  But, there is always a different visitor each day, too.  I've seen a gray bird with a yellow stripe on its wings, an Inca dove, a downy woodpecker, a lizard that doesn't look like an anole (it was bigger), and a black bird with a really clear yellow eye.  I never know what new visitor He will send me. It is always an adventure. :)

Good Mornin', Darlin' ©7 May 2017 Suzanne G. McClendon

Carolina Wren ©7 May 2017 Suzanne G. McClendon

Have a blessed day, y'all!

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