Wednesday Hodgepodge (early edition)

Well, I'm back again for another hodgepodge, and I'm doing it early again because Wednesdays get busy in a hurry around here!

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.

I remember one particularly warm winter, when I was very young, my mother decided one morning to assure me that Santa would still be visiting because he would put wheels on his sleigh.  She spent a lot of time trying to assure me that everything would be okay.  I didn't understand why she was so worried--Santa's sleigh could FLY, so what did it matter that there wasn't any snow?

One of my favorite memories as a mother was when my son was about eighteen months old.  I had a terrible headache one morning, and I was lying on the sofa, trying to sleep it off, but I could tell he was somewhere upstairs crying for one of us.  My husband went to find him, and came back with the news that he'd gone upstairs to his room to get his favorite stuffed kitty, and couldn't get back downstairs with him.  My eyes were still closed, and I barely replied, but I definitely noticed when my son tucked his kitty into my arms, kissed my forehead, and patted my cheek.  He'd gone to get his kitty for ME so I would feel better.


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.

I...actually don't think I have any teachers or nurses in my family tree!

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?

I suppose if those are my options, I'll take chicken salad, on a bed of lettuce.  I'm not a huge fan of any of them.  But since I've had chicken salad that I'll actually tolerate before...

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?

I don't.  And NOTHING of mine is organized.  Family paperwork and business is taken care of at the dining room table.  I set it in my place so that I definitely get it out of the way before dinner.  Right now, I'm upstairs in my room blogging.

5. When I was nine years old....
Wow.  Uh...I was in fourth grade?  My teacher got married halfway through the school year.  I don't think that lasted long.  I wanted to be a police officer when I grew up.  My favorite color was blue.  I had a soft spot for a certain boy, but there were three of them by that name in that classroom, and one of them had gotten the WRONG impression, and was rather cruel about it.  

Maybe I don't remember that much about being nine years old...
6. Insert your own random thought here.

My husband is travelling for work this week.  I wasn't feeling well after dinner, and all I wanted was to do the dishes in relative peace and quiet.  Scout responded to this by taking Sunshine outside to teach her how to pitch a baseball.

If every summer day was like this, I'd like summer more.  Most summer days are spent breaking up shouting matches or trying to keep them from flooding the backyard.