It's a Cherry of a Hodgepodge

Wednesdays sure do roll around quickly. I'm so amazed that Joyce is writing these questions . . .all while keeping her grands for several days! Way to go, Joyce!!  Join us by answering the questions in the comments section or by copying and pasting the questions into your own blog and linking up with everyone here.

1. Many of our earliest presidents created words or expressions widely used today. Teddy Roosevelt is credited with mollycoddle, pack rat, frazzle, and loose cannon...which of those words/phrases currently relates to your life in some way? One of our family member has been mollycoddled all of his life. We also have some family members who were/are pack rats which is causing a lot of other family members to feel frazzled and that has made a few other family members feel like loose cannons. Do I get bonus points for using ALL of the words? hahaha!

2. Have you visited many (or any) of the US Presidents homes, monuments, libraries or related sites? If so what's been your favorite? Are there any you particularly want to see? Here's a link to presidential sites listed by state which is kind of fun to read-Presidential Places by State. And since several bloggers who participate in the HP each week live outside the US, here's a link to Presidential Places Outside the US. Have you seen any of those? We've been to FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs, GA and we've been to several of the places in DC. I thought Pearl Harbor might have had some presidential "stuff" but it evidently doesn't. We've been there :-). I want to go to London so it would be cool to see some of the sights/markers/monuments there for a U.S. President.

3. February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day...will you celebrate? Given your choice of cherry pie, cherry cobbler, cheesecake with a cherry topping, or black forest cake which would you choose? I won't be celebrating National Cherry Pie Day, but I do love fresh cherries. I don't eat sweets but if I did . . . I would pick cheesecake with cherry topping.

4. Last time you worked a puzzle of some kind? Something that had you puzzled recently? I haven't worked one in a while -- I'm sure the last one I worked was with our middle granddaughter. I've been puzzled by the behavior of others lately!!

5. Of the early blooming flowers (January-early March depending on your zone) which one's your favorite? I love forsythia. The daffodils/jonquils are blooming here and they are pretty, too. After I typed the previous two sentences, I see below . . .you have given me the names of some other flowers.

snowdrops, lenten roses, pansies, violets, snapdragons, reticulated iris, crocus, winter jasmine

Do you have any of these in your own yard/garden? From the list above, I would choose pansies -- yellow pansies with purple on their little faces. We have some regular iris (irises - I need to look that up - plural of iris!), but none of the others listed.

6. Insert your own random thought here. A local weather forecaster created this meme at some point. We actually aren't in second false spring yet. It is going down to 21 degrees tonight and 18 tomorrow night - BRRRR!!. I guess we are in actual winter . . .because we had false spring last week!