Thankful Hodgepodge

Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog and link up here or feel free to answer in the comment section!

1. Three things you're grateful for this first week of November? 

I am thankful for my family and our friends (who are like family) and our church and oh so many other things - good health, sunshine, a juicy orange! This week I'm feeling very thankful so my list could go on and on.

2. Is Daylight Savings Time a thing where you live? Do you think we should continue setting the clocks forward and back? Why or why not? If you could add an extra hour to your day would you want it added morning-noon-night? Do you think it likely you'd be more productive or more likely that you'd just waste more time? Yes, daylight savings time is a thing here in Alabama. I wish we could just get on one time and stay there. Of course, I would "say" that I would love an extra hour every day but I don't know if I would be productive or not.

3. Who is  your favorite author? Your favorite book by your favorite author? I love reading so I don't know that I have a true favorite. I love James Patterson. I enjoy Janet Evanovich. Let me tell you what I just read - go load it on your Kindle or go to your library and check it out. Historical fiction is not my normal genre but this book is worth reading. I didn't want to put it down and I didn't want it to end. After you read the book, read what both authors wrote and read where they took creative license vs. actual history. After you read it, I would love to hear your opinion.

4. It's National Sandwich Day...will you celebrate? How often do you eat a sandwich? What's your favorite? I actually had a tuna salad sandwich for lunch on Tuesday. Have y'all purchased the Lewis Keto bread? It is a game changer. I've never been a "normal" breakfast eater so probably 5 out of 7 days a week, I have a few slices of turkey, a slice of velveeta, a squirt of two of mustard, a tiny squirt of Hellman's' light mayo on Lewis Keto bread for breakfast. Yes, I know it is weird but it works for me.

5. Have you started your Christmas shopping? If so when did you start? If not when will you start? Do you give more or fewer gifts than you did five years ago? I have not started my shopping. I will probably do most of my shopping online and I will probably shop online over Thanksgiving weekend. Our "children" and our daughter-in-law all have November birthdays and I like to celebrate their birthdays and Thanksgiving first - before we decorate for Christmas and before I start shopping for Christmas.

6. Insert your own random thought here. We had an awesome Halloween night. By my best calculations, we had between 1000 and 1100 trick or treaters and they were polite and they had fun costumes. I love our street - everyone is sitting outside with a beverage handing out candy. I did feel slightly sorry for myself over the weekend. We were not invited to a single party and social media made me think that everyone I know was at a party. I guess that means that I need to have a party . . .that way, I have a party to attend!!

We bought 1520 pieces of candy and
we gave away close to 1500 pieces.
The first 5-600 got one piece each.
The last 45 minutes, we gave out
two pieces per kid.

The trick or treaters seem to arrive in groups
most of the night. I love when a whole
group dresses up with a theme.
This just shows how many
folks there are - we have all
ages and all nationalities.

I have no idea who this family is 
but I asked if I could take their picture.
This is a great family costume idea!!

We didn't get to see our granddaughters in person but I saw pictures and I'll share those, too!

our son, DIL, and granddaughter #1

Granddaughter #1 made the cutest
unicorn jockey - she LOVES
unicorns

this little nugget had a bad cold
and cough so she dressed up
but they weren't able to go
to their church Trunk or Treat.
She loves that thumb.