Wednesday Hodgepodge

I'm joining up with Joyce at From This Side of the Pond for Hodgepodge Wednesday. I would love to hear your answers to any of these questions!

1. What is one good thing you often take for granted? Every time we travel outside the United Stated, I realize (once again) that I take “clean, running water at the touch of a fingertip” for granted. I also take regular toilets, toilet seats, toilet paper, and paper towels for granted. I know that I just named more than one thing.

just in case you don't know --
this is a squatty potty. You place
one foot on each side and squat to
do your business. I've
never used one before,
but we went to many bathrooms
where there were no toilet seats and
if there was toilet paper or paper towels, you had to
pay an attendant to have a few sheets. Sometimes
there was no toilet paper, nor paper towel . . .
nor attendant. On these trips, I try to
remember to pack my tiny rolls
of travel toilet paper in my purse.

2. What's the boldest piece of clothing in your wardrobe? I bought a really fun and cute dress from Talbots this year. I think the dress was horrifying to Mark haha! I enjoyed wearing it.

photo from Talbot's website

3. Do you think common interests or common values are the key to people getting along? Elaborate. I think knowing and loving people who have different political views/thoughts/lifestyles might come first which might involve realizing you have common values and common interests. Mark has very different political views than some of our friends. I'm thinking of one person especially. She and Mark are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. They will never understand the other's view on politics BUT they met several years ago and really like (love) each other a lot . . .so they get along well. They would probably never discuss politics. Our country has gone beserk with hate. People hate people who vote differently than they. People hate people who live a different lifestyle. Civility seems to have gone out the window. I'm not pointing fingers at either side - both parties have added fuel to the fire of hate. I'm writing this post in the wee hours of Tuesday before the election. I'm trying not to worry about tomorrow.

4. November 6 is National Nacho Day...do you like nachos? How do you like yours? Do you make them at home or only order out? I like this question much better! I do like nachos! I like chips with ground beef and black beans (or refried beans) with cheese and salsa and sour cream and guac. I rarely order them out because they are so fattening! I made some at home this weekend. I counted out my tostito bite size rounds and put them on a plate. I added reduced fat cheese and black beans and zapped them in the microwave until cheese was melted. I added salsa. I didn't have all of the other ingredients but these were still tasty! Moe's BBQ has several locations in our area and they serve Redneck Nachos - kettle chips with your choice of pork, turkey, or chicken, jalapeno, queso, red and white BBQ sauce, fresh tomato. I've never eaten Moe's nachos, but I've heard they are excellent.

5. Have you spent any time in Washington D.C.?  If so what did you think? If not, is that a place you'd like to visit? What do you think about politics as a career choice? I've been to Washington D.C. twice. I think that is correct. When Laura and Glenn were four months old, Mark had a business trip to Washington. I went along and slept for a lot of hours and ordered room service! During the first ten weeks of their little lives, I never had more than two hours sleep. I was still pretty tired at the four month mark. I do remember hanging out a little with the wife of the owner of the company. She was old enough to be my mother and she was very shy. Mark and I also went to a play at a cool theater and we went to the Smithsonian. When Laura and Glenn were in the youth choir at church, we went to Washington D.C. while on a choir tour one summer. We went to the tomb of the unknown soldier and it was Memorial Day, so that was powerful. I can't remember everything we did. I wouldn't want to live there, but it was an interesting place to visit. I would NEVER choose politics as a career choice. My skin is not thick enough. In today's world, dirt diggers find every piece of dirt in a person's past and then make up things. I wouldn't survive.

6. Insert your own random thought here.