Time for the Hodgepodge

 

1. Joyce writes the Hodgepodge questions so they'll post on Sunday, which sometimes throws her off in terms of what day it is. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated on Monday, March 17th. Did you mark the day in some way? Wear green? Make a special meal? Watch or participate in a parade? I wore green to church on Sunday and to work on Monday! I looked at my ancestry.com and 23 and me results (again) to verify that I do indeed have Irish blood!! I did not make a special meal (I don't like corned beef) and I didn't celebrate. I did think about Ireland!!

2. Do you think luck plays a part in your life? Explain. I have really mixed emotions about "luck." I do think somethings are just "luck of the draw." I won a bottle of Pappy several years ago and that was just plain luck - my golden ticket was drawn from thousands. I think that every once in a while, we might be somewhere and see something fun and interesting and maybe we were just "lucky" to be there. Mark and I are people of faith and so we tend to look at many things as blessings, rather than luck, and the path of our life is guided by God through the Holy Spirit. I do want to say that we do believe in free will - we don't think we are pieces on a chess board that God moves hither and yon.

3. Of the 15 green foods listed, which one is your favorite and how do you like it prepared? Any on the list that are a hard no for you? In general do you like fruits and veggies? As a kid did you eat them willingly or did you hide peas in your napkin hoping your momma wouldn't see? 

Asparagus - I love it roasted, 

avocado - I love it sliced and I love it in guac, 

broccoli - I eat it and sometimes I love it; sometimes I eat it because it is good for me, 

celery - I like it on a crudite tray or stuffed with pimento cheese or cream cheese and olives or peanut butter with raisins on top, 

cucumber - I enjoy cucumbers, 

grape - we've been eating grapes all week, 

green bean - I eat them and I guess I like them haha, 

kale - I love Chick-Fil-A's kale salad - yum yum!, 

kiwi - I love ripe kiwi - to me, kiwi tastes like a cross of banana and strawberry, 

lettuce - I enjoy a good salad, 

lime - I love a lime margarita! 

pear - I like pears just fine, 

peas - I do like green peas; especially LeSueur brand, 

pistachios - I do like pistachios, 

spinach - I like raw spinach, but I only tolerate cooked spinach.

I love most fruits and veggies. We grew up eating lots of fruit. My granddaddy and my daddy always had a garden, so we always had fresh veggies. My momma did fry lots of things - squash and okra and green tomatoes. I don't remember hiding any fruit or veggie in a napkin but my mom made Salmon Croquettes and I would cry and cry. I still don't eat them and that experience plays a part in the fact that I can't eat salmon now. There was a starchy veggie that I didn't like and would cry about eating-- it was some sort of a large white bean. I love just about all beans now. Whatever mama cooked and served, we were expected to eat. She didn't make separate meals for us.

4. What's something that makes you 'turn green'? (with envy or with illness... whichever way you want to run with it) I don't do well if anyone throws up -- I turn green . . . and vacate the premises as quickly as possible.

5. Did you spend a lot of time outdoors as a child? Doing what? Do you spend a lot of time outdoors now? Doing what? When the weather was nice, we spent a lot of time outside. We had swings and would swing high. We played kick ball and we played baseball/softball. There were 17 kids in our neighborhood and we played lots of outside games. We rode our bikes everywhere. As an adult, I love the outdoors BUT I do not spend much time outside due to allergies. I'm on shots and oral meds but still have trouble. My eyes are so itchy right now as I'm typing this!!

This is just the girls from our neighborhood.
I'm second from left on front row.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

meme courtesy of someone's pinterest page