Wednesday Hodgepodge - 6/13

1. In what way are you your own worst enemy?

I'm my own worst enemy because I can't always seem to shut my mouth, even when it would be in my best interest to do so.  If I am right, I can't just settle with the satisfaction that I was, I have to crow about it.  And heaven help you if I get on a roll.  It's not one of my finer qualities and one that I am really trying to work on.

2. Jacques Cousteau's birthday was Monday, June 11th...ever been scuba diving? Is that something you'd like to try? What's your favorite 'under the sea' creature?

I have never been scuba diving.  I have this inherent fear of drowning, so that's kind of a bummer.  It is something I would like to try because I love aquariums (the big kind, not the kind you have in your house.  Well, unless you have a the big kind in your house.  Then I'm in!).  I love all of the tropical fish, but my favorite is the sea turtle!  They are just so cute!

3. On a scale of 1-10, how comfortable are you in and around the water? (1=not at all, 10=very) Do you know how to swim and if so how and when did you learn?

Despite the whole fear of drowning thing, I  am a big ole 10 in the water!  My mom took me to swimming lessons from the time I was old enough to walk and I would go every summer.  I am a very good swimmer and I absolutely love being in the water.  (As long as I can see what's around me.   I hate swimming in murky lakes, which is all we really have around here!)

Me circa 1986

4. What's something you do to motivate yourself to tick an item off your to-do list?

I can't really think of anything in particular, probably because I tend to lack motivation to check things off my to-do list.

5. What makes a good neighbor? Are you a good neighbor?

A good neighbor helps you when you have two inches of water in your basement and you don't know why you can't get the water shut off.  And will also put a new bulb in your headlight after you look at them with sad puppy eyes.  I should also mention that I don't have houses as neighbors, I have businesses.  And they take good care of me.  In return, I let them walk back and forth through my yard.  Hmmm....maybe I should bake them cookies or something...

6. Who loads the dishwasher at your house? Is there a right way and a wrong way?

I don't have a dishwasher.  there's no room for it in my tiny kitchen.  But, after years in my parents' house, I can tell you there is a right way and a wrong way, but no one says too much if you will just do the dishes.

7. You know it's summer when_____you start getting fresh garden goods thrust upon you whether you like it or not_____.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

If you have been here much, you know how I feel about Gilmore Girls.  It is my all-time favorite show.  I know the names of the episodes.  It's a very serious thing.  And while Amy Sherman-Palladino has brought us shows since, I haven't really loved them.  Until I watched Bunheads.  Maybe it's my love for Broadway's  Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, but I loved the pilot.  (You can watch it on hulu now.  The show airs on ABC Family on Mondays.)    Did anyone else see it?  Thoughts?