Wednesday Hodgepodge - 3/6

1. My real life friends came through with another question this week so thank you real life friends. When you've eaten in a restaurant do you complete their comment card? Do you take online surveys highlighted at the bottom of store receipts? 

I always mean to, but I forget to do it once I get home. They usually offer pretty good incentives for completing them, too!


2. The (US) ban on women in combat was lifted at the end of January. It will probably be next year before specifics are worked out, but its been reported over 200,000 front line positions will eventually open up to women.  Your thoughts? 

In the type of warfare that happens today, women are on the front lines even when they aren't, because the "front lines" can be anywhere troops are.  I think that we have come to the point where saying they can't serve in combat was primarily a rule in the books, and not the reality for those in a war zone.


3.  In looking back at all the blog posts you've written, what's your favorite post title? 

I don't know that I really love any of them.  I'm never witty enough in the moment to come up with really funny or clever titles.  My titles are usually more about starting the conversation or capping what I'm talking about.  


4. What's worse-overly permissive parents or overly protective parents?  Did your own parents lean more to the permissive or the protective category?  If you're a parent where do you fall? 

I sometimes joke that if you want the worst-case scenario, talk to my mom.  She means well, but sometimes she's a little too into preparing for the worst.  I'm exactly the same way, so I get it and it doesn't really bother me anymore.   My parents were not overly protective.  I didn't ever have a curfew as long as I was truthful about where I was going and what I was doing, and I understood that even if I was out late on Saturday with friends, I would be getting up for 8:15 Mass.


5.  Candlelight-moonlight-firelight-bright lights in the big city...which one's your favorite? 

My favorite is probably moonlight with lots of stars, because it just awes me how beautiful the night sky can be.  But I am pretty passionate about the other three as well.  


6. Dr. Seuss's birthday was celebrated on Saturday. What's a favorite book you remember (Seuss or otherwise) from your own childhood?  Did books play an important role in your growing up years? Explain. 

My parents read to me a lot.  One of my favorites was a Little Golden Book called Katie the Kitten, for obvious reasons (how cool to have your name in the title of a book, right?).  My dad read it so much he can recite it.  Books played a huge role in my childhood.  I am the only one of my siblings that seems to have inherited my parents' love for the written word.  I remember spending whole days reading as a child.  I was a big fan of The Babysitter's Club books and of the spin-offs.  (Babysitter's Little Sister featuring Karen anyone?) And thankfully, I still love to read.  



7.  To quote Dr. Seuss...

"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere." 

from One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

Share something funny you've recently read, seen or heard.

Yesterday during class, a group of my 8th grade boys had me in tears laughing at their live commentary while watching The Sound of Music.   They are always a pretty funny bunch, but their dry sarcasm about the whole thing was just too much!

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I am really trying to scrimp and save as much as I can to get some things paid off.  But I'm allowing myself a little break in the next couple of days to do something fun, and I can't wait to share about it next week!!