Wednesday Hodgepodge

I'm a bit shocked that it is the last day of the first month of 2018.  How can that be?  Time is flying by so fast and I keep wondering if I'm making the best use of the time I have left.  I mean, I sure hope that's many more years but at this rate it will past very quickly.  Meanwhile, I'll get busy answering the HP questions for today.

1. Speaking of endings....at your wit's end, at loose ends, a dead end, burn the candle at both ends, all's well that end's well, or no end in sight...which 'end' phrase might best be applied to your life lately? Explain.  I would have to say, "all's well that end's well."  Life has been pretty smooth lately and any issues have all turned out okay.  But, I could apply all of these phrases at some time or the other.

2. What was a must have accessory when you were growing up? Did you own one? If so tell us what you remember about it.
Not sure this is what you mean but the very first thing to come to my mind were my glasses.  And, they were definitely not considered a fashion accessory in 1958, the year I started wearing glasses.  But, I was one more happy gal when I got them.  My first grade teacher mentioned to my parents that she was pretty sure that I could not see well and she was so right.  When I got glasses my whole world changed.  I told my parents I did not know that the trees had leaves.  They felt terrible that they had not picked up on it but we did not own a TV at that time or they might have noticed by how close I had to sit to watch it.  But, hey, "all's well that end's well."  ~big smile~



3. Something that made you smile yesterday?
Well, this really isn't funny but it did make me chuckle.  One of Hubby's staff was telling me about her husband having a bike accident on Sunday.  They were off for an afternoon bike ride in their neighborhood when her husband saw, what he thought, was about to be a tragic accident in one of their neighbors driveways.  He squeezed his hand brakes extremely hard as he was going to get off his bike and run and try to prevent it.  When he applied the hand brakes he went sailing over the handle bars onto the hard pavement and landed on his right arm.  He ended up at the Orthopedist office and is in a sling and  is in physical therapy.  It is not broken but nonetheless, a pretty bad injury that he'll be dealing with for a few weeks.  And, all was well with the neighbors, what he saw was not the way it really was.  And, just so you know I'm not being ugly by laughing, the way his wife,  laughingly, told the story and my envisioning it all taking place, made me chuckle.  Wow, that was a really long answer.

4. January 30th is National Croissant Day. Do you like croissants? Sweet or savory? We're having chicken salad for lunch...would you rather have yours served on a croissant, a wrap, a bagel, bread, or a roll of some sort?
I do like croissants, just the regular ones.  I rarely eat them as they can be a little too "bready" for me.  I'll take my chicken salad on wheat bread.

5. Sum up your January in fifteen words or less.
January was colder than rip and came and went in a flash!

6.  Insert your own random thought here.

A few months ago our son started collecting old license plates.  Yes, I know, why would anyone want old license plates?  But, apparently, there is lots of interest in them and some of them can be quite valuable. ~go figure~  Anyway, he was looking for a way to display a few of them in his office and I thought this (the above picture) was a good way.  This window looks out into the reception area and was just perfect to frame with the plates.  And, I hung every one of them.  Yessiree! and they are all hung on straight pins so as not to tear the wall up when they are removed.  I thought it really turned out nicely and he was quite pleased.  Yea, Mom!!!

Happy mid-week!!!