I Like Easter

1.  It’s Easter this week. As a child, did you take part in Easter Egg Hunts?
My mom always colored eggs for Easter and I enjoyed eating them.  My parents were pretty cool, and they would organize Easter egg hunts for my sister, brother and I inside the living room, which I did enjoy.  My dad would give the one who found the most eggs a dollar so this was like the only time that I could compete against my siblings.  My parents would tell us to find the eggs when we woke up in the morning.  They seemed to find new hiding places every year, so it never got boring, till we got too old for this.  We moved around a lot when I was a kid, so there were always new hiding spots.  They placed them in plants, tucked in the back of window curtains, nestled them in between cushions on the couch, or simply left them sitting on top of the TV.  There was one time when we told our parents that we were done and my dad who counted the eggs said there was one more left but warned us that we had to be careful.  We gave up and he showed us that he unscrewed a light bulb in a lamp and put it in the socket.

2.  If you were to design an Easter Bonnet, what would it look like?
I had no creative talent for doing anything like that.

3.  Have you ever seen the movie Easter Parade with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland?
Yep, that really was a one of a kind, but I watched many Easter movies like Ben Hur, and The Ten Commandments both starring Charlton Heston, and both directed by Cecil B. DeMille.  I also watched The Robe, Solomon and Sheba, Barabbas and some others.  I never watched Life Of Brian, or Jesus Christ Superstar but someday I would like to.

4.  For my readers who don’t celebrate Easter, can you apply these questions to one of your traditional holidays?
I don’t celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, but I do enjoy a nice Easter ham.

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

Fish Story

1.   Have you ever been fishing?
I went fishing twice in my life.  The first time my dad took my sister, brother and I fishing on a boat that he rented one day.  Everyone caught at least one fish except me, and I was very disappointed about that.  Dejected, I walked several steps behind the rest of them when we were returning the boat, and then I spotted a fish that washed up on shore.  I put it on my hook, and I showed everyone what I caught, but they all laughed at me because the fish was decrepit, and half rotted away.

My second fishing trip was in Key West, FL where my wife and I went on a charter boat.  The First Mate set us up with poles and bait.  My wife got mad when the squid we used as bait stained her blouse, but we each caught several Yellowtail Snappers.  The First Mate cleaned our fish for us, and we had fun watching the pelicans eat the scraps.

2.  Do you prefer to watch football, rugby, tennis or hockey on TV?
I watch the NFL games on TV which is American Football, and I can usually catch about 5 games every week.

3.  Have you ever ice skated?
When I was young, I lived in Wisconsin and in the winter, I skated all the time.  I won a bronze medal for speed skating one time.  When I lived in New Jersey, we used to play ice hockey on this pond in the woods behind my neighborhood.  There were about eight of us we all had skates and hockey sticks.  The pond was perfect for hockey as it had two natural goals existing, one at each end.  They were just tree stumps located just off the ice, but for us they were goals.  I had the puck, and I had a breakaway goal (situation where no defending players were between me and the goal) and as I drew back my stick to take my shot, this kid hooked me (used his stick to trip me).  This kid was mean to position his stick inside my right skate blade.  This caused me to fall forward, and my neck landed on the right tree stump which was part of the goal.  I laid on the ground in pain, but when I finally got up, I had this giant scar all across my neck and I was not able to talk for several days.  It looked like someone sewed my head on like the Frankenstein monster.

4.  Did you enjoy sports at school?
I wanted to play football in High School, but we had just moved to town and I missed the signup.  The first day of school I told the coaches that I wanted to play, and they said I couldn’t because I missed the signup.  The next season T tried to play JV, but the coaches said that since I didn’t play Freshman ball that I couldn’t play JV.  I tried out for the golf team every year, but I never made the cut.

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

A Whole Lot of Chocolate

1.Do you have a favorite outfit you like to wear?
I basically wear the same thing every day.  It is warm in Florida, so I wear shorts and I have several pairs that are all very similar.  Almost all my shirts are the same style being 3 button tee shirts with a pocket.  My underwear is all the same style, but different colors.

2. What is the worst thing you were forced to wear as a child (school uniforms aside)?
I was diagnosed as being bow-legged as a child and I had to wear metal braces on my legs at night to straighten them out.  My dad said that when I was walking it looked like I just got off of a horse and there was a big enough gap between my legs to roll a barrel through them.  I hated having to wear them and I cried every night when my parents strapped them on to my legs.  They made me take this awful tasting medicine before I went to bed, which really sucked.

3. Do you have a sweet tooth, and if so, are you a chewer, cruncher, or sucker?
I enjoy sweet snacks and I am allowed 2 snacks every day.  I usually have a Danish after my breakfast and before my lunch.  At night if my blood sugar is low, I could treat myself to pie or ice cream, but most of the time, I usually have a frozen yogurt pop.  I chew, crunch and suck, depending on what I am consuming.

4. Do you think you could eat your weight in chocolate?
That would be a whole lot of chocolate.

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

Spaghetti

1.Do you have any family traditions?
My family had many traditions, and most were centered around holidays.  For Christmas, my parents would always wrap gag gifts for myself, my brother and sister to open and they would laugh when I opened new socks or new underwear when I was expecting it to be a present.  For Easter my mom would color eggs and they would hide them for us to find when we woke up.  For Thanksgiving one of us kids were always allowed to name the turkey.  I don’t have a family, but I keep up a tradition that my dad started.  He always made sure that my mom made spaghetti for the first Sunday of football season and I still make sure to do that.

2. With December on its way, have you ever been carol singing?
Nobody in their right mind would ever want to hear me sing.

3. Do you decorate your home for the Christmas holidays?
I got a lighted palm tree that I can put presents under, and I hang a wreath on the front door.

4. Do you enjoy the Christmas rush for preparations and shopping?
I only enjoy it when it is over.

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

Nose Hair

1.As a child, did you prefer to watch TV, play games outside on a nice day, or read?
When I was young, I played outside all the time and so did all my friends.  There wasn’t that much stuff to watch on TV back then like there is today.  My parents encouraged me to go outside and play if it was a nice day.  I was never much of a reader, but I did enjoy TV and later I got interested in listening to music.

2. What would you rather do now, read a book, watch a movie at home, dine out with friends, or go down the pub?
I write during the day, and I watch TV at night.  I like eating home cooked food and dining out for me means getting takeout and eating that at home.  I don’t even know where a pub is by me.

3. Are you fashion conscious?
Nope.  I have clothes that I like which are comfortable and I but the same style when I feel the need to get new clothing.  I like to look presentable, which requires showering and shaving and making sure that there are no hairs hanging out of my nose.

4. Do you wear slippers, clogs or go barefoot indoors?
I wear slippers indoors, or sometimes just socks.

Gratitude:
I just ordered Christmas stamps and when they arrive, I will send out all my Christmas cards.

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

For Melanie C

A big loss for our little community.

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It was hard to believe that I’ve known Melanie for roughly 15 years as a blogger. Not just on Word Press but on other sites. She had been very prolific throughout those years and I really liked her style and she also had great tastes in music too. Recently she stopped posting and of course I just thought she was taking another break.

I only knew about her passing through a post from another blogger here and I was devastated. I knew she had both mental and physical problems but I thought she would be okay and be back to writing on here again as she had done so before.

I don’t know the circumstances of her passing (maybe I don’t want to know) but I know I’ve lost a special friend even though I never got to meet Melanie. I always looked forward to her posts and now it…

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What Friends

1.Do you consider friends an extension of your family?
Sure, why not.

2. Would you confide in a friend more than you would a family member?
It depends.

3. How long have you known your best friend?
I don’t have a best friend and if I don’t count my virtual friends online, I actually don’t have any friends.

4. Do you believe distance has a negative effect on friendships?
It would depend on how strong the friendship is, but if you are separated from a friend that can make it more difficult, as like Bill Withers said, “There ain’t no sunshine when she is gone.”  Now that there is “one less bell to answer, one less egg to fry, one less woman to pick up after, I should be happy, but all I do is cry.”

Written for Di’s Share Your World.

God Laughs

1.How organized are you? Do you plan ahead, take things as they come, or does it depend on the circumstances?
I just made a plan with my girlfriend for us to be together and I rented a hotel room which was very reasonable, only $35 a night.  I should have realized that price was too low and when I confirmed my reservation with my credit card, it said it was non-refundable.  She lives kind of far from me in a town called Oviedo and the reservation that I made was in Oviedo, Spain, not Oviedo, Florida, so I am sure God had a good laugh about that one.

2. How many Christmas presents have you bought already?
I give cards with checks in them for Christmas presents and I bought all the cards already.

3. Do you refer a family gathering for special occasions, or just you and your significant other?
I am assuming that Di meant “prefer” and not “refer”, so I will try to answer it that way.  I don’t live near any of my family, so I only see them on special occasions.  I guess I like both, as it is always nice to see my family, but it is also good to get away from them.

4. How many words do you think your pet understands?
One of my cats, enjoys being pet and she will let me know every time I go past her.  I am sure that she understands certain things, but I don’t think that human language is something she is able to grasp.

Gratitude
I am in a football pool with two other people, my cousin and her boyfriend.  The winner of each week gets a dollar from the two losers, so it is not about the money, it is just to make the games more interesting to watch for all of us.  Currently I have a two-game lead with overall wins, and I am one game ahead for this week, which I am grateful for.

Written for Melanie’s aka Sparky’s Share Your World which is hosted by Di today.

LOL

1,When you go food shopping, do you go with a list or amble down the aisles putting things in your basket or cart that you fancy or think you need?
Since I am retired, I don’t mind spending time in the grocery store, but I usually have a list when I go shopping for food.  I consider myself to be a confident, easy-going guy that is able to have a casual chat with almost anyone, and although picking up a woman never gets written down on my list.  At times I have approached several women in the grocery store by asking the cute ones to help me pick out a pineapple or getting them to tell me what a rutabaga is, because I am making soup.

2. When the temperatures drop for the colder months, is there a specific date you put the heating on or do you flick the switch when you start to feel cold?
It is so f’’’ing hot here in Florida, I wish it would cool off.

3. Keeping with the cold theme, do you prefer a hot water bottle or an electric blanket at night?
I would rather have a woman warm up my bed.

4. How do you feel about log burners? Do you think they are messy or cosy?
I have absolutely no feelings about log burners.

Gratitude:
When was the last time you laughed out loud?
There’s a feeling I get, when I look to the west, while I am wondering if there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, and the forests echo with laughter because I just purchased a stairway to heaven, and that was the last time I remembered laughter.

Written for Melanie’s aka Sparky’s Share Your World which is hosted by Di today.

Know It All

Can we really know everything?
I think that many people are capable of having an opinion about everything, but nobody truly knows everything.  Some people have a lot of knowledge and education, and they like to share what they know, but only a narcissist would feel that they know everything.

Where were people before they were born?
Inside of their mother’s womb, unless they are a test tube baby, and I don’t believe that a person’s spirit lived in heaven before they were born.

Does the Law of Attraction exist?  (Law of Attraction as I understand it) is a school of thought where positive thinking brings about good changes.  Some say it’s made them wealthy.  Others say it improves their health or their outlook on life)
I read that there are 3 Laws of Attraction, where Like Attracts Like, the Aristotle phrase Nature Abhors a Vacuum, and the Present is Always Perfect, which is basically saying that there will always be things to make you unhappy if you go around looking for them.  There are supposedly 12 universal laws in our universe that are thought to be intrinsic, unchanging which ancient cultures have always intuitively known.  I am not going to get into these 12 universal laws, but there are plenty of places that you can read about them if you are interested in this mumbo jumbo.  I am more interested in Newton’s Laws of Motion, as I consider the Law of Attraction to be pseudoscience.

Do we love ourselves more in the virtual world and less in the real world?  If so, why?   If nay, why?
Social media has changed our perceptions about life and people are spending more time online in a virtual world.  Love is something that everyone needs, whether they are in the real world or existing in a virtual world, but I have no clue how to answer this question.  As long as a person is pursuing a meaningful life, I don’t think it should matter where they choose to spend their time.

Gratitude Section
Are you happy?
Writing makes me happy, and I do that every day.  I also enjoy watching TV.

Written for Melanie’s aka Sparky’s Share Your World.