Happy New Year!!
Another year,
Another Hodgepodge!

1. What are three words you would use to describe your 2011?

Quick
Over

Missed

2. Do you like shrimp? What's your favorite way to have it prepared?

 What's not to love about shrimp?    Nothing as far as I'm concerned.   We pulled out a ring of shrimp with some cocktail sauce to ring in the new year.   It used to be just Dear Hubby and I sharing it, but now we have to fight Big Guy for our share.    If someone else is preparing it........ I do love a GOOD shrimp scampi, shrimp with asparagus, or any type of shrimp pasta dish.

3. Is your house de-Christmased? If so, when did you tackle that job? If not, when will the decorations come down?

50/50.   Usually by the day after New Year's Day, you would never even have know it was Christmas.   Not this year for some reason.   I did put away a bulk of it, but I still have a tree in the front window, small trees in the boys room, and some odds and ends.   I did take down the big tree in our living room.   I did wait till yesterday which was very late for me.   I've been known to begin taking decorations off before New Year's.   One thing that I do get away with -  Many of my decorations are snowmen.   So, I re-purpose them for winter decorations and don't put them away till February..

4. Do you like to watch scary movies?

 It depends what you call scary.    I like movies that are intense, suspenseful, and there is no gore.   I can NOT take the movies (scary or not) that include nasty, not for my eyes scenes.  

5. ice skating~sledding~ skiing~snowboarding...of the four listed which wintertime activity do you most enjoy?

Ice skating is too much work because I'm usually holding someone up from falling.   Just too exhausting.    I went skiing once in high school and I think that was more than enough for me.   If I couldn't handle it when I was young (not that I'm old), than I really don't need it now!   Snowboarding - Are you kidding me??    I do love sledding.   I go with the boys and it is just so much fun.   The boys are still young, so we really don't go to any big hills, but we have a great time.   I still impress them that I will go down the hill with them:)

6. Did you have a childhood hideout? Describe it.

Nope

7. What's a place or space that motivates you?

 Does HGTV count???    I love seeing what they can do and it always gives me ideas.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Everyone keeps asking if I've made any resolutions for the New Year.   I feel bad that I haven't.   It's not like I don't have several that I could easily list off....

1.   Loose weight
2.   Cook better meals
3.   Use more coupons
4.   Cut back on my spending
5.   Get more sleep
6.   Get off computer more
7.   Do a better job of keeping house up

See, these are things that I know I need to do.   Will I do them?   Maybe.   Should I do them?   Absolutely.    But I also know that if I make any of these my resolutions, I will not keep them.    So, these are things that I would like to do.   That I may do.   But they are not my resolutions.  I will do them because I know that I should do.

Do you make resolutions?   Do you keep them?

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