A Tasty Medley

I'm tickled to join with Terri n' friends' Medley today!  If you'd like to join the party just click HERE!

National Pie Day is celebrated annually on January 23.  (Not to be confused with March 14 which is PI Day.)  National Pie Day was created simply to celebrate the pie.  It is a day for all to bake or cook their favorite pies.  Even more importantly, it is a day set aside for all to enjoy eating pies!

Okay, fess up!  Tell us your top three favorites pies.

Egg Custard, Peanut Butter, Pumpkin

Will you have some pie today?

If only in my dreams!

While we are talking about food … are you a picky eater or are you ready to try almost any new food?

Because I strongly dislike some foods (eg, fruit, liver, lamb), I guess you could call me 'picky.')

What is the worst thing you have ever eaten?

That award would go to sushi.  I can't wrap my mind around the thought of eating bait.

Baking could be considered an art, as could cooking.  How do you define art?

I'm certainly not qualified to define what is - or isn't - art!

In short, I'd say whatever is esthetically pleasing to one's senses.  (And yes, that includes children's crayon drawings!)

Tell us a really stupid joke that made you laugh.

OK, I'm going out on a limb and hope no-one's offended by religious humor.   (Normally a stern sort of fellow, my uncle-the-minister loved to tell such jokes!)  I thought of Uncle Lu when, during a live show, Sean Dietrich poked fun at his own Southern Baptist roots:

"Presbyterians, you say?  Heck.  Presbyterians are just Southern Baptists who like to drink a little but can't afford to be Episcopalians."

January 23 is also National Handwriting Day.  Do you have nice handwriting?

I wouldn't call it awful.

Undisciplined, perhaps?  My mother would use a ruler and #2 pencil to draw straight lines on my tablets.  Still, that didn't stop a childhood pen-pal from asking if I ever considered writing billboards.  (Stung, I never wrote back.)

Did cursive writing come naturally, or did you practice in those double-lined practice books until your fingers hurt?

I never heard of those practice books!  But I'm still practicing!  Every now and then I'll grow bored with the way I write an "A" or a "G" and alter it.   

I still find (the letters) "H" and "V" challenging.  Are there any letters you wish you could pen prettier? .. or, do you care?

Given a choice, I prefer printing.

Tell us something random about your week!

Because of my exaggerated fear of tornados, I used to think I could never live in Alabama.  Curiously however, I wasn't particularly freaked last Saturday … more annoyed when our internet connection kept going off and on.

I'm not going to dwell on the possibilities -- but I did take a page from what a long-time resident related -

Because friends of theirs were killed by a tornado several years ago, he and his wife adopted their two little boys.  Citing (that) most storm-related deaths are caused by head injuries, one of the first things he did was go out and purchase hockey helmets for the whole family.

… So guess who ordered two DOT-approved motorcycle helmets off eBay yesterday?  (It's OK … go ahead and laugh.)  Tom thinks I've lost my mind, but I'd rather have them and not need them!

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Color me, giving thanks for a gorgeous day in the neighborhood!

Thanks so much for visiting!  Be safe!

Hugs,

Myra