The Wednesday Hodgepodge! #14

I hope you are all having a good week? It's Wednesday which means it's time to join in with the Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce over at From This Side of the Pond! Each week there are 6 questions, we answer and then link up. Simple!

1. Let's compare this May to last May. What's changed? What remains very much the same?

 I think the biggest changes have happened in my girls lives. I see a lot less of them now as they are always so busy doing their own things with friends. It makes me happy that they are happy and they are happier this May than last.

A lot of my life has remained the same compared to last May, that isn't a bad thing though. I am content with my life. Looking back on my blog posts from this time last year I am doing much of the same. Watching Doctor Who, gardening, Stu is still doing overtime at work, Ellie is still waiting to take her English GCSE exam, (she still hasn't got a pass, hopefully it will be 3rd time lucky) and I am still watching Grey's Anatomy! The only change in my life is my hair colour, it's not a big change but a change all the same.

2. What's something you may do this month?

I don't have any plans for May! None at all, I think I may have to make some. I think a trip to the cinema is going to have to happen, I may keep on top of the weeding in the garden and may finally catch up on all the TV that I have recorded.

3. Mother's Day is approaching (in the US of A)...in what way(s) are you like your mother?

Ohh! This is a really hard question to answer. My mother and I never had a good relationship and then she up and left to be with a man she had only spoken to online and told me I was dead to her as I chose my dad over her. She passed away a few years ago and I found out via an online obituary.

I think that the only way I am like my mother is that I’ve become a mother too but I’ve worked hard to create a very different experience for my children. I’ve carved out my own path, one rooted in love, support and being present for my children in ways that I didn’t experience.

4. Did you have a favorite book as a child? What was it and why was it a favorite.

It is really hard to choose one book as I loved all of Roald Dahl's. Even before I could read I remember having the audio book on cassette tape of Charlie and the Chocolate factory which I would listen to over and over again! My favourite to read of his was probably Matilda. Matilda was a champion for kids who felt misunderstood, underestimated or out of place. I didn't realise that at the time of course but as a child I think I liked so much because Matilda was a lovely girl, was strong, smart and made adults pay for the wrongs that they had done.

5. Are you more of a tortoise or a hare? Explain.

I’m more of a tortoise. I always think slow and steady is the best way to be. I don't rush into things, I like to take things step by step, making sure everything is just right and I just keep moving toward the finish line.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Last week there was a day where I was complaining that it was too hot, only because I was busy rushing around and the heat was not helping. I am that person who's never happy! In the winter I long for hot weather when it's cold out and in the summer long for the cooler weather when it's hot out. There really isn't any pleasing me!