Wednesday Hodge Podge

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1. What takes you out of your comfort zone?

I feel out of my comfort zone when I am around super athletic arenas  of friends and I feel that I am expected to keep up.. the main thing I am not, is athletic... especially, if water is part of it. For example, I’m not into boating venues.. like when we visit friends who want to take us out on the lake or picnic on the floating dock. I am definitely a land lubber.

2. Your least favorite spice? Not too excited about turmeric even though it is so good for you. I need to prob get more used to it.

3. What's a small change you'd like to make? To get back into the swing of desiring to take long walks.. something has come over me that has crushed that desire.

4. Do you enjoy visiting historic homes? If so, of the homes you've visited which one was your favorite? What historic home near you is open to visitors? Have you been? Southern Living rounded up eleven of the best in the southern part of the US and they're as follows-

I do enjoy visiting historic homes. I’ve enjoyed Monticello, the Baltimore, Mount Vernon, from the list given.. but my favorites is Carter’s Grove in Williamsburg on the James River

 There is a historical tidbit about  this house

  

During the Civil War,   the northern troops took over the property  and were  billetted there while the  officers  were    housed upstairs. It   is said that  the  commanding officer  road his horse up the staircase ,  hacking it with his sword  to show his disdain for the south.  You can see the  hack  marks in the banister!

The Maymont Estate and Gardens is  in Richmond, Va...

A grand Victorian was  built in the 1890's  by an industrialist.  His love  of  Olde English style  inside and out is apparent.

The inside is rather  Romanesque!

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Monticello (Jefferson's home in Virginia), Nathaniel Russel House (Charleston SC), Swan House (Atlanta), Ernest Hemingway's home (Key West), The Biltmore (Vanderbilt home in Asheville NC), Mount Vernon (Washington's home in Virgina), San Francisco Plantation (Garyville, Louisiana), Windsor Ruins (Port Gibson Mississippi), Longue Vue House and Gardens (New Orleans), Whitehall (Palm Beach FL), and Pebble Hill Plantation (Thomasville GA)

Have you been to any on the list? Of the homes listed which would you most like to visit? Those Deep South plantations sound charming.

5. What's something you think will be obsolete in ten years? Does that make you sad or glad? Landlines will be obsolete and I do find that sad. I just do not think compact and portable is always better.. especially if worldwide service doesn’t improve.

6. Insert your own random thought here. I am at this moment awaiting to leave for the hospital for my 2 hour skin graft surgery. I will be so relieved once this whole episode finally comes to a happy ending. I have learned much about trusting God, but my patience wears thin.. I pray that will not be hurdle that would delay my happy results. Never take just being able to scrub your face for granted. I haven’t been able to do that for a few months now. Thank goodness for neutragena wipes! 😌