Saturday 9

All of Me

Welcome to Saturday 9. Hosted by Samantha!


Saturday 9: All of Me (2013)


Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) John Legend sings he loves his woman's "perfect imperfections." Tell us something quirky or imperfect about a loved one that you would not change. There is a quirkiness about my hubs,  but if I wrote about it it would  make  him  too self conscious.  so I will just appreciate  alone, thanks!

2) John wrote this love song to his wife, Chrissy Teigen. The couple recently lost their baby after pregnancy complications. To whom did you most recently send a sympathy (or "thinking of you") card or message?  At my age,  it sees I've sent  many  sympathy cards and  I can't remember but is probably to someone in our Sunday School class  on the loss of their spouse, or sibling.

3) While adventurous in his creative career choices, John admits his taste in food leans toward the tried and true. His favorites are chicken (rotisserie or fried), macaroni and cheese, and steamed vegetables. What's on your weekend menu?  Today I am making  one of our favorites... spaghetti!

4) When he was growing up, John's mother, Phyllis, helped support the family as a seamstress. Are you any good with a needle and thread? I get by... as a home ec  student I learned to sew  clothing and  Ive made  a few things for the family,  but Im not into  it too much;  I can  do mending now,  but if it is too difficult I send it to   our   dry cleaners..  a gal there does  awesome work!

5) As a child, he was such a big fan of Andy Griffith and Matlock that he wanted to be a lawyer. If you grew up to have the same occupation as the TV character you liked best as a kid, what would you be doing? I be a cowgirl... I loved westerns growing up!!!

6) John is a judge on The Voice. Do you watch that show? Or America's Got Talent, or American Idol?  I do watch  but not faithfully.

7) In 2013, the year this song was popular, twin baby pandas were born at Zoo Atlanta. Their panda parents had been given to the US as a gift from the Chinese, with the understanding that any offspring would be given to China. So, in 2016, the panda cubs were flown to a Chinese conservation center. They had a hard time adjusting at first, confused by jet lag, unresponsive when spoken to in Chinese, unimpressed by their new diet. Have you ever found yourself similarly overwhelmed when you traveled far from home? (BTW, the pandas are doing just fine now in their permanent Chinese home.) I flew to Germany  at age 22 to live for a year... with my husband who  was  stationed there. Flying alone that distance in 1972 was rather daunting.  And living   out on the economy,  in a village  unable to speak the language  was, too.I was fortunant that our neighbor and landlord lived  beside us and his children spsoke ENglish  form school so I helped them  speak more fluently and  they helped  me quite a bit!

8) Also in 2013, The Pope posted his first tweet. What social media platforms do you regularly use?  I'm on facebook, and Instagram.  I am trying to get on Solikick,   which is much like FB, and I just this week got on Parler, but it is too political!

9) Random question: Have you ever a) written something on a public wall or b) carved anything into a tree of bench?Years ago I carved in to tree.