Wednesday, May 23, 2018

A Royal Hodgepodge

It's Hodgepodge day or Wednesday, whichever you prefer. I like, Hodgepodge day because it's fun and all the Hodgepodgers always have such fun and interesting Hodgepodge posts to read and enjoy. Let's get to it! Oh, I may have gone off on a tangent vent of sorts in the random thought but that's what random is all about, right? Ha!


From this Side of the Pond

1. The last place you visited/patronized where you felt like you were given 'the royal treatment'? I feel like I give the royal treatment rather than receive it. I'm not comfortable being treated like royalty but I do like to dote on others. I will say, however, my girls do a good job of trying to give me the royal treatment and would probably appreciate it if I would just relax and let them. LOL

2. The last task you completed that was a 'royal pain'? Well, I got the probate process started so that was fun. Ha!

3. How have your strengths helped you succeed? I have strengths in dedication, persistence, diligence which have helped me go strong and not give up. I have a creative streak as well which helps. How have your faults hindered you? Suffice it to say, I am my own worse enemy. 

4. If you found a remote that could rewind, fast forward, stop and start time, what would you do with it? Rewind and then hope it had a slow forward on it. 

5. Any special plans for the Memorial Day weekend? Just working on packing up Mother's things. Will you in some way honor or recognize the meaning of this day (remembering people who died in service to their country)? Probably not unless my brother who lives next door to Mother's house hosts a cookout or his wife who is one of the best cooks in the world cooks for us...HINT HINT. Have you ever been to Arlington National Cemetery? Yes. Does your town do anything special to mark the day? I think they do something at Patriot's Point. 

6.  Insert your own random thought here. After jumping through some probate hoops yesterday I barely have a thought of any kind rolling around up there. And I thought this was going to be easy. HA. Double HA. H.A. 


I did watch the royal wedding and I loved it. My favorite part was Bishop Curry's sermon. I know those Brits never 'had church' up in there before. I thought Oprah was about to get the Holy Spirit but she was able to keep it to a bit of gentle swaying. ;)

What a wedding it was and this is from someone who doesn't love weddings. I still believe weddings and funerals are a big racket for people to make money. But y'all have heard me say all that before so I'll move on. 
Have y'all heard the news about one of our super tall bridges? The Wando bridge? First, let me say for 4-6 months I've been waking up at night freaking out about that bridge for some reason. I had visions of falling off along with others driving on it. A couple weeks ago, the DOT shut the Wando bridge down because one of the supporting cables BROKE. Thaaaat's right. Looks like my intuition is still intact, unlike the bridge. Ha! If you think traffic was bad down here before...




I won't even go into all that is wrong with this whole thing from the actual building of the bridge to the breaking of the cable to what they're thinking about doing next because ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! It cost $32 million to build and opened in 1991 and was only supposed to last 50 years. Yeah, didn't make it. So they're going to open it back up in 4 weeks with a TEMPORARY fix. Meanwhile, they've opened the eastbound side to 2-way traffic which is STUPID just think about the Grace bridge and the tragedies that happened on it from time to time. And do we even need to discuss the costly repairs they had to make on it when the bridge was only 4 years old??? 



Lord help us all as we continue to be duped by the DOT and local officials. 


Guess I had a random thought or two rattling around after all. 


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20 comments:

  1. Interesting about the Charleston Bridges. Didn't know. I agree with the whole wedding bit. I do love them, but people spend so much money! My first wedding was small and cheap. That was fine. It lasted 11 years. The second wedding I told my husband we should just do it. He said no, he wanted a church wedding. OK. So I shopped and bought my gown for $200.00 and then planned the reception at a local hotel. I took the road less traveled, had a buffet and the entire thing cost me $3000.00 for 40 people. And it was very nice. I just didn't go nuts. That was 30 years ago and we are still married.
    Have a great Wednesday!

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    1. It really is easy for people to get caught up in the wedding hype which tells me the marketing folks are darn good at their job. LOL Thanks!

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  2. You must have been up pretty early this morning because you were numero uno on our Hodgepodge list! I loved the wedding too! The traffic situation sounds like a nightmare. Enjoy your long weekend.

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    1. I was. It was ridiculous but at least I had the Hodgepodge. LOL Nightmare is putting it mildly. Crazy for sure. Thanks!

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  3. I'm glad my daughter's visit to Charleston was prior to the bridge snafu. Yikes! The timing is awful with summer approaching, but I suppose there's not good time for a bridge failure. I love weddings, from the smallest to the most grand. Can't wait to hear more about yours!

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    1. It's just crazy. This bridge is on 526 so I doubt your daughter would have been on that one unless she was in Mount Pleasant going to Daniel Island, North Charleston, West Ashley...if she was downtown, she was good to go.:) I have friends who love weddings, too. We're still in the middle of dress shopping so I'm holding that post off until she finds her dress. I caught up on reading your posts while I was up way before the sun (and there won't be enough coffee in the world for this day) but didn't comment. I'll try to get back to do that today!

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  4. I enjoyed the wedding. My favorite part was the choir with the male soloist. Wonderful!

    If we come back this fall, I definitely will stay away from that bridge. Scary stuff!!

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    1. The choir was wonderful! The bridge in question is on 526 so stay off there and you'll be fine. :)

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  5. Getting treated like royalty makes me uncomfortable too. I'd rather be the one.

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    1. It's always easier for me to give rather than receive. It's a blessing and a curse, isn't it? LOL

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  6. Bridges are pretty high on my list of things to avoid if at all possible. We have so many here in southeastern Virginia and tunnels too, it's hard to get from A to B without going over or through one or the other.

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    1. Same here except the tunnels. It's nerve wracking.

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  7. That's incredible about the bridge. Wow.
    Thank goodness we had my brother to take care of all the probate stuff that had to be done. I don't know if I would have had the patience for it. Surprisingly, it only took a little over a year to completely close out the estate, so hang in there!

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    1. There are so many hoops through which they want me to jump and if the probate clerk wasn't so darn nice I would have lost it. And it was just the first day. LOL

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  8. Didn't watch the "wedding" but of course saw bits on the news over and over again and what I saw I liked. Heard a couple of women at the local shops talking about how there was "too many" blacks at the wedding and how they didn't know she had "black blood" I had to bite my tongue to stop me flying off the handle at them, I found their comments disgusting.

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    1. It's a good thing you heard them instead of me because there's no way I would have held my tongue on that. I agree those comments are disgusting and so are the bigots who spout them. Why are people like that?

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  9. Scary stuff about those bridges! We have some scary ones here too, that span Tampa Bay and the Inter-coastal Waterways. Sorry you have probate stuff to navigate on top of taking care of your mom's personal belongings. It's never easy... even the easier ones. God bless!!

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    1. Very scary. I need to move somewhere without bridges. I'm finding out I am not a fan of probate. LOL

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  10. I like your answer for #1 about the royal treatment. I believe I give that out when I can. Slow down on the remote would be great. I like you hint about a cookout! I didn't hear about the bridge but that is really scary. Have a nice weekend. I know it won't be easy cleaning out your mother's place. ((Hugs))

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  11. A bridge too far? I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Finally, a bridge over troubled water. Hope your troubled water calm.

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