Wednesday Hodgepodge 2/3/16

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1. February ended with an extra 24 hours in 2016. What did you do with your bonus day?

It was just another Tuesday unfortunately.  Hubby was away so it was a quiet day here.
2. What's something in your life that's grown by leaps and bounds in recent days, weeks, months, or years? I'm giving you lots of room to come up with an answer here, so no fair passing on this one.

Well our family has grown over the past few years with all our children settling down with their partners.  The final wedding takes place in August.  We’ve also seen the number of great grand children in our extended family grow to 7 over the last few years.  Hopefully our kids will be increasing that number before too long.
3. Do you read reviews about a film before deciding if you'll see it? Did you watch The Oscars this year, and if so your thoughts on the program? How many of the Best Picture nominees had you seen prior to the broadcast? (Spotlight, The Martian, The Big Short, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, Room, and Brooklyn) If you watched The Oscars who gets your award for 'best dressed'?

We rarely go to the cinema so I don’t read the reviews.  I didn’t see the Oscars and haven’t seen any of the films.
4. When did you last have overnight houseguests? Give us your top three tips on being a good houseguest.   

Apart from our kids the last time we had houseguests was just after Christmas.  We had our future daughter-in-law’s sister and parents.  Good houseguests are flexible, offer help but don’t take offence when it’s not needed, and don’t have too many special requirements.
5. March 2nd is Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Will you be celebrating? If so, would you prefer a home made peanut butter cookie, a Reese's peanut butter cup, an old fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or shall I just hand you a jar and a tablespoon?

This is definitely not one to celebrate for me.  I do not like peanut butter in any shape or form. 

6. Why is failure important? Or isn't it?

I think failure is important as we learn (hopefully) from our mistakes.
7. Share with us one fun thing on your March calendar.

No specific plans yet but our son’s birthday fall this month so hopefully we will get to see him.  There’s also the long Easter weekend to look forward to.
8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Apparently it’s spring.  Can someone tell the weather please?