Wednesday Hodgepodge - 14/2/18

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1. When's the last time you had a heart to heart talk with someone? A change of heart? Experienced figurative 'heart failure?'

I love it when Joyce gives us easy questions lol.  Not sure when I had a heart to heart.  Probably with hubby at some point.  A change of heart.  I guess I must have done but I don’t make decisions quickly so once I do make my mind up I’m not likely to change it.  Heart failure.  A couple of times – the phone call telling me hubby was in hospital after a serious accident, my daughter telling me the baby was coming 11 weeks too soon.  But thankfully both of those had good outcomes.
2. Champagne, chocolates, flowers...what's your Valentine pleasure? Any special plans for the day?
Hubby in particular hates the way days like this have become so commercialised and feels we don’t need a specific day to show we love one another.  So no special plans but he did actually surprise me with my favourite chocolates this morning.

3. Are you a hopeless romantic or do you fall more in the category of practical and pragmatic? What's a gesture you find romantic?
Definitely practical and pragmatic but I prefer small gestures rather than grandiose ones.
4. Do you ask a lot of questions in life or are you pretty content with what you already know?
I’m fairly content but I like to sort things out for myself whenever I can or at least know what a repair man needs to be doing so I’ll often check things out on the net.
5. Your favourite power ballad?
That’s another hard question - which one to choose? But currently I’ve enjoyed listening to this:

6. Insert your own random thought here.

This blanket is almost finished – just needs an edging.  Then I need to get cracking on the second one.  Two grandbabies due to arrive so close together is keeping me busy!