Hello! You are so welcome here at Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.

Let's inquire about stuff....
1. What gets your blood to boiling?
Hmm, not much makes my blood boil but I would have to say injustice and dishonesty together or apart are 2 things that can get me going. Actually I was just thinking about this the other day when I was reminiscing about being so angry with an aunt of mine through marriage my uncle (mother's brother).
I was very young at the time, a young teenager still in high school. My aunt had taken advantage of my younger siblings and significantly underpaid them for babysitting. My siblings were very hurt and I was livid over it. Since my aunt and uncle lived very close, I went to their home just across the way and had it out with her and laid down the law that there would be no more babysitting. I was a bit hot headed and actually usurped my parent's role. I had always jumped in to save my younger brother or my younger sister whenever they had issues with others treating them poorly so it was just an instinct to do the same in the baby sitting situation. My siblings and I never did babysit for my aunt again. We were too busy babysitting for everyone else so it wasn't an issue of lack of opportunities.
Fortunately I never had to intervene in the same way again. I didn't feel good about what happened to my siblings on that day but I also did not feel good about losing my cool or how I handled the situation. Nonetheless I'm still bothered by injustice and dishonesty more than other things.
2. What does a really good day look like for you? What makes you say, "That was a great day"?
It doesn't take a lot to make me have a great day. For example, I like it when I go out in the ordinary course of business and run into nice people and chit chat with strangers along the way.
Just the other day I went to the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). I wasn't sure I wanted to go but decided to go because I had a bit of 'free' time and the entrance fee was reduced by about 60% for everyone on that day. The weather was also not too hot and just the perfect kind of day for walking around.
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I zoomed into this woman's hair because of the colour. |
The fair wasn't terribly busy that day and everywhere I went people were friendly and wanted to chat. I was alone so I was quite up for the chatting. I enjoyed several lengthy chats with different people throughout the few hours I was at the fair. It made my time very pleasant.
I also spent a bit of time checking out the farm animals but I didn't get too many photos.
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I love this bison |
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Isn't the baby llama so cute? |
3. Are you continuing to grow mentally, spiritually, talent wise or are you just marking time?
Yes, I'm growing in all ways. I'm always studying something though I don't spend so long on any one thing. I am constantly researching and reading both for pleasure and also for learning, every day things, things on the news, new developments in the world & spiritual matters. I love YouTube because you get access to so many people that you wouldn't ever have a chance to listen to live and in person. You can also research people and topics on line in a jiffy.

I also continue to learn new things concerning household projects and hobbies. Over the past year I completed many simple DIYs like painting, changing door knobs, putting up shelving, etc. I also like to keep busy with my hands by doing arts and crafts. Though I don't have patience for tackling complicated crafting projects, I do try to learn a new aspect of a craft now and then. My newest crafting projects relate to beaded embroidery. I made beaded jewellery as a teenager but never did beaded embroidery. It's more difficult than thread embroidery so it will take me more practice to make something I'm happy with. I also want to learn to do some simple weaving projects and continue with knitting, crochet and sewing, possibly quilting.
4. Have you changed your hair style since high school? Why or why not?
I always had long, shoulder length straight hair. In my 2nd year of university I cut it much shorter and had it permed. I spent much of my adult and working life with alternating lengths of hair from very, very short (like about 1 inch long) to mid length hair (about chin length or a bit longer).
I'm back to wearing long straight hair like I did in my late teens. I like this length and will likely keep it unless it becomes too difficult to manage. I prefer to get a colour job at the salon. That way I can get the highlighted strips such as in the photo below that I like. But that is a splurge and I no longer have a dedicated stylist like I used to prior to the pandemic.
If you read this far, thank you so much for taking the time to visit. I hope you will come back again soon!