Hello Friends, it is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge!
Joyce asks the questions.
We answer the questions.
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Another goal of mine for 2026... take more photos!
And just for fun, I placed this Lego guy in my pot of succulents. My boys already placed the big black plastic spider in my plants. In fact they have them placed all around the house. They know mom is scared of spiders and like to tease me even when they are not visiting.
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Let us get on with the Hodgepodge...
1. What are three words you would use to describe your 2025?
Challenging
Emotional
Shift
2. I ask this question every January, and I always get comments about
how we shouldn't be banning words. This is fun and games so just play
along : )
Every January 1st since 1976 Lake Superior University
has published a list of words they'd like to see banished from the
Queen's English. Words may be banished due to misuse, overuse, or just
general uselessness (go here to read about how the words are chosen). Here's the list for 2026-
67 • demure • cooked • massive • incentivize • full stop • perfect • gift/gifted • my bad • reach out
Which one (if any) do you use most often? Which one of these words/phrases would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why? Is there a word you think should have made the list?
I use the following ... cooked * perfect * gift/gifted *
My son Sam's girlfriend uses ... my bad ... it makes me chuckle when she says it. She also got me into saying 67 as a joke, and so far it has only been funny and not annoying. She warned me to get ready for 78... she is trying to keep me up to speed. Hee Hee!
I have gotten tired of.. full stop in news commentary/interviews.
I usually answer what word I think should have made the list with the.. F-bomb.
I do think it is OVERUSED.
3. What are your nightly rituals? Is that different from your 'ideal' nightly ritual? If so what's your ideal?
I wash my face each night, put on moisturizer, brush my teeth and floss too.
I have PT I do each evening before bed to help with my TOS.
4. January 6th is/was National Bean Day. Do you like beans? Which one is your favorite? Last thing you ate made with beans?
Yes, I like beans. My favorite are baby butter beans.
We recently had Nacho's with black beans.
5. Are you easily embarrassed? Elaborate.
I am not. I usually end up making fun of myself when I goof up.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
After the fun of the Christmas cards arriving in the mail, I get excited to head out to the mailbox and find the seed catalogs.
Is it too early to think spring?
Hee Hee
