And, here we are, the last Wednesday of January. What a month it has been! I'm so thankful for Hodgepodge as it serves as a nice diversion to all the "hulabaloo." It's a nice diversion for me to participate in answering Joyce's questions and it's a nice diversion for you to read my answers. Hey, it works! Hope you enjoy!
2. January 26th is Australia Day. Have you ever visited or lived in Australia? Have you ever tasted Vegemite, and if so what did you think? Is a trip down under on your bucket list? We answered a question about travel three months ago (the October 21st Hodgepodge), but let's revisit now...where are you when it comes to planning or even imagining travel this year?
I have never been to Australia and have no plans to go. It is NOT on my bucket list. We are planning to go to Oklahoma and see our Granboys and their parents for Easter this year and then we have a family trip planned for Branson the end of May. There will be others as the year unfolds.
3. Something that zaps your energy? Something that energizes you?
I think I am still a pretty energetic person but, the intense Louisiana humid heat can zap the most energetic person for sure. I enjoy a moderate amount of outside work but especially in the early spring when I'm readying our porches and patio for the season.
It doesn't take a lot to energize me, most days I get up raring to go. I guess I would say that mornings energize me. Does that make sense?
4. On a scale of 1-10 what are your eating habits like these days? (1=all junk food all the time and 10= juicing every green thing in the frig) Healthiest meal you've eaten in the last week or so?
My eating habits have been pretty much the same all my life. I don't deprive myself of anything but I use extreme moderation. I'm probably a 7 or 8 on a scale of 10. Most days, if I'm at home, I eat several slices of turkey pepperoni, a small slice of cheddar cheese and veggie stick chips for lunch. I don't know if it's all that healthy, but it's sure low calorie.
5. What's your most often 'Back in my day....' thing to say?
"Back in my day, we didn't have a TV in our house until I was 9 years old." When my kids first heard me say that, they were speechless, and they are still. They have never known life without a TV. As I told them, I never missed it because I didn't know what it would be like to have one. But, I well remember the day we got our first TV, and it was gigantic! I was beside myself with excitement and then I knew what I had been missing. And, truly in 1961 there were lots and lots of great TV shows and we watched them as a family. And someone in the family had to get up and change the channel and adjust the rabbit ears, depending on which of the 3 channels the TV was on. Yes, that was "back in the day" for sure.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Okay, I have something funny or scary to share with you. You can decide which after you read this. Each morning I go straight to the coffee pot and grab my first cup of coffee and then head into our home office for my morning devotional and prayer time. It's not really as cozy of a place that I would like but it works and it's private. So, this past Tuesday morning I was having my prayer time and I decided to ask the Lord to help my Dad's Alexa to stay connected to the wi-fi at his facility. NOTE: my Daddy loves Alexa, she is his best friend. She plays him whatever music he wants to hear, she tells him the time, she gives him a weather report and answers questions he comes up with. With his limited vision she is a great companion for him but for the past couple of months she hasn't been behaving. Now, back to my prayer time................I pray in a quiet voice, just above a whisper and when I said Alexa in my prayer, the Alexa on my desk came on and said, "did I hear you whispering to me? Would you like for me to use a whisper voice with you." Folks, I almost had a stroke and needless to say, it was a huge interruption to my prayer time. And, as I said, I couldn't decide whether to laugh or take her and throw her out the window. I'm afraid if we really knew all our devices heard and knew it really would scare us.