WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #584

Thank you Joyce..

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1. At the end of every year (or at least since the mid-1970's) Lake Superior State University posts a list of words they think should be banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse, and/or general uselessness. You can read more about the decision making process here, but this year's list includes-

cringe, game changer, era, dropped, IFKYK (If you know you know), 

sorry not sorry, skibidi, 100%, utilize, and period. 

Which of these words/phrases do you use regularly or even just every now and then? How many did you have to look up? Which of these words would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why? Is there a word/phrase not on the list you'd like to add? If so do share, then tell us why. 

So I just looked up "skibidi." I'm sure I have said "100%" and maybe "period", I don't see anything wrong with them. The rest can be banished. 

2. Your favorite soup? Do you make this one yourself or is it from a can? 

I like a chicken noodle soup. I have it from a can. 

3. How do you feel about winter? What's one winter activity you look forward to? 

Winter is okay. Our weather isn't too bad except when we get Santa Ana winds. It just make a mess of the yard. I can't think of any winter activity that I look forward to. 

We do have Adam's birthday coming up. 

4. The Pantone color of the year for 2025 is mocha mousse (sample pictured here). What say you? The website describes it as 'a warming, brown hue imbued with richness. It nourishes us with its suggestion of the delectable qualities of chocolate and coffee, answering our desire for comfort'. Is this a color I might find in your home or wardrobe? Is it one you might add in some big or small way in the year ahead? 

It looks like a nice color. We have one accent wall in Mark's office that looks similar. I don't have it in my wardrobe. 

In a similar, but not really vein...if I were to offer you a choice right now of either a cup of mocha or a cup of mousse which would you say yes to? 

I think I would say yes to the mousse. 

5. Which of the following winter related idioms can best be applied to your life in some way right now? Choose one, then tell us why you chose it.  "snowed under, on thin ice, tip of the iceberg, chill out, break the ice, snowball effect, not a snowball's chance in hell, get cold feet, the cold shoulder"

Right now I am feeling snowed under. I have an appointment today (Monday) to check how my cataracts are doing. I made this appointment because I thought I had the time to possibly have them removed early this year but things have changed. 

I went to my pain management appointment last week. So I need an MRI. I will be getting a shot which they will call me about. Then I have another appointment scheduled for 2 months when we will talk about a possible shot in my spine. On top of that I have the new referral for my ankle. I have to call and make an appointment. Too much going on and I'm not sure I have time to give to having my cataracts removed at this time. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Papa, Grandma and James playing Bunko Friday night at Adam and Gabby's. Adam made another delicious dinner. I didn't get a photo of it. 

Have you ever played Bunko. This is a game Mark played with his grandmother growing up. I played Bunko for 16 years with a group of 16 ladies. We would play once a month and we would each take turns hosting it at our homes. 

So the house finally looks back to normal after Christmas. However, I have a bedroom at the front of the house that has Christmas sitting on the bed. Maybe by the time this posts everything will be packed up and put away.