WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #639

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1. The Winter Olympics kick off on Friday, February 6th...on a scale of 1-10 how excited are you? (1= eh and 10=watching every event all day every day). What's your favorite Winter Olympic sporting event? 

Maybe 6 or 7. I already have a few things set to record. I think I like the Figure Skating the best. 

2. In other sporting news, the Superbowl (American football's championship game) will be played on Sunday, February 8th. So tell us...what's your superpower?

I will be watching the game. I actually watched more football this year than I have in the past. Because I haven't been too active I got really tired of watching my taped Hallmark movies. 

I don't have a superpower that I can think of. However, I do mail out a lot of cards each year so that might be my superpower. 

3. Are you a romantic? 

I would say yes to that, however Mark is not at all so I am often very sad about that fact. 

4. Blue cheese-yay or nay? How about feta? If you said yes to one or both, what's a dish you like that calls for one of these? 

I'm going to say no to both of those. I might eat some at someone's house but I don't buy them.  

5. What's more important-doing what you love or loving what you do?

I'm going to go with doing what you love but I haven't been doing much of either of those lately.  

6. Insert your own random thoughts here. 

We were blessed over the weekend to watch James for several hours.  We played Bunko, Candyland and a match the pieces game. 

He wasn't having any luck at Bunko which upset him. I had showed you the ring that he had bought for me at school for Christmas and I wear it when we go there and it has brought me good luck playing Bunko. 

So I took it off because he was mad. It was so funny, he was rubbing the ring on the dice before he rolled them but it wasn't working for him. However he did very well at the other games. 

I also brought him over a new pair of pj's. He is really into the soccer player Messi so that made him happy. This picture shows him holding a magic wand. He was showing us some magic tricks. 

WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #638

Thank you Joyce.

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1. I live in the south so we're pretty much only talking about the weather right now. Give us a weather report from where you live. Does the kind of weather you're having today affect your mood in some way? 

We live in Southern California and our weather has been pretty nice. We have had some rain and cooler temperatures. 

It can get to about 40 at night this time of year and during the day we have been close to 70 degrees. No the weather really doesn't affect my mood unless it rains for several days. 

2.  Avocados, kale, cauliflower and cottage cheese have all had their time to shine. 2026 brings us the year of the cabbage. Is this a vegetable you like? If so, what are some of your favorite dishes that call for cabbage?  

I do like cabbage but haven't had any in a long time. We used to cook it often. We would saute it in a pan and have soy sauce with it. 

3. Was a Cabbage Patch Doll a part of your childhood? Or maybe your children's childhood? What's a toy trend from your childhood you remember wanting for your own? 

No, it was not, but it was part of our daughter Amber's life. 

I would say for me it was probably a Barbie doll, a hula hoop and Silly Putty in the 50's. 

4. Something you've spent a lot of time doing lately?

I posted this on Facebook last week. I finally felt well enough to pack up the couple of hundred ornaments on the tree. So the Christmas tree is finally down. Family room is back in order. 

5. Somehow it's the last week of January...sum up your month in just three sentences. 

NOT MY MONTH (I don't have three sentences)

I've had extreme anxiety. 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I won't go into detail about January but I did have some wonderful times with Adam, Gabby and James and also some nice phone calls with Amber daily. She usually calls us when Dylan is sleeping for his night shift at the hospital. 

LOVE, DEBBY