Some hodgepodge

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/11/oh-my-stars-its-hodgepodge.html

 

1. Marilyn texted me something that inspired this question, so thank you Marilyn! Of the following sayings, typically associated with the (American) southern way of speaking, which do you most relate to right now? Explain. 

Bless your heart~too big for yer britches~ madder than a wet hen~you're preachin' to the choir~ knee high to a grasshopper~oh my stars

Since I am an Aussie and the only one I have heard of is “knee high to a grasshopper” I will skip this one

2. The Hodgepodge lands on (US) Veterans Day this year. Are you a veteran? Have a family member who's a veteran? If you answered yes, tell us something about them. Will you do anything to mark the day in some special way? 

Nope not a veteran, and no one in my family either. The only way I mark the day is the silence at 11am.

3. Is breakfast for dinner a stroke of genius or a sign of total household collapse? Is breakfast for dinner a regular thing your house? Are all family members on board? 

Nope we don’t do breakfast for dinner but if someone wants to they can.

4. How do you see the world?

Things maybe bad but things can improve there has been bad times before and things improved. 

5. And this week's gratitude question-what's something about your surroundings (home, neighborhood, city) you're grateful for? 

I am grateful that I have family around me and that I live in an area that I am able to have the doors wide open without concern

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Gratitude is the quiet joy of the heart, turning ordinary moments into miracles.

The more you express gratitude for the little things, the same more you’ll realize that nothing is truly little.

Gratitude is the compass that guides us back to what truly matters in life.

When you practice gratitude, you open your heart to abundance in every form.

Gratitude transforms chaos into clarity, scarcity into sufficiency, and pain into peace.

The moment you are grateful for what you have, the universe gives you more to be grateful for.

Gratitude is the soul’s reminder that we are already complete, as we are.”