Time for hodgepodge

 

Here I am doing another hodgepodge which is brought to you by Joyce over at http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/

Here are this week’s questions.

When does time pass slowly for you? When does time pass quickly for you? 

Time rarely passes slowly for me, quickly well that’s easy at night some nights it feels like I just get into bed and the alarm is going to get up.

Do you have a favourite beach? What's your favourite 'beach' activity? Tell us what we'd find in your beach bag.

I haven’t been to a beach in decades. As a child it would have been Blacksmith’s beach, and I liked to splash about in the water or sit on a towel and watch the ocean.

Your favourite book or movie with a beach setting?

I can’t think of any book or movie that I have read or seen with a beach in it, I am sure I would have seen or read something, but I am drawing a blank.

What's a food you love, but find it's a pain to eat? Is it worth it? 

That would be oranges, love them but I always end up with juice running down my chin and neck and they are difficult now days for me to peel but as I said I love them.

Do you like roller coasters? What's the best (or worst) roller coaster you've been on? 

I do not like roller coasters and have never been on one I am afraid of opened heights and would have a panic attack if I tried to get on one.

Insert your own random thought here.

We should all make ourselves a priority in our life, learn to enjoying our own company, smile at ourselves in the mirror. Play music and dance around the house. Look at pictures of ourselves and see beauty in them, instead of staring at them to pick ourselves apart. Laugh at ourselves and with ourselves when we screw up. Enjoy life and enjoy being us.

 

Tuesday's Four

 

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4, who can be found here: https://lemonscottage.blogspot.com/

Where have you travelled and what is the furthest you've been from home?

Hawaii is the furthest I have travelled to, I have also been to New Zealand and China.
Is there a location other than where you are, that you think would be a nice place to live?

I am happy here, but if I had to pick some place it would be the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Do you have a photo or story from a favorite place to visit?

Can’t find my holiday photos, so no, not at this time.

What dream destination do you have tucked away in your heart?

I would like to travel around Australia

Do you think you'll be able to visit them one day or are plans in the making?

I would like to think so but not holding out and hope.

Sunday Stealing on Tuesday

 

Here are some questions I found over here.

https://sundaystealing.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-stealing-spill-it.html

My bestie and I once ... I don’t have a bestie but recently on two occasions we thought we had taken a wrong turn and had no idea where we were this resulted in a lot of laughing

When I'm nervous ... I laugh, the more nervous I am the more I laugh.

My hair ... is fine grey and short

When I turn to the left, I see ...My dining room and my motorised scooter

My favorite aunt ... My aunty Pat mostly because she is the aunt I saw the most when I was a child.

I have a hard time understanding ...Why some people cannot let go of the past, also why some people take so much interest in what the neighbours are doing.

You know I like you if ...  If I don’t avoid you when I see you before you see me while out shopping

When I was 5 years old ....I don’t remember being 5yrs old

 

Sunday Stealing on Wednesday

 

Here are some questions I found over here.

https://sundaystealing.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-stealing-spill-it.html

 

If money wasn't an issue, would you move to a new home?

Yes, but only if I had the money to acquire homes for my daughters’ and a couple of sisters

Do you listen to different music when you're happy than when you're sad?

No, I don’t think I do

What's your favourite way to unwind after a tough day?

Once I would have a nice hot bath but can’t do that anymore as I don’t have a bath so now I will just my feet up and close my eyes and do nothing

What's the first book you remember from childhood?

The naughtiest girl by Enid Blyton

What made you smile today?

So far nothing but usually when I see one of my grandchilden that makes me smile

 

Tuesday's Four on Wednesday

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4, who can be found here: https://lemonscottage.blogspot.com/ . 

What is your favourite sandwich and how do you make it?

Ham and cheese, made on white buttered bread a slice of Colby cheese, then a slice of honey ham, another slice of cheese.

What is the best bread for making toast?  How about for making sandwiches?

I like thick sliced bread we call toast sliced

If you go out to eat for lunch, are you more likely to stay with a safe choice or be more adventurous?

I stick with what I know and like

Dagwood, hoagie, submarine, Po boy, grinder. Whatever they are called where you are, do you like them and if so, what do you want on it?

As an Aussie these terms are not ones, I have heard of except dagwood but we call a dagwood dog isn’t the same. A dagwood dog is a Frankfurt dipped in batter and deep fried 

My left shoulder results.

The scan of my left shoulder showed that I have a complete supraspinatus tear. What that means (A supraspinatus tear is a rupture or tear of the supraspinatus tendon, which is part of the rotator cuff in the shoulder. This tendon connects the supraspinatus muscle to the humerus (upper arm bone). Tears can be partial or full-thickness and are a common cause of shoulder pain.)

I also have a almost complete infraspinatus tear, what that means An infraspinatus tear is a type of rotator cuff injury where the tendon of the infraspinatus muscle, located on the back of the shoulder blade, is damaged, either partially or completely separating from the humerus (upper arm bone). This can occur due to sudden injury, like a fall, or gradually through repetitive motions or age-related degeneration. 

Also it showed a Subscapularis tendinopathy  which means condition where the subscapularis tendon, a key rotator cuff muscle in the shoulder, is damaged or degenerated. This can lead to pain, weakness, and limited range of motion in the shoulder. It's often caused by overuse, aging, muscle imbalances, or trauma. Treatment typically involves conservative measures like rest, physical therapy, and pain management.

Lastly I have bursitis.

A Hodgpodge Life

 

Here I am doing another hodgepodge which is brought to you by Joyce over at http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/

Here are this week’s questions.

What's an adult problem nobody prepared you for? 

This is hard for me I have sat and thought about this question for a while and I don’t know, I learnt to budget from a young age and being the oldest I learnt about taking care of little children as a teenager as I am 15yrs older than my youngest sister and 16yrs older than my brother.

How tuned in are you to all the recent food related health news? Have you gotten rid of your scratched cookware? Did you pay attention to food additives before they made the news? What's one healthy eating/cooking/food shopping habit you need to adopt? 

I am not tuned into all the food hype with this being healthy then not being healthy and this is the way to prepare food then it’s not. I don’t have any cookbooks use to but no idea what became of them.

What's getting worse and worse as you get older? How about better and better? 

Worse, well I know some would say the violence in the world but not me we just hear more about the violent happenings then once we did, so really, I am not sure.

Better, well for me it would be how easy it is to connect with other people, to learn about the history of the world and the different countries and such.

Are you more of an indoor person or an outdoor person? Elaborate.

This is easy I am an indoor person always have been well all my adult life, I aways preferred listening to music and reading over sport stuff. 

If you had an expert personal assistant today, what would you have them do? 

Clean my house

Insert your own random thought here. 

“Life humbles one.
As one grows old, one stops chasing the big things and starts valuing the little things: alone time, sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, long walks, and quality time with loved ones.
Simplicity becomes the ultimate objective.”