Getting to know me

These questions I found on Kymber’s blog which can be found here: https://booomcha.com/. Now for the questions and my answers.

If you could sit on a bench in beautiful woods, who would you like sitting next to you on the bench and why?

My mum, who passed away in 2021 and who I miss so very much we talked daily, and I missed that so much.

What was your least favourite food as a kid, and do you still dislike it?

Cauliflower have never liked it along with green beans, or really any type of bean don’t like them either.

What game show would you like to be a contestant on?

Since I like being around my family, I guess I would say Family Feud

Hodgepodge and Change

 

It's been said January is 'the month of opportunity, inspiration, and change." Which of the three do you need most right now? Elaborate. 

Inspiration, always need some of that, me and change are not good friends, I accept change, I just don’t long for it.

 Do you consider opportunity as something that comes to you or something you create for yourself? 

A bit of both, sometimes it just pops up in front of you other times you have to go looking for it or have to create it yourself.

The British Museum opened on this date (January 15th) back in 1759. Do you like visiting museums? Do you have a favourite? 

I love museums, I don’t have a favourite

It's National Oatmeal Month (yes, apparently it gets a whole month as opposed to a single day). Do you like oatmeal? How often do you eat a bowl of oatmeal? How do you like yours? What about an oatmeal cookie? Is that a sweet treat you enjoy? 

I believe oatmeal is like porridge and I like porridge in the winter months, not that keen on oatmeal cookies but I do love Anzac biscuits.

What's something useful you learned in high school? 

Can’t think of a single useful thing I learnt in high school

Insert your own random thought here. 

I have always said me and change are not good friends and for the most part that is true I generally don’t like change, however, often change happens without us being aware of it, our hair loses its colour turning grey this is something we see happening but often don’t take any notice of.  Of course, not all change is good nor is all change bad sometimes change is just different, when we can accept that we will be less stressed and feel hopefully feel happier.   

Getting to know you/me

This morning while visiting blogs I found on Astrid’s blog which can be found here: https://astridetal.com, these questions and thought I would do a post with my answers, she got the questions from Kymber’s blog which can be found here: https://booomcha.com/. Now for the questions and my answers.

What is the most memorable activity you did with your family as a child?

It would have to be Christmas Day when we would go to my grandparents’ house for Christmas lunch.

What quality do you appreciate most in a friend?

Someone who gets that I can be weird at times and just accepts that part of me

What is one characteristic you received from your parents you want to keep and one you wish you could change?

My dad’s short temper I could do without,  but my mum’s loving and caring nature I will keep.

It's Hodgepodge Time

 

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. 

What the hell does skibidi mean, never heard of this word, I had to Google it

 Your favourite soup? Do you make this one yourself or is it from a can? 

As a child it was pea & ham but now days it is creamy chicken, yes, it is canned always have been.

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

Not a big fan of winter I like Autumn and Spring, when it’s not too hot nor too cold.

The Pantone colour 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 colour I might find in your home or wardrobe? Is it one you might add in some big or small way in the year ahead? 

I went and checked out the colour, it was what I expected, and it is took dark for me wouldn’t like clothes in that colour and really wouldn’t want the house painted in it.

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? 

Since I can’t stand coffee, the smell nor the taste of it I would have to choose a nice chocolate mousse.

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 

“chill out”, because I have been trying to do just that chill out and not let things upset me or make me feel stressed.

Insert your own random thought here.                       

There are so many things happening around us personally and the world in general that are out of our control, but we still get upset and stressed over them.  This is something that just is what it is and it is normal but for us to be healthier and happier we need to learn how not to dwell on such things. As when we do that it isn’t good for our physical or mental health.  My grandmother told me at the end of the day she would hand over to God all that caused her worry or distress during the day, asking him to give her guidance in how to deal with them.

 

Sydney-May

 

These clips were taken on Boxing Day at my daughter Kathy's house, this is my granddaughter Sydney-May she is turning 15 on the 22nd 

It's Hodgepodge Day

 

Oxford's Word of the year for 2024 is 'brain rot'. Are you familiar with this term? Do you suffer from the condition? Ha! This is a term used to 'capture concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media'. If you were choosing a word to capture 2024 (for the nation/world, not your own life personally) what word would you choose? 

The only word that popped into my head was unstable and yeah, I think the world is unstable at time.

It's National Polar Bear Plunge Day (January 1) ...will you be participating in one of these events (or even your own)? How will you spend the first day of this brand-new year? Do you have a traditional New Year's Day menu? 

Well since I am an Aussie living down under this is not a thing here, also those who partake in such events are mad in my opinion.

 What's something that brings you joy and how will you do more of it in this new year? 

There are many things that bring me joy but can’t think of anything I want to do more of.

Do you struggle with the January blues? What's one thing you can/will do to keep them at bay?           

Nope don’t have issues with the start of the year

Will you choose your own personal word of the year for 2025? What about a goal, resolution, or maybe even a bucket list? Elaborate as much or as little as you like. 

My word would be acceptance, because I feel like is better when we accept that some things are not in our control and not everyone will agree with your point of view.

I do not make resolutions because those fail, I do not have a bucket list because often those will fail, a goal is more achievable, but I don’t have any. 

I live life one day at a time and just roll with the flow.                       

Insert your own random thought here.

If someone is able to accept what is, then that person may feel less stressed, to truly believe in God one must be willing to give control over God, choosing and believing he is running the show and that we are in strong and good hands.

In order to love unconditional, one must be willing to accept someone as they are and not want to change them in any way.

                                                                                                                   

Goodbye 2024

 

Here we are at the end of another year, for me 2024 was a pretty good year, sitting here I can’t think of any event that was so bad.

I am doing better at handling stress and not letting things get to me.

Although during the first half of the year Sam decided he was nonbinary but that lasted only a few weeks before she decided she was transgender. I support Sam and always will, but I do not feel that one just decides they are the wrong gender, I feel if that was the case there would have been signs when she was younger. I may be wrong, because what do I know about such things, bugga all that’s what.

This year has seen Tim return to work after being off for something like 16 months after his accident. I am pleased he likes his new job.

I am also pleased that this last month I have become close to Sue, we laugh so much when we are together.

I am hoping to be more organised and with it during 2025, yes, I know many people think I am pretty organised already but to be honest I often don’t feel it myself.

I am please how much I have improved over the year, getting in and out of the car is much easier, and since Tim has returned to work, I am doing the housework again and I feel good about that.

My grandson Blain went to Queensland to see his girlfriend and was gone a couple of months, both him and his girlfriend arrived home on Christmas Eve this made me happy. Blain said they will be here for a few months then may return to Queensland at this stage they are unsure about that.

Tasha completed a Tafe course on beauty and next year will be doing the diploma course as she wants to learn how to do laser hair removal and she needs her diploma in order to do that.

I have no plans to see in the new year, in fact I suspect I will be sleeping when it rolls around.