Sharing my world

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/share-your-world-10th-august-2026/

 

 

Here are this week’s questions:

 

1. Have you ever won a major prize in a competition / raffle?

 

Way back when Tim and I won $1,250 on lotto  

2.  Do you play the National Lottery (if you have one in your country)

Yeah, I play lotto every week, but I only spend around $15 a week doing so.

 

3.  If you were to suddenly benefit from a financial windfall of say £100,000 or $100,000, how would you use it?

Share it with my daughters and grandchildren

 

4.  Do you consider yourself to be in a better financial position than you were ten years ago?

 

Yes, we are for sure

 

Gratitude:

Sh

 

Just some hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

I saw a meme on Instagram that went like this-'The movie Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 and was set in 1963, so if remade in 2026 it would be set in 2002. Now I need a little lie down in a dark room for a while." 

Time is crazy, isn't it? So what were you up to in the year 2002? 

Damn I can’t remember what I was doing back in 2002

2. "Me? I'm scared of everything..." What's something that scares you that you'd like to try anyway? 

I am scared of many things but there is not one thing I can think of that I would like to try even if it scares me

3. Watermelon-yay or nay? Which melon is your favorite-watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew. Of the watermelon food/beverages listed which would you say yes to...

watermelon salsa~watermelon feta salad~watermelon sorbet~

a watermelon Jolly Rancher~a watermelon margarita 

Yeah I like watermelon but often find it isn’t sweet enough, I have never tired a watermelon beverage

4. August 12th is National Middle Child Day. Are you a middle child? If not, where do you fall in the birth order in your family of origin? Do you think this has influenced your personality? Elaborate. 

Nope I am the eldest child and yes being the eldest has made me more responsible and organised then my siblings.

5. Would you rather talk to everyone at a crowded party for a short time, or have a significant conversation with two people? Explain. 

I would rather sit and watch people speaking only to those who sit near me and speak to me

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Do you like soft things?

I do, things like plushies, fluffy blankets, a fleecy jacket and soft warm slippers. I also like hugs from love ones and the feeling of being loved and appreciated.?

Friendly Fill-ins

 

Each week Ellen of 15andmeowing and Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs, provide Friendly Fill-in questions.

───── ⋆⋅Here are this week’s phrases⋅⋆ ─────

1. Buying gifts for my family is always money well spent.
2. Getting a bob cut was a big waste of money.
3. If I became famous, it would most likely be because I had died in some embarrassing way.
4. The bob cut was the worst hairstyle I’ve ever had.

 

 

August's first hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-665.html

 

1. What's something on your August calendar you're looking forward to? Or dreading if that's easier to answer. 

Let me think………………..

Can’t think of damn thing

2. August 5th is National Oyster Day...do you partake? How do you feel about pearls? 

I don’t like seafood

Pearls are nice but I don’t own any

3. Tell us about a time when you felt like 'the world was your oyster'. 

I don’t think I have ever used the word

4. Trip Advisor lists seven islands in the US that require no passport (for US citizens). If you're answering today from outside the US you'll still need to produce yours. An-y-way, have you been to any of the seven? Let's pretend you get an all expense paid trip to one this month...which one do you choose and why? 

Catalina Island California~Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts~Mackinac Island Michigan~Key West Florida~South Padre Island Texas~or Kauai Hawaii

If I was a US citizen I would go to Hawaii

5. Sylvia Plath is credited with the following- 

"August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time."

Agree or disagree? In other words, how do you feel about this month? 

August is our windy month, and I do not like strong winds

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

 In order to love yourself you need to stop waiting for a version of you that is supposed to be ‘finished’ before you decide you are worthy of care. It involves learning to sit with your own silence without the urge to fix it, trusting that your worth is a constant pulse beneath your skin, entirely independent of your productivity, your mistakes, or the approval of those who have yet to see your light.

 

Sharing my world

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/share-your-world-3rd-august-2026/

 

Here are this week’s questions:

 

1. What have you recently forgotten to do until the last minute?

 

I can’t think of a damn thing, as it’s not like me to be like that.

2.  How many blog posts do you publish on average a day?

One unless it is here then I may post 3 on the same day

 

3.  How long have you been blogging?

I started my first blog on a site that no longer exists back in 2005 but have had been with blogger since 2007 and Wordpress since 2012

 

4.  If you had to rename your blog, what would it be?

 

The weirdness that is Jo-Anne

 

Gratitude:

S

 

Sunday Stealing on Wednesday

 

Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

This week's meme was stolen from blogging mom Blue Milk. Back in 2008, she stole it from an invitation-only meme. It was originally a very loooong meme, with more than 100 questions in all. Too much for me! So, it's been pared back to 35. If that still seems daunting, remember all you have to do is bold the ones you've done. If you'd like to elaborate, feel free.

Bold the Ones You've Done            

Have you ever ...

1. Slept under the stars. Nope never

2. Played in a band.  Nope

3. Visited Hawaii. Yes once

4. Visited Easter Island. Nope 

5. Watched a meteor shower. Nope

6. Seen the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Nope I've never been to England and really not interested in going.

7. Been to Disneyland or Disney World. Nope

8. Climbed a mountain. Nope

9. Held a praying mantis.  Nope

10. Been to the Louvre. Nope

11. Had food poisoning.  Yes, and it was horrible 

12. Eaten vegetables you grew yourself. Nope

13. Slept overnight on a train. Yes, and loved it

14. Built a snow fort. Nope

15. Held a lamb.  No but I held a fawn.

16. Gone skinny dipping. Nope

17. Been on a cruise Yes been on a few

18. Seen Niagara Falls.  Nope

19. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. Nope 

20. Sung karaoke. Nope

21. Sat for a portrait. Yes, a number of times

22. Walked on a beach by moonlight. Nope

23. Been transported in an ambulance Yes, too many times.

24. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling. Nope and don’t want to

25. Kissed in the rain  Yes.

26. Played in the mud . Yes as a kid

27. Gone to a drive-in theatre Yes often as a child and teenager

28. Changed your vehicle's oil yourself.  Nope

29. Taken a martial arts class. Nope

30. Visited the Vatican. Nope

31. Volunteered at a soup kitchen or food pantry. Nope

32. Sold Girl Scout cookies. Nope   

33.Bought a used car. Not me on my own but with hubby

34. Sat on a jury.  Nope

35. Ridden an elephant. Yep as a child at the zoo

 

Getting to know little ole me

 

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here: https://booomcha.com/2026/07/get-to-know-you-99/

 

1.      If your shadow had its own personality, what would it complain about most often?

How often I walk in circles  

2. What’s the most dramatic thing your phone has ever done at the worst possible moment?

My phone doesn’t do dramatic it’s too lazy for that

3. If household objects could file workplace grievances, which one in your home would report you first?

My vacuum for overuse