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/2026/06/15/sharing-my-world-15th-june-2026/

Here are this week’s questions:

1.  When buying a new home appliance, are you offered optional insurance cover (for additional cost) and if so do you take

it?
Here is Australia we get offered an extended warranty and sometimes Tim & I have taken it but generally not.

2.  When purchasing something for the home, like a new TV, freezer, cooker, carpets, etc, do you pay outright or take terms?

Now days we pay outright, when we were younger we would get it on an interest free loan, which we always paid off within the interest free term.

3.  What is the worst purchase for the home you can remember?

I have no idea, Tim would say the solar panels but I don’t agree.

4.  For your family room/lounge, do you prefer couches, easy chairs, recliners or a mixture of seating arrangements.

I prefer a recliner Tim prefers a lounge or what some call a couch.

Gratitude: Courtesy of Cheryl this week.

 

A slow hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-658.html

1 June 17th, 1994 was the day of the infamous O.J. Simpson car chase. What were you doing in 1994? I'm guessing somebody is going to tell me they weren't born yet but that's part of the fun of the Hodgepodge. Lots of generations are represented here. 

What was I doing back in 1994, I have no idea, nothing special I was just mum looking after 3 daughters, I do remember seeing the car chase on the telly.

2. What's your favorite summer salad that isn't the traditional tossed green lettuce kind of salad? Do you like fresh fruit in a salad (other than in a fruit salad of course)?

I am not a fan of salads, but I do really like fruit salad

3. Is chivalry dead? Should it be? 

No not dead but dying, should it be I don’t think so

4. Would you rather spend a week of your summer vacation in Hawaii or Alaska? Have you ever been to either? Are they two places you really would like to see? How do you feel about 'Hawaiian pizza' aka pineapple on a pizza? Have you ever eaten Baked Alaska? 

I have been to Hawaii and I would like to go to Alaska but doubt I will ever get there, I love pineapple on my pizza, I think it is strange not liking it.

5. World Cup play is happening now...are you interested? Watching any matches? Did you or your children play soccer/futbol? There are eleven US cities hosting matches-

-Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York with the stadium in NJ, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle along with  three cities in Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey) and two in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver)-

You get free tickets to one of these matches. Which city do you choose? Tell us why. 

Nope not interested

I would choose going to Canada

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Try to embrace the stillness in the morning, before the day starts and the world is holding its breath, slowly the light drifts in and the day starts.

Getting to know me

 

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here:

https://booomcha.com/2026/04/get-to-know-you-93/

1. You see your face on a Wanted poster. What did you do?

I did nothing, I was accused of having a weird or wicked sense of humour

2. Which protagonist from a book or movie would make the worst roommate?

After some thought I decided on the Bruce Banner, why, well you leave a mess in the kitchen, and The Hulk appears and that doesn’t end well.

3. What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

Tie-dyed tops, they were everywhere and we did tie-dye in art class

 

 

 

Tuesday's 4

 

Welcome once again to  Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 

Here are this week's questions

Welcome back to another Tuesday 4 in honour of Toni Taddeo it's founder.

Let's talk about travel and holidays.

1. Will you be traveling this summer at all?

Nope

2. Will there be day trips in store for you? visits to the beach, evenings out?

Sadly no

3. Do you eat out more in summer... do you go for ice cream or treats more?

I wish I did

4. What is your favorite place to visit and what is the most exotic place you've been to?

A shopping centre I love to go shopping

I don’t think I have ever been to an exotic place

 

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/2026/06/08/share-your-world-8th-june-2026

Here are this week’s questions:

My answers are in red 

1. Compared to a cloud, how would you describe yourself:
a) whisky in an almost clear sky
b) white and fluffy
c) dark and threatening
d) thunderous and angry

2. If you were a young animal, what best describes your personality:
a) an inquisitive puppy
b) a playful kitten
c) a skittish rabbit
d) an excitable pony

3.  If you were a flower, would you be
a) something bright and showy
b) something fragrant
c) something small and discreet
d) a weed

4. If you believe in reincarnation, would you like to come back as
a) a wild animal
b) a bird
c) an insect
d) a sea creature.

Today’s gratitude:

 

 

 

A flowerily hodgepodge

 

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-657.html

 

How would you define 'the good life'? 

To me it is that part of your life that you remember with joy and laughter

What's the most used app on your phone (and are you proud of that)? 

My banking app, I don’t do a lot on my phone

'Every rose has it's thorn', 'everything's coming up roses', 'looking through rose-colored glasses', 'it's no bed of roses' or 'stop and smell the roses'...which rose idiom best relates to something in your life currently. Explain. 

“Every rose has it’s thorn” because with Parkingson’s even a good day will have unexpected struggles.

How do you feel about floral flavourings in food or drink (rose, hibiscus, elderflower, lavender)? 

Not a fan of it although until a few years ago I had never heard of using them, I have tried a couple things with lavender in and didn’t like them much.

Over the course of your life what have you probably spent more time pondering than anything else? 

I don’t know, I am sure there must have been something, but I can’t think of anything right now

Insert your own random thought here.

Today I am grateful for the wonder of life and the small things that make everyday life, special, a message from a grandchild, an unexpected hug from my husband, things like that.

 

 

Getting to know the annoying me

 

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here:

https://booomcha.com/2026/04/get-to-know-you-92/

If you were a minor inconvenience, which one would you be?

A stone in your shoe

If you came with instructions, what part would people ignore first?

The handle with care written in large letters on the first page

 Which everyday annoyance best captures your overall personality vibe?

That buffering you can get when your computer is trying to load something