A Flying Hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/08/hodgepodge-questions-volume-667.html

1. August 19th is National Aviation Day...do you like to fly? Last time you were on an airplane? The date is chosen in honour of the history and development of aviation and celebrated on the birthday of Orville Wright. Have you ever been to the Kitty Hawk area of North Carolina? The city of Dayton in Ohio (their birthplace)

Yes I love to fly but it has been a long time since I have, since I am in Australia no chance of me going to the Kitty Hawk area

2. In what area of your life do you tend to 'wing it'? Is this an area you should be winging? 

Pretty much everything, winging it is just how I live

3. A favorite book, song, or movie that relates to flight in some way?   

Can’t think of anything

4. Soft serve, gelato, sherbet, frozen yogurt, or good old fashioned ice cream...what's your pleasure? Your favorite flavour? How often do you indulge? 

I like soft serve with chocolate coating

Ice cream I have at home I like chocolate best and I prefer the Bulla brand.

5. I never get tired of living and feeling loved and appreciated

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Life is better when you don’t feel the need to people please and can feel comfortable saying NO to a request if you don’t have the time or you don’t really want to. Saying NO isn’t something I find easier to do.

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/2026/08/17/share-your-world-10th-august-2026/

 

 

Here are this week’s questions:

1.  What was your favourite TV show as a kid?

Little House on the Prairie

 

2.  Do you have a favourite ‘tipple’? (alcoholic drink, or something when you are out for a meal etc)

Nope

 

3.  Is there a movie you can watch again and again and still enjoy?

Any of the Clint Eastwood’s westerns

 

4.  Did you have a favourite toy as a child? Or perhaps one you wanted and never got?

 

I had a soft blue doll with a porcelain face I often broke, I also had a small blue koloa that I loved.

 

Gratitude:

 

 

 

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⋅⋆ ─────

The older I get, the less bothered I get.

I frequent forget what day it is.

Back in my day, we didn’t have lockers at school.

I am cold during these last few weeks of summer, because it is winter here

 

 

 

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/2026/07/get-to-know-you-101’/

1. What everyday thing feels like a tiny luxury to you?

Each day I put my feet up and close my eyes and it always feels like a luxury

2. What’s the most random thing you’ve kept for sentimental reasons?

An empty wooden box a bit smaller than a shoe box just because it was dads.

3. What’s a hobby you’d try if someone handed you everything you needed?

I can’t think of a damn thing, I guess some kind of craft

  

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.