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

 

Some 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.My plans for August include not falling over and laughing more.
2. I am a type it would be one of those who likes to collect plushies and names them as well as talk to them meaning I have a bloody cool personality.
3. If getting distracted were a currency, I would be rich.
4. I can do a good impersonation of someone who has it all together.

Time for some hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-664.html

1. What was the last thing you celebrated? 

I can’t think of a single think

2 July 29th is International Day of the Tiger. Besides the wild animal itself, when you hear the word tiger what's the first person-place-thing-whatever that comes to mind? 

The song “Eye of the Tiger” by Survior”

3. The expression 'eye of the tiger' describes someone with intense focus, determination, and the drive to succeed. What area of your life are you currently bringing that kind of energy to?  

Not falling over

4. What was the last meal you cooked? 

The last thing was a toasted ham and cheese sandwich, it has a cream cheese spread, then a slice of ham, then some shredded tasty cheese, then more ham followed by a slice of Colby cheese.

5. Describe your July using exactly five words. 

Up, down, inside and out

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I allow myself ‘me time’, whether that’s time doing nothing but sitting in a quiet room with my eyes closed or taking the time to have a lone nap and I am unapologetically for that.

 

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. chocolate is my favorite kind of cake.
2. The best part of my week was going to bed each night
3. I don’t like being in a room full of strangers.
4. If I opened a restaurant, it would be called stuffed if I know and would serve food of course