Wednesday's Hodgepodge!

Thanks to Joyce, at From This Side of the Pond, for another great Hodgepodge of questions!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 182

From Joyce:  I guess I won't bother saying that eventually I'll catch up around here, because I'm beginning to doubt it myself. How about I just post the questions for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge, and we'll see how the day goes?

Whether your brain feels too full lately or not full enough, there's always the Hodgepodge to provide a little mid-week focus.

1. The month of July was named for Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. He's quoted as saying, 'Experience is the teacher of all things." So what has experience taught you lately?  To keep calm and carry on! It is what it is.

2. Where did you last 'roam'? Other than to work and home again, I guess the last time we ventured away from Lakeland, was down to Naples, FL, to visit with family.

3. Speaking of 'Rome'...pizza, pasta, gelato...you can only pick one, which would you choose? Who says I can only pick one? (winking!)  Definitely pasta, but I do love pizza and gelato (and Italy).

4. 'Rome wasn't built in a day', 'All roads lead to Rome', 'When in Rome...' which 'Roman' idiom have you most recently encountered? Explain.  Rome wasn't built in a day....trying to get ready for the audit is taking about two days longer than I anticipated.

5. What's a movie you've seen or a book you've read, that makes you want to book a trip to Italy? The book I'm reading right now makes me want to go to Scotland, but there are many, many movies about Italy that make me want to go again... Google lists over 400 titles, by the way (I looked). One that we have in our movie library, and a favorite, is Under the Tuscan Sun and Tuscany was my favorite part of Italy during our visit there in 2007. Love, love, love!

6.  Walt's original Disneyland opened almost sixty years ago, on July 17, 1955  Have you ever been to the California park? How about any of the other Disney parks around the world? What's your favorite amusement park ride or attraction?  We had season passes to Disney World, in Orlando, since we live only 45 minutes away, but the grandkids out-grew it, and we really don't care to go anymore. We preferred Universal Studios and Busch Gardens to the Disney parks, anyway.  I loved the roller coasters, but am too old and fat to enjoy them now. We gave up our season passes for those two parks (and Sea World) too. The kids don't want to go anymore, and when company comes, and they want to go, we tell them what exit to take, off of I-4. We do go to Universal's City Walk, and to Downtown Disney now and then.

7. It's that time of year...when were you last bitten or stung?  I am allergic to stings, so I avoid stinging insects, and have been known to make loud noises and flee the area if I see one!  The last time I was stung was years ago. A wasp got my thumb, and my arm was swollen up past my elbow. I don't go out after dusk, to avoid biting mosquitoes. They are wicked here in Florida.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.  Hoping we can bring our cat, Onyx, home from the Vet today. Not so random, but it is foremost in my mind right now.

Update:  Onyx gets to come home today!!!  Thanks for the prayers and positive energy sent his way this week!  Antibiotics and thyroid meds, but we can deal with that!

Thanks for visiting my Hodgepodge today! I appreciate your time and your comments! Have a blessed day!