The Wednesday Hodgepodge x 400!

 Thank you, Joyce, for today's extra-special 400th Hodgepodge!!  Join in HERE!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 400

1. I feel like episode 400 cannot go without comment. That's a whole lot of Hodgepodging folks. 2000 questions if my math is right. So, what's something you feel like you do 400 times a week?   Clean up after our three cats.  If it isn't a hairball found somewhere in the house, it's cat hair whooshing around and settling in a corner.  Oh, and then there is Vinny taking a mouthful of wet catfood and dropping it on the floor to eat instead of eating it from the dish... you get my drift here. Every day, at least 400 times a day! LOL, I wouldn't trade them for anything, though.

2. Tell us where you were and something about what your life looked like in the year 2000?  Well, I well remember December 1999 as we all held our breath, waiting for the world to end when the ball dropped and the clock ticked to January 1, 2000.  That nasty Y2K bug didn't bite us after all.  I was still working.  The grandkids were still young enough to enjoy our pool and going to Disney.  It was a different time and perhaps a lighter time than where we are today. Good memories.  All the D'Orsaneos got together to usher in the year 2000 and we had our picture taken (I was taking a picture, as was sister-in-law Debbie).  Seven of these people are no longer with us now (4 by death and 3 by divorce)...  Things have changed.  Don't they always...

3. Do you like cinnamon? YES!  What's something you make and enjoy that calls for cinnamon?  Pumpkin bread.  Of the cinnamon 'foods' listed which is your favorite-red hot cinnamon candies, cinnamon toast, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon toast crunch cereal, apple cinnamon oatmeal, churros, an Indian curry?  I eat cinnamon toast most often and keep a shaker of cinnamon & sugar on the table.  The only one of those foods I haven't had is Indian curry but I am sure I would like it!!

4. Does Christmas 2020 (or Hanukkah) look much like it has in years past, or is this year vastly different for you and your family? How so? How are you feeling about it all?  This year isn't a lot different from years past because we don't usually have family joining us for Christmas. Those days are way past.  The only difference this year will be fewer folks at the table.  Helen & Cheryl will be here, but no one else will join us this year.

5. What's one thing you need or want to do before this year ends?  There is nothing I need or want before we usher in the new year but we are excited to have our good friends (my BFF) Elaine & Jim joining us on December 30th and staying next door through March!! That is something we are looking forward to!!

6. Insert your own random thought here.  Just that there are so many blessings to count, even in this strange and sometimes awful year we have journeyed through.  I thank God every day for so many blessings in my life, and count each of you among them!  

Peace & hugs!!  Jesus loves you and 

came to save us! Believe it!