The Wednesday Hodgepodge...

 A loud shout-out to Joyce for today's questions!! Thanks!!  You can join in HERE!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 397

1. Here we are entering the last month of the year 2020. 2020!! Every year The Oxford English Dictionary publishing team chooses a word that captures the general mood of the year we're leaving behind, or the one word that will leave a lasting impact on the world at large. This year they needed sixteen words in order to cover the whole enchilada. 

While two of the other major dictionaries selected pandemic as their word of the year, Oxford came up with a long list including-bushfire, impeachment, acquittal, coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown, social distancing, reopening, Black Lives Matter, Cancel Culture, BIPOC, mail-in, Belarusian, moonshot, net-zero (read more about each word here)

Of the words listed which ONE would you say should be in the number 1 spot? Which word/phrase on this list would you be happy to never hear again?  I actually still get a little angry at Black Lives Matter because I believe ALL lives matter, including all people of any color, creed, religion, gender, short, tall, skinny, fat, rich or poor...  They are all precious in HIS sight!!  So let's get rid of that phrase. Probably, of that list, social distancing pretty much says it all for the year 2020. I am so glad we are putting it behind us, even though we are moving into 2021 without much change.

2. What one word from your own list of words describing this year sums up/best reflects your 2020? Tell us why.  Lazy.  I have become a lazy TV slug.  We are retired and have not been affected too much by financial troubles or with shortages at the beginning of this mess but we have stayed home (until things loosened a bit) and have become habitual marathon-TV watching slugs.

3. Do you like peppermint? Peppermint mocha, a candy cane, peppermint bark, peppermint tea, York Peppermint Pattie, peppermint ice cream...of the peppermint treats listed, which one is your favorite? Will you bake anything featuring peppermint this holiday season?  I am not a big peppermint lover.  I can eat a Peppermint Pattie and I do like Bryers Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. No candy canes or mint candies in my stocking, please. 

4. Besides Christmas, what do you associate the color red with?  My sister, Patti, has red hair and so did my Granny Kelly, so redheads.  But I own a lot of red tops and love red.  How about the color green?  I have green eyes and will most likely say my favorite color is green, even though I wear red more often. 

5. Is your tree up?  Yes.  Real or artificial?  Artificial.  Joe is allergic to real pine trees.  Is your house decorated?  Yes, as much as it will be.  We downsize a little more each year.  Is your shopping done?  No.  Started?  Yes.  Wrapped?  No.  On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being Scrooge-like and 10 being Buddy the Elf, how's your Christmas spirit?  I would say it falls somewhere between 7 and 8.  

6. Insert your own random thought here.  My consistent readers (bless you!) know that Joe and I love visiting Mazzaro's Italian Market, over in St. Petersburg.  It is especially fun introducing folks to Mazzaro's for the first time.  We always make the first-timers pose for us with the cut-outs.  Our former Assistant Pastor and his wife did just that yesterday.  We had so much fun spending the morning and early afternoon with them.  They have six kids, the oldest is 16 and stairsteps down from there. They were so happy to spend a day with adults! We laughed about that!

It was Brian's idea to switch places. I told him that he looked like every Italian grandma, 

with a mustache and beard!! LOL

We had a good lunch with them! Such a cute couple!!

Thanks for your visit!!

Peace & hugs!  Jesus loves you so much!