Wednesday Hodgepodge - Thoughts Off the Top of My Head

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A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1. What's something small you tend to sweat even though you know you shouldn't?

There are probably a lot of things. I spend more time worrying about little details of my appearance than I should. I'm overly concerned with making sure that I don't wear the same thing twice in a row to someplace I go weekly, like to church or chorus rehearsal. In my head, I know that no one is likely to notice unless that was the only thing I ever wore, because I can't remember from one time to the next what others wear.

2. October 17th is National Pasta Day . . . do you like pasta? What's your favorite? Cooked at home or eaten in your favorite Italian restaurant? How often do you make/eat pasta?

I love pasta, almost every pasta dish! My favorite is fettucine alfredo, and I like my own homemade alfredo sauce best, but it's something that I'll often order in a restaurant and have never been disappointed. My favorite Italian restaurant is Buca di Beppo. I would probably eat pasta every day if there were no calorie consequences. Haha. But in general, we have pasta once or twice a week, and recently we've been trying to limit carbs so we're avoiding pasta. I guess that makes it even more of a treat for me when I do have it! 

3. Do you consider yourself a spontaneous person? Explain.

 I do think I'm fairly spontaneous, but I'm becoming less likely to be spontaneous as I get older. Depending on how disruptive the spontaneous thing would be. I can usually shift gears really quickly with a last minute change to dinner plans or anything like that. When we go on vacation, I want to buy plane tickets ahead of time to get a good price, and since we're working, we do need to book time off in advance. I prefer to have a hotel reservation or to know where we're staying, but if it's a road trip, I'm fine with having a very loose plan and deciding what to do and where to stop for the night as we go. I guess my style is to have a general plan and expectations and figure out all the details as we go.

4. Who are some of your heroes? Tell us why.

 Wow, how to choose . . . Bible characters like Joshua and Caleb, Hannah, and Peter, because they were ordinary people who overcame everyday challenges and lived boldly for God. Historical figures that come to mind at the moment are Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth, who were outspoken advocates for justice and liberty in various ways, and weren't content to stay in the little boxes that society put them in. I know there are so many others in history that I admire but I only have so much time right now! 

5. Let's wrap it up with something light . . . Taylor Swift . . . are you a fan? On a scale of 1-10 how much so? (1=who's Taylor?, 10=a true Swiftie, seen her in concert more than once) If you're a fan what's your favorite T. Swift song?

 

I'm not a fan. I know who she is, and can think of one or two of her songs that I like a little bit, but honestly I can't figure out what the big deal is with her. She's just not all that and a bag of chips, and I don't have the impression that she's a very nice person either. So I'd put myself at a 1 on the scale, defined as "I know who she is but couldn't possibly care less about her". 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I'm worried and upset about so many things in the world, and right now I'm frustrated and discouraged with things closer to home too. Things that are just . . . ugh. No solutions that will make everybody happy, but that's the way it goes. I say I am pretty comfortable with being spontaneous, but right now I've got a couple things in my own little world that have thrown me a curveball that I'm not even a little bit comfortable with, so that's spontaneity that I'm very unhappy about. I will be working on trying to improve my attitude today, I suppose, and getting back to being optimistic and just rolling with it. Being spontaneous, after all! Even though this is NOT what I had in mind when I answered the question about spontaneity!

So, a timely reminder:

And on a lighter note, this is so true and I'm thinking about making it my cover photo:

 

Do you prefer careful and detailed planning or are you okay with spontaneity and figuring it out as you go? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

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