Wednesday Hodgepodge - A Collection of Thoughts

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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. Has March come in like a lion where you live? If not a lion then what animal would you use to describe the weather in your area this first week of March? Does the weather affect your emotions? When did you last feel 'under the weather'? 

 Not like a lion, but I'm not sure it's been like a lamb either. The easy answer would be that the weather is like a duck, but it really hasn't rained that much. I'm going with a turtle. We've had some rain but not overmuch, and the sun has been making some appearances and warming things up. So I picture it kind of like a turtle poking his head out of the shell while sunning on a rock, but ready to duck back inside when the rain comes. 

The weather does affect my mood and emotions to a certain extent. I tend to feel sleepy and listless when the weather is gloomy. The last time I felt 'under the weather' was a bit over a month ago. I had an oral surgery procedure done and within a couple days after that I got bronchitis. Not a good week. 

 

2. Do you know what your name means? Does the meaning of your name fit with your personality? Do you like your name? If you have children did you consider the meaning of their names before choosing them?

 

The basic meaning is Royalty. The English origin meaning of Kimberley is "from the meadow of the royal fortress". I've said before that my only claim to royalty is that I'm the Coffee Queen. But when I picked out this custom name meaning mug from CrossTimber for a review several years ago, I realized that I am, in fact, the daughter of the King of Kings! (See that review at Homeschool Coffee Break: Name Meaning Gifts from CrossTimber) I like my name, but I haven't always. I didn't like being one of about half a dozen Kims in my classes at school, so I decided when I was a teenager that I'd spell it with a Y instead. Funny that it doesn't change how it sounds, but it changed how I felt about it. Sort of like Anne with an E, I suppose. I did consider the meaning of the names I chose for my kids but that wasn't the primary reason. I just wanted to make sure I didn't name them something with an offensive or embarassing meaning! My daughter, Kennady, might argue that a bit, since one of the meanings of her name is "ugly head" and that is the nickname she uses in one of our family message groups! (We actually named her Kennady Anne because it sounds like the French pronunciation of Canadien, her dad's favorite hockey team and it's a nod to our home country too.)

 

3. It's National Sauce Month . . . what's your favorite sauce? Last thing you ate that used a sauce?

 I love all the barbecue sauces! And Chick-Fil-A sauce too. Last thing I ate with sauce . . . we had pulled pork in barbecue sauce recently. I did put Chick-Fil-A sauce in my breakfast burrito on Sunday too.

4. Something you've seen, tasted, done lately that you'd describe as 'awesome sauce'?

 Nothing is coming to mind, but that's because what does come to mind when I hear 'awesome sauce' is a family favorite dish that we call Waffles and Awesome Sauce (find the recipe at Homeschool Coffee Break). The Awesome Sauce is almost like a thin vanilla pudding that we use instead of syrup. So good!

 

5. What kinds of things do you love to collect?

 

Books by my favorite authors, and of course - coffee mugs! Especially Tim Horton's mugs.

 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I've got nothing. I'm really tired and still need to put the laundry away, make coffee for the morning (I'm writing this on Tuesday night), and I have papers to finish grading. I wish I could do some of the things during my lunch break at work, but at this point I'm just using my break time to read. I've got a list of phone calls I need to start making during lunches though, maybe starting on Friday.

Weird coincidence related to the 'under the weather' question . . . My Twenty-Six Lists this week is "A Feel Better List". What we do to get ourselves feeling better when we're sick or just down. Add your thoughts to the linky if you'd like!  

 

How did March come in where you live? What do you collect? 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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