Wednesday Hodgepodge - Steady Rhythm

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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 is a childhood habit or preference you will never outgrow?

 

This is tough. I think that since I was little, Saturday night has been bubble bath night, and that's a weekly habit I've generally stuck with all my life. I don't nearly always soak in the tub on Saturday evenings any more, but I miss it when I don't.  

 

2. Did you know July is beans month? What's your favorite bean? Your favorite recipe that calls for beans? When it comes to chili are you team beans or team no beans?

 

I had no idea beans had a month, or that it was July. My favorite beans are clearly coffee beans, or maybe cocoa beans but I don't think that's the type of bean this question is referring to. I'd say pinto beans or great northern beans might be my favorites. My favorite recipe that uses beans is chili - and I am team beans but NOT kidney beans. Blech. I always make chili with some combination of black beans, pinto beans, and great northern beans. I like to have two or three colors of beans in my chili.

3. Some historical figures have a tag line after their name, something like 'the brave' or 'the wise' or 'the mad' . . . what would your tag line be? Explain why.

 I would probably be Kym the Late because I am a procrastinator and my tendency is to be running late. Or maybe Kym the Caffeinated. I like the sound of that one!

4. The way to my heart is _________________________.

 Coffee? 

5.  The calendar rolls into August this week, but before we go give us four adjectives that describe your July.

 

Sweltering. Expensive. Disorganized. But despite all that . . . Rewarding.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Since my answers are all quite brief this week, I am adding my very abbreviated July Rhythm (WOTY) summary in the random thought space, sort of as a follow-up to my four adjectives.

Week One - Happy Canada Day on July 1st! Of course we had to work so we didn't have much of a celebration other than treating ourselves to bison steaks for dinner. There were fireworks we could've watched on July 3rd, but since it rained we (uncharacteristically) skipped it. On July 4th - Happy Independence Day! - we slept late, went for a walk at Taylor Farm Park, and then went to our church's cookout and party in the evening. From the church there's a great view of the town fireworks so it was a fun evening. On the 5th, it was strange to be back to work for one day and kind of threw off the rhythm of the week! In the evening we went with our son and his family to Granville for the carnival and fireworks. They had a wonderful fireworks show! The kids stayed overnight at our place so we had a leisurely Saturday morning with Tim Horton's breakfast before they had to leave.

Week Two - Sunday morning worship team was a bit of a challenge without our worship director but we managed. The week was fairly routine with work and with chorus on Monday evening, although work was crazy for a couple of days due to a technology breakdown! Tested my resourcefulness to get through that. On Friday evening and during the day on Saturday, the chorus had a special coaching event which was hard work and tons of fun! One highlight of that was that I won the chorus 50/50 drawing on Saturday! My husband was busy with a greenhouse conference on the weekend, and on Saturday evening we met up with one of his previous co-workers for dinner which was nice. 

Week Three - Sunday was another challenging morning as far as worship team. The kids came over in the afternoon and we had a swim while hubby was at hockey, then had dinner together. The work week followed the usual rhythm, with nothing very unusual. On Saturday morning I made sure to get my hair cut so it wouldn't be too shaggy for our upcoming vacation weekend.

Week Four - The kids were on vacation on the weekend so our weekend was quiet. On Monday I went straight to chorus from work so that I could join some of the ladies for dinner out. On Tuesday evening we went out to dinner with friends. Wednesday evening we did some prep for our trip, so that we could very quickly pack and leave shortly after getting home from work on Thursday. We made it back to our Maryland home very late Thursday night. We spent a relaxed Friday with the kids and our granddaughter. The reason for the trip was the hockey tournament my husband played in, so he was there most of Saturday while I spent extra time with the kids. We did stop by the tournament for awhile. Dinner was pizza and we had another fun evening watching Olympic highlights and playing some games. 

Week Five - Got to visit our old church and chat with some friends in the morning. Went out to lunch with the kids and unfortunately didn't make it to the hockey tournament in time to see my husband's game. (He was not very happy with me.) In the evening I went out to dinner with a couple of dear friends to catch up. On Monday morning we packed up and headed back to Ohio. Yesterday was back to work and today is the same. Back to the regular rhythm of life for another few weeks!

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 Rhythm is my Word of The Year for 2024 - here's my WOTY post to explain: WQ - Rhythm Inspires

 

What are your four adjectives for July? 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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