Lovin' the Hodgepodge

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.  Did you watch the Super Bowl? Did your team win? What's your favorite game day snack for whatever sport is happening?

 

I did watch the Super Bowl! Or as I like to call it, The Superb Owl. It is the only NFL game I ever watch, and I pay almost no attention to the league the rest of the year, so I'm there for the game day dramas and controversies, and to critique the commercials, half-time show, and anthem. (Not a lot of standout commercials this year, but only a couple were total stinkers IMO. The national anthem by Jon Batiste was fantastic, one of the best, and I loved Lauren Daigle's performance of America the Beautiful. Kendrick Lamar's half-time show was boring, unintelligible, and pointless. I wanted to like Samuel L. Jackson's appearance, but his lines didn't make sense to anyone who was unfamiliar with Lamar's music, so the only thing that I actually enjoyed was the appearance of SZA.) Since I don't follow the NFL, I don't have a team I consider "mine" but yes, the team I was cheering for this year did win. My favorite snack . . . my ham and cheese bread bowl that I make for Superb Owl every year.

 

 

2. What's your superpower?

 

It would be easier for me to name my toxic trait. Maybe my superpower is the positive view of my toxic trait? I can function on very little sleep for days at a stretch. 

 3. Will you do anything special on Valentine's Day? If so, do share. Any thoughts on/about this particular holiday? Share a favorite verse or quote relating to love.

 It's on Friday, isn't it? We don't have any plans - at least none that I am aware of at this time. We might go to the Ohio State hockey game - isn't that romantic? We're going out for dinner with friends on Sunday, but that's not really for Valentine's Day. 

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 

~I John 4:7-11~

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ~Charles M. Schulz

The current Wednesday Quotes at WQ - Love Inspires has more quotes about love, and you're welcome to join the link-up!

4. Are you a fan of the rom-com genre? If so, what's one of your favorites? If you're not a movie-goer then what about a book you love that features a great love story? How about a favorite love song?    

 I don't watch movies often and rom-com isn't what I'd choose. I guess I prefer rom-com to serious romance movies, but I can't name one of the top of my head that I'm certain would be in that genre. I read a lot of mystery, but with main characters that have a romantic storyline. I tried to think of something that really stood out as a good love story, and remembered a Pepper Basham book I read a few years ago that I loved. Hope Between The Pages. It's a dual timeline story so there's a great romance in each time setting. I can't choose a favorite love song - there are too many! One that's kind of special is Somewhere Out There. It was very popular in the year before hubby and I got married, and for part of that year I was living back with my family in Calgary, and he was still in Ontario.

 

5.  Let's get creative . . . write an acrostic using the word L-O-V-E.

 

 I'm clearly not a poet:

 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Are signs like this common at schools? I imagine everyone's engine running in the carpool line and I can see how that would make for some unpleasant air quality, but I thought the sign was kind of funny:

I've been having a tough time getting stuff done lately. Maybe it's the winter blahs, but I've had even less motivation than usual, and I really need to focus and get some of my projects finished. The spare room has to be ready for the kids in just a couple weeks! I'm late in getting the Hodgepodge posted and I guess I'll be late visiting everyone too, but I will get it done!

 

Are you doing anything special for Valentine's Day? 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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