Wednesday Hodgepodge - Wrapping Up July

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.  On July 29th 1957 The Tonite Show premiered with Jack Parr as its host. This marked the beginning of the modern day talk show. Do you watch any daytime or late night talk shows today? Do you have any thoughts on the hubbub surrounding the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, or are you more in the camp of 'who is Stephen Colbert?'

 

I don't currently watch any talk shows. We used to watch late night talk shows back when Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and David Letterman were hosts. After that generation, the hosts got steadily less funny and more political as in going all in one direction politically. Comedy ceases to be funny when it's mean-spirited and always at the expense of 'that other group'. In my opinion, that's what happened to Colbert. I used to think he was funny, years ago, but his show became mainstream instead of alternative, and he decided to try and get laughs from being hateful. In a way, I don't care, because I stopped watching those kinds of shows a long time ago, but in a way it's also satisfying to see that Colbert and others were dropping in the ratings and losing money, and that's just business.

 

2. What's the best part of your day?

On weekdays I think the best part of the day is probably pouring the evening cup of coffee and relaxing for a bit, wherever that may be. Getting into bed and having a few minutes to read is also a great part of the day. My best part of the day used to be my morning coffee and quiet time, but now my mornings are a bit too rushed to feel like that's the best. 

 3. What's something your generation does that you actually dislike?

 I don't know if this is specifically my generation, but I've seen this a lot in people in my age group over the years, and I never thought it was good. Seems like my generation has leaned towards indulgent or permissive parenting, probably out of the natural desire to give our kids more and better experiences than we had. But toddlers that are not disciplined are more likely to turn into unruly and bratty children; and children that are catered to and given everything they want are more likely to turn into entitled and irresponsible teens and young people. So now that my generation's children are adults, it's sad to see those young adults treat their parents disrespectfully and struggle with their own "adulting". Obviously it's not nearly all the fault of permissive or indulgent parenting, but I think it's a piece of the puzzle. 

4. When you cook do you clean as you go, or clean it all up once you're finished cooking? What's the last thing you cooked/baked in your own kitchen?

 It depends on what I'm cooking, but usually I leave the majority of the cleanup until I'm finished. (In the hopes that hubby will wash the dishes, to be honest. He usually does.) I do little bits of cleanup in between steps as I have the time, like throwing away the peelings or trash parts of vegetables once I've finished chopping and have them in a pan, or rinsing utensils I'm finished with and putting them in the sink. 

The last thing I cooked was a light 'breakfast for dinner' on Sunday night. I made corned beef hash and scrambled eggs. I was going to make Chicken Florentine yesterday but we made a last minute decision to get takeout so I'm planning to make the chicken tonight instead.

  

5.  Sum up your July in ten words or less.

 

 Not enough time or appropriate weather to do all the things. (That's eleven words, but you get the idea!)

 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

On Sunday afternoon our 55+ group from church had a picnic and guided nature walk planned. We all met at the park and ate our picnic lunches with a wary eye on the weather and radar maps, because the forecast was for scattered showers all afternoon. Just before we went for our walk, some of us took some things back to our cars. As I was walking out of the picnic pavilion, I guess I stepped on a bigger rock in the gravel, and rolled my ankle pretty hard. Ouch! But I barely broke stride and didn't fall so my initial reaction was basically "Yowzers! That hurt! But it's fine, I'll walk it off." After all, I'm regularly clumsy and my ankles are used to being rolled, unfortunately. It was fine for awhile, and we went on the walk which was cut short when the rain started up, and we sat in our picnic pavilion and we talked with our naturalist about all the things we would have seen on the hike. While it rained cats and dogs and thundered pretty loudly (see photo above). By the time the rain let up and we were ready to go, I realized my ankle had swollen badly and I limped through all the puddles back to the car. I was not fine. We had to make a stop at the store anyway, so I bought a good ankle splint/brace and made sure to put my foot up and ice it when we got home. So yay me, spraining my ankle just a few days before we go on vacation. I've been wearing the splint and walking with a cane, staying off my feet at work, and taking a pass on any choreo at chorus rehearsal. It's improving quickly. If I'm careful and use my walking sticks, I'm hoping I'll still be able to do a bit of hiking on vacation. :sigh:

I think our vacation this weekend will be a fun adventure, even if my hiking is a bit curtailed. The current Wednesday Quotes link-up theme is "Being Adventurous" and you can find it here: WQ - Choosing Adventure. And Everyday Images is my photo link-up with a new set of prompts coming tomorrow (Thursday).

How would you sum up your 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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