The Ash Wednesday 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.  The Hodgepodge lands on Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. Do you mark this season in some way? Will you be giving something up or adding something to your life in this Lenten season?

 

We spend time in reflection, reading and meditating on Scripture, preparing for Passover/Resurrection Day, but don't formally participate in additional Lenten season services. I am giving up some foods, but not because of Lent. The timing just happened to be coincidental. 

 

2. Pancakes . . . are you a fan? Syrup or no syrup? Plain, blueberries, chocolate chips, bananas, or some other add in? Are pancakes on your menu this week?

I do like pancakes, but hardly ever make them! I occasionally have pancakes if we go out for breakfast, but I'm more likely to choose French toast or waffles. Syrup, always! Real maple syrup or a fruit syrup are my favorites. Generally I choose pancakes plain though I'm certainly not opposed to chocolate chips or fruit added! No pancakes on our menu this week, unless we go out for breakfast on Saturday and I go for pancakes. And I kind of doubt that will happen. 

I didn't even got paczki this year. 😞 I should have added paczki as an alias for donuts in the Fasnacht Day article at my homeschool blog

 

3. Tell us about a time recently when you felt 'spread too thin.'

 The time that comes to mind goes back quite a few months, during the lead-up to the SVC show in the fall. Towards the end of summer I was feeling the deadline for all those tasks looming, and I wound up taking responsibility for several tasks I hadn't planned on and wasn't confident in, and was fitting all of that in around work and vacation and family plans. I'm sure I've been 'spread thin' since then, but that stands out. 

4.  What's your favorite jewel or gemstone? In terms of your wardrobe would we find more gem tones, pastels, black and white, or primary colors?

 I don't own any, but I'd say sapphires are my favorite. My wardrobe . . . definitely NOT pastels. I have hardly any of those! I do have a lot of black and white, and blues. 

5.  What responsibility do you think is hardest about being in charge?

 The most uncomfortable part of being in charge, for me, is having to get after other people to complete their tasks. So if I'm chairing a committee or in charge of some kind of work group, I can figure out delegating tasks, but I find it very hard to bug the people under me if they don't follow through or if they don't do their jobs properly. I just hope that everyone does what they signed up for! 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

We started planning our family get-together vacation during the really cold snap recently. Perfect time to think about summer vacation destinations! Thought we finally had everyone on board with some ideas, but I just had a couple of other things occur to me as possibilities. And a possible monkey-wrench or two as well. So that's still in the drawing board stage.

I suspect I might wind up feeling 'spread thin' over the next couple weeks. I got summoned for jury duty the first week of March so that could be interesting. That might wind up being a really crazy week, or it might be a bit of a break depending on whether I'm put on a case or not. 

Tell me about your pancake preferences or how you'd answer any of these questions! 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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