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| our Poinsettia (a leftover from Christmas) |
Here are Joyce's questions from her weekly Hodgepodge. If you care to join in on your blog, click here.
My responses are hi-lited with blue.
1. What are three words phrases you would use to describe your 2025?
road trips, museums, instructive books
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| FDR and Gary at the National World War II Museum, November 2025 |
2. I ask this question every January, and I always get comments about how we shouldn't be banning words. This is fun and games so just play along : ) 👍🏻
Every January 1st since 1976 Lake Superior University has published a list of words they'd like to see banished from the Queen's English. Words may be banished due to misuse, overuse, or just general uselessness (go here to read about how the words are chosen). Here's the list for 2026-
67 • demure • cooked • massive • incentivize • full stop • perfect • gift/gifted • my bad • reach out
Which one (if any) do you use most often?
cooked, as in "Gary cooked lunch"
(I realize that today people use the word differently,
as in "I'm very tired.")
Which one of these words/phrases would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why?
67 -- because it's just a fad that many people
don't understand, including me
Is Are there a word words you think should have made the list?
robust
(I've noticed that politicians like the word "robust."
While it's not a bad word, it is over-used.)
honestly -- has become a "filler," like "umm"
all crude words and phrases
(I don't need to spell them out....)
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3. What are your nightly rituals?
brush my teeth, put on my jammies,
kiss my husband goodnight and
fall asleep no later than 9:15pm
Is that different from your 'ideal' nightly ritual? If so what's your ideal?
Nope. If I didn't like my nightly ritual, I'd change it.
4. January 6th is/was National Bean Day. Do you like beans? Which one is your favorite? Last thing you ate made with beans?
There is no bean that I don't like. Red kidney beans are my favorite; but with that said, the only legumes in this house are canned green beans. Gary had major intestinal surgery a couple of years ago that dictates what he should not eat, what time of day to eat, and how much to consume. We have learned to live with his guts calling the shots, so to speak and are doing well.
5. Are you easily embarrased? Elaborate.
That's too embarrassing. 🤭
6. Insert your own random thought here.
This past Sunday afternoon I baked the Blonde Brownie recipe recommended by Debbie at her blog,
Millie's Cozy Cottage. The only thing wrong with them is that they disappear too fast!
10 comments:
Lovely poinsettia! Mine are still blooming nicely too. Thankfully I covered them up under the back porck so the freeze last week didn't get them. A word I hear too much is "iconic". It seems like every newscaster uses it over and over for whatever reason, I don't know. I like beans too, but they don't always like me either, so I am careful about when I eat them. I will have to check out Victor's new blog site. It sounds like a great idea. I hope you have a wonderful week!
I agree on banning crude words. I feel like bad language is getting more and more common.
I love beans and thankfully we can eat them here. If Bob had that issue I'd give them up though.
Victors site sounds like a good one. I'm off to check it out.
Dear Barbara, the poinsettia is gorgeous.
I hardly watch anything on television anymore because of the bad language and nudity, etc. I truly miss shows such as The Waltons, The Andy Griffith Show, Highway to Heaven and Touched by an Angel.
I watch a lot on YouTube because I can pick what I want to watch.
Hooray for supporting Victor's new blog, Barbara, and thanks for commenting on the article I sent his way! I'm looking forward to seeing where this venture leads. And I'm with you when it comes to the casual use of obscenities in our day to day language. Can't we take a moment to clean up our act? Blessings for a wonderful New Year!
Thank you so much Barbara for mentioning The Christian Lounge and for your contribution to this website. Praise the Lord it does well.
I really like your answer No. 5.
God bless always.
Your Poinsettia is so pretty!
I am not a fan of those words but I am with you on banning 67. There is no need for it at all.
Yum to the Blonde Brownie! I can see why they disappear too fast, they wouldn't last long here either.
The brownies look delicious. I have had a lot of sweets this holiday season so am trying to eat less of the sugary good stuff this month. We still watch Andy Griffith here : ) So much wisdom, so many wonderful life lessons, and still the gentle humor holds all these years later. Have a great day!
Yum on the brownies! While neither of us have had major intestinal surgeries, the only beans in the house are the canned green beans. Enough said! Thank you for sharing a new blog. Will check it out later today! Happy Wednesday, Barbara!
Loved your answer to number five!! Ha....and, yes, I suppose I would change "my routine" too, if it wasn't ideal. One more perk to this season of life!:) Happy Wednesday to you!
Crude and lude is overdone for sure. It seems like politicians are cursing more than ever these days, too. I'm going to have to click over and check out the blogs you linked. Hope the navigating and finding the right things to eat go smoothly this year. Take care and have a lovely day.
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