Wednesday Hodgepodge - Volume 625

 Welcome to the Wednesday Hodgepodge!  Here are this week's questions, which you should answer on your own blog and then pop over to Joyce's blog (click on the graphic for the link) Wednesday to add your link to the party.

 

1. What do you like most about your family?

Togetherness and fun.  Sophia doesn't live at home any longer but when she was with us, we did a lot of fun things together.  We've done a cross-country move, sightseeing along the way and making memories we can look back on.  We've done a lot of family field trips in our local area, and we have fun times at home with games and LEGO and movie nights, themed dinners and other projects.  Now that's it's just Vic and me; we still look for the fun things to do together.  

The Badlands 2014

Our first trip to the Space Needle in Seattle 2015

  2. What's something nice that's happened to you recently? 

Vic paid me a random compliment right out of the blue the other day.  I can't remember what it was, but I know that it made me feel really special.  My chap is a keeper, he's got a great sense of humor, often does the unexpected, and still reaches for my hand whenever we go anywhere.

He's started to pay more attention to little people things.  We don't have any grandchildren yet but one day.

3. Do you like the color orange? Besides a pumpkin and an actual orange, what's something orange you love?

I can't say I'm a big fan of orange in clothing; you'd have to be really confident to carry off something in that color.  I'm a fan of mimosas, does that count?

4.  What's something you have now you couldn't have imagined having five years ago? How does that make you feel? What's possible now because of it?

Five years ago, we were in the midst of COVID and Vic was in Okinawa, so having him home every night and weekends is wonderful!  We can do all sorts of things together and he's great at those DIY jobs we put off while he was away. 

5. Let's wrap this one up with an October this or that...

• pumpkin bread or apple cider donut
• cozy sweater or cozy hoodie
• apple picking or pumpkin picking
• scary movie or Hallmark movie
• hay ride or corn maze
• twinkle lights or candles
• autumn hike or autumn bonfire

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Day Twenty-Two of the government shutdown.  Is it affecting you?  Vic got his pay statement with $0 on it, that hurts.  Thankful it's not our only income but times are going to be tough for families with a single or dual government income.  In today's economy, it's tough enough to make ends meet but to try to put something aside for an emergency such as this, it's darn near impossible.  It's not right to play with people's lives like this.