Hot Fun in the Summertime Hodgepodge

It's Hodgepodge Wednesday and yay! the questions aren't too weighty this week. Whew!

Join in the fun with Joyce right here.

1. July 15th is National Give Something Away Day. What can you give away? Will you?

I have been trying to give away our bike trailer like this for the past couple of years. Maybe I will actually do so tomorrow.

Interesting update on the bike trailer. As my DH left the breakfast table just now, he said he was taking the bike trailer to the local donations place. Great minds think alike! He had no idea my answer to this question, nor did he know today is give away day! How fantastic is that?

2. Do you have a mantra? Please share with the class if you feel comfortable doing so.

Not in the purest sense of the word. But I find myself constantly reassuring myself with, "I will trust and not be afraid."

3. Who does the grocery shopping in your house? How many times a week do you shop? Do you make a list or pray for inspiration in the produce aisle?

I do the grocery shopping, although DH offers to go with me. He will drive me there, drop me off at the front door, pick me up and help with loading and unloading. It's really not good for him to help shop as we do not need everything he thinks we do. I do keep a running list, and still probably make three to four trips a week to the grocery store, depending on what is going on or what is needed. Example, if grand kids are coming over, I need to be sure I have fresh fruit on hand, buttermilk for pancakes, snacks and bacon. I try to stock up and replace items as they are used. Then we eat out most of the time! :-)

4. Is there a TV show you're embarrassed to say you watch? You're going to tell us what it is, right?

I suppose I am a little embarrassed that I don't mind watching reruns of Dick van Dyke or Little House on the Prairie or the Walton's when I'm a little bored. Feels like I'm wasting time, though.

5. A recent article listed fifteen words we should eliminate from our (written) vocabulary in order to sound smarter-

that, went, honestly, absolutely, very, really, amazing, always, never, literally, just, maybe, stuff, things, and irregardless

Of the fifteen, which word is your most overused?

Amazing. And seriously, I find it amazing that seriously wasn't on the list.

6. So apparently dying your hair gray (in your youth!) is a thing right now. It's called 'The Granny Hair' trend. Your thoughts?

I remember when I was in junior high (1962) the fad was to buy spray cans of color to streak your hair with gray or silver. Those of us who were without funds (or permission from parents) to do that would pat talcum powder on our hair. Seriously.

I don't understand many of the trends regarding hair right now with the different, bright and brassy colors. They really don't seem to enhance the beauty of the people who do that. Enough said.

7. A while back Buzz Feed asked members to share the most beautiful sentence they've read in a piece of literature. A hard thing to narrow down, at least for me, but let's try. What's one of the most beautiful sentences you've ever read in a piece of literature?

This is truly a hard thing to narrow down to one sentence and I cannot.

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.

Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned." 

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 NLT

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Lately I am experiencing problems with my vision so a trip to the eye doctor was in order this afternoon. Scar tissue growing over an implant in one eye and new cataract on the other eye. Yikes. Thankfully, the problems can be resolved and for now, eyeglasses will be my go-to when driving (my driving is getting a little scary). It has been many, many years since I have worn glasses. Boo-hoo, but whatever it takes! 

I remember my very first pair of glasses in fourth grade. They were blue and were a bit of a novelty at first. I soon tired of wearing them and only wore them when I absolutely had to! One day I put them in my brown paper lunch bag, forgot about them, and accidentally threw the sack in the trash. My poor Mom and Great-Grandma actually went to the city dump to try to find them. How sad for my Mom to have to do that. As a 9 year old, I didn't realize how dear the price of new glasses were for my hard-working parents.