Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. At the end of every year (or at least since the mid-1970's) Lake Superior State University posts a list of words they think should be banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse, and/or general uselessness. You can read more about the decision making process here, but this year's list includes-

cringe, game changer, era, dropped, IFKYK (If you know you know), 

sorry not sorry, skibidi, 100%, utilize, and period. 

Which of these words/phrases do you use regularly or even just every now and then? How many did you have to look up? Which of these words would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why? Is there a word/phrase not on the list you'd like to add? If so do share, then tell us why. 

I don't guess I use many of these words/phrases.  

"Sorry not sorry" is annoying to me as it's been used a lot.  "Era" is overused  now too.

I don't know what skibidi means, I looked it up.  

2. Your favorite soup? Do you make this one yourself or is it from a can? 

My husband doesn't like soup (others are always surprised when they find this out about him).  I don't make soup very often for that reason.  I do like a good vegetable beef stew.  For Christmas with our son and his wife we had taco soup which was yummy. I had part of a can of chicken noodle for lunch today, the rest got sent with my son for his lunch at school.

3. How do you feel about winter? What's one winter activity you look forward to? 

I like the cozy clothes, fuzzy slippers, and warm blankets I get to use in winter.  I don't like the freezing temperatures if it's windy!  

I love seeing the snow...it is rare here so I may or may not get to see any this year.  We are supposed to have winter precipitation the next couple days but the forecast keeps changing so we shall see what happens.

4. The Pantone color of the year for 2025 is mocha mousse (sample pictured here). What say you? The website describes it as 'a warming, brown hue imbued with richness. It nourishes us with its suggestion of the delectable qualities of chocolate and coffee, answering our desire for comfort'. Is this a color I might find in your home or wardrobe? Is it one you might add in some big or small way in the year ahead? 

In a similar, but not really vein...if I were to offer you a choice right now of either a cup of mocha or a cup of mousse which would you say yes to? 

That color is similar to the color of our walls. They were that color when we moved in and we left most of them.  I like it but probably won't use it in my next house.  

I'd say yes to a cup of mousse before I said yes to a cup of mocha.

5. Which of the following winter related idioms can best be applied to your life in some way right now? Choose one, then tell us why you chose it.  

snowed under, on thin ice, tip of the iceberg, chill out, break the ice, snowball effect, not a snowball's chance in hell, get cold feet, the cold shoulder 

Tip of the iceberg... In looking at a new house to buy we knew some things from the beginning that we'd have to fix/repair.  We were scared it was only the "tip of the iceberg" for what we were going to find as we went further in the process. Now that we have had  more inspections done, we are pleased with what we know and the repair quotes we have gotten.  We're just starting and it's gonna be a long process to move in! 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Last weekend was the 3rd annual benefit dinner and silent auction for the non profit started by our oldest.  It was a great success!  He worked so hard on everything and has a lot of people that help.  It was very well attended and brought in the most money so far.  I love to see how this keeps growing and more people are hearing about it.

Have a day of blessings! 

 Bethany