Get out the Beano - it's Wednesday Hodgepodge

I decided to use the Wednesday Hodgepodge to christen this new blog. 

Out with the Old and IN with the New! 

You can in join here.

1. What is a childhood habit or preference you will never outgrow?

• I have always slept with one foot outside the covers
• I love chocolate ice cream. 

 2. Did you know July is beans month? No 

What's your favorite bean? 

• Fresh green beans. 
• Pinto beans 

I pretty much like most beans 

Your favorite recipe that calls for beans? 

As my East Tennessee Grandma would say, “A mess of beans” 

A simple, comfort food with a meaty hambone, fried potatoes, cukes, tomatoes, and dandelion greens! 

Okay, it's a whole meal but the beans are the star! "A Mess of Beans" is how she referred to a big pot of beans. 

When it comes to chili are you team beans or team no beans? 

I like both.

 3. Some historical figures have a tag line after their name, something like 'the brave' or 'the wise' or 'the mad'...what would your tag line be? Explain why? 

I’m not comfortable describing myself or a tagline because my self-perception may differ from how others see me. I tend to view myself with a critical undertone. 

I do remember someone I graduated from high school in 1972 who signed my high school year book. He described me as inscrutable and wrote, "Perhaps one day we'll get to really know you."

 This puzzled me then, and it still puzzles me now. 

4. The way to my heart is______________________________. 

Genuine and sincere kindness 

5. The calendar rolls into August this week, but before we go, give us four adjectives that describe your July. 

• + HOT - This month has been scorching hot. On July 6th, the temperature soared to a record-breaking 119 degrees. I just received my electric/water bill. It went up to $423.32.    $116.40 increase. 

• + Fiery - The Park Fire has been heavily on my mind. The proximity is uncomfortably close. (For me)  Fires have the ability to change direction unpredictably, especially within the complex mountainous terrain of deep valleys and high elevations. This makes it nearly impossible to fully predict the weather patterns that can influence the fire's behavior.

• + Frustrated -  The whole WordPress blog was just too much for me. I spent 2 weeks trying to figure it all out, and I thought I had it - and then I did something, and whoosh, I deleted it. All that work. 

• = Disappointed—Add up, hot + fiery + frustrated =  disappointed.

I don't remember having such a mixed-up month. 

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I had a frustrating experience earlier this month with Blogger. One morning, I discovered that all the blogs I followed had disappeared. If I hadn't followed them by email, I had to rely on my memory to rediscover and follow them again. Additionally, all my posts were inexplicably turned into drafts, and I encountered other troublesome glitches.

After experiencing issues with WordPress, I believed that my other blog was somehow cursed, although I don't believe in curses. I felt that starting fresh was the best option. Unlike WordPress, setting up and posting on Blogger was much easier. With WordPress, I found it frustrating that even for a basic blog, I had to pay $12 for the starter plan. In contrast, Blogger allows us to start free.

 My son texted me about the opening ceremony at the Olympics - I couldn't bring myself to watch. The thought of it hurt my heart -  regardless of who performed, it felt like a disregard for my faith and beliefs. The mere idea of entertainment mocking reverence to God upsets me. If that's not enough, we also had athletes refusing to shake hands with Israelis and a section of the audience giving the Sieg Heil salute during the playing of the National Anthem of Israel.

I never felt so good about not watching the Olympics in my life. 

So why does all this still surprise me? 

2nd Timothy 3:2-4 

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God."

Take care, and see you next week! 

Debby

 

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