Wednesday Hodgepodge 4/1/17

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1. Share one favorite moment/memory from your Christmas holiday. 

When the dinner was finally cooked and served and I could sit down and start to relax.

2. What was the best thing you ate over the holidays? Was it homemade or store bought? If it was homemade did you make it?

Hard to choose just one thing.  We were at a family gathering on Boxing Day with lots of nice food, not just left over turkey.  But Hubby’s home made Turkey soup was delicious and the sausage rolls that I made seemed to go down well.

3. What was one of the most beautiful things you saw over the holidays?
I just enjoyed watching our kids interact with one another.

4. What does fresh start mean to you?
Wiping the slate clean and starting again.

5. On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being very positive and 1 being not so great) how would you rate 2016 in terms of personal achievement and well being? Explain. 

7 I’m still finding my way after leaving my job but 2016 was better than 2015 and I hope that 2017 will be even better.
6. 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 more about how the words were chosen or, if you're like me, to find out what in the world the word or phrase even means or the context in which it's used. There were quite a few on this year's list I'd never heard before.
Here's the 2017 list of banished words-
You, Sir-focus-Bete Noire-Town Hall Meeting-Post Truth-guesstimate-831-historic-manicured-echo chamber-on fleek-bigly-ghost-Dadbod-listicle-get your dander up-selfie drone-frankenfruit-disruption

Which word on the list would you most like to see banished in 2017? What word or phrase would you add to the list?

Most of those should be banished although I think disruption can be reprieved.  I’d like to add Brexit to the list.

7. Large or small, light or deep, share with us one goal you have for the new year. 

To be more productive with my time.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Following on from #7 I also want to feel less guilty when using time for my own pleasure as in reading, blogging etc. 

Happy New Year!