Wednesday Hodgepodge - 25/3/20

Wednesday's Hodgepodge is brought to us courtesy of Joyce at
From this side of the pond 

This was a regular meme up until September 2018 when after 9 years Joyce decided, for various reasons, to give it up.  Now, in these challenging times, she has decided to start it up again.  Thank you Joyce.  I'm sure many, like me, have missed it.

If you want to take part or just see what others have posted pop over to Joyce's page - the Linky List is at the end of Joyce's post and don’t forget to visit at least your neighbours on the list.

Here are the questions:

1. Howdy Hodgepodgers. It's kind of fun to be back, isn't it?  Last time we met was September, 2018. Tell me something big-important-happy-or sad that's happened in your life since that date. Just one thing. We don't know how long this current isolation situation is going to last and we might need to dole out our news bit by bit.

Ha, after the arrival of these 3 in 2017 and 2018 things have been a little quiet!  (Of course we've just been busy adjusting to being Grandparents and loving every minute of it.)

This was taken Christmas 2019.  Not sure when we'll get all 3 together next.


2. Might as well get this out of the way early on...COVID-19. On a scale of 1-5 how serious are you about keeping your distance? Explain. fyi-I didn't create the scale but have seen it several places online. Also fyi-we won't only have virus related questions each week, but for this first one it feels right.

1-Not at all, living normally

2-Cautious but still going out

3-Going out as needed, mostly home or working from home, still seeing friends/family

4-Extremely limited, only going out when unavoidable, minimal contact with people

5-Full lockdown, no one in or out

We're at 4 right now and have been since yesterday.  We can only go out to get essential supplies, for medical reasons or for a walk or run where social distancing is strictly observed.  And we can only go out once a day.  The police have been given powers to fine anyone (on the spot) breaching the rules or being with more than one other person unless you're all from the same household. 

3. Raise your hand if you think you might run out of steam in the cooking department before it's all said and done? What's something delcious you've cooked or eaten in your own kitchen in the past week?

My hand is down.  Thankfully we've been using Hello Fresh for a while now on and off and they still seem to be making deliveries ok.  We also signed up to Simply Cook which is a bit trickier as they provide sauces/spice mixes but you have to get the other ingredients yourself.  Between these though we are enjoying plenty of variety.  Plus I do have quite a good stock of food, including in the freezer.  I also managed to snag a couple of online delivery slots from the supermarket before that got difficult.  Hopefully we'll be ok.

4. What's a television show or movie you've seen recently (it could be an oldie) that you really liked?

I actually haven't watched a lot of TV recently apart from the news.

5. Share something funny you've seen or heard this week.

Where to start?  There are so many pictures floating around on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram that it's really difficult to pick just one.  Our extending family group is going strong with jokes too. 

How about this one:

6. Insert your own random thought here:

These are hard times but I'm just thankful for our own circumstances where we have everything we need.  Many are not so fortunate.  Stay safe and well everyone.