Wednesday Hodgepodge - 29/1/25

Joyce provides the questions, we provide the answers and you can join in here.

1. What was your after school routine like when you were a kid? 

I lived a five minute walk from my primary school so I was home soon after school finished.  I'd often play with my friend who lived 4 doors down either at my house or at hers.

Secondary school was about a twenty minute walk away.  I'd get home and it would usually be homework followed by some TV.  I'd be home alone as both my parents would be working.

2. January 26 is National Green Juice Day ( I guess it's true everything really does have it's day). Do you juice, as in make your own in an attempt to get healthy? Do you do the green juices? What's your favourite kind of juice (home blended or store bought, either one)? 

I do not juice, especially not green.  My favourite juice is an apple and elderflower mix that we get from the store.

3. What's something trivial about which you have a strong opinion? 

As I've got older I'm trying not to get too het up about trivial things.  Especially when there are more important things to worry about.

4. What do you need more of in your life? Less of? 

More - time - I'm retired so in theory I have more of it already but there never seems to be enough of it.

Less - stuff in my house that doesn't belong there.

5. Give us three adjectives to describe your January.

Chaotic - we had decorating done

Expensive - on top of the decorating etc we had to replace our boiler (water heater for our hot water and heating system)

Quiet - we didn't do much with all the works going on

And as a bonus - Wet!  We've had a lot of rain.

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

Just to clarify - the answers to that last question sounded like January was miserable but there were some good things too like an outing with the knitting group I attend including a Sunday Roast dinner, time with some of the Grandkids and of course we're pleased to be getting the last major works we needed to do in the house underway.

I've got all my photos back in place and some ornaments, our TV is on its new stand and Hubby's got his stereo system working.  This is all a temporary set up for now until the units are built in but at least we can watch the TV and listen to music.

Our temporary set up for the TV and HiFi - still a bit of a creche going on with the road mat!

This needs a picture on the wall or probably a mirror -
I think Hubby and I will find it easier to agree on a mirror rather than a picture!

Rogues gallery

And I think I've blogged everyday so far (only 3 to go) which was a challenge I set myself.