An Icy Hodgepodge

Welcome to this week's edition of The Wednesday Hodgepodge. If you've answered today's questions add your link at the end of my post, then leave a comment for the blogger before you. 

A quick word about comments-

I leave the link up for the week and if you have a chance, it's nice to visit some of the bloggers who come late to the party. Comments keep the hop hopping : ) 

1. I live in the south so we're pretty much only talking about the weather right now. Give us a weather report from where you live. Does the kind of weather you're having today affect your mood in some way?

We woke up to ice ice baby on Sunday morning. A mess, but perhaps not quite as big a mess as predicted because we also woke up to power-yay! The ice continued the whole ding dong day, yet our power held on until sometime around 1 AM when out she went. No power all day Monday, but thankfully all was restored around dinnertime.  

Does this sort of weather affect my mood? Eh, not so long as it doesn't last until May (north Jersey I'm looking at you). A fluffy snowfall actually puts me in a good mood. A driveway that looks like a skating rink not so much. We had nowhere to be this weekend or Monday for that matter, and hubs and I agreed it was kind of nice to have a quiet cozy day at home. I read two books, we kept the fireplace running off and on, I'd cooked ahead so we reheated food, plus I had a really nice nap on Monday afternoon. 

Sometimes I think the weather is God's way of saying slow down lady. 

2.  Avocados, kale, cauliflower and cottage cheese have all had their time to shine. 2026 brings us the year of the cabbage. Is this a vegetable you like? If so, what are some of your favorite dishes that call for cabbage?  

I do like cabbage, but it's one of those vegetables I don't always think about buying. I love cole slaw, roasted cabbage, and cabbage as an ingredient in soup.  I like slaw of some sort on a fish taco and I like to make cabbage with smoked sausage.  I'm sure I'd like a cabbage roll too, but haven't had one in a long time. 

3. Was a Cabbage Patch Doll a part of your childhood? Or maybe your children's childhood? What's a toy trend from your childhood you remember wanting for your own? 

Cabbage Patch Dolls were big in my girl's growing up years and they each had a doll. Eldora Charmaine and Judith Eloise. They came with names and birth certificates. I still have them and will give them to my granddaughters maybe even this year. 

One of our favorite old home movies to watch is from the birthday where daughter2 was given her Cabbage Patch doll named Judith. This gift sent daughter1 into a complete tailspin and she attempted to negotiate with her little sister like a boss because she wanted to get her hands on that doll so so badly. Daughter2 basically carried the doll around in a football hold and this made her older sister panicky.  It's so precious to remember. I'm sure they are smiling as they read this. 

I don't remember people going crazy when I was a kid, as in lining up at midnight to get the latest thing. That was my generation of parents, although it was never me. I suppose online shopping has mostly put a stop to that insanity. 

I do remember when I was six years old wanting a budding beauty vanity and getting that very thing one Christmas. Made me so happy, but I don't think it was a trend. Just something I saw, probably in a catalog.  It had a little stool and a mirror and I think it might have come with some play makeup.  

4. Something you've spent a lot of time doing lately? 

Playing Mah Jong. I'm the contact person for our neighborhood group and we wanted to recruit some new players to grow our pool so to speak. I put an announcement on our neighborhood facebook page, and turns out everyone in the neighborhood wants to learn to play lol. 

Myself, plus a couple of other women, have been teaching a few times a week, and it's been a lot of fun. It will be really fun when everyone gets up to speed and can play without help.

5. Somehow it's the last week of January...sum up your month in just three sentences. 

Bye January.

I feel like you just got here. 

You provided a gentle start to the new year which is how I like it. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

A neighbor gifted me an Amaryllis in December and she's a beauty...

Have a nice week everyone~