I'm Late . . . I'm Late . . .for A Very Important Hodgepodge

 

Normally, I pre-write the Hodgepodge almost as soon as Joyce posts the questions. That obviously didn't happen this week! I'm sliding in at the last moment.

1. Egg on your face, putting all your eggs in one basket, a good egg, walk on eggshells, nest egg, or a tough egg to crack...which eggy idiom currently applies to your life in some way? Explain. 

I guess "egg on my face." I've been teaching adult Sunday School and facilitating small groups for over 30 years and I feel like I know a lot about scripture. One of my courses at Samford University this semester is New Testament. I had a mid-term exam on Easter Sunday and I made the lowest grade that I've made since I started classes at the community college back in January of 2022. I made an 82.8. It was so hard! To get that 82, I made a lot of good guesses! Yes, I studied but I also worked a bajillion hours last week and hosted our family for Easter lunch. Egg on my face - yep. He has posted an extra credit assignment and I completed that this afternoon. He said he would apply the extra points to our mid-term grade. After he grades it, I will post what I wrote.

2. April 7th is National Beer Day...are you a beer drinker? If so do you have a favorite? Beer battered fish, beer bread, beer can chicken, beer brats...which one sounds good to you? Have you made any of these? 

I am not a beer drinker, but Mark is. Mark's favorite is Old Black Bear Scottish Ale in Madison, Alabama. He also loves Smithwick Red Ale, along with Oscar Blues Scottish Ale out of Austin, Texas. He is sitting beside me so I asked him! He said, "who are you telling?" I said . . .well, I'm writing on my blog . . .I think beer can chicken sounds good . . .or beer battered fish? When we were young (newlyweds), I made beer battered mushrooms quite often. They were a delicious appetizer! I fried them in my "Fry Baby." Did anyone else have one of those? Or maybe you had a "Fry Daddy"? I also made a horseradish sauce to go with them. I wonder if I could make them and cook them in the air fryer??

3. Do you have siblings? What's the best thing about being your sibling? If you don't have siblings, what would you say are the pros and cons of being an only child? 

I am the youngest of three "girls." My oldest sister died in November of 2024. She was in poor health and was on dialysis three times a week and she was miserable. She was 13 years older than I and our middle sister is 8 years older than I am. I don't know if there is anything good about being my sibling. Our oldest sister told me that I was spoiled haha! My middle sister and I are close even though we live many hours apart. Becky and I lived together after our mom died and our daddy was often at work at night. We talk Monday through Thursday while I drive to work! She is a really good big sister and has put up with a lot from me over the years.

4. How do you feel about floral scents in products? Do you have a favorite? 

Nope. I don't do anything scented. I have fresh flowers in the house and they have to be ones that you don't smell. I don't wear perfume. I can tolerate peppermint oil and lemon oil. A previous co-worker used Diva detergent and smelled like lavender. I want to like it, but it sends my allergies into overload.

5. What's one thing in your home that begins with the letter G that you would say is a keeper, something you'll hold on to? Tell us why. 

I have diet Ginger Ale (Canada Dry) and I really love it and I have Gingerbread muffins/doughnuts (pound dropper recipe) and those are both keepers. but I don't hold on to them. I consume them. I will hold onto my gas stove. It is a Wolf and I love it!!

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Mark had his follow up visit with the surgeon today and it was a weird cyst -- not cancer! They took the ginormous cast/bandage off and he now has steri-strips. He has been "released." Yay! Thank you, Jesus!!