With gratitude to Joyce From This Side of the Pond for our last Hodgepodge questions of the year.
1. Did you do more talking or more listening yesterday? Was it by choice or by necessity?
I’m happy to say that I did more listening than talking yesterday. Our grands were here in the afternoon for a few hours and it was fun listening to their banter. JJ had several stories to give us the details on. He talked about his dad’s work on the hot water tank, in detail. Addy filled in anything he missed. He chuckled while calling me, Baa bush Kah, in three separate syllables instead of Baba. Addy read out the instructions on the cookie recipe we made. During dinner together JJ had many things to share. I made the comment that he was quite the conversationalist!
4. What’s something most people seem to love but is not ‘your cup of tea‘?
Owning pets.
5. How does your family celebrate New Year’s Eve?
Hmmm. It has changed over the years and we do not have any set traditions for this eve. Lately we are in bed by 9pm and will hear the fireworks go off at midnight. I used to watch at least one of the countdowns (New York) that were 3 hours ahead of us. Here in Colville the Fourth of July is not a good time to shoot off fireworks because of the fire danger so many folks save their fireworks for New Year’s Eve.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
I’m still relishing our Children’s Christmas Musical that was on this past Sunday and this song that the Children sang.
You can have my room, Jesus.
You’re always welcome here, Jesus.
I won’t turn you away to a cattle stall.
You can have my room, Jesus.
You can have it all.
Come in, Come in,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
You can have it all.
A Very Merry Christmas to Jo and all of my Wednesday Hodgepodge Friends!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
What fun making cookies with your grandchildren.
I am usually in bed before midnight on New years Eve.
Take care, have a happy day!
I enjoyed your answers and seeing photos of your grandchildren. They sound so fun. Well, so far with what I’ve read 3 of us have said bungee jumping. lol Merry Christmas
…everyone needs cookie helpers.☃️ 🎄 ❄️ 🎅🏼
Your tea traditions were interesting to learn about.
Baking with grands is so much fun and the cookies look delicious.
I didn’t specify bungee jumping, but it was certainly implied in my answer to that question!
I so enjoyed reading your Hodgepodge answers today, Ellen. I had to chuckle about JJ giving you a blow by blow of his dad’s work on the hot water tank…and then Addy being sure to fill in any details that he missed along the way. Brings back such wonderful memories of when our two were young.
I’m a tea drinker all the way. My day starts with a cup of hot tea…nothing added to it. Loved hearing about the game you used to play by building bridges across your glass with sugar cubes. And seeing the tea poured out in the bowl brought back childhood memories of watching my grandfather pour his coffee into his saucer to drink it. And, my favorite tea is English Breakfast!
Merry Christmas, I enjoyed your answer regarding tea, very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Carla
Your banter with your grandchildren made me laugh. They are getting so grown up 🙂 B x
As I was reading your description of the sugar cube bridge, I could imagine what it would look like – such a cute idea!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I love all the tea related traditions. Afternoon tea is so civilized. I love a real tea cup too. I’m particular about my cup, no styrofoam please. My grands are all chatterboxes which I love. We’re all chatterboxes here actually lol. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I drink tea once in a while. Usually just in the winter. I like it hot, don’t like iced tea. I agree with you on the bungee jumping!!!
Such an interesting post, Ellen. Thank you for your sweet, comforting words. I loved hearing about your time with your grands; such joy. The tea traditions were so fascinating. Oh and I love the words of the children’s song. I would love to have heard their sweet voices sing. Oh that this could become our country’s mantra. My husband and I made our bi-annual trek into an Amish town near our son’s in Indiana yesterday. We stopped at a Mennonite Bakery and I thought about you. A huge box of six sweet rolls, an Apple, Caramel, Coffee Cake, and loaf of bread later, we are set for the holidays and family. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Tea and spending time with the grandchild is really the best! Great post!
Glad you had that time with your grandchildren. Very interesting story about your love for tea. Bungee Jumping has been said several times today. I wouldn’t do it either. We watch the countdown show and stay up until midnight and toast with champagne. Your random is so sweet. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I always like your responses to these things! You make me smile. I drank tea as a child as well…but it was more about the sugar than the tea.