After today, there are only 5 more Wednesdays in 2024 and the last Wednesday of the year is Christmas! Thank you, Joyce, for the Hodgepodge Questions again this week!
1. What was your favorite part about growing up in your hometown?
My hometown was a melting pot of people from many cultures that opened up my eyes to the world. Besides friendships with other Russian-Americans like myself, there were many Mexican, Jewish, Japanese, and Armenian Americans in my friendship circles. The photos are from a mini-reunion with some high school friends.
2. Do you prefer ‘material’ gifts or ‘experience’ gifts? If you answered experience, tell us about one you’ve received and truly enjoyed.
At this stage of life I’ll say the experience gifts are the best! The gift of our whole family being together is always so so good. Our 50th Anniversary weekend in Walla Walla with all our kids and grands and our Scotland trip with our oldest and our dear DIL were priceless!
3. Is brown a color featured prominently in your home decor? Your wardrobe? What’s a favorite brown thing you own? Of the brown foods listed here which one is your favorite and/or most often consumed… brown sugar, brown rice, pretzels, coffee, dates, cloves, German chocolate cake, whole wheat bread?
Shades of brown do play a dominant roll in our home especially since all of our wood furniture and chairs and sofas are brown. Our walls are Khaki Shadow. As far as foods go, it’s coffee for me.
4. Which ‘Charlie Brown’ character do you relate to most? If you’re not sure, you can take a fun quick quiz by clicking here-Which Charlie Brown Character Are You? or the one found here-Charlie Brown Quiz. I got the same answer on both.
I got Linus and Marcie and I’m really not an introvert. I don’t need a security blanket, either. 🙂
5. What’s a favorite item you’ve purchased this year?
This ‘Coo’ print we picked up at Hobby Lobby to remind us of our Scotland travels is a favorite. This Highland Coo puts a smile on my face each morning as I walk from our bedroom to our living area for my cuppa black (dark brown) coffee!
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Here’s a real Highland Coo…
This one is a baby.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Hello Ellen,
I love your Highland Coo print, they are cute critters.
Take care, have a great day!
The Highland Coos are so unique looking with their shaggy fur! I can see how you snapped up that print at Hobby Lobby :). (I also love your dishes that are displayed in the picture of the HC print!) I remember reading about your trip to Walla Walla with your family. What a great gift to spend time with with family and to be honored with an anniversary party. Have a great day!
…you folks sure are good at group pictures!!!
I love all the unexpected things I find at Hobby Lobby. We are so blessed by our families.
I am totally freaked out by your first statement about the number of Wednesdays left in the year. How is that even possible?? Our friends have Highland Cows (coos) on their farm and they are so unique looking!!
Oh my, only five more weeks! I don’t like the sound of that. So much to do. You melting pot sounds like beautiful memories. Good point, family together is a beautiful gift. Us too, our furniture are all beautiful brown wood. You are the first post I’ve read today that didn’t have Charlie Brown as who you relate to the best. That photo of the Coo is absolutely stunning. Sweet little baby Coo.
My granddaughter is in love with the coos and refers to all cows as coos. I saw a stuffed one I might order for her for Christmas. They are awfully cute! I agree with your thoughts on the gift of family togetherness. My favorite too! Have a great day!
Well this year will be over before we know it! I hadn’t counted the weeks left!
I got two answers on the Charlie Brown character test too.
Love that baby Coo.
I took the test – Charlie Brown ambivert. Seems I’m a mix of extrovert and introvert.
Coffee is my favorite brown food item too – closely followed by dark chocolate, I guess. The Coo painting and the Coo photo are both wonderful! Hope you’re having a great week!
I always enjoy reading your hodge podge and I leave smiling because of it, and particularly because of the coo.
I love a good highland coo too they are so beautiful. Those holiday experiences with the family are the best. B x
You did have a wonderful anniversary “Gift”! LOL! LINUS?! LOL! Not sure how that happened. I enjoyed reading your hodgepodge and getting to know a little more about you. I saw that print at Hobby Lobby! I loved it too.
I hope you have a wonderful day!
My Mia loves coos! Maybe she will get that picture for Christmas?
I agree–I much prefer the experiences. Willow
When we found this print they were scarce in the store but this past week they had several different prints of Coos!
That’s my kind of brown too!
Special times shared with loved ones . . . the best kind of experience gift!