My Russian heritage borsch.
Chinese Egg Drop Soup
Mexican Chicken and Corn soup
French Onion Soup
Is anyone hungry?
Hello Wednesday Hodgepodge. Joyce has a new set of questions for us. Thank you, Joyce!
1. At the end of every year (or at least since the mid-1970’s) Lake Superior State University posts a list of words they think should be banished from the Queen’s English for misuse, overuse, and/or general uselessness. You can read more about the decision making process here, but this year’s list includes-
Which of these words/phrases do you use regularly or even just every now and then? How many did you have to look up? Which of these words would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why? Is there a word/phrase not on the list you’d like to add? If so do share, then tell us why.
2. Your favorite soup? Do you make this one yourself or is it from a can?
Sirloin Soup
Soup in general is a favorite of mine and not from a can. When we are on our way home from a shopping/doctor day in Spokane we stop at a restaurant in Deer Park that always has a soup of the day and I’ve enjoyed every one. When we are sick with a cough or sore throat we love to order Hot and Sour soup to go from a Chinese restaurant. Greg makes a famously good Tomato Rice Soup. I really can’t pick a favorite favorite. While in Scotland I added a new favorite with Cullen Skink!
3. How do you feel about winter? What’s one winter activity you look forward to?
At my age winter activities are not high on the list. If anything it would be snowshoeing if I can get in and out of the snowshoes without getting a cramp! It is fun to walk through deeper snow!
4. The Pantone color of the year for 2025 is mocha mousse (sample pictured here). What say you? The website describes it as ‘a warming, brown hue imbued with richness. It nourishes us with its suggestion of the delectable qualities of chocolate and coffee, answering our desire for comfort’. Is this a color I might find in your home or wardrobe? Is it one you might add in some big or small way in the year ahead?
We have a variety of mocha mousse on many of our walls here at our country bungalow. As far as wardrobe goes I have a couple items that would fit in that category. No additions in this year.
In a similar, but not really vein…if I were to offer you a choice right now of either a cup mocha or a cup of mousse which would you say yes to?
If I have to choose I’ll go with a cup of mocha but I’m a black cup of coffee kind of gal.
5. Which of the following winter related idioms can best be applied to your life in some way right now? Choose one, then tell us why you chose it.
snowed under, on thin ice, tip of the iceberg, chill out, break the ice, snowball effect, not a snowball’s chance in hell, get cold feet, the cold shoulder
Right now I’m hoping for a snowball effect with my goals to be more comfortable in my clothing come Spring and Summer. Between eliminating, adding movement, starting on a plan and some encouragement I hope to achieve my goal of comfort.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
My Bible reading program for 2025 will be connected to this devotional.
“In Everyday Gospel, Paul David Tripp, ….encourages you from God’s word through 365 brief readings. Exploring Genesis to Revelation in a year, these practical reflections connect the transforming power of Scripture to everything you will experience in your Christian life.”
There is a suggested daily Bible reading and then a devotional to go with what you read. Asking for grace to accomplish my goals and that these goals keep me reverent and teachable.
Here are some thoughts from John Piper on reading the Bible through in a year.
Pray for your heart to be inclined, for your blindness to be removed, for focus instead of distraction and for excitement instead of boredom. Pray for illumination…don’t get bogged down. Expect your Faith to be deepened and strengthened, hope and joy more unshakeable and expect to meet God and see the glory of Christ in God’s Word!
One more tip for your 2025 goals from our pastor, “Ask for grace to accomplish your goals.”
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
oh those soups have made me feel very hungry and it’s only eight in the morning. I think it might be a soup kind of day. 100% rain again today 🙂 B x
You certainly have gotten your fair share of rain, Barbara! Enjoy your soup.
The soups look so good. Slava bogu. I think that means praise God.
Indeed it does, Sandi, and we heard the phrase a lot growing up!
Hello Ellen,
All the soups look delicious! Perfect for these cold winter days.
Take care, have a wonderful day!
Thank you, Eileen. I hope you are having a good winter!
Oh yes, I am hungry now!!! I need a helicopter to get to your neck of the woods. 😉
I laughed about “at my age” and winter activities. Hee Hee. You are right, getting down to make a snow angel is not easy.
Have a great day!
Carla
Carla, I have lots of good memories of being more agile. 🙂 Come on over for some soup anytime!
All those soups look good to me. I might make some French onion this winter. I haven’t made that one in a long time. Hubs and I are reading through the Bible together this year, chronologically. We’re following The Bible Recap which is a reading, then a brief breakdown of the verses by the host-Tara Leigh Cobble. It’s no frill and we have had some interesting conversations as a result. I’ve done the read through before several times, but doing it together is new and adds something to the experience. Have a nice day!
That is a great new way to enjoy reading the Bible through, Joyce.
…this sure is soup season, take care and be warm and well.
Thank you, Tom. Hope things are cozy at your place.
Since it was so cold and windy I made soup with some pelimemi from Super King and added some vegetables. I also baked a rosemary garlic bread that was very yummy to go with it.
Well yum yum with that great sounding bread! Are you feeding Lana this week, too?
yes I am.
LOVE the photos of the soup and they all sound like ones we would enjoy here in our home. My current fave is Stuffed Pepper soup. SO good.
I’m with you regarding the word skibidi …..kind of a testament to the mainstream population of America, sadly. to think this is a “WORD”. hahah yikes.
I love all of your goals and Paul Tripp is awesome!
Hi Faith, thanks for stopping by. We have enjoyed books by Paul Tripp this past year. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands is one we are going through for a Biblical Counseling class at church. Happy New Year!
ooh that sounds like a good one. I’m not familiar with that one.
All the soups look good. I hope you enjoy your devotional for this year. I’m reading the Bible chronologically this year and I’m just starting a Bible Study with my daughter on Discerning the voice of God. Hope you are having a good day!
Thanks for your visit and comment. God bless you in 2025!
A great hodgepodge Ellen, with great looking soups! I have never put snowshoes on my feet and if I fell down, I don’t think I would be able to get myself up! Loved that photo of you in snowshoes 🙂 Have a great day Ellen 🙂
Thank you, Denise. My snowshoe days are not long ahead of me. Happy day to you.
To answer your question, yes, I’m hungry! Especially after viewing all of those beautiful bowls of soup! 🙂 Everything looks delicious! And I love soup anytime of the day and anytime of the year!
The devotional looks amazing. I enjoy Paul David Tripp. Thank you for sharing!
I’m with you, Dianna, I’m ready for soup any day. Blessings!
Soups all look yummy!
My favorite soup that I make is Broccoli and Cheese but I do like tomato soup out of a can made with milk.
Thanks for stopping by, Karen.
Indeed, I’m hungry after viewing all those soups! Cheers to winter fun!
I hear Texas got some snow this morning! Cheers to you, too!
I’m sitting in sleet and ice! 😍
I’ve found Soup Heaven! I made a prime rib soup with the leftover prime rib after Christmas, and it was a hit. I just winged it…All your soups look delicious and if I hadn’t already committed to fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, we’d be having soup. Maybe tomorrow!
Debby, that is a good leftover idea! Yum. Happy day to you.
Soups are a favourite around here, and not from a can. Yours here all look delicious.
My 90 year old Dad is reading through the Bible again this year. A great example.
Lorrie, that is great that your Dad is able to read the Bible through this year. Does he have a large print Bible? Hope you have a great new year!
I know you are an excellent cook, so I’m sure all your soups are delicious. Right now we are finishing up a pot of minestrone soup I made on the weekend.
I have read the Chronological Daily Reading 365 Days Bible several years. I finished on December 31st. So this year I am taking a break to focus on some particular sections by rereading several times.
Mocha mousse? Nope. Not a fan. I hope you are having better weather than we are. Willow
When we lived in Camarillo I read the letters in the New Testament taking one per month and read them over each day for a month. It was a really good exercise. Mouse and mocha aren’t my choices, either. Give me a good black cup of coffee. We have not had any significant snow…yet…
I’d have a hard time picking a favorite soup too! I like so many! Perfect for winter nights. Tonight we had Kielbasa-Kale-White Bean soup. Mmmm . . .
I like John Pipers thoughts about reading through the Bible!
Cheryl, that sounds like a very good soup!
Mmmm, I love tomato rice soup too. All the soups you pictured look yummy! I like your positive take on the snowbal effect. Have a great week!
Thanks Kym, here’s hoping my snowball stays positive!
Your soup pictures are so good! I make most of mine homemade, too. I will check out the Paul David Tripp devotional. I am not planning on reading through the Bible in a year but I want to read daily and to read a good devotional as well.
Hi Maria, daily is good and devotionals help me along. Hope the rest of your week goes well.
I have found it feels good to move. I do what works for me, my schedule, and the weather. Some days I walk the neighborhood but I’ve also found a variety of videos on youtube that have been great and various levels. They’ve helped me in my goal to move these past few months. And I enjoy it which surprises me!
It is good to be able to move, too! Have a great day Bethany!
Your soups all look delicious. Way to go! I agree with you on the winter activities. Comfort in your clothes sounds wonderful. I like your random. I definitely need to do some Bible study. I hope you have a nice weekend.
Thank you, Debby. Hope your weekend is going well.
Thank you.
All your soups look delicious! I’ve been making soup pretty regularly this winter. There’s something about soup that I find cozy and comforting on cold winter evenings.
Love the thoughts you shared by John Piper.
Blessings~
Thank you for visiting. I might have to try your ravioli soup when the Grands come to visit.
Enjoyed your answers..finally getting around to commenting from last week. I would love to try snowshoeing. I love a good homemade soup.