Fresh questions are up for Wednesday Hodgepodge thanks to Joyce From This Side of the Pond.
1. It’s been said January is ‘the month of opportunity, inspiration, and change.” Which of the three do you need most right now? Elaborate.
I’ll go with inspiration. A good dose of inspiration is always good. Inspiration to keep reading and learning. Inspiration to keep moving and giving my heart a good workout. Inspiration to encourage others. Inspiration to clean and organize the spaces in our home.
2. Do you consider opportunity as something that comes to you or something you create for yourself?
I think it comes both ways. I’ve had many opportunities come my way in the course of doing what I enjoy. There’s a verse that comes to mind.
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the LORD is.” Ephesians 5:15-17
Some examples:
Through blogging (something I enjoy), God brought the Mennonite Girls Can Cook into my life with all the amazing experiences and friendships to enjoy.
Through singing in groups honoring Christ, God brought Greg and me together.
Through following Christ and staying involved in a church body, my life has had many opportunities to serve and enjoy many good gifts from God.
3. The British Museum opened on this date (January 15th) back” in 1759. Do you like visiting museums? Do you have a favorite?
I have a couple favorites in Southern California that I hope will still be standing after the fires in the L.A. area are finally under control!
The Getty Museum and the Getty Villa. These photos are from the Villa in Pacific Palisades from a visit enjoyed with my bloggy friends, Willow (Willow’s Cottage) and Sara (Come Away With Me) way back in 2008!
We’ve also had the opportunity to visit the Art Museums in New York, Chicago and London. They were all amazing. Unlike my husband and daughter, though, I tire easier than them and I am more casual about viewing everything.
4. It’s National Oatmeal Month (yes, apparently it gets a whole month as opposed to a single day). Do you like oatmeal? How often do you eat a bowl of oatmeal? How do you like yours? What about an oatmeal cookie? Is that a sweet treat you enjoy?
I do enjoy all things oatmeal. I love a nice hot bowl of oatmeal with a little milk, brown sugar, raisins and walnuts. A good oatmeal cookie is always a treat I enjoy.
5.What’s something useful you learned in high school?
I’m going to go with Junior High because that is where I learned to type and that is a skill that has been so very useful throughout my life!
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Our two sons, Dan and Josh with our little granddaughter photo bomber.
We are celebrating these three this week in January! Jamie’s birthday is today, Dan’s tomorrow and Joshie’s is on Sunday. We’ll have a birthday dinner here on Saturday for our Colville kids and we’ll have to celebrate Josh over the miles with birthday greetings. God bless you and keep you and protect you! We love you, we love you, we love you!
Same son Dan and his wonderful wife, Jamie.
Hope all is well in your corners.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…we all need to smart enough to recognize opportunity.
Pretty photos of the museums and great photos of your family.
Happy Birthday to all! Take care, have a great day!
I haven’t been to the Getty. The fires are just heartbreaking. Happy birthday to everyone! Our September is like your January in terms of birthdays on the calendar. Have a great day!
I think we all need a little inspiration in our lives, especially at this time of year.
Happy birthday to the people in your life.
Happy January Birthday’s … we have three in our family. My husband’s in the 24th.
Enjoy your family time.
Carla
Enjoyed reading your answers! Agree completely with inspiration and with what you said about opportunity including the verse about wisdom. I hope all of the birthdays go well! What a neat month for your family!
The fires in LA are so unbelievable. We are watching and praying! Great photos in your post today. So all three young men are your sons, right? How cool that their birthdays are so close!
I confused people with the photos of our two sons, Dan and Josh, together and then our same son, Dan with his wife Jamie. The two sons and our daughter-in-law have the birthdays this month. Greg and I have two sons and a daughter.
Happy Birthday to all your family members. Loved reading this post and fingers crossed those museums are still ok. Such terrible times in that part of the world. B x
I heard about the museum in LA and how they are trying to save the art. Reminds me of hearing about a museum in a warzone, Iraq I think it was, and them trying to do the same thing.
I remember those visits to Getty Villa and Getty Museum so vividly. The Villa is my favorite, in the US anyway.
I love that picture where the grandgirl is photo-bombing!
Happy Wednesday to you!
That’s a great pic of you and linda in the museum pic (i don’t know the other blogger) and your food looks delish!
I enjoyed your answers. Happy Birthday to the gang! Is that your granddaughter who looks like she’s doing a photo bomb? it’s fun!!
Yes, Faith, that is Addy our granddaughter, our son Dan’s daughter.
Great verse that you shared in question #2, Ellen.
Happy Birthday to your three men!
Dianna, I went back and clarified the birthday section. The birthdays are for son Dan, our DIL Jamie and son Josh.
I definitely hope to inspire and be an inspiration this year. As for oatmeal, I like it ok and I eat it because I know it’s good for me but it’s not my favorite. I do like a good oatmeal cookie though. I enjoy museums, especially history and natural history. The Science Museum in Seattle is interesting and I love Balboa Park. I learned to type in Jr. High as well. It helped me to get my first office job. I hope and pray the Getty Museum will be saved and restoredv
Gloria, from what I’ve heard so far, the Getty museums have survived!
A popular month for birthdays. Happy Birthday to all of them. 🙂
I enjoy a nice hot bowl of oatmeal on these cold winter mornings.
I love what you said about opportunities, especially the passage from Ephesians which addresses it perfectly! Love the photo of your photobombing granddaughter! Hope you have a great week!
Kym, I think we’ll see much photo bombing in our future photos! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I definitely need inspiration. I agree, opportunity can go each way. I’ve been to The Getty and loved it. As soon as I saw those photos from outside I remembered it! I like oatmeal but I forget to eat it. Yours sounds yummy. Happy Birthday to all of them. Enjoy!
Happy birthday to your January birthday people! Love the photo with the little photo bomber! 🙂
As I read your answer to question 2, I found it fascinating to think about how the Lord directs our paths in so many different ways! I was also surprised to see that you had met blogging friends back in 2008! Wow! That seems so long ago. And so I went over to my blog to be reminded of how long I had been blogging . . . and it was 2009! How time flies!