Wednesday Hodgepodge

It's time for Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce, who blogs at From This Side of The Pond.  Each week she'll pose some questions for us to answer. What a great way to journal life.

1. When it comes to gift giving are you more of a 'create something from scratch' or a 'buy something in a shop' kind of giver? Usually a buy something in a shop person, but I love to receive homemade gifts, and I love the idea of making things, I'm just never sure what to make and honestly, it would probably take me forever and I wouldn't get it done. Plus, I'm not quite sure what I would make. Maybe a photo book or collage. I could attempt to embroider something. Tell about a favorite homemade gift you've given or one you've received. I received a super cute snowman made by a friend of mine and her young daughter. I love it. I have received many homemade gifts that I have treasured. From ornaments that still adorn my tree, to a recent date book that my nephews mom gave to us. Talk about creative. 

2. Do you have the 'gift of gab'? Haha...yes. I love to talk. Is that a blessing or a curse? I would say for the most part it's a gift...my hubby likes it when I got to work events because I'm good at small talk. I can usually find something to talk about with anyone. Though sometimes I do become rather quiet if I feel like my voice doesn't matter, or I'm not being heard. I suppose it could be a curse, because sometimes I just babble, especially when I'm nervous, or my words just don't come out right if I'm upset or flustered. I don't do well when confronted or caught off guard. 

3. What's something you have going on that you need/want to 'wrap up' this month? Well, I'd love to say the finishing of our addition, but I know that is not going to happen. So I suppose I will say, "wrapping up as. much as possible". 

4. A food you love that is 'wrapped' in some way? Chimichanga...I'm sure there are others, but that came to mind first. I love them so much, I occasionally make a "baked" version at home. 

5. December is upon us...share something here (quote, verse, poem, song lyric, your own thoughts) related to the word hope. 

I love the word hope, and I know I have many songs on my spotify playlist surrounding that word, but I can't think of them right now. Back in May our theme for #WQWWC was hope, here's that link with my thoughts, but I did love this quote:

"Hope is not dependent on peace in the land, justice in the world, and success in the business. Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown." ~Henry Nouwen

6. Insert your own random thought here. We had a good Thanksgiving. I did feel a bit "off", maybe because I knew I wouldn't be able to call my dad (he passed away in July) and I didn't hear from my sister at all. But overall it was a nice day. 

My grandson and I matched

Last Saturday we took our grandson to see "Jurassic Quest" at our local event center. Oh my. If you have kids that love dinosaurs, you should go to this. So much fun!!! 

These "walked" and he had so much fun.

Sunday, my youngest daughter and I and a friend of hers grabbed my grandson and took him with us to hunt for a tree. That was a blast. So busy weekend but filled with fun. 

This week starts our busy season at work....yikes. I work for a place called The Letterbox. It's kind of like a UPS store but privately owned. I love it, but we will be very busy with our normal tasks, and an increase in people shipping packages. People are wonderful and often bring us goodies, gift cards, one family (who has a mailbox with us) brought us lunch one day. They're the best, and part of what makes small town living so wonderful. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin