Wednesday Hodgepodge

Joining Joyce at From This Side of the Pond for this week's Hodgepodge.

1. Your favorite cleaning product?

My favorite cleaning product is Thieves by Young Living.  I keep a spray bottle under my sink and use it often.  I also like the Meyers cleaning products.

 Do you clean your own house or hire out? Most disliked household chore? What one chore do you not mind so much? 

I clean my own house and dislike cleaning the bathrooms the most.  The one job I don't mind is dusting and cleaning the kitchen.  Of course, this latter one is an on-going, never-ending chore.

 2. It's Canned Food Month...do you use a lot of canned goods? What are the three canned items you purchase most often? Last thing you made using a canned ingredient? 

Who named these months and weeks?

I don't use a lot of canned goods because we just don't eat out of cans and they have too much sodium.

The ones we purchase most often are Black Beans and Corn that we use in salads, plus Tomatoes.  The last thing I cooked was Chili and used two cans of tomatoes and one tomato sauce.  It was perfect for those iced-in, cold days last week.

 3. Can of worms, anything can happen, can you imagine?, as best I can, kick the can down the road, more than one can take, no can do, not if I can help it...choose an idiom and tell us how you currently relate.

After the last week of major snow and ice and its consequences, I will have to go with "anything can happen."  "Can you imagine?" fits right in there as well.  No one could have imagined or prepared for what Texas and our former state of residence, Louisiana experienced and millions still are.  For many of them "more than one can take" also fits.

4.The last Tuesday in February is National Spa Day. Are you someone who enjoys a day at the spa? Last time you visited a spa? Do you have a favorite spa? Are salons open for business in your area? Have you made changes to your hair and nail routine since Corona hit? In what way? 

The last time I actually enjoyed a spa was several years ago at our hotel in Las Vegas.  I have never had a whole day at a spa, but don't think that would be something I would want to do.  Yes, salons are open for business where I live, and no I did not allow Corona to affect how I had my hair or nails done once my salon reopened.  Life goes on and I have not allowed it to have a major affect on my life.

 5. Believe it or not this is the last Hodgepodge of the month. In one sentence sum up your February. 

Even though I loved all the ice and snow both up north and in the south, it also brought much destruction, death, and inconvenience to millions.  At the same time, thousands were willing to assist, and give, and share with those who were without.

 6. Insert your own random thought here.

Along with a move comes having to find all new doctors, etc.  One of my biggest pet peeves is having to fill out all the paperwork required.

Our prospective new Internist required that we pre-register online and this process included pages of questions.  I did that!

Because our appointments were canceled due to inclement weather this week, my husband went by the office to re-schedule.  What do they give him, but two - that is TWO packets of additional (some repeated) info to fill out and bring to the appointment.  On some of the info, I wrote "refer to electronic submission."

Now, what do you bet, once we see the doctor's assistant, we are asked the same questions so she can put them into her computer.  Then when the doctor comes in she will want to know some of the same things.  I'm thinking my stock answer will be, "Previously Submitted!"

Now, one of the forms in the packet is "Gender Identification."  Yes, a whole form to know whether you were born what you claim to be, or wish to be, or can't decide what you are or wish to be.  This is truly "more than I can take."

Rather than end on a negative note because there is so much good in this world and in my life,