Winding Down With the Hodgepodge

 

Joyce asks the questions, and we provide the answers. See how others answered at From This Side of the Pond.

1. What's one thing you want to get done before the calendar flips to a new year?

Absolutely not one thing. I have several things I want to do after the new year, like get serious about cleaning up the garage, but nothing before.

2. What's something that brought a smile to your face this year?

Several things....like this:

Hanging with 3 of my sisters in the oldest pub in Kinsale, Ireland

Or this:

Boston with my brother & BIL

And definitely this:

Private concert in Schoebrunn Palace in Vienna. The music was solely by Austrian composers and was played in the ballroom of the Habsburgs' summer palace.

3. What do you like on a cracker? Do you have a favorite cracker variety? 

Cheese or even peanut butter. I like peanut crackers if my stomach is upset.

4. Do you have plans for ringing in the new year in a fun or special way? Are you typically awake at midnight on the last day of the year? 

I have no plans at all.  Just a quiet night with the dogs. Last year I was in bed by 10:00 but the fireworks going off at midnight had the dogs scared so I was awake...even though I didn't want to be.

5. What are three words that describe your 2024? 

Travel, fun, healing

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I have so many random thoughts going through my head that I don't know where to begin! So, I'll end this post with something that I saw on an Etsy site:

Merry Christmas!