One Silly Meme

I decided to participate in this meme, because it was easy and fast. I suppose if I wanted to get really creative, I could make it something to do with a Biblical parallel, but I just don't have the energy or focus today to do so. (I'm biblically focused today, just not on writing.) So, Robyn over at Overflowing Grace, here you go. I'm not going to tag anyone either, unless of course you want to participate. If you do want to participate and show me what your refridgerator looks like, feel free. Blessings to you all. (I plan to have something more biblically related tomorrow.)

This is my refridgerator:

There's pictures on it, my calendar (which is completely covered up, just about with things I am supposed to remember, like my books borrowed from the library, so we don't have to pay anymore fines), my meal planner for the week, and of course the top of it is used for storage, and for the bread to sit on. Not very organized, but what can I say, huh? What does yours look like?

Hmmm.....Tagged Again

Well it seems I've been tagged again, by my blogging/ cyber friend Robyn over at Overflowing Grace. This time I've been tagged for 6 random facts that are unimportant/ quirky or something else you don't already know about me. This is going to be difficult, I think, since I talk about myself so much, that I don't know if I can come up with six new ones. But I'm going to try. Here are the rules:

The rules for this meme are: (1) Link to the person that tagged you. (2) Post the rules on your blog. (3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. (4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. (5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Ok, here goes:

1. I don't like children. Well, actually, I don't like the way most parents raise their children nowadays (is that really a word?). So I'm very selective of the children I allow at my house. I love my children, and I even like my children, but other people's kids...not so much, usually.

2. I love to play PacMan. I have a plug and play game that I bought myself for Christmas a couple years ago, that I play on my TV at home. I used to have the high score at the arcade near my house when I was 19. :) I don't like the new video games, unless you count the Wii. I plan to get one of those really soon.

3. I have a worm phobia. I don't even like fake worms. I have to have my children sweep all the worms off the walkway, before I'll walk on it, because I can't stand it. One time, my ex husband accidentally dropped some fake worms that he used for fishing on my lap, and I screamed and cried for a good half an hour. I can't even touch "gummy worms" (you know, the candy?)

4. I have TMJ. That is a disorder that causes your tempomandibular jaw joint to become misaligned when you chew gum, eat chewy food, or just get stressed. It's very uncomfortable!! It causes headaches and earaches, and makes a loud POP! when it finally goes back into place. Most of the time, I have to have my chiropractor put it back into place.

5. I've done MANY car repairs all by myself. I've rebuilt a carburetor, replaced hub bearings, done oil changes and tune- ups, and of course changed my own tires and brakes. My mother taught me how to do all of that, so that if I had to, I could do it without a man's help; and wouldn't have to rely on a mechanic, if I didn't have the funds to pay for one. Now I almost never do my own repairs, but most of them, I COULD if I wanted to. I actually enjoy doing them. It gives me a great sense of achievement, though I don't much like getting greasy, dirty.

6. Until I was 25, I never lived in any one place for more than a year and a half. Mostly, I lived in the same town, but never went to the same school for more than 1/2 of two separate school years. I went to two different Kindergartens, 9 different elementary schools from 1st through 6th grade, I did stay at the same junior high school, because it was a magnet school; and I went to 4 different high schools- and I dropped out in my junior year (I went back and got my diploma through adult school, and went to junior college before I actually had a diploma.)

Ok, so there you have it. Six random, weird facts about me, again. :) Hope you didn't mind my completing this meme. I didn't complete the last meme that Robyn sent to me, so I had to make it up to her. :) Thanks Robyn (that was a sincere thank you.) So now I am tagging:

Piper at Bliss In Bloom

Becky at Abba Stories

Kaprice at My Mommy Time Online

Marlo at Joyful Christian Wife

Michael at Mirrors...Reflecting Upon God's Grace

Sue at Praise and Coffee

Thank you to all of you that I've tagged, and if you don't do memes, I can understand that. Also, if you find that you don't have the time to do it, I understand too. But I promise, it really is kind of fun, once you get started. Blessings to you!

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What Would Jesus Say...To Me

I was recently tagged by Isaiah, for this very interesting meme. The purpose of this meme is to get us to think about what Jesus would say to one of us, if we were to meet Him face to face today. I usually do introspective well, but I've had difficulty with this one, I must admit. Maybe because I don't have the pure heart of Jesus. Maybe becuase I don't really want to know what Jesus would say to me. I don't like feeling like I don't measure up. So, after thinking about it, probably more than I wanted to, here is what I think Jesus would say to me.

He would tell me that I need to quit seeing myself as "all that." That though I spend time in His Word, and time in prayer, that I still have a LONG way to go, before I understand even a half of what I need to know.

He would tell me that He loves me, 'warts' and all, but that the 'warts' will eventually have to be removed, before they become cancerous.

He would tell me to study more and ask less questions. That I can find the answers, if I will just be patient. He would probably laughingly and lovingly remind me that patience is not my strongest virtue.

He would tell me that I cannot become too righteous. That there is no way that I could ever be as righteous as He. So quit trying to hold onto things that keep me from righteousness, just for the sake of remaining in the world. By doing so, I am remaining of the world, not just in it.

He would tell me to keep trusting in Him above all things, and to quit trusting in man so much. Man is not inherently good, and he thinks I should know this.


These are just a very few of the things I think Jesus would say to me, if I were to see Him face to face today, as the people in the time of His earthly life did. If I were to try to go on, I'd fill pages and pages, I think. But then, perhaps, He would say none of these things to me. Maybe I only say them to myself.

Now I get to pass this meme onto four other people, and so I'm passing it on to four that I haven't tagged before.

Piper of Bliss In Bloom
Hopeful Spirit of On the Horizon
Tami of The Next Step
Robert of Mulled Vine

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7 More Weird Facts About Me

As though yesterday's weird facts weren't enough, I did get "officially" tagged after I wrote them. So here I go again, in the spirit of actually taking part in the meme. BusyDad tagged me for this one. Thanks BusyDad. :)I'm not sure these will be particularly insightful, or inspiring, but since I have blogger's block right now (actually I think I have too many ideas of what to blog about, so none of them will fully form) I'll just go with it.

1. I can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue. Incidentally, all my children can too, and in fact my son can place his almost on top of his nose. They like to tease me and pretend to pick their noses with it. So gross!!

2. For my height, I have tiny hands and feet. My 11 year old and 14 year old's hands are already bigger than mine. (Maybe the tiny feet are why I'm so clumsy. See this post.

3. I cannot touch, smell, or eat mushrooms without being sick. I ate your everyday lawn variety when I was 3 and had to have my stomach pumped. However, they do have their own antidote. Yep, you guessed it. They make you puke. However, I didn't allow myself to get sick, when I first felt like I needed to, so I managed to digest them much more than one would normally do. Please, please, do not EVER allow your kids to pretend that "toadstools" are cookies. They just might eat them!

4. I cannot cross my eyes. When I try, only my right eye crosses. It looks VERY funny! If I cover my right eye, I can get the left one to do it, but the effect is surely lost, if you try to cross your eyes at something and have to cover one eye. :)

5. I am allergic to all metals. I have my ears pierced three times in each ear, but cannot wear earrings, because my ears swell up and become infected. I once tried to get my belly button pierced, forgetting about the fact that I am allergic, and while it didn't get infected from germs, it did swell up and get very sore, from the metal. As soon as I remembered about this stupid allergy, I removed the piercing, and healed almost immediately. Even the rings on my fingers (my wedding ring and a Mother's ring) have caused calluses to form under them from ecsema breakouts under them. This is the only reason I can still wear them.

6. I am the only person in my family with brown eyes. Even in my original nuclear family, I was the only one with brown eyes. My 4 children all have blue eyes of varying shades, and my husband has light green eyes. My father and biological sister have blue eyes, and my mother had hazel eyes (they were not blue. Hazel eyes are actually a greenish color with copper colored flakes in them. Look up the definition of "hazel" if you don't believe me. If you have blue eyes of any shade they are NOT hazel.) Anyway, I know this is not supposed to be possible, based on how genetics are supposed to work, but I know for a fact that both my parents ARE my biological parents. I'm just a freak that way.

7. When I curl my toes, my pinky toes will not curl, unless I REALLY concentrate on them. They stay pointing straight up, and out (you know like in those pictures you see of people's pinkies when they drink tea?)

And just for the fun of it, I'll add one more.

8. Eating meat (mainly chicken or pork) makes me sick to my stomach if I eat very much of it, but since I just LOOOOVVVEEE the taste of a good Rib-Eye, I eat it anyway.

Ok, now I've shared much more about myself than you really wanted to know, and I'm done. :) It took me awhile to think of these, so I hope you enjoyed, once again, reading about my freakishness. :) I'm breaking the rules, and I'm not going to tag anyone, because almost all the bloggers I know have either already taken part in this, or they don't do memes. So anyway, blessings to you!

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Group Writing Project

Announcing the first-ever group writing project sponsored by On the Horizon, The Next Step, and Proverbs 31 Woman WannaBe:

“I am thankful to be a Christian because..."

Write a post with that title and submit it using this form no later than Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at midnight (Pacific time) by clicking here.

All entries will be collected and the link to each published at On the Horizon, The Next Step, and Proverbs 31 Woman Wanna Be on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, just in time for Thanksgiving.

One post per blog, please, but you may submit a post that you write specifically for this group project or one that you have previously published on your site. There is no minimum or maximum number of words required and, in fact, you may feel free to submit a post containing a video presentation, artwork, or other media so long as it is consistent with the theme, i.e., conveys to the reader the basis and rationale for your belief that Jesus Christ is the One true son of God and died for your sins in order that you might have eternal life. This project is open to members of any and all or no specific church or denomination. (No vulgarity, profanity or hate speech, please. The owners of the individual host sites will have discretion and the final authority regarding the appropriateness of posts to which they will link from their blogs.)

Questions? Concerns? Drop an e-mail to admin at hopefulspirit dot com!

Blessings to you, and most of all Have Fun!

November 16, 2007 Update: If you have submitted a post, we apologize but must ask you to resubmit via email to hopefulspirit at comcast dot net. It appears that there is a problem with the submission form and notifications are not being received. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.