Category Archives: About Me

A Kind Inspiration

Today at Stop & Shop, the lady behind me in the checkout line was very kind to me. I forgot something pretty close to where I was checking out, and she actually offered to go get it for me and was still smiling when she returned! How often does that happen? While putting my groceries [...]

100 Things About Me – #51

I like to rehearse before I leave a message. I am not sure why, but I always hang up, think of what I’m going to say, and call again to leave the message. It may have something to do with my ability to put both my feet in my mouth at the same time.

100 Things About Me – # 50

Hey! This is half way!! Are you getting bored yet? Hopefully not! I mimic laughs. When I hang around someone awhile, I tend to start laughing like them. I don’t do it on purpose, and I’m not making fun or anything. It just happens. Does any one else share my weirdness?

100 Things About Me – #49

I actually like to do laundry! I always thought I hated it. I think he reason for this is that I always waited until I had 5 or 6 loads before I started. Now that I am doing about a load per day, I actually enjoy laundry. I am not sure what difference this makes, [...]

100 Things About Me – #38

I like to run. Now, I don’t mean that I like to run miles at a time. I probably could not make it even half a mile without having to stop to catch my breath! When I was growing up, I ran everywhere I went. When my dad sent me next door to my Grandma’s, [...]

100 Things About Me – #47

I have always hated sports and anything relating to sports! At least that is what I always thought. I never played sports in school because my classmates liked to make fun of people when they messed up. Since I “messed up” a lot,  I figured that I just had no natural talent at sports and [...]

100 Things About Me – #46

I wear glasses. Now, I know you may have seen my picture already and know this fact already. I also know that I tend to take my glasses off in a picture (because of glare), so it is possible that you didn’t know this already. So, now I’m telling you! I remember visiting the eye [...]

100 Things About Me – #45

In the 10 years that I have spent with my husband, I have never spent a single night away from him. I know it is very possible that we will eventually have to break this trend, but I am enjoying it for as long as I possibly can!

100 Things About Me – #44

I absolutely love board and card games! I could stay up and play games all night long, and then if someone asked me to play again the next day after being up all night, I would probably accept! To me a game is better than a movie because there is more interaction and getting to [...]

100 Things About Me – #43

I have kept a journal since I was nine years old. It started out with me writing about my pets or exciting events. Then it became a place to write anything that was on my mind. For a while, my journal was about Luke. I have a journal of over 200 pages that covers 2 [...]

100 Things About Me – #42

I am learning to be positive. It is very tempting to think thoughts like, “This is going to be one of those days!” Do you know that every time I have thought I will have “one of those days,” I have been right? The thing is that when you tell yourself that you will have [...]

100 Things About Me – #41

I’ve never had much trouble with spelling. Although there was a time back in 2nd grade, when my teacher thought my class would never learn to spell “because.” The funny thing is that even though I don’t struggle much with spelling, I would not do well at a spelling bee. If you ask me to [...]

100 Things About Me – #40

I like to drink hot herbal teas, yet I don’t care for the taste of cold tea. My favorite flavor has always been vanilla hazelnut. Not anymore. Since I have cut back on my sugar and have experimented with unsweetened hot tea, I no longer care for vanilla hazelnut. It is awful with no sugar! [...]

100 Things About Me – #39

I love sunsets and sunrises! In the past, I have always tried to take a picture of every sunset/sunrise I saw. Recently, I have decided that the they are much more enjoyable to just sit and observe. And the cool thing about sunsets/sunrises is that you can thoroughly enjoy it alone or with a loved [...]

100 Things About Me – #38

I can’t stand to have others say or think negative things about me. I realize this is not logical because of all the people in this big world, someone is bound to think something negative about me. But I guess logic doesn’t always rule, especially when it comes to feelings.  If someone does think something [...]

100 Things About Me – #37

I have a dream of helping those holding positions of leadership. It all began about 4 years ago. I had always held pastors and their wives as almost holy. Because I thought they did no wrong, I also thought that they could handle a lot! I never dreamed of offering to help them with anything [...]

100 Things About Me – #36

I like routine. Now those of you who know me may be saying, “huh?!” It would seem that my life has very little routine. I have discovered that I actually have several routines that I perform throughout the day. One is at bedtime. I always check the door and windows, cover the kids up, get [...]

100 Things About Me – #35

I married my childhood sweetheart! We met when we were 12 and the rest is history. Well, I guess it is all history, huh? Oh well! For more on how we met check it out on my blog and/or on his. We have two different perspectives on the same events! Check it out!

100 Things About Me – #34

Music is addictive to me. If a person sings one line of a song, it is very possible that I will be singing that song the rest of the day. If someone else starts whistling, I will do it without even thinking. Once when I was in the high school band, my flute broke while [...]

100 Things About Me – #33

I have not had many favorite colors. For some reason I usually just pick a color and stick with it. The only ones I can remember since childhood are blue and pink. Amazingly, my favorite color seems to be shifting now. Wanna guess what color? C’mon, you know you want to. Go ahead! Okay, my [...]

100 Things About Me – #31

I’m a country girl. I wasn’t raised on a farm, but my grandparents, who lived across the road from us, had a garden that we got to help with. Most of the vegetables we ate were home grown. I’ll never forget the wonderful smell of dirty potatoes! We also had apple trees and tons of [...]

100 Things About Me – #30

Two years ago at Thanksgiving, we got together with Luke’s whole family to celebrate an early Christmas together. Since I was 7 months pregnant, we could not travel far from home. I was grateful and felt very special when I learned that Luke’s family was willing to drive all the way from Mississippi and Tennessee [...]

100 Things About Me – #29

I have no natural organization skills. My idea of organization (at best) has always been just to have everything out of sight wherever it fit! Fortunately, my husband came up with a brilliant plan for organization that works! Luke’s idea is to throw tradition out the window and to basically put things where it makes [...]

100 Things About Me – #28

I put babies to sleep. I am not quite sure what it is about me that puts babies to sleep, but it almost never fails. If I pick up a baby, sleep is bound to happen while the baby is in my arms! I find myself wondering if I’m so boring that I even put [...]

100 Things About Me – #27

When I was in the 5th grade, my grandpa gave me a very difficult decision to make. He offered to pay for either piano lessons or for me to play the flute in the band. After much thinking, I chose the flute (although I would still love to be able to play piano)! The very [...]

100 Things About Me – #26

This is one of my more personal “about me” posts, and it is a bit hard to explain, but I will try. I am recovering from tone deafness. It all began, when I noticed once that my dad talked to me in a tone that sounded like he was upset when I had done nothing [...]

100 Things About Me – #25

I love the smell of rain! Today I had to run out and close the windows in the van because it was starting to rain. Because it wasn’t raining hard, I was able to take in that wonderful scent of rain! There’s just nothing quite like it!

100 Things About Me – #24

I was never a girly girl. I wasn’t the type who dressed up in dresses or painted my nails all the time. I did dress up for church, and I did occasionally paint my nails but not enough to speak of. However, I was not necessarily a tom boy either. I did do my fair [...]

100 Things About Me – #23

I love cats but will probably not ever have one of my own! During my childhood years, we always had at least one cat. On a nice day, I would sometimes go out and sit on the hood of the car with a cat in my lap. I LOVE cats! But from from now own, [...]

100 Things About Me – #22

I always wanted four kids. I have five, and I wouldn’t put a single one of them back! Seriously, though, I enjoy my children and was not disappointed to discover that I was pregnant for the 5th time! As a matter of fact, I might even go for a 6th, 7th, 8th and ……… Well, [...]

100 Things About Me – #21

I like to play with words. Whether it be spoonerisms, alliteration, homonyms, or rhymes, I love word play! As a matter of fact, I play with words so often that I sometimes do it on accident. Actually, let’s be honest hear, I frequently do it on accident, especially woonerizing spords! So, if ever I say [...]

100 Things About Me – #20

This is one of those rare occasions when my husband made it to bed quite early (before the kids, even!). Because of this, I have been up alone doing my evening routine. As much as I love time spent with my husband, tonight has reminded me of #20 on my list of things about me. [...]

100 Things About Me – #19

Image via Wikipedia My lips don’t turn up when I smile. As a matter of fact, it is not uncommon for them to actually turn down when I smile. But even when I am not smiling my “lips turned down” smile, my lips are just straight. Do you think that is odd? I would love [...]

100 Things About Me – #18

I like to help, but I don’t know how! I know that sounds weird, but it is true. I have a huge desire within my heart to reach out and help others. Unfortunately,I have to be told what needs to be done to help. I want details so that I do it right, but by [...]

100 Things About Me – #17

I highly dislike laundry, but I insist on doing it. I am weird about my laundry. I don’t like doing it but would rather do it than have someone else do it wrong. Yes, it is crazy, but it seems to be the story of my life. I would rather do all the work myself [...]

100 Things About Me – #16

I like to travel. We just went on a vacation that most people would consider insane! We flew to Las Vegas, not to gamble but because it is the cheapest place to fly into.  Then we left Vegas and headed on a road trip covering Nevada, California, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and [...]

100 Things About Me – # 15

Image by blindseeing via Flickr I could never bungee jump, sky dive, cliff dive, or do anything involving jumping off a high surface. I guess you could say I am not an adventurous person, but I just call it good sense. Seriously, my idea of adventure is speaking in public or playing a board game [...]

100 Things About Me – #14

Image by ucumari via Flickr When I was 18, I went on a summer mission trip to California. I was way outside my shy comfort zone, but I realized that my comfort zone needed to shift. It was on this trip to California in 1996 that brought me out of my extreme shyness. So now [...]

100 Things About Me – #13

Image by DanielJames via Flickr I used to be extremely shy! When I say “extremely” I mean it! When I was in early elementary school, I only talked to a hand full of  people. Everyone probably thought I was mute, except for one friend and my teachers. Normally I would not answer roll call, but [...]

100 Things About Me – #12

I was a goody two shoes. My goal was always to please. If it was against the rules, I didn’t do it! Now, don’t you hate me? Oh well! Hopefully your curiosity will make you keep reading my 100 Things posts, despite that!

100 Things About Me – #11

I have a short temper. The funny thing is that I don’t tend to get upset with people. It is the circumstances that make me lose my cool. I have been looking to God to deal with this issue for a long time. I am slowly learning to “be content in all things.”

100 Things About Me – #10

My husband taught me to cook. When I got married, there were just a hand full of meals that I knew how to cook, so he taught me. He says he got the better end of the deal because he got to train me to cook the way he likes!

100 Things About Me – #9

Yesterday you learned that I was weird because I like to write. Today I will add that I also like to type, but typing is different from writing. I can enjoy typing my thoughts, but for some reason, I enjoy just sitting and typing pre-written jibberish on a page and also typing as something is [...]

100 Things About Me – #8

I like to write. I don’t mean write books or songs. I mean the actual act of writing, whether it be my thoughts, my name, or whatever else comes to mind. I know. That probably sounds weird, but what ever led you to believe that I wasn’t weird?

100 Things About Me – #7

I am not a natural teacher. I teach a Sunday school class and teach my children at home, but it does not come naturally to me. Fortunately I married one of the best teachers I have ever met in my life! He is able to take a story that should be boring and make it [...]

100 Things About Me – #6

Growing up, I almost always shared a birthday party with my younger brother, Timothy. Our birthdays were 3 days apart, and it just made sense that we celebrate together. I don’t recall ever wishing I could have my own day without him. As a matter of fact, my 19th birthday was the hardest ever. This [...]

100 Things About Me – #5

My best friend is invisible, but he is not imaginary. The works He does are neither imaginarey or invisible, and I know I can rely on Him for all my needs! He has a wonderful track record in that He has never let me down. Figure out who He is yet? He is my awesome [...]

100 Things About Me – #4

Image by Josh [unemployed IT dude] via Flickr It’s my birthday and I will sleep if I want to. Hi, this is Luke. Today is Tabetha’s birthday, and she is sleeping. It has been a very busy and long day and she needed the sleep, so I am writing this post as a birthday present [...]

100 Things About Me – #3

Today is a special day because the number 3 is the same key on the keyboard as the # symbol! And now you know the 3rd thing about me. See you tomorrow! No, I’m not really going to leave you hanging, but you knew that when you started reading, because you could see the length [...]

100 Things About Me – #2

I love to bake…not baked chicken and all that healthy stuff (although that is convenient). I like to bake cookies, cakes, breads, and sweet rolls. You know, that unhealthy stuff! Because we have gone on a permanent health food kick, I can only bake to give to other people. This works well for me because [...]

100 Things About Me – #1

Wow! My first reaction when looking at my title was that #1 should be something very special and important, but then I decided to just put the first thing that came to mind, so here goes. I have developed a love for photography. I have always been interested in it, but I had never really [...]

100 Things About Me – Introduction

Several months ago (a year?), I was introduced to the “100 Things About Me” idea by Stretch Mark Mama. I thought it was a cool idea then, and guess what? I still do! I have chosen the month of July to begin this series because it is my birth month and because it happens to [...]