A) Things You May Not Know About My Time in School:
1.) I nearly passed out once in the first-floor girls’ bathroom from an accidental asthma medication (theophyline) overdose. I got lightheaded and fell down in a stall, hitting my head on the wall. My heart felt like it would explode.
2.) I was (secretly) smarter than I let on, but (un-secretly) lazy. Somehow I fit in with the "cool" kids and did only enough to get by.
3.) My husband and I are high school sweethearts, since freshman year.
4.) I started smoking at age 12 (6th grade). Marlboro regulars.
5.) I HATED high school so much that I skipped 53 days in a row and had to do junior and senior year at adult ed. night school. There I had smaller classes, no cliques, different people and I achieved a 4.0 gpa and made high honors and helped design a year book through the graphics art class that I voluntarily took. I also went on to a nursing program where I made high honors every semester and maintained a 4.0 gpa. I graduated head of my class.
6.) I absolutely refused to participate in phys. ed. When I showed up, I spent the entire period walking the track (while smoking, of course).
B) Things You May Not Know About Jobs I've Had:
1.) I worked at McDonalds one summer, from freshman to sophomore year, I think. I totally lost my appetite for it and could barely tollerate the smell. I also worked in a small, but popular, mom & pop shop Italian restaurant. I loved it and I was good at it. Pizza never made me nauseous and I still eat it at least once a week. I wouldn't mind doing that again someday.
2.) I worked in retail sales at a Fashion Bug clothing store. I usually spent over half my check on new clothes every week. I hate selling things though. I also tried selling Avon once, but I didn't really believe in the product and was always telling potential customers where they could get just as good a product for less money. I'm still like that today.
3.) I worked at a group home for the mentally and/or physically handicapped. It is challenging and tiring, but very rewarding. I don't think I'd have the patience to do that now, not while raising three kids.
4.) I have been a home health aid, a visiting companion and an adult 'sitter'. I really liked that. Your job description always changes, as do the people. That is probably the type of work I'll pick up when my youngest begins kindergarden.
5.) I have also done data entry for a friend who was self employed, been a delivery driver for a deli, a specimen processor in a lab, and a secretary in a church.
6.) Being a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) is, by far, the hardest, most tiring, most stressful and most joyous job in the world. Although I briefly consider the idea of either running, hiding, or screaming at least once, almost every day, I would not, of course, trade this job for the world. My God reminds me often that each age and stage is but a phase and only lasts for a season. Just when you think you can't deal with it anymore, you remember "this, too, shall pass". And it does pass. And you move on to the next challenge, behavior, or crisis. And as you do, you see them grow and (hopefully) mature. And you know that all of the gray hair, sleepless nights, stressful days and uncomfortable finances... they are not only worth it, but at times, when you are most proud, and joyfully amazed at their achievments and growth...that's when you realise that you really "low-balled 'em" and got a bit of a bargain. You would have actually paid a higher price, put up with a lot more crap, tollerated more pain and suffered greater disappointments just to see them succeed (but we don't tell them that part ;0).
C) Things You May Not Know About My Online Life:
1.) I Google everyone's name. I don't know why.
2.) I only discovered blogging within the past few months.
3.) My Yahoo! Avatar persona does not resemble me at all. (i wish!)
4.) I like to e-mail distant relatives and old friends that I wouldn't be able to hold a real conversation with on the phone or in person. It is easier to keep in touch.
5.) I have become 'confrontational' (via e-mail) with people who call themselves members of "the Body of Christ", yet teach erroneous doctrine that deny Jesus and put the followers of such teachings into bondage and/or on the broad and wide path.
D) Things You May Not Know About My Home Life:
1.) We live in a perpetual state of clutter. Although the dirt and food is removed daily and the laundry and dishes are washed daily and the floors are swept and the bathroom wiped down with lysol wipes daily....the stream of clutter is endless. From back packs and school papers to newspapers, magazines, stacks of mail, unfinished crafts and projects and toys, toys, toys. But hey, we have 6 people under one roof...we deal with it!
2.) I like to garden, when money allows for such an investment.
3.) We have great neighbors and live in a kid-friendly neighborhood.
4.) I’m allergic to dogs, cats, guinnea pigs, ferrets (and probably all furry animals), all four seasons (for different reasons, obviously) and one medication (that I know of). I also have asthma that has been triggered by extreme hot, extreme cold, spicy foods, food dyes and preservatives, exercise, strong smells, etc. I cope.
5.) My whole family has an awesome sense of humor, and we love to pull pranks, so we are almost always laughing. Laughter.....truely thee BEST de-stresser!
E) Things You May Not Know that I Desperately Want:
1.) I want to be found accurate in doctrine and still seeking truth when He returns.
2.) I deserately, desperately want to be thin, fit, energetic, and healthy.
3.) I want to raise my kids to be moral, ethical and compassionate human beings who CLOSE THEIR MOUTHS BEFORE BURPING RATHER THAN ANNOUNCING IT and who DO NOT HIDE FOOD AND DISHES IN THEIR ROOMS and who RESPECT EACH AND EVERY HUMAN LIFE FOR WHAT IT IS....the very breath of God.
4.) I want uninterupted time alone with my husband to talk and dream again.
5.) I want to live in a house with a porch and two rocking chairs that will make husbands heart happy. A place for us to sit and talk and dream and laugh and pray.
F) Things I'm Bothered/Terrified by:
1.) I’m terrified by brown recluse spiders, any and ALL spiders, and ...well, ...fake spiders.
2.) I’m bothered by tissues (in pockets) in the dryer, food in the sink and hair in the tub. All 3 SHOULD be cleaned before you start and after you're done!
3.) I’m bothered by inconsiderate people, so I try not to be one.
4.) I’m bothered by debt.
5.) I confess, the thought of out-living my kids and/or husband does terrify me.
G) Some Things I Like About Myself:
1.) I can be smart. (I can also be a fool.)
2.) I can be creative. (I can also be unmotivated.)
3.) I can be strong. (I can also be ridiculously weak.)
4.) My sence of humor. I rock.
H) Some Things I Hate/Dislike About Myself:
1.) The way I get angry with my kids. No matter what they have done, they don't deserve that.
2.) I am too overweight. I hate it.
3.) The way I currently look.
I) New Things I Want to Try:
1.) hang-gliding
2.) traveling
3.) go on a cruise
J) Things I Just Can't Do:
1.) Whistle, Juggle, or Touch My Tongue to My Nose.
2.) Try eating Caviar, Sushi, or animal organs (ie - liver, stomach, tongue, etc.).
K) Some of My Favorite Hobbies:
1.) Scrapbooking
2.) Various Types of Crafting
3.) Gardening
L) Careers I've Considered:
1.) Nursing
2.) Owning my own lucheonette/coffee house.
3.) Selling my crafts.
M) Places I Want to Go on Vacation:
1.) Disney Land (Florida location)
2.) A Cruise (warm climate)
3.) Almost any of the states (not any cold ones) with my family.
Enough For Now. To Be Continued....
