Got these "memes" from Quiet Life (www.homeschoolblogger.com/Donnabooshay/). I'd never heard of a meme and still not sure what it is... but these were kind of fun as a writing exercise... ;)
This following follows this pattern:
First Name
Adjective
How you fit in the Family
Lover of 3 Things
Who Needs... 3 Things
Who Gives... 2 Things
Who Fears... 3 Things
Who woul like to See... 3 Things
Descriptor
Last Name
and so here's mine... with all the missing parts filled:
Donna
Detailed
Only Child
Lover of Jesus, my family, & animals
Who Needs Air, Food, & Shelter (got 'em, but can't think of anything I "need")
Who Gives a ready shoulder & a listening ear
Who Fears falling (not afraid of heights, it's just the falling), pain, & missing God's direction
Who Would Like to See Exotic Places, my son to grown closer to the Lord, my husband blessed with the job that he should have
Artistic
C
5 Things
Snacks I enjoy...
fresh homemade bread, Peanut M&Ms, fresh Pulots (it's a fruit), Granny Smith apples, Sun Chip brand chips.
Songs I know all the words to....
The Wind they Call Mariah (from movie, Paint Your Wagon)
The Sound of Music (opening song from movie, The Sound of Music)
Amazing Grace
Follow the Rainbow (from movie, Finian's Rainbow)
Gilligan's Island theme
Things I would do with $100,000,000...
Tithe it;
Get my house complete (we live upstairs in 600 sq. ft., but w/downstairs would have 2300 sq. ft. -- 118 year old historic house);
Make sure there is enough in the bank that we could live off the interest, then buy a new car;
Be able to bless others, both well and anonymously;
Build a small second home in the backyard for my dad (we are "in town" but have .4 of an acre).
Locations I would love to run away to....
Tahiti or Bora Bora; Alaska; Scotland; Tuscany in Italy; Australia.
Things I like doing....
Reading; counted cross stitch; painting murals; doing caligraphy; tweaking my websites.
Things I would never wear..... (not commenting on the choice of others, this is ME)
Mini skirt; bikini; tattoo; rubber swimming cap; nose plugs in the pool.
Recently seen movies I like.... (haven't seen all that many movies lately, so these are my favorites)
Rio Bravo, with John Wayne
Donovan's Reef, with John Wayne
Hatari!, with John Wayne
The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, with Tony Randall
Sleepless in Seattle, with Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks
Famous people I'd like to meet.... (nothing here says they have to be alive!)
Red Skelton; Vincent Price; C.S. Lewis; JRR Tolkien; Susanna Wesley
Biggest joys of the moment....
Getting to see Donna-Jean Breckenridge (libertyandlily.homestead.com) at the Ambleside Online Conference in a couple of weeks;
Sleeping in my own bed (see in Categories, "My Dad & the Summer of 2005);
The window unit downstairs where our bedroom is (it's 2am and 85 degrees in here);
My Lucia (pronounced Lou-chee-uh) (my Australian Kelpie mixed breed dog);
Getting to do Newsletters as my bit for the three groups I'm in.
Favorite toys.....
The Computer, of course!;
Lucia (our dog);
The Car (can take me places - love Road Trips!);
Kitchen gadgets;
My battery-powered, hand-held pencil sharpener
Donna Booshay also had a Saint Frances poem... and it reminded me of another poem... it also reminded me of Brother Lawrence's thin book, The Practice of the Presence of God. (A great read that I highly recommend!)
Lord of all pots and pans and things,
Since I've not time to be
A saint by doing lovely things
or watching late with Thee,
Or dreaming to the dawn light
or storming Heaven's gates ~
Make me a saint by getting meals
and washing up the plates.
Although I must have Martha's hands;
I have a Mary-mind.
And when I black the boots and shoes,
Thy sandals, Lord, I find.
I think of how they trod the earth,
what time I scrub the floor.
Accept this meditation, Lord,
I haven't time for more.
Warm all the kitchen with Thy Love,
and light it with Thy Peace.
Forgive me all my worrying,
and make my grumbling cease.
Thou who didst love to give men food,
in room, or by the sea,
Accept this service that I do,
I do it unto Thee.
~~Anonymous
edited cause I forgot to answer the 5-things thing! LOL
edited again cause I forgot to fill in some of the things in the first meme! It was late last night! LOL
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Friday, July 22, 2005 - Untitled Comment
Karen