I can’t remember where I saw this but thought it looked like fun.

1. I am horrible at spelling and use spell check like crazy. Not so good a grammar either.

2.  I met David when I was 12 and it was love at first sight, for me anyway, he was 18! I would BEG my aunt to tell him I liked him, but she wouldn’t do it! When I was 17 I asked him to go to Carowinds with our youth group. Several times after that we met for lunch.  We went on our first date  June 20th to see Batman and he held my hand for the first time, I was scared to move ’cause I didn’t want him to let go.

3. I only enjoyed 3 months out of each pregnancy. That would be months 4, 5 & 6 when food tasted SO good and I didn’t  throw it up. For months 7, 8 & 9 I was too huge to enjoy it!

4. I hate to read aloud and very rarely read to the girls.

5. David can tell when somethings wrong because I start cleaning the house.

6. I get lost all the time when driving. Which is why I’m not allowed to go to Atlanta by myself.

7. I am a germ freak in the kitchen when cooking. I wash my hands like a thousand times, if I am cooking meat or chicken I constantly wipe down the counters. I do not let the girls crack eggs because I am scared they will get sick. If I drop a fork or spoon on the floor I cannot use it, I have to put it in the dishwasher and get a clean one. I can go through all my dish cloths and dish towels cooking one meal because I don’t like to use a dirty one.

8. I know NOTHING about cars! Once when my VW bug was out of oil, I tried pouring it in the little dipstick hole thingy. My grandfather had to come out and help me clean up my mess and show me where to pour it.

9. I can speak pig Latin. I know, I’m very talented!

10. When I worked, I wouldn’t eat breakfast until morning break, and it was usually a small snack size can of Beef Ravioli (wouldn’t touch the stuff now with a ten foot pole, ICK) bbq chips and a moutain dew.   

11. When I was in high school having boyfriend troubles, one night I played Every Rose Has It’s Thorn, over and over again. And this was before cds& ipods ~ so I had to rewind the tape before I could listen to it again. Wonder if Christy remembers this night? She fussed and fussed!

12. I am NOT an animal person! But I want a cute small dog, girl of course, so we can dress her up in pretty bows and carry her around in a cute little bag. 

13. Old people make me cry. There is just something so sweet about an older couple and the way they interact with one another. I had to run out to the doctor’s office the other day and a sweet man drove up to the door, got out and made his way around the car. He opened the back door up and got out a walker then ever so gently he helped his little wife out of the car. He helped her get inside, ran up to the window and told them he would be right back. He was back in before she even made it to her seat. Once he got her settled he stood in line so he could check her in. I was fighting tears the whole time.

When David and I were first married, every Sunday morning we went out for breakfast at the same little restaurant. There was this little old man in a booth right next to us who came every Sunday as well. Most times he had finished eating and was reading the paper when we sat down.  I would tell myself, and sometimes David, little stories about him and how he was probably lonely and missing his wife. David would try to lighten the moment (man I am so depressing heehee) and say he was probably enjoying his morning out and how he’s wife was probably a nag and he wanted to get out of the house. But I remember on one particular Sunday I just started crying right there in the middle of the restaurant because of this sweet little old man.

14. I watch sad movies just so I can cry.

15. When I was a kid, before caller id, my friends and I used to call people and ask them if their refrigerator was running, if they said yes, we would tell them to go catch it. Don’t judge me, I’m sure you did it too. I remember our last prank call, we got busted because of stupid caller id. And yes, I was in high school.

A couple of years ago I played this same prank on Emily & Audrey. I called the house from my cell phone and hid in my bathroom while talking to them. They didn’t get it. So I had to explain it to them. They still talk about it and I am sure one of these days they will get me back.

So, do you have anything you are not afraid to admit?

This week, the 

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance 

is introducing 

Dangerous Heart 

Avon Inspire (October 14, 2008) 

by 
Tracey Bateman

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Tracey Bateman published her first novel in 2000 and has been busy ever since. There are two other books in the Westward Hearts Series, Defiant Heart (#1) and Distant Heart (#2)

She learned to write by writing, and improved by listening to critique partners and editors. She has sold over 30 books in six years.
She became a member of American Christian Fiction Writers in the early months of its inception in 2000 and served as president for a year.

Tracey loves Sci-fi, Lifetime movies, and Days of Our Lives (this is out of a 21 year habit of watching, rather than enjoyment of current storylines).

She has been married to her husband Rusty for 18 years, has four kids, and lives in Lebanon, Missouri.

ABOUT THE BOOK

For the past seven years, Ginger Freeman has had one goal: find Grant Kelley and make him pay for allowing her brother to die. Growing up motherless with a father who leads an outlaw gang, Ginger isn’t exactly peaches and cream. So when she finally tracks down Grant on a wagon train headed west, she figured providence had stepped in and given her the chance she’s been waiting for.

On the wagon train, finally surrounded by a sense of family and under the nurturing eye of Toni Rodde, Ginger begins to lose her rough edges. She’s made friends for the first time and has become part of something bigger than revenge. Not only has her heart softened toward people in general, but God has become a reality she never understood before. And watching Grant doctor the pioneers, she’s realized she can’t just kill him and leave the train without medical care. Putting her anger aside, before long, Ginger’s a functioning part of the group.

But when the outlaw gang, headed by her pa, shows up and infiltrates the wagon train, she is forced to question her decision. Only self-sacrifice and her new relationship with God can make things right. But it might also means she loses everything she’s begun to hold dear.

If you would like to read from the first chapter of Dangerous Heart, go HERE

I can’t remember where I first ran across this video but I laughed and laughed when I saw it! Then my sweet friend Leah posted it on her blog and I laughed and laughed AGAIN!

Now I’m posting it on my blog so I can laugh some more!

Part of the reason it is so funny to me is it reminds me of a couple of people.

One being my grandmother and the other being ME! I am terrible with electronics! The girls still have to help me turn on the Wii, my niece had to teach me how to text a message and I am forever calling the dvd player a VCR (which drives David crazy) And I don’t even want to tell y’all know how long it took me to set the silly alarm clock while we were in the mountains!

SO, not only is my hair, make-up and goofy sayings stuck in the 80’s my gadgets are too!