Know and Tell Friday

1. Pepsi or Coke? Oh, hands down, Coke. Diet and preferably caffeine free.
2. Barefoot or shoes? Shoes
3. If you watch American Idol – who do you want to win? David Cook for sure, but if little David wins I won't be sad!
4. If money was not an option and you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? I would like to travel to Europe and visit all those countries--the idea of things being so very old intrigues me.
5. Is your desk messy or clean? Clean!
6. When it’s sunny, all I want to do is……Take my boys to the lake to swim while I sit in a chair watching them, eating snacks and reading.
7. What is your favorite word and why? I always tell my boys that I like saying the word "hinterlands" and I don't know why it is just a fun word to say!

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Know and Tell Friday

** I can't bear the sound of_________.

I can't bear the sound of kids throwing screaming temper tantrums in the grocery store. Or the sound of my boys arguing. Or.......lot of things! :)

**I would love to time-travel back to_________.

I would love to time-travel back to the 1950's. I have a June Cleaver wanna be complex! In my jaded, 46 year old brain I tend to view the '50s as the last innocent decade.

**Shop alone, shop with mom, or shop with friends?

I like to shop alone. When I am with someone else I am always so conscious of the other person's agenda while feeling like I am not getting done what I need to. Except with my husband--I do like to shop with him sometimes or my daughter. When Kerry and I are together we tend to spend more money than we should! He spoils me!

**Worst movie ever?

The Weeping Camel. B.O.R.I.N.G. & S.T.U.P.I.D. The most violent one that I actually had to walk out of the room for, (we rented it, way back when), Robocop.

**Have you ever had your heart broken (by the opposite sex...not by a family member, or close friend)

Oh yes...two boy friends in high school, but time heals and we grow because of those events in our life. God brought me the man of my dreams in His time!

**Bonus Questions
**In what area of your life have you felt the most judged (by others or even self condemnation)?

I have felt judged by people at my church because of choices my older kids have made when they were out on their own. I have found, by life experience isthat you can be the most righteous, Godly parents, but once your children become young adults, they can turn their backs on all the moral principles and Spiritual teaching you have held to as a family. There are times that I judge myself and Kerry on our parenting because of the choices made by our kids--there are things about parenting older kids that no one tells you and there are very few manuals out there for this stage of our life as parents!

I have also felt judged by friends that were fellow home-schoolers, when I went back to work and had to put my kids in public school. Our church has a large community of home-schoolers and I love them, but some of them tend to bit rabid about their choice of schooling being the best and should be really be the only choice for Christians.

**Are you now free from that judgment, and how did you get free if you are?

I don't know if I am free all the time. I think it is a process and there are times that it hurts. One thing I have grown to realize through it all is that I need to pray for my children. Only the Holy Spirit can bring them around back to Him. As far as my home-school friends go, I try to just smile and continue to be friendly. The problem really isn't me. I am doing what I feel the Lord has directed me to do and what he wants for my family.

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Getting to know me and you!

Question 1
What is your favorite fairy tale?

I love most fairy tales, but I think my favorite might be Beauty and the Beast. I love in the beginning of the Disney movie that Belle is reading all the time--even as she walks down the street! The way she falls in love with the beast is so sweet--looking past his exterior and at the heart of him.


Question 2
If you could be guaranteed a spot on the reality show "Survivor", would you go?

No! I really don't like that show nor do I understand it--all the alliances and stuff just don't thrill me. Plus, I am not a camping kind of girl and I certainly couldn't camp in front of millions of people!


Question 3
Meanest thing you ever did to a sibling??? I know.... what kind of question is this :)

Well I am sure I did some mean things to my sister when we were older but the two things I remember vividly were slapping her across the face when I was mad at her once and we were about ages 6 and 8. The other thing I did was lock her in the bathroom when she was too young to open the door by herself and then I lied and told my parents that she shut the door on herself!

Question 4
Best Fashion Era... 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or now...

I would say "now" for the same reason as the hostess of this meme--I doubt I will look back on this decade and wonder to myself, "WHAT was I thinking?"

Question 5
Have you ever skipped to the end of a book before you finished reading the book?

Shamelessly, I must confess, yes.....quite often. Sometimes I just can't read fast enough for my liking and I kind of skim a head. I don't usually read the very end though.


Question 6
What's the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?

Instill in myself more self control when it comes to money and spending. I just get so tempted to go buy myself little things that I don't really need, but want. We need to get serious about saving.

Question 7
What is one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?

Simply spend more time in His Word!

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