More Than Stone

Stealing from Addison Road, here are 100 things about me….

1. I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t be as entertaining as the folks at Addison Road.

2. I don’t know what color my real hair is anymore.

3. I frequently refer to my house as an estrogen fest.

4. I’d secretly like to go to seminary. (Don’t tell)

5. I say completely inappropriate things to my teenage daughters.

6. I hate that attending church in the South is part of the culture.

7. I don’t want to move back North.

8. For the first 10 years of my marriage, my husband thought I’d never finish anything.

9. I lived in a group home as a teenager.

10. I’ve been to Africa 3 times.

11. Sometimes, I think I want to live there.

12. Other times, I think I must be crazy.

13. I have freakishly small hands. Really. Like the hands of a 10 year old. (But they are kind of chubby)

14. My feet aren’t much better.

15. I’m opinionated. (If you’ve read my blog before, you know this)

16. One time, at church, my husband was playing the guitar and I was supposed to be singing BUT I started singing the WRONG SONG. I got confused for a minute.

17. I’m still worried that this list is boring.

18. When I was a teenager, I worried about having ugly children. I’m not sure why.

19. I have never lived in any one house for more than 5 years. We’ve been here for 4.5 years. I guess it’s time to move.

20. I love to read.

21. I panic if I can’t find my ipod.

22. Oh, this other time, I was at a party with people from church. I went to use their bathroom and there happened to be a little window at the level of my tee hiney boo, that I didn’t notice, so I flashed everyone that was in the back yard. I was really embarASSED.

23. My husband is funniest when he’s not trying.

24. I’m currently wondering if there ARE 100 interesting things about me.

25. I used to be very homemaker-ish…cooking, homemade bread, the works. Now, I’d rather cut off my own hand than cook.

26. I hate the grocery store, too.

27. The older I get, the more I like to stay home.

28. I gave myself whiplash dancing, one time.

29. I’ve been in 2 car accidents. Both my fault.

30. I tend to like men better than women. I don’t know why. At a party, you will always find me gravitating toward the group of men. Perhaps because the women are talking about cooking. (see #25)

31. I still can’t figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

32. I love coffee.

33. I had one cesarean section. I hated it.

34. If I were to have a baby right now (which I WOULDN”T), I would have a home birth.

35. I have a sneaking suspicion that Carilion Health Systems (the largest employer in the area), is secretly running the whole valley in which I live.

36. I went to India once. I didn’t like it.

37. I once found myself riding in the back of a VW bus, with a hippy midwife driving, and a woman half naked in the back of the bus, getting ready to give birth. (we made it to the hospital, by the way)

38. You know those real life stories that are so funny that you think someone must be making them up? I think I may have one of the best ones ever. It has to do with valium, a french airline attendant and dog poop.

39. I go to sleep listening to Harry Potter, every night. Jim Dale has the most lovely voice you have ever heard.

40. I hardly ever dream.

41. I have the most wonderful husband in the world.

42. On the rare occasions that I do cook, I never use recipes. Recipes are for sissies.

43. I think that my oldest daughter is a fabulous story teller.

44. I get excited about electric floor cleaners, –vacuums, carpet shampoo-ers, steam cleaners and the like.

45. If I could afford it, I’d live on the water. Lake, ocean, whatever.

46. I’ve often thought I could write a novel about my childhood and make millions. I had a really bizarre childhood. I think I’d call the book “The Hero and The Whore” (that title has so many layers….)

47. I’d have to write that book with a pseudonym.

48. I have a half-brother that I’ve never met.

49. I really like knitting.

50. I’ve knit 2 children’s sweaters so far. I’m afraid to knit a grown up sweater. I’m sure it will be awful if I do.

51. I like the show “House”, but always forget to watch it.

52. I applied to be on “Survivor” about 6 years ago. I didn’t make it. But my audition video is really funny.

53. I’ve been blogging for 7 months and 3 days.

54. I am planning to start nursing school this year. Sometimes I think I should be a physician’s assistant instead. Or go to seminary. (see #4)

56. 100 things is a lot.

57. My middle daughter is one of the most unique people I’ve ever met. Other people would like to be as cool as she is.

58. Sometimes I wonder how I got here. Married, 3 kids, 2 dogs and a mortgage. I still feel like I’m 18 and I think someone is going to tell me it’s time to quit playing house.

59. Every time I go to Africa, I realize how spoiled I am. That lasts about a month, then I forget to be grateful.

60. My youngest child is a freshman in high school. I’m a bit scared of life without kids at home.

61. Teenagers are hard, but I really like them.

62. When I watch our old home videos of when my kids were small, I get very nostalgic. They were just so CUTE!!! I’d like to squeeze them.

63. I taught all my children to read and I’m proud of that.

64. I really like Stephen King’s books. I think his characters are fabulous. Early in my faith, though, I threw out all my Stephen King books, because I thought they might be demonic. I wish I had them all back. That was stupid.

65. I’m wondering, if you are still reading, if you are saying to yourself, “Who cares?”

66. I didn’t finish college.

67. I want to finish college.

68. I’m a little bit vain.

69. My youngest daughter is very self-confident. I think that’s so cool.

70. I have a theory. You have 2 choices as you age. Stay skinny and get wrinkly or get chubby and have fewer wrinkles. I can’t decide which is better.

71. I have a friend that refers to chubby people as “fluffy”. I think this is funny. She’s fluffy (by her own admission).

72. I like Canadians (not to the exclusion of other nationalities….I just like them).

73. I think I understand why Jesus said “It is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God, than for a camel to get through the eye of a needle.” This verse plagues me.

74. I can’t go to bed without a bottle of water next to my bed.

75. I am 3/4 of the way done with this list.

76. I have to pee. (probably because of #74)

77. I’m back.

78. I’d love to be able to fix up our house…paint, fix all the broken things, put in some landscaping…you know. But then I think about #59 and realize that I should be grateful for what I have.

79. I think getting married young is fine for some people.

80. I don’t necessarily think that waiting to get married prevents divorce.

81. I don’t trust very many people.

82. I tend to make snap decisions about people and their motivations. I’m often right, but not always.

83. My husband tells me I’m beautiful all the time. Don’t listen to him, he’s just in love.

84. I really like my oldest daughter’s boyfriend. I couldn’t have hand picked a better guy.

85. I have a close friend named Cecil. She’s English and is old enough to be my mother. She’s regal looking, very pretty, and speaks with the most lovely accent. She makes me feel classier when I hang out with her.

86. I’d rather wear pajama pants than any other type of pant.

87. I never go to the movie theater. I think it’s a ridiculous waste of money.

88. I hate professional sports.

89. I was one of the few goyim at my high school.

90. My hair loved the 80’s.

91. My car is older than my youngest daughter.

92. I need to be on “Pimp my ride”

93. A good cut and color can take 10 years off of your age. Sometimes, I let my hair go to hell, just so I can get aforementioned cut and color and look in the mirror and think I look 10 years younger. If I keep my hairstyle maintained, I never get that thrill. (perhaps only my women readers will understand this)

94. I have attended the following churches:

Methodist

Independent Baptist. (see #64)

Southern Baptist

Anglican

Non-Denominational

95. We may have the steepest driveway in the world. Little kids raise their hands and scream “WHEE!” when their parents are brave enough to actually drive down it.

96. My email inbox is NEVER empty.

97. I started using the internet before browsers. I lived in Cleveland, where the worlds first “freenet” began. I still remember telling my husband about this new thing, called a browser, that was supposedly going to allow you to use the internet in a graphical format. He bought me Mosaic Netscape that Christmas. At that time, I didn’t even know who Al Gore was.

98. These are the books I currently have sitting on my desk:

“Evil and The Justice of God” NT Wright
Bible (ESV)
“Jesus and The Victory of God” NT Wright
“Ancient Hebrew Lexicon” Benner
“The Parables” Brad Young
“The Life Application Study Bible” NIV (yuck)
“Matthew For Everyone” NT Wright
“Halley’s Bible Handbook”
“Body, Soul, & Life Everlasting” John Cooper
“Orthodoxy” Chesterton
“The Christian Theology Reader” McGrath

99. I currently need more bookshelves.

100. I have to pee again.