Show us your mother.
What's the best thing about your mom?
She's MY mom! She has such great love for us (me, my sister, and brother) and our children, but the best thing ever is that she loves my Dad so much. They've been married for about 35 years and it's such a wonderful marriage.
What fictional character do you relate to most and why?
Jo in Little Women and Little Men. I wasn't so tomboyish though I had a temper like hers when I was younger, but her dream of writing and my dream of singing seem to parallel, except that I still haven't been able to do much with that dream. Also, I love reading and I would seclude myself sometimes with a snack like she did to read a book. The other part of what I relate to with her is having a house full of kids, not necessarily boys like her, but kids. Teaching them at home, giving them chores, and doing kid stuff with them sometimes, like when she went and flew kites with the boys. The way she talked to those boys is how I try to talk to my children. I didn't really realize I had the same method until I read Little Men about a year and a half ago. I'll see if I still relate to the older her in Jo's Boys when my children are grown a bit more and ready to start looking for that special someone.
I also relate to Mother in Little Women. Of course, much of the way Jo is as a mother is like her own Mom, so that is probably why.
As for my kids... I can fit them all into that book as well.
Amie is so much like Meg. Trying to mother the younger children.
James has a bit of Laurie and a bit of Jo in him. Temper and imagination like Jo and adventuresome and has fun ideas like Laurie.
Christine is like Amy. She is artistic and wants to do things like other kids do. If the other kids at church had pickled limes, she would probably be asking me for them.
AnnaBeth is like Beth (This is where I picked the name from and God just let me use it on the right child) Delicate, willowy, and loves music so much.
Noelle is still a little hard to tell, but I think she has some Jo in her (active, but will settle down to look at a book) and some Amy (being the youngest, she has the others all somewhat doting on her and bosses them around the way Amy does)
Beth is the only name I have from the book. I sometimes call AnnaBeth just Beth or Bethie. My Amie is not named after the Amy from the book. She is named because Jeremy's mom always wanted a daughter named Amy, but only had sons. I picked the spelling.
Well, I went above and beyond that QotD, but that's okay. My brain is lacking on original ideas to blog on. I've been in a blah state of mind for the last 2 months.
How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year?
Submitted by fightinggale.
Let's see...
1 pair of winter boots (was worn quite a bit this year as we had snow on the ground from mid-December to the end of February.)
1 pair of Reebok sneakers (worn a lot, very comfortable)
2 pairs of nice shoes for Sundays: 1 black, 1 brown (worn about equally, so about every Sunday when there's no snow on the ground until it is really warm)
2 pairs of sandals: 1 nice pair, 1 everyday pair (the nice pair will be worn most Sundays when it gets really warm/hot and the other pair will be worn most days when it is hot)
So I guess the answer is 4 pairs and all pairs are worn more than just a few days every year, but my sneakers get the most use.
EDIT: Hmmm, I can't count. I have 6 pairs, not 4. Silly me.
Has anyone ever done something so horrible to you that "I'm sorry" couldn't fix it?
There is nothing that anyone has done to me that I haven't been able to forgive... and some pretty nasty stuff has happened to me in my life which I will never, ever reveal online.
Jesus said to forgive and though it was extremely hard to do with a few people, I've done it. Some of them took years to get through and it wasn't until I met Jeremy and he worked me through them that I was able to go somewhere that I might bump into any one of those people and still be okay.
Watch how he spends his days at Google...
He gets to shoot the Spam!
What are you most looking forward to this weekend?
Sunday School and Church
I love the discussions our sunday school class has. Jeremy and I started co-teaching it a few weeks ago and they are so animated in talking about the lesson. It is wonderful. I learn so much from them.
I love our church too. We have a good balance of Praise and Worship and Hymns and I always enjoy the sermons. This Sunday, I'm directing the adult choir for their special and I was asked to sing a solo. I'm going over all the hymns that I sing and thinking about which one to do. OR I could sing one of the songs I have accompaniment with. I'm not sure. Our pianist is out of town helping take care of her sick sister (pray requested, please), so either I have to sing accapela or with a CD.
Show us a picture of the pet you'd most like to have in your life.
CHARLIE! He's my sweet cat. He's everything I love in a cat... including the fact that my husband likes him (though he'll NEVER admit it.) He'll be a year old on May 15th. I already have some catnip for him (and Mittens.)
When was the last time you drove out of town?
We used to take road trips often. On rainy Saturdays, we used to just drive around, usually exploring an area we had never been before. Unfortunately, gas prices are way too high for us to do that often. To go anywhere, we need a good reason. The last time we went somewhere was Saturday, April 19th. We went up north of Chicago to check on a beautiful piano and purchase it. (We still need to figure out a way to get it from there to here.) Before that, our trip to NC. The next time we plan on going somewhere is in June for a family reunion. That will be our summer vacation as well and we'll be staying here for the rest of the summer.
What is your definition of cheating?
Not my actual definition, but I'm feeling cheated out of QotDs because they've had this question up for a week. As well as the VoxHunt thing... I want it to change like it used to.
Please, give us another. I sometimes enjoy answering them or sharing my pictures.
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That was cute! Now I'll always think of Jeremy as "The Great Spam Shooter". read more
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You can't... Google did it, it wasn't a private film. No pictures or videos are allowed inside the buildings. They... read more
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