One Hundred Things About Me

In honor of my 100^th post on my new blog here are 100 Things About Me!

Five things about my blog/name:

1.) “For Such a Time as Now” comes from the verse in Esther 4:14 “For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

2.) I know the verse says, “… for such a time as this” but my blog is about today, the present, now.

3.) I don’t know why God uses me or where He wants to lead me, but I am here now and I want to live my life, my time to live for Him.

4.) The lighthouse on the rock represents Jesus, who is the Rock, showing me the way. It was drawn by my son Gabriel.

5.) This is my place to record my journey, my day to day life as a wife, homeschool mom, and sometimes just as me.

Five things about life when I was growing up:

6.) My dad was in the Navy and we moved around a lot.

7.) I lived in Virginia, California, Kentucky and Tennessee before I went to college – also in Virginia.

8.) I have an older brother and a younger brother.

9.) My favorite place to live was San Diego, California.

10.) I played the clarinet in the marching band my sophomore year of high school. I loved marching band!

Five things about my family:

11.) My husband John and I met in Richmond, VA in 1986.

12.) He was a Richmond City police officer and I taught at a small Christian school.

13.) We celebrated our 20^th anniversary this spring.

14.) We have 3 wonderful children – Gabriel, Hannah and Holly

15.) We are on our 10^th move in 20 years.

Five jobs I had before I was married:

16.) Whopper Flopper and Cashier at Burger King

17.) Elementary School teacher

18.) Substitute Bank Teller

19.) Sales associate at a cosmetic store

20.). DJ at a small AM Christian radio station – I loved this job!

Ten things I like to do (in no particular order).

21.) Read

22.) Blog

23.) Sing

24.) Play games – especially word games

25.) Scrapbook

26.) Read aloud

27.) Spend time with my family- immediate and extended

28.) Watch ice skating

29.) Write

30.) Watch a good chick flick

Five of my favorite movies of all time:

31.) Gone with the Wind

32.) The Sound of Music

33.) While You Were Sleeping

34.) You’ve Got Mail

35.) Sleepless in Seattle

Five of my favorite books of all time:

36.) The Bible

37.) Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke

38.) The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

39.) Mandy by Julie Andrews Edward

40.) Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

Ten “favorites”:

41.) Blue

42.) Fall

43.) Christmas

44.) Flowers – roses, daffodils, tulips

45.) Chocolate

46.) Bryer’s Butter Pecan Ice Cream

47.) Cereal for breakfast

48.) Mexican Food

49.) Lemon Meringue Pie

50.) Lighthouses

Ten favorite verses/passages (I have a LOT of favorites. This is just a sample!)

51.) Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

52.) John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

53.) Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

54.) Romans 4:17-21 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

55.) Exodus chapter 33 (It’s too long to write here. I hope you’ll read it!)

56.) Psalm 61:1-2 . Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

57.) Colossians 2:14-15 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

58.) 1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

59.) Proverbs 3:3-4 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

60.) Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Ten things I don’t like:

61.) Snakes

62.) Frogs

63.) Diet anything – coke, pepsi, whatever

64.) Hot humid weather

65.) Cold freezing weather

66.) Being late

67.) Mushrooms

68.) Asparagus

69.) Driving with the windows open – windows are for the drive through

70.) Worms and other crawly things

Twenty random things about me:

71.) I am shy around new people or in large crowds

72.) I am rather easy going most of the time.

73.) I cry easily.

74.) I laugh easily.

75.) I love chocolate covered raisins and raisin bran cereal but I can’t stand raisins plain or in other foods.

76.) I speak Romanian fairly well – not fluently but good enough to communicate

77.) I want to learn Spanish.

78.) I have 10 sisters-in-law

79.) I have 4 nieces, one great-niece and one great niece on the way on my side of the family.

80.). I have lost count of how many nieces, nephews and greats I have on John’s side of the family. One great-niece was born last week.

81.) I didn’t like green beans or broccoli until I was an adult.

82.) I didn’t like Mexican food until I went on a mission trip to Mexico City (I think it was 1983)

83.) I didn’t like Chinese food until I started dating John.

84.) I wanted to have 4 or 6 kids – no odd numbers.

85.) My first teaching job was in a small Christian school in Richmond, VA.

86.) I had 5 third graders and 5 fourth graders.

87.) My first car was a yellow Pontiac Phoenix. I don’t remember the year – ’81-‘82ish.

88.) My freshman year of college I was a drama major.

89.) I was on a drama team that traveled to different churches on the weekend and did plays.

90.) I have never been accused of being long winded. This is probably my longest blog entry ever.

If I had ten silly little wishes (and there was nothing more important to wish for…)

91.) I’d wish for a nice sized house.

92.) I’d wish for a maid to help keep it clean.

93.) I’d wish for a new car of my very own – blue of course.

94.) I’d wish that we would all be a bit more organized!

95.) I’d wish for a trip across the country to California.

96.) I’d wish that sweets were good for you.

97.) I’d wish for my own jet and pilot to fly us to Romania whenever we wanted to go.

98.) I’d wish for a week long family vacation to Disney World.

99.) I’d wish that I was skinny and didn’t have to diet- ever.

100.) I’d wish for a couple of billion dollars or so.