Diane tagged me for this novel of a meme, and I’m happy to oblige such a loyal bloggy friend. So here we go.
7 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME…
– I was born in Mississippi, lived in Louisiana, and am now at home in Alabama (forever, I hope).
– I love SEC football and basketball more than your average girl. When I was in college I camped outside MSU’s coliseum the night before a State / LSU basketball game…and this was one of the most fun days of my life. Seriously.
– I have known my husband since I was six or seven years old when we were in Mrs. Nicholson’s Sunday School class. We got married in that very same church, and my parents and D’s mama are still in Sunday School together even now.
– I grew up Methodist, joined an Episcopal church in my twenties, and have taught in Baptist and Presbyterian schools. You’d think I’d have a slight case of Protestant Schizophrenia, but I feel pretty blessed to have experienced those denominations firsthand. We go to a Baptist church, by the way – just in case you’re wondering where we “settled.”
– I want to lose 40 pounds. Preferably in the next week or so.
– I was a bridesmaid 10 times before I was ever a bride.
– I will never, as long as I live, understand why I had to take algebra.
7 THINGS THAT SCARE ME…
– cockroaches
– larvae stages of anything
– a snake shedding its skin
– clowns
– puppets and/or grown people in mascot costumes
– honeycombs
– a picture I saw in college of a man with 100 cigarettes in his mouth at the same time – it still gives me chills when I think about it
7 RANDOM/MUSIC AT THE MOMENT…(I’m not sure exactly what means, so I’ll just tell y’all what I’m listening to right now)
– Sunday Morning Songs – Veggie Tales
– Pirates’ Boat Load of Fun – Veggie Tales
– A Grateful People – Watermark – you reallllly need this CD if you don’t have it
– Arriving – Chris Tomlin – it’s been in my car for almost two years, and I still love it
– a great mixed CD that our friend Todd made for me
– sermons by our friend Kevin that I’ve burned to CD (not music, but I am listening to it in the car)
– “Takin’ It To The Streets” – Taylor Hicks (please don’t roll your eyes)
7 THINGS I LIKE THE MOST…
– diet Coke
– the smell of a little one right after a bath
– laughing so hard that I fear I may quit breathing
– TiVo – good grief it simplifies the TV-watching process. Not that it was a terribly complicated process to begin with.
– pedicures
– days where I have nowhere to be and can stay in my pajamas all day long if I feel like it
– standing in church, singing my heart out, knowing I’m probably way off key but God loves to hear me anyway
7 THINGS I SAY THE MOST…
– “OH MY WORD”
– “Have mercy”
– “Alex!”
– “I can’t understand what you’re saying. Say it like a big boy.”
– “Is ANYTHING on television?”
– “What in the sam hill…?”
– “What’s goin’ on?”
7 THINGS YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME SAY…(I totally stole this category from Addie because hers cracked me up so much)
– “The doctor has really been encouraging me to gain some weight.”
– “This size 4 is too big. I think I may need a 2.”
– “I’ll be over there in the petites section if you need me.”
– “That fried chicken wasn’t so good, but this raw celery is DELICIOUS.”
– “Why, I’d be delighted to participate in your skit. I hope we perform in front of hundreds of people!”
– “I only spend about 10 or 15 minutes a day blogging.”
– “Back when I was participating in aerobics contests….”
Looks like we’ll never run into each other in the clothing stores. At 4’9″ the petite section is the ONLY place you’ll find me…except when I try to squeeze into a girls 16…they don’t anticipate curves though, so that seldom works.
Loved reading more about you. So, is it Honeycombs the cereal that scares you, or the chunks from a bee hive? And I forgot cockroaches and things in larvae stages for my list …ugh!
Loved your last section! “I only spend 10 or 15 minutes a day blogging.” Hee, hee. Me too!
Well…..THAT was certainly worth waiting for!I especially like the new section you added at the end. Every single one of them applies to me, too. Of course, I would never have thought to add that part….:) I’m (supposed to be) getting ready for church, so I’ll try to comment more later.
Thanks for participating, BooMama. ;)
Diane – I totally stole that last section from Addie because hers CRACKED me up. Remember, I am the least inventive / original person on the planet. :-)
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Hilarious! It’s cemented; we really can be friends–HATE skits, HATE clowns, HATE all bugs, HATE grownups in costumes! And Sunday Morning Songs? In our car right now:) Maybe we’re twins separated by parents??
Okay now, I love that new section. Hilarious.
And I love that you’ve known your husband almost your whole life. Wow.
We’re opposites on the first church/last church thing, and I haven’t been to Episcopal (pastor used to call it Epicolopian) or Presbyterian churches, but I have attended Catholic and non-denominational churches (once each).
Great list!
I’d just love to stay here and chat, Boo, but I have to run over to A Gracious Home and get my nomination for Best Humor blog taken care of.
I just found you yesterday…I LOVE your wit.
Hey, I’m an SEC fan too. LOVE Arkansas….wooooo, pig sooie….HATE Tennesee.
Sounds like we have a lot in common. I also LOVE college football. We’ve got season tix to my alma mater…and I’m eagerly waiting September.
Just added you to my favorites. I can relate to most of your meme.
Re: 100 cigarettes in the mouth.
Australia is about to enforce a restricted smoking ban in public places. In other words they will now have smoking sections in restaurants (Oh! the Horrors!)
Anyway, they are on a big no smoking campaign here and there are all these huge horrible, gastly pictures of gangreneous legs, and people with missing jowls due to smoking on the sides of buses. Personally, if it were just me and smoking were not a health concern, I’d prefer to just deal with the second hand smoke.
“I can’t understand what you’re saying. Say it like a big boy.”
I say that all the time to my 4-year-old! And sometimes to my six-year-old when he’s in a whiny mood.
Hey, let me know if you drop those 40 pounds this week…
BooMama, I forgot to tell you earlier, I have that chocolate gravy recipe up on my recipe blog if you’re still interested. It’s the first one on the list right now, but I’ve added several more under that one, and scroll down for a LONG list of other new ones. :-)
Loved your “day of going nowhere and staying in your pajamas”! I think that is one of life’s sweetest treasures! By the way… where is “sam hill”? I seem to always be asking where in the “sam hill” did I put my (well you can just fill this in with about anything…)! It was great to learn so much about you!
Great meme! I’ll be borrowin’ it if ya don’t mind ;-)
I know that exact picture you are talking about…That one with the guy smoking all those cigarettes. I saw a picture of “The Worlds Youngest Smokers” in the Guiness Book of World Records 2000 I believe. Such a horrible catagory. They were I believe 5 and 7 years of age, standing there smoking like it was nothin’ with a look in their eye that would scare a hungry wolf. They were from Thailand I believe, old – well beyond their years. What upset me most about it is that instead of ripping those smokes out’their mouths and givin’ them a whippin’ they just snapped their picture and put it in a book. Ugh.
I love reading your blog, I feel like I can hear your voice when you wrote the “7 Things I Say The Most” category :-)
Your added section cracked me up along with Addie’s. I’ll so never say those along with you! :)
Love it Boo! I am in tears laughing w/ my hubby as I read him your last section!! When I started laughing out loud the first thing DH said was “BooMama?” I said yep, listen to this…you got the whole family laughing tonight. Thanks!