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Share Your World 2016 Week #24

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It’s time once again to share my world with Cee and all of you by answering her five questions of the week. You can join in the fun by clicking  HERE. That link will take you to Cee’s blog and you can link up with her there.

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Here are the questions and my answers:

What is the most fun thing you did in school?

I loved so much about school. I loved English, and writing was one of the fun things I got to do a lot of. I also had a lot of fun in band, and I will always cherish my memories of tournament of plays.

What is your favorite type of dog?  (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie). 

I love the smaller breeds. I have really fallen for the Maltese. Although keeping their fur and nails good is something of a chore.

You are invited to a party that will be attended by many fascinating people you never met.  Would you attend this party if you were to go by yourself?

Yes. I have learned to do most social things as a single now.

Complete this sentence:  Never In My Life Have I…. 

Wow! There are so many “nevers”. Never in my life have I jumped out of a plane. Never in my life have I bungie jumped. Never in my life have I been on a cruise. And never in my life have I desperately wanted to do any of those things. 🙂

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?  

I am grateful that I had the opportunity to read at a local poets gathering last Sunday. It was so much fun and I met so many fascinating people. I met someone I knew there; So no I guess I wasn’t alone.

This next week I am looking forward to  working some more on my the Genesis story of SOA.

 

Share Your World 2016 Week #21

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Well it has been a few weeks since I have had the time to swing by Cee’s place and take part in a share your world challenge. Last week I was on vacation. I wasn’t able to get to a computer to post but I did keep up with some of the other “Share your worlders” via my smart phone. Anyway this is the place where I share some of my world with all y’all. Have a read through and then click the link below to see other people’s shares.

What is your favorite go to beverage?  Water, coffee, tea, coke, soda (non-alcoholic)

I would have to say coffee but not right now because I am temporarily off the java. So right now my go to beverage is lemon ginger tea.

Can you change a car tire?

Yes I can but I would rather call Triple A

Are you a listener or talker?

I like to listen to people but sometimes I just can’t keep the trap shut. Usually that is not a good thing.

Would you rather have no internet or no cell phone?

Can you even have a cell phone anymore without internet? I think I use the internet on my phone more than my actual cell phone.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am so grateful I got to take a five day break and that I got to see my daughter on her birthday. This week I am looking forward to our monthly concert at the Lifeskills program.

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Share Your World 2016 Week 19

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It is hard to believe that in just another month or so we will be half way through 2016!

That still gives us lots of time to SHARE OUR WORLDS THIS YEAR.

This week Cee has given us five fun and challenging questions to spring board off from into the great pool of sharing. You can click the link above to see what others shared. Here are Cee’s question and my answers.

You win a pet monkey but this isn’t just any old monkey. It can do one trick for you whenever you want from getting a pop out of the fridge to washing your hair. What would be the trick?

My monkey can totally fix anything that is broken. He is a very smart monkey and he is starting with the lights in my kitchen. All right…all right I will hire a certified electrician. Sheesh!

What caring thing are you going to do for yourself today?

I took a thirty minute walk and a nap. I am trying to make sure I fit those two things into my schedule everyday no matter how busy I am.

What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?

I like black. I hear it’s slimming.

Complete this sentence:  When I travel I love to…. 

go at a nice relaxed pace. I hate going on journeys that are full of rushing and stress. In my  mind there is nothing worse than going on a vacation and coming back to work more stressed out than when you left.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am so grateful my sister got off to The Netherlands and arrived safely. She made a friend at the farm she is going to be living on.

This week I am looking forward to getting some of the brush burned in my back yard.

 

Share Your World 2016 Week 16

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It’s past time for this post this week, but then my whole world is going a little slower this week as I am adjusting to the pace of this cold or severe allergy or whatever it is. My head is full, my eyes are watering and I have gone through several boxes of Kleenex. How’s that for a share? 😦

But enough of that. It’s time to answer Cee’s wonderful questions this week.

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Here are the questions and my answers

If you had to have your vision corrected would you rather: glasses or contacts?  Or what do you use if you need to have your vision corrected?

I use glasses. I cannot stand the thought of touching my eye to put in a contact lens.

If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be?

Stop!

Was school easy or difficult for you? How so?

School itself was easy (except for geometry). I loved the learning process and I loved being in class. The hardest part of school was gym. I was a nerd and a klutz. It made me everyone’s last choice on a team. Have you seen Diary of A Wimpy Kid? I still cringe when I watch it.

Would you rather take a 1 or 2 week vaction with an organized tour or take a cruise of your choice?

I love a two week vacation. I loved the trip my daughter and I took to Ireland. We had our rest stops planned and suggested sites to see, but the days were ours to plan and the pace was ours to keep. We tracked alongside some of the bus tours. Oh my gosh! I think the pace of  a bus tour would have killed me. I work too hard to have to rush through a vacation.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful I got to go out with my daughter for her 26th birthday last night. This week I am looking forward to getting over this cold or allergies or whatever it is.

 

 

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Amanda at the Old Mill

 

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Share Your World 2016 Week #14

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I am kicking off my writing week with SHARE YOUR WORLD 2016. In this challenge our hostess Cee asks us five questions and in answering we share our worlds with each other. You can click the underlined link to see all the contributions to the challenge.

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Here are the questions for the week and my answers:

If you could hire someone to help you, would it be with cleaning, cooking, or yard work?

I actually am in the process of hiring someone right now to help me with several projects around the house. It’s not yard work exactly but the old place needs a new front porch and new gutters. The chimney needs to be relined and reappointed. The whole place needs a fresh coat of paint and the masonry on our stone porch needs some help. Can you say home equity loan?

What makes you laugh the most?

I think lunch time with the church staff is the most hilarious time of day for me. We all work under such high stress levels that lunch time becomes the time of day we can really cut loose and release the tension.

You are probably thinking that a church job should not be stressful; After all, pastors only work one day a week, right? Well that is not really so, particularly in this cultural climate. People are hurting and in need and daily we deal with some pretty emotionally difficult situations. Being able to laugh keeps us going.

A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones. Prov. 17:22

What was your favorite food when you were a child?

Macaroni & Cheese with hot dogs.

List at least five favorite flowers or plants.

Wisteria

Lavender

lilac

lemon balm

lavender

sea rose

I could go on but these five will do.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to have had the privilege to perform my cousin’s wedding last week.Weddings usually make me so nervous but I was actually pretty relaxed through this one.

This week is going to be a little nuts. With the winter storm last night I lost a rehearsal for one of my concerts this week and the week was already tight as it was. I am looking forward to Sunday afternoon and the week being done.

 

Weekly Smile #13

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It is time once again for a weekly smile with Trent. If you have never read the weekly smile go to Trent’s blog HERE.

This week my smile is from Saturday. Our church hosted an Easter Egg Hunt and we had about 350 people come out to it. Fully half of those folks were from the surrounding communities. It was a great day of building community.

 

Share Your World 2016 Week 13

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Can you even believe we are 13 weeks into 2016? We have officially begun the second quarter of the year. Soon we will be half done!

We still have loads of questions to answer though before this year breathes its last.  Every week from here until 2017 Cee will ask us 5 questions. In answering them we, Cee’s contributors, are sharing our world.

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Here are this week’s questions and my answers.

Are you left or right handed?  

I am right hand dominant, but playing piano has strengthened the coordination in my left hand a bit.

If you had only one TV, would you prefer the TV in the living room or another room?

I do have only one TV currently and it is in the living room.

Have you ever participated in a distance walking, swimming, running, or biking event? Tell your story.

I once did a walk-a-thon for a ministry called Speed-The Light. That is a ministry which buys vehicles or equipment of any kind to help missionaries do their jobs. That is the closest I have ever come to what you would call long distance, and I don’t even really know how far I walked. I did laps around a track for about five hours.

Complete this sentence: Love is… .

patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:4-13

OK it may not be original but it is accurate.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am so grateful for a wonderful Easter weekend. Here are some photos from our various events….

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Easter morning worship

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter BBQ at Cornerstone

This week I am looking forward to performing my cousin’s wedding.

 

 

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