Remembered...

Last, final question!!  What a relief to get to this point!  10 things  5 things I would like to be remembered for...
1 - I would like to be remembered for my honesty.
2 - I hope people would remember how I encouraged them and gave them good advice, not popular advice.
3 - I would like people to remember that I love God and His house.
4 - To remember that I did not worry about too much and they should follow suit.
5 -  And I really thought this question was going to be a breeze... I can't think, my brain seems to have shut down trying to answer this one.  Have no regrets, I didn't.  I made my choices, which allowed me to enjoy so many great things. These choices also meant I could not pursue other things I desired.  Do not dwell on what you can not or should not have.  Love LIFE because remember I did.

 I wanted to add my sweet sister Kelli's comment to the blog.  You rock Kelli, I love you.
You will be remembered for SO MUCH MORE! Your hugs, your enthusiasm, your grace, understanding, willing spirit, bright-mischevious-blue eyes, your fabulous hour-glass figure (and the amazing heart that is in it!)your empathy and the list goes on. (I have to do my own writing!) Much love to you, Julie!

Misunderstanding...

What do people misunderstand most about me?  I know there are a few things that people misunderstand or I guess assume about me that are incorrect.  One thing I think some might assume about me is that I have nothing going on in my life to be unhappy or troubled about. Due to the fact that I am rarely in a bad mood or act as if there is anything wrong.  I can see how that assumption is made.

(Disclaimer: right now life is good, I am not saying there is anything wrong! Just answering this question!)

I am an excellent listener, I think I am an excellent friend, and I hate to see anyone upset or sad, so I give advice, encourage, and help in anyway I can. I rarely take my own advice, go figure, and I rarely share my own problems with others.  I have always been this way.  Most of you will never know until after the fact as to what I would be struggling with in my life or circumstances that trouble me.  Even if you know I might not quite be myself, I will most likely not share as to why. I do not worry about a lot of things so there is not a plethora of issues that cause me grief.  But occasionally I do get upset or sad or disturbed about things or circumstances.  I am very easily hurt, physically(that's for you Lacey, lol) and emotionally.  I hide it well, but occasionally there are a few people that pick up on the fact that I am just a little 'off' (Not the people I expect to be so observant, strangely enough).

I also think that some might find me a little 'too much'.  That I might seem to try a little too hard to be friendly.  Truth is I am not trying. I genuinely care about the people in my life.  I enjoy relationships with people the most, so I am not asking how your day went to be polite,  I want to know and see if you need an encouraging word or hug  :)  You are valuable to me!!

What is my Love Language?

Well, if you spend any time with me, you will soon find out that my love language involves you.  :)
I feel loved and valuable by those who take time to spend with me.  Gifts are good, you could take me out for a great date, you could clean my house and organize my closets, you could pamper me and be at my beck and call, but none of these things would mean as much to me then you spending some quality time talking and laughing, being serious or funny with me.  I have many different people in my life who do not speak the same love language as me and I sometimes find it difficult to understand their love languages, but I try.
To make me happy does not cost a lot of money, I am not high maintenance in that department.  I do require quality attention time.  Which, I have found, is for some a lot more difficult than giving an expensive present.  It is not about the quantity of time, it is about the quality of time.  My family and friends, the people in my life, near and far, that is where my heart is kept.  It is bed time for me.  Until next blog. (In case you do not know what that is, a blog, and you are reading this... it will be the next entry on this page.  You know who you are.  lol)

Favourite body part...

Well, I think this is, sort of, an inappropriate question but I really want to get onto the rest of these questions so I can, in unJulie like fashion, say I have accomplished writing out the answers to all of these 30 questions. I know there are a couple I did not answer but I might at the end. I simply did not feel were really relevant or any of your business or not interesting to me.  So my favourite part of my body is, hmmm, I am going with legs.  Through out this running thing, I have appreciated them more and I think I have always had great, short legs.  Lacey, you and I both know what I else I could have put but I just can not bring myself to write it down.  lol

Worldly notion

I think there are many worldly notions I would not agree with.
The one that crosses my mind now is the notion that God makes or/and lets bad things happen when He obviously could have stopped them from happening because he is God.
The only way this argument is valid is if you take away everyone's freedom of choice and He makes us all robots that obey His every command.  Because if He takes away one person's ability to drink and drive, to cheat on their spouse, to create a disease, He can not limit that to one person.  He is a fair and perfect God so everyone either gets the right to choose or no one does.  The "bad" things are a result of living in a world that is imperfect and fallen.  The things that are not of God that hurt a person are not always a direct consequence of what that person has done. Although it is true you reap what you sow, sometimes you reap the fact that you live in an imperfect world.  My thoughts for this question.

#25, skipping #24.

Anyone in history, who would I have dinner with and what would we eat.

Hmm, Kind of a tough one.  I could answer this same question for the next ten nights in a row and not give you the same answer each time.  But for tonight, I would enjoy sitting down to dinner with Albert Einstein.  I recently read a story about him and one of his teachers. Thought it was stellar.
SO anyways, we would definitely have chicken of some kind because a man that smart needs protein, and we would have some weird rice from the asian market because he would always be up for trying something new, and well, he would enjoy asparagus with a tiny bit of olive oil because really who wouldn't?  I am  not feeling 100% tonight so if I read this tomorrow and want to change it... I might.  Hopefully i feel closer to 100 % in the AM.

Hobbies

List your top 5 hobbies and why you like them.

  Okay.  Not the most exciting question.  Maybe I can make my hobbies sound exciting... doubtful.

I recently took up running and have surprisingly, both to myself and everyone else on the planet, found it to be very enjoyable and beneficial.  Unfortunately the snow and weather are a slight hinderance for taking my usual tour of Snake hill:(  I can see that winter will be cutting my running down to nil... Guess I will have to think of something else to occupy that chunk of time until spring.

Can visiting be a hobby cause that is definitely one of my very favourite pastimes.  Actually, I just spent  a few evenings with a certain friend's mother who has given me a few good details about him. Haha.  There really isn't a comparison to quality time spent with those who are dear to me.  Which, let's face it, I find all of you quite valuable and close to my heart:)

If a hobby is something one does a few hours a day every day, Monday through Friday, then driving could be one of my hobbies.  I drive to work every day, an hour to and an hour back.  It is quite nice.  I am liking the quietness of those precious hours where I can sort through me day, my soul and find a balance for the people and things in my life.  It is like being forced to evaluate the day to come and the day that has just recently occurred.  I get to listen to the music or podcasts or reading I want to.  As much as I love people, I need some alone time too.

I like to read, rather I like to devour books.  I will stay up until the early hours of the following day to read a book.  I kind of get lost in the characters and the story.  I tend not to read too often just to insure the sanity of my husband and household.

I used to collect pencil sharpeners. Haven't thought of that in years.  My little hobby of collecting any and every kind of pencil sharpeners.  My favourite ones were the metal ones that had the copper colouring.  Liked them a lot.

Well, I gotta catch some ZZZZZ. Night world.  :)

#22

July 8th was the last time I posted anything on here.  I was quite done answering the questions on the list so I kinda gave up on the blogging.  I felt the need to start again so here I am.  Of course I will link this to my Facebook for you Jennifer, so you can get to it and read it if you want.  I could just scrap the rest of these but I want to finish them now.  So...


These are the questions that were on the original list:
1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrasing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

If you have made it to this page, I am certain you can go back to find the answers to the first 21 questions. Now I am at #22.

Future thinking, hmm.  I recently just changed jobs as most of you know so my 5-15 year (work)future looks much different than it did a month ago.  I am excited as to what this opportunity holds for me.
I think the best years are yet to come in all aspects of my life.  My life with my family, the boys continue to grow into little men. I see my failures and the victories I have achieved as a mother, as a role model, as a wife to their dad.  I can not change the past but pray that as we move into the next 5 years, they understand the love I have for them, the love God shows them everyday through people and circumstances.  10 years from now... that is not as far away as I once would have thought.  I ask God for those days to be filled with much laughter and surrounded with love.  I am not naive enough to hope for a storm free life.  I want to be able to navigate those waters with integrity and wisdom.  Taking the council I need from my God and Rock. Advice from solid people that tell me what I need to hear not what I want to hear as well.  15 years from now I think my life will be much different then what it looks like now. The boys will have stepped out of the house, both adults, on their own living a life that is completely of their own choices and decisions.  A little scary to think of that right now but it is bound to come.  I hope that they will always feel comfortable coming to me or to Troy for advice and help if they need it.  As for myself, I long to do a little more travelling in the future.
With those few things said, tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone! So I try to live today, in the moment, plans and future thinking, yes, but not to obsess over it.  To know where I have come from but not to live in those past mistakes or successes.  God has my path all laid out for me, I just really want to follow it with out too many long cuts:)