UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for joining!
I told you I’d do a giveaway, remember? And I keep most of my promises; this one was fun.
There is no reason for it otherwise – except that I like you and I like when you talk to me. So thank you. And enjoy.
To find a good gift for you, I went downtown to The Market House, which is an early-Meadville building with vendor space for makers and crafters. I like local flavor, so everything I chose was produced here, or at least in Pennsylvania. I bought four things I would be pleased to have. I hope you like them too. ❤
1. Happy Mug Coffee
My local people love Happy Mug. (If you’re local, I hope you join this giveaway. It would be fun to hand deliver to a friend.) This is 12 ounces of Guatemala coffee beans, roasted in Edinboro, PA, near me. I like the Renegade guy on the front and how grumpy-cool he looks, that’s why I bought this one. Roasted on 5/19/2022.
2. Skirted Soldier Tea
Twelve servings of hand-blended, loose-leaf artisan tea. This one is called Sailor’s Sunrise, with tropical fruity notes. Best served iced. The Skirted Soldier tea maker is headquartered in south central PA.
“Does not contain ammo”? Nice.
3. Wooden Sign
I thought it was great.
4. Pottery Bowl
This is a rough-made bowl, created by Froglegs Pottery, of which I cannot find even a whiff online. There were multiple lovely and whimsical and weird pieces by Froglegs in The Market House… I can only assume they are made by a very local artist who is shy. And scatterbrained. I love his or her lopsided, layered work. It would be a fun bowl to keep hair accessories in, or soap, or candy.
So here’s how we’re going to do it.
I’m going to choose two winners. The first gets three items, and the runner-up gets to pick either the coffee or the tea, their choice.
To join this giveaway, drop a comment below to tell me one thing about you that not many people know.
I’m not asking for deep personal secrets. RELAX, people. I’m talking about little things like your first kiss, a teenage mistake, a secret wish, small stuff like that. Wait, what? Okay, fine… Or the last thing you drank, or your favorite piece of clothing, or the next book you want to buy, or how you used to comb your hair when you were seventeen, or one of the baby names you liked but didn’t use, or the coolest place you visited long ago, or your dream job.
Anything you want. Easy as pie.
Enjoy!
This giveaway is open only to folks with a US mailing address. Sorry. Both winners will be chosen by random.org so I have someone to blame. Giveaway will be open one week, closing at midnight on Thursday, June 9.
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for joining!
When I was a kid, my dads pet name for me was ‘sis’.
My dad used to call me T-Bone when I was a little girl.
I wanted to use Allegra for a girl name but.. my husband’s neighbors had a dog named Allegra and we could hardly name a daughter after a dog, could we?! ????
And I wanted to name a girl Cecilia, since it’s a derivative of my name–but my husband liked Allegra.
my first born’s dad wanted to name him Ian…Ian was the name of my friend’s dog. NOPE
The last think I drank was a glass of homemade cold brew over ice, with caramel drizzle and a splash of french vanilla creamer. ????
How I combed my hair as a teenager?? The higher you could get the “puff” the better….
I always wanted to use the name George…but my husband was skeptical…now our 5th child (2yr) insists that his name is Georgie…so I got my George after all????
I dreamed of growing up and taking nurses’ training. That didn’t materialize so I love “doctoring” my children and reading all kinds of medical related books!
I love being organized! The reason most people don’t know it, is because my house rarely looks it!! I never have enough time to do it “perfectly”, so too often I let things slide:(
I hate to brush my teeth…it gives me the shivers. Don’t worry, I do still do it in spite of the discomfort.????
Passed a semi on crest of a hill and barely escaped being hit head on by a coming car!
My mother had a still-born baby sister named Edith. I was born on her birthday, November 26th, but my parents didn’t think about it until my birth certificate was finalized and they couldn’t change it. Otherwise, my name would be Edith! Instead, I have a younger cousin who was also born in November who is honored with bearing the name Edith.
For some odd reason as a teenager I chose ‘the troll’ as my signature on my text msgs. ????
I have fainted several times on long-haul flights. Not the funnest thing to happen to me=) Am also getting married in 70 days=)
I dream of vacationing to Ireland for our 5th anniversary this fall.
A week and a half ago we were blessed with a baby boy… and the part that most people don’t know… he had a knot in his cord.
I used to really squeamish n got light headed n sick on my stomach reading the 1st chapter of Your Pregnancy Week By Week. That abruptly changed for me n most people in my life would never guess it now cuz blood, caring for a deep cut, etc doesn’t phase me anymore.
Let’s see…
I wanted to use the name Joel for a son.
I am terribly insecure a lot of the time.
I failed my driver’s test the first time.
I scored multiple 99th percentile on standardized school tests.
I want to buy/read “Embodied.”
I am have no self control around chocolate chip cookies.
I loved the smoothies in Vietnam and Cambodia.
I wanted to use the name Joel for my son, also, and so I did. ????
Joel Christian was born in the van on the way to the hospital 23 years ago!! ♥️♥️
I love the name April but my last four have been boys, so tough luck.
Today is national donut day and I’m tempted to stop everywhere that offers free donuts and get myself some ????
I am currently attempting to potty train my almost 3-year-old. The last thing I did was start a load of laundry, and the last thing I drank was a strong cup of coffee.
My best antidepressant is lifting weights. But, it’s not something I can freely discuss with many Anabaptist women.????
I lift weights!!! And I used to be Anabaptist.
The last thing I drank was a large glass of iced meadow tea. I am somewhat of a perfectionist, yet I have a hard time attaining my high standards, so therefore my house doesn’t look it!????
I can identify! I don’t usually bother complaining to my mom and sisters anymore when my house is a mess because they say, “What are you talking about? What mess?” ????
When I was a young teen, hair “poofs” were all the rage, but my fine hair didn’t appreciate being asked to stand tall. So I used a plastic hair band to push it forward, and tons of hair spray to keep it poofy after I removed the hairband.????♀️ So much work for vanity’s sake.
Also, I fully intended to never get married, to travel the world, and to be a full time missionary. Three strikes…????
Minimalism inspires me! Getting rid of things feels so freeing.
The last thing I drank was a cup of coffee! Most people don’t know this as I’ve worked hard to overcome it but I’m naturally shy especially around people I don’t know! If I’m standing in corner in a crowd it’s because I’m trying to hide! ???? Baby names ohh quite a few but only because someone else took them ????
This is one of my two “must read” blogs, and this morning I decided I must go see Barbados before I die, and I have an obsession with safety and comfort which is not conducive to foreign travel.
We had our first daughter’s name picked out, then someone else took the name. So we changed it. With some difficulty:) Then that name got taken! Help! So we thought and thought and came up with another name. A week before she was born, that name got taken too. Blah! We had no energy and no ideas left at that point, so we decided to go with the name we had wanted in the first place:) Amy Brianna
It’s interesting how people and situations move and change. We haven’t seen the other Amy in many years…
I used to despise houseplants! Now, they make me so happy, and I keep wanting more????
Me too!
One thing in parenting that I haven’t second-guessed or changed my mind about is the names we chose. ???? In my worse moments I comfort myself that at least we did well there.
I get this. 🙂
I am almost 38 weeks pregnant…baby boy has the essentials except a name …we call him “Bob” since all our kids first pets where named Bob…the fish, the several cats that died or vanished….we need to buckle down and decide or at least pick a middle name that goes well with “Bob”……That 17 yr old hairsyle…slicked back, part in the middle , slight poof at the front.. classic for my age group then lol……now I wonder, would my husband notice if I tried my 17 yr old hair syle tomorrow?
I have tried my 17 yr old hairstyle (straight up from ears into large puff) and my husband did not like it! But I thought it made me look much younger????
My girls are fighting over two identical fishing rods and I’m stuffing my face with chips and salsa while reading this. The fishing rod dilemma and salsa inhalation may be slightly connected. ????
I always liked the name Gideon. We have 5 sons, no Gideon. Why? Because the Dad didn’t like that name. ????. Oh well, I didn’t like the name Clara. And we have 5 girls.
None is named Clara. ????
When I was in 4th grade, I sliced open the inside of my bottom lip and got 20 some stitches. No visible evidence on the outside, but there are lots of little pockets left on the inside. And that little “blip” you have in the middle? Mine is missing. Oh, and I’m missing a 12 year molar as well as all wisdom teeth. So my mouth is abnormal.
I want a book on all the weird places shopping carts have been abandoned. But the cheapest one I’ve found is $80. Tears.
This is very funny to me! Now I’m going to Google it and add it to my list. 🙂
This give-away looks everything happy!
I dreamed of visiting Switzerland ever since I was big enough to know anything about it but knew that was “unattainable” on my bucket list. The opportunity came & I went in 2017 and it was everything I imagined & more!
I am drinking a Celestial Seasonings herbal tea named Bengal Spice out of a mug that says Mama needs some coffee. Blue skies here in MN – it’s a lovely day!
Someday I want to write and publish a kid’s book, but even though I have taught many people to draw, I don’t particularly want to illustrate it.
I wish I could go to Switzerland.
I hadn’t been to the dentist for about six years, until I went this morning. It was as unpleasant as I remembered.
I would ALMOST rather give birth than go to the dentist. So traumatic! ????
As a little girl we lived in the North. There was a lovely marsh and a tiny floating island (that island was probably about 15 ft diameter and boasted a tree). It meandered its way around the pond in a few days time, depending upon the wind.
I ate almost a whole pan of pecan bars last week BY MYSELF. When one can’t normally eat baked goods because of a gluten & egg intolerance, its hard to have self control when you make something for yourself. ????
An unknown fact about me is that after finding your blog a couple years ago I binge read all your old posts. ???? I live by myself so there was no need to explain sudden laughter or wet eyes.
At 36 years old, I just listened to/read the Chronicles of Narnia and thoroughly enjoyed it!
What most people don’t know is l will attempt to hit a groundhog, opposum, etc. on the road while my husband will dodge to avoid hitting them! I call it righteous indignation because they ate my garden plants in the past! I’m a tender hearted person caring for injured animals generally and could never shoot an animal. ????
This morning I tried something new. My girls love anything coffee. And I love cold coffee drinks. Made cold brew coffee. Then blended coffee, milk, ice, avacado, vanilla, and maple syrup. So tasty n creamy!
Last drink I had was homemade iced coffee – taking sips in between customers going thru my register line at the grocery store.
Loved the personal touch from my dad years ago when I’d bring home my report card. A – awful; B – bad; C – careless; E – excellent; F – fine. He’d mix them all up – most of mine were awful and bad. His way of showing his love. ❤️
I have 2 irrational fears: getting shocked and being in a parking garage during an earthquake. I don’t generally do electricians work and neither do we live in an earthquake zone. ????
Just putting my little son Flint to bed at the moment. In about 10 weeks we are looking forward to another little boy joining our crew. We are excited to have two boys next to each other. Good buddies some day we hope!
I obviously would love to win as for the next few months I actually have a stateside address;) I loved choosing our children’s names and I still humbly think ours are the best;) I love too how their middle names show the progression of our lives from Pa to Alberta to China. And when we chose the name Cheyenne for our daughter I didn’t hear it anywhere in our circles but now I hear of many girls a bit younger with that name and I smugly think it’s because we started the trend;)
I do the same with Ezra’s name. It wasn’t even on the charts when we picked it but by the time we were looking for names for our next son (2 years later) it was near the top
A name I liked that my husband didnt agree on for our first son was Andre! probably to many of our ‘dutchified’ family would say it wrong! Our one car garage is to full of stuff to park our minivan inside!!
When I was a young girl in school, my classmates called me Queen Esther. I didn’t like it, but tried not to let them know. ????
I love to watch movies all by myself so I can cry or laugh or sleep without fear of judgement!:) and so I can see exactly what I want!
I’ve Thorton Burgess to thank, that I envy the buzzards and raptors, soaring on the updrafts!
i found a wonderful book: Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
didnt think much of vultures before I started reading it to the 4-year-old
I love the name Claire (for a daughter) but we can never use it, for my teacher-husband had a Clare (a boy) years ago as a student who according to my husband, was an otherwise admirable child but looked like a runner duck.
Even at my age, these type if questions, can make my heart pound and my palms sweaty! ????
And, I’m also not a good delagator.
A girl’s name I liked was Palmer. I unwisely suggested it to my husband while he was taking a shower and he misunderstood me. “Calmer??!!” he shouted. Poor Palmer never stood a chance… ????
Whenever I am asked to name something about myself, my mind goes blank.
I uncovered snake eggs in our lawn while mowing and I saved 3 of them and Hatched them in my House!!!
Not many who can handle that information!!????
After a busy morning of cleaning, I indulged in a foot soak using Dr. Teals Pink Himalayan Mineral Soak with pure epsom salt and bergamot and sweet orange essential oils. It smells so good and felt wonderful.
I secretly follow this blog and never comment because that would mean someone (especially someone I know) might read it!
I’m preparing for the birth of our third baby any day now and we plan to have our first home birth with her. Contrary to many people, I’m really anticipating labor and delivery with her!
I think sushi is overrated. Tbh, I haven’t tried anything raw, just fully cooked. Maybe I’d like the kind with raw ingredients? But first I’d have to get over a huge mental block. Raw fish? Shiver. 😀
Your giveaway looks so fun!
We adopted our little foster son this morning!
Congratulations!????Another adoptive Mom here.
Hurray! Yay for you!
I have this secret fear that someday I’m going to just go up and pull a fire alarm in a big building.
So funny. Since I graduated from HS I haven’t battled this one much, but it was a daily temptation and fear back in the day.
My dream job is to work as a software engineer at SpaceX.
Can you imagine writing code for rockets that can do this?
Also, I can see that you take my advice on giveaways very seriously. ????
Oh yes. I try hard.
Hoooold it! Programmed to re-land on site? Nice, son!
I’m firing you from your current job title as my manager (hope you enjoyed your sixty seconds), so your future is wide open. Go for it!
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My first name is Martha. Most every Marie I meet shares the same dilemma… it’s her middle name.
When I was a child, my family hosted Laotian refugees…2 families. I know some Lao words.
My favorite girl’s name sat unused for 22 years. Because I had only sons. Then we had a daughter 14 years behind our sons and I didn’t even use my “favorite girl’s name”. I named her something totally different.
With an 8th grade education I scored highest in the county on my GED test when I was 39 years old. My older brother was my only classmate through 8 years of school. I started school at 5 years old.
I was the former Miss PA Chester County Potato Queen
So you lost that role, and someone else became the new former Miss PA Chester County Potato Queen? ????
Unless you just mean you’ve given up mentioning it in public. Nonsense! I’m going to be repeating that happy title all day!!
I’m 29 and never have won a drawing/giveaway. ( I don’t care much but today I entered two so we’ll see what happens) I prayed desperately to win one for an American Doll (I forget which one) as a young girl. I prayed well passed the drawing date till my mom told me some other little girl needed it more. That made the landing slightly softer. After imagining a very poor girl’s face light up like sun as she received that rectangular box with a beautiful doll inside.
Something most people don’t know about me : I’m 1/64th Cherokee Indian on one side and some kind of Indian somewhere on the other side and proud of it. As a fair-skinned, strawberry blonde, blue eyed squaw the only way it shows is when I get into the untouched wilds I feel like I came home.
A giveaway is very motivating to comment and reading them is like eating party mix???? A very embarrassing moment for teenage me was sitting/leaning on a table after church in our church entrance and one end collapsed. The returned dishes on it from a baby meal or something slid down into me and everything got very quiet. ????????
The only gear I have is high gear and my husband is trying to teach me low gear for the betterment of my health.
As a child I went through a stage of being scared I would get kidnapped in broad daylight while shopping with mom in town, so I’d hold onto the side of the cart, much to mom’s annoyance. I grew out of it thankfully!????
One thing most people don’t know about me —
I climbed to the top of Mt Jefferson (elevation +10,000 feet) on a school field trip when I was in the 7th grade. At the end of the school year, my teacher signed my autograph book and wrote, “You made it to the top.”
(The autograph book part really dates me, doesn’t it?!????)
This morning I went out for breakfast. Got the largest pancake I saw yet, was as round as a dinner plate and at least 1/2” thick. First time I couldn’t eat a whole pancake by myself.
If my baby had been a girl, I’d have named her Ruby. ☺️
I learned to play the alto recorder at 46 years of age. I haven’t played in m any years now and at 61 I would love to pick it up again. But I’m also eyeballing the piano/ keyboard that is begging to be played.
I would love to tour Europe someday. The practical thrifty side of me screams at all the $$ it would take tho. It’s fun to dream tho and who knows one day it just might happen!!
You could save money by staying at our home in Germany for free ????.
I just played guitar while my dad played mandolin and it made both of us happy. (plus it’s always fun to impress one’s children) I played as a teen but have hardly picked up a guitar in the last ten years. We live in different communities so it’s a treat to enjoy a summer evening with my parents, especially when homemade icecream is involved.
My name is Judith/Judy.
My mom would sometimes call me Yehudi Menuhin – it had such a ring to it…
(Who was he? — “widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century” )
Judith in Hebrew in Yehudit.
In another lifetime I would have loved to be a Biblical archaeologist.
But my goodness, this life certainly isn’t boring since my role as mother/wife holds much adventure in of itself! ????
I find it disconcerting to eat while wearing glasses. First kiss? I trod heavily on the toes of my brand new husband.
Growing up I wished for a more common last name! And one that I wouldn’t have to spell to everyone! Somehow “Lang” would leave people guessing every time.
Well I got my wish 🙂 But sometimes I do have to spell it occasionally!
I am fascinated with anything that has to do with air travel. I dream of traveling to the ISS (International Space Station).
We have 3 boys and struggled with boy names. We had a well supplied list of girl names but never got to use them. If I would have had twin girls, they would have been Megan Joy and Mikayla Jalee.
My nickname is Murf and am called that by my family and close friends. Even my nieces and nephews call me Aunt (or Auntie) Murf.
My siblings called me Nerf, this being a corruption of Ferne, my middle name. I am now 39 but they still say, “Nerf.” reprovingly if I get too irreverent.
I dream of vacationing in Scotland.
Something not many people know about me…I actually enjoy cleaning and making things shine. The reason they may not know that? Life gets in the way of it sometimes. ????
I love the name Sierra, but we compromised with Sarah.
I love reading and cooking and just read Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl and loved it almost as much as Garlic and Sapphires. I also semi dislike sewing, people that don’t step out of their comfort zone and olives. And I say yes too often when I should say no.
Did I post this in my sleep? Last week I found Save Me the Plums in our local thrift store and I was so excited, because I loved Garlic and Sapphires so much. Ruth Reichl is the only person I know of who can make squid ink and sea urchin roe sound delicious.
I also hate both sewing and olives. But my name isn’t Rachel, it couldn’t have been me.
When I was a teenager I had a long list of things that I wanted in a guy and (ha ha) a long list of things I didn’t want. Now I’m engaged to a wonderful man who strangely fits both lists.
I wanted to name my first daughter Arden and paint her bedroom walls like a field of flowers, and on the door hang a sign that said Arden’s garden. My husband said no so she’s Carrie instead. Haha
The last thing I drank – Lapp Valley Espresso Drink – one of my favorites!
I took a nap this afternoon, and am enjoying a quiet house! Thinking about making an iced coffee! ????
We had our first boy’s name picked before he had even popped the question!! He said “we’re gonna have a boy and his name is gonna be Kirk” and so it was….
Reading golden age mysteries is one of my favorite ways to relax. ????
I had to learn the art of making great biscuits after I married a Southern man! The cuisine of the South is delightful all around.
My sister-in-law, a Tennessee girl, recently admitted that when she razzes me about being a yankee, she almost feels bad for me. She didn’t want to be too hard on me, ya know— “the poor girl from the north can’t help it.” But I only laughed. Whatever! She thought I would feel bad for being a Yankee? Which side did she think WON the Civil War? ????
I love this. I’m a Yankee born and bred who never gave the Civil War much thought. To me it was a war fought and lost a good century and a half ago, and what was the use of crying over it? But when I married a Southerner and transplanted to the South, I found out differently.:)
My dad bought me a dirt bike as a teenager and I loved riding. My son now has dirt bikes and I’ve been fun to resurrect that old hobby.
I wanted to name my second daughter Charlotte, but my husband got his choice: Abbey (he must have said “Happy March” – ha!). Then a month or so later Princess Charlotte was born and I was chagrined that I missed my opportunity to have a daughter the same age with the same name. Now, 7 years later, I have a darling little daughter named Charlotte – yay!
Most people don’t know that: I’ve never liked long bridges and if I have to stop on one for construction, well, let’s just say I breathe easier when my tires are back on solid ground again! As for names, I always liked Leah. My husband had unpleasant memories associated with that name from a girl he went to school with. I never got my Leah, but that’s okay! I understand why he didn’t want it! The giveaway looks super fun and the comments are quite entertaining. 🙂
my first kiss from my husband: he had driven us to the top of the hills overlooking the city by asking me to navigate. I said drive 17 blocks and turn left. we ended up in a notorious teenage parking spot. I had heard of it but didn’t know it was so close to my house. Anyway, he leaned in to kiss my cheek just as I turned to look at him and kissed my lips. He was so embarrassed that he took me straight home. Short date that was!
When we got married, we drove I90 from WA to get to Mt. Braddox PA
A fact not many people know about me- I remember the day I found out what my name was. My parents named me with a plan for a nickname and then it came time to go to school and no nicknames aloud! So I went to school without knowing how to write my name!
My next place on my bucket list to visit is Israel. ✈️
Red hair is not my favorite color for hair. There it’s out! (I’m a red head )????
Parted in the middle, Combed up the sides, with a ‘poof’ in the front…guess where I have the grayest hair! I believe I’ll hide my grayest sections by combing it differently!????
The last meal I ate was salad, fried potatoes, and grilled bison ribeye steak….all courtesy of my brother-in-law’s bison business. Yum!
The last thing I drank was an experiment. I added rhubarb juice to garden tea. It gave it nice fruity undertones and I think next year I’ll experiment with doing more things with rhubarb juice.
As a young girl, I despised being called Goldilocks! I had three older brothers and our last name was Bear! And I do not have golden locks! It’s probably good that I didn’t have another girl because I would have loved to name her Tillie after my great grandmother. Our only daughter is is named Jerrica which was not a common name in our circles, but now I know quite a few of them!
Did you know…..i apologize to my plants when I forget to water them.????
I had really blonde hair and I hated it when I was young because I always got called blondie or goldilocks
I am terrified and petrified of heights.
I’m a tomboy who loves excitement, is always up for a thrilling adventure, and dreams of skydiving, but heights is where I draw the line. But I don’t want people to find out what a chicken I am, so I hide it as best I can. Even went down a 40+ foot high water slide the other day.
So I understood why one of my closest friends was surprised when I admitted my fear. 🙂
I ate Belizean chicken, rice and beans, and fresh pico for lunch. Then I drank two cups of iced coffee which makes three cups of coffee total for today. (To be fair, I spilled most of one cup.)
Something many people don’t know is that we have recently decided to move to a new community…but we have no idea where. So it’s not exactly fun. We are praying for direction and trying to live one day at a time.
If there weren’t negative side effects (ahem, weight gain) I would eat chocolate ice cream every day!
I getting ready to take my son to pick up his first batch of honey bees.
As a lil second grade girl, I was quiet and shy (and in a new school), but when my classmates started talking about the warts???? they had, I proudly boasted, “I never had one.” Guess what?! I got one right on the edge of my lip that school term! And that was enough to make me sorry for my boasting! Thankfully, the dr could burn it off, but the lesson always remained!
PS. I can still see the spot very faintly if I look for it.
I’ve wanted to visit the Holy Lands for as long as I can remember. To walk where Jesus walked would be the ultimate trip, IMO. I have the money saved up but my better half doesn’t share the dream so it hasn’t happened yet. Should I just go without him??
I always wished to have a lil girl named Hadassah after my Biblical hero Queen Esther, doubly liked because my favorite grandma was named Esther. My husband did not share the sentiment… not liking the nickname Dassy.
Teenage hair was a “poof” only made possible by the magic of a hairdryer.
So admire minimalists, I aspire to be one while being sentimentally attached to so many things or have the problem of saying… “I might need it someday”:( (hate that about myself)
My Bocker (Beagle Cocker) dog, Zeke, is so awesome and he’s sleeping on my desk right now, just snoring away as I type!
Something few people know about me is that I clean and organize best when I’m dead tired… like just after getting back from a long trip.
The last thing I drank was a cranberry flavored LaCroix while sitting in the sun on a rare mother daughter get away. ????
I failed my driver’s test four times. I didn’t pass until my fifth try. ???? My excuse, I got a really grumpy instructor…
I failed 3 times. The 3rd time possibly because the instructor was a really heavy man n needed to adjust the seat way back so he could even crawl into the passenger seat, then he was fiddling n fiddling around trying to find the lever to tilt the back of the seat back farther, so finally I reached over n pulled it for him n he flipped over backwards!! NOT the best start to taking your driver’s test!
Most people don’t know that I’m horrible at mental math. They assume if I taught grades five through eight for six years straight, I should be able to pop the answer to any string of math facts.
When I say, “Dear me, that is not one of my strong points.” Their next words are as predictable as midnight. “Come on, I thought you were a teacher.”
Uh, I was….. uh..
I dream of teaching ESL again after my kiddos are grown up.
One of the most favorite places I have traveled to long ago is the Swiss town of Zermatt. And a secret wish is for the pieces to fall into place to have you over for a cup of coffee or tea.
I love the sensation of my little fingers fiddling with my hair. It’s so soothing that I make deals with my daughters…such as I will read 3 chapters out of your favorite chapter book if you will brush my hair. 🙂
Not to whine or anything, but I have a terrible track record when it comes to luck at winning anything.
I went sailing for the first time ever yesterday, and have been impulsively shopping for used sailboats ever since.
Chloe and Caroline are two names that I like but I haven’t convinced my husband to like them, and Chloe is already taken. When we named our second son Victor we didn’t realize we were naming him after his great great grandpa (yes I should know my ancestry a little better!).
My family lived in Southern Belize for 3 1/2 years when I was a little girl. We butchered a chicken every Saturday afternoon for our Sunday lunch of rice, beans and recaudo chicken. Chicken guts makes good fish bait! ???? 30 years later, I still like Belizan chicken for Sunday lunch and Marie Sharp’s hot sauce! Yum scrum!! ????
We had a girl name picked out for years but didn’t use it because we were blessed with boys. One year before our daughter was born the name was used within our family.. so we picked out another one and and wouldn’t trade it for our first choice now!
I like ketchup on the fried white of my eggs after I have relished the dippy yellow yolk with toast…Mmmmmm…..;)
???? The next book I would like to buy (but haven’t been able to find) is a book from my childhood called Julie’s Secret Sloth. I love to read and recently started a book blog. Check it out at mindisbookshelf.wordpress.com
I enjoy your blog- thanks for writing!
A random fact about me is that I do like deep-fried pickles, but not deep-fried Oreos.
Something most people may not know about me is that I think growing up on a farm is one of the best opportunities children can have.
I have a weakness for sour gummi candy. As much as my kiddos or more ????
I killed a snake in our backyard tonight. I might not tell a good friend of mine or she won’t come see me anymore. ????