10 Years Ago:
I was living in a really funky, old, yellow house in good old 'nordeast' with great roomies. We painted the kitchen bright blue. We had very 'loud' orange counter tops to match and some retro tablecloths for curtains. There were three interesting, odd, crazy fellows that resided in the upstairs living space. We had neighbors named Bob and Bunny. Their teenage son dressed goth and had a habit of backing into our vehicles. Every once in a while we would trap a mouse with a pan (or we would scream loud enough for the guys living upstairs to hear and come to our rescue.) We hung on the stoop a lot. Our rent totaled a whopping $400 a month. Divided by 4 that's a pretty killer deal! Our landlord gave us gift certificates to a hole-in-the-wall steak place every year for Christmas. This may have been around the time I came home from class one day to find a school bus had run into our house. Really. Truly. So, anyway, besides that, I was a junior at Northwestern and I think at about that time I retired from the Cross Country team. I also at that time retired my obnoxious bangs and layered t-shirts. I had a deep down crush on someone (I won't mention any names), but started dating someone else from....dare I say it....Bethel.
Things to do on my TO DO list for today (or tomorrow morning):
*Finish putting laundry away.
*Talk to Jenna about food for our small-group-to-the-cabin excursion this weekend.
*Call Molly
*Do Fire and Reign Bible study before the weekend.
*Give Jeneva a bath.
*Cancel Jude's Physical Therapy appt.
*Figure out what's for dinner.
3 of my bad habits:
*Obsessively checking my e-mail.
*Jumping from task to task rather than focusing on one thing at a time.
*Hitting the button on my answering machine so that it stops blinking and then forget to listen to the message and return the phone call.
If I suddenly become a Billionaire:
I would pay off our loans and mortgage and put enough away for our children's education and for our retirement.
I would pray that pride and greed would not enter my life, because of this truth in Scripture:
23Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Matthew 19: 23-24
I would want to keep enough to live comfortably and modestly, but not lavishly. I would like to give a lot of it away and find creative ways to bless people. I would also like to travel with my family and re-decorate my house. I really have to check my heart on this one. I guess I would REALLY have to pray about it and ask God for wisdom and guidance. I would probably help to support organizations such as: Robbinsdale Women's Center, Desiring God, Here's Life Inner City, Hope Academy, Gospel for Asia...5 jobs I've had:
*Cheese Factory
*Walgreens cosmetics---you know me and makeup!
*ACR Homes (group home for people with physical and mental disabilities)
*2nd grade teacher
*Cutting hair for a wee bit of cash in the laundry room at NWC.
6 things people don't know about me:
*I was born with 6 fingers on one hand (passed that trait along to my son)
*I love to read, but rarely finish books.
*I like to eat the heart and gizzard from a chicken (yes, fully cooked)
*I have fat ankles (really, ankle bracelets don't fit)
*I've been to Montana 6 times.
*I like pants. I like to buy pants. I like jeans. I always notice what kind of pants others are wearing. If I go shopping because I need new shirts, I will probably come home with a pair of pants instead. (You can add that to the billionaire question. Yes, I would buy more pants)
Okay, that wasn't so bad. I am going to tag...Shari
3 comments:
1. i can't imagine you have large ankles. you are very tiny.
2. i should stop wearing the same pair of pants every time i see you. (or rather, i should stop wearing the same 3 pairs of pants.)
3. i'd like to mention that you only have five fingers on each hand...just in case anyone is wondering...
4. i forget, but i'm glad you did it...i learned a lot about you.
I learned TONS about you, too!!
Really, Tiff... heart and gizzard? c'mon.
I'm with Jenna. you can not have fat ankles. im-possible.
Speaking of pants, have you cracked out those cute Abercombie capris that I gave you when you were preggers? I want to see you in them and live vicariously through you. I loved those jeans, miss them... *sniff* and I fantasize about actually fitting into them again some day. Ain't happenin' but a girl can dream.
I echo Jenna, I should also stop wearing the same pants every time I see or everyday would work too.
Where in Montana did you go?
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