1. I have a tattoo on my left side right above the butt cheek.. Yes, I got this at the age of 18 and had always wanted one. I don't see it very often and forget most of the time I even have one.... until my husband let's me know that it stands for "stupid white girl". Well, it doesn't.... it is a Chinese symbol that stands for friendship that I got with a good friend in college.
(Like I said hold nothing against me-I usually don't share these stories or should I say life lessons)
2. I got arrested when I was 19 as well. I got a PI (public intoxication). Most of us did a little drinking when we were in college but most of us didn't get caught. Well I did and I have talked about it more then I ever wanted to since this adoption process started. I had to talk with every agency we looked into, our social worker, and even had to type up a letter. Well we do have consequences even 11 years later. I am forgiven for all those crazy days and I am so blessed that God saw me through them.
3. I dated my husband for 5 years before marriage..... but..... most of those 5 years were off... We broke up all the time. We went to separate colleges so it was always just to hard to be away and not fight all the time. Well I was a little crazy back then and don't even get me started on Jeremy. Anyways... I knew I would marry him it just took us a while to get it together.
4. I have gotten stuck in an elevator not just once but twice and did I mention....I hate closed in places. The first time I was about 11 and with 3 other friends. It took about 45 minutes to get us out and by this point I was hysterical. Finally we got out and I lost it... I still hate elevators.
5. I have so many fears... fear of flying, heights, elevators (see #4), bugs (yes any bugs) especially June bugs.. They are huge, loud, and stick to you............YUCK!!! I have to pray for this often. You can pray for me as well.
6. I can also do the splits and have pretty good high kicks as well. (Thanks Jerri-I took this idea from you.) I loved dancing in high school and was on the CCHS dance team all 4 years. I wish they still had a hip hop classes for adults here in Hoptown. I would be on that in a minute.
7. I love photography and would love to have my own business. I would love to own a children's store with clothes, place for tea parties, and do some photography on the side only for children. Maybe one day...
Thanks for letting me share and I hope you learned a little something new but like I said don't hold it against me about the first 2..
I tag.......
1. Tara Reynolds
2. The Beavers (either Joe Dan or Laura)
3. Nikki
4. Jeremy (My hubby)
5. Sorry guys that is all I have that haven't been used already.... Let me know if anyone is reading this and wants to be tagged. I still have 3 more to do.
Have a TERRIFIC God Filled Tuesday, Rhea Anne
5 comments:
Since technically our family blog is my wife's gig, I'm going to respond to your 'tag' here. I'll try to talk Laura into responding separately in her (our) blog. That should count for one more of your seven. Be warned, I’m long winded. This is one of the many reasons I can’t/don’t/shouldn’t blog.
Here goes - you asked for it:
1. Tattoos. I also have a tattoo. I got mine the spring semester of my sophomore year at WKU. It's a blue ichtyus on my lower back.
Ichthys (ΙΧΘΥΣ, Greek for fish) is an acronym, a word formed from the first letters of several words. It compiles to "Jesus Christ God's Son Saviour", or in ancient Greek "Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ"
For the record, my parents didn't find out I had a tattoo until we went on a family vacation with them in 2006.
2. Names. Back when I was born, I guess ultrasound technology wasn't sophisticated enough to identify the sex of your baby in utero. That being said, my parents had boy names & girl names picked out ahead of time. If I had been a girl, Mom was going to name me "Faye". No disrespect to my parents (my Dad's middle name is Faye), but I'm glad I was a boy.
See also my comments on Tara's blog regarding her pending ultrasound.
3. Sideburns. Yep, I have 'em. I've had them when they were in style; I've had them when they were out of style. I had 'em before Luke Perry & the original 90210 and I've got 'em now that the show has made a comeback. (I think my sideburns will probably outlast ‘90210’)
I've had sideburns for as long as I've been physically able to grow facial hair. I can’t explain it, either. I didn’t make a decision to start growing sideburns. I just looked at the mirror one day and there they were. They’ve been there ever since. I've had them for so long, I don't think I would look right without them. I think it's more of the Sampson thing. If I cut/shaved my sideburns, I might lose all my super-human powers & strength.
4. Beards. Speaking of facial hair, three times in my life I have grown out my beard. Okay, in actuality I can’t really grow a true ‘beard’. It’s more like a chin strap made out of facial hair. Kind of like an extension of the aforementioned sideburns. I did it the first time while I was home for the summer my freshman year of college. That same summer, I was mistakenly identified as Amish by some disgruntled parents at a little league baseball game I was umpiring in Marion, Ky. True story. I’ve since grown the beard back two times, but only once since I’ve been out of college. The last time I sported the ‘chin strap’ was back in the winter of 2005. Who knows, maybe I’ll break it out again some time soon . . . . .
5. Hand writing. I can’t really write in cursive. I think it was second grade that they taught us how to write in cursive and that’s probably the last time I did it regularly. I know for a fact there are letters I that I just don’t remember how to write cursively now - for example, z, y, q, x, k, u & v. The same is true for lower case printing. While I do know how to write all the letters in lower case, I don’t write that way.
The only thing left is ALL CAPS and that’s the way I write, or print really. In all honesty, it’s not as annoying as it may sound. I think my penmanship is actually quite nice and definitely not as obnoxious as the folks that email, post messages, etc. IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. My writing style is similar to normal printing. The first letter is capitalized and the subsequent letters of the same word are smaller - just like lower case letters - but they are capital letters instead of lower case letters.
Again, I’m not sure exactly why I started doing this, but I think it has something to do with watching my Dad. He’s got absolutely the most remarkable penmanship I’ve ever seen. He can literally write out sentences and you would think it came from a printer or typewriter (sidebar: Do people still use typewriters?). I think seeing that impeccable hand writing inspired me to imitate it. Imitation truly is the strongest form of flattery.
6. Political Aspirations. While we’re talking about my Dad, another thing most folks (including him) don’t know about me is that I do have a secret ambition of following his footsteps into politics. Dad served on Princeton’s city council for several years and was Mayor of Princeton for a couple of terms as well. While I don’t have national or really even state aspirations, I think that some day I’ll run for a local, public office. I’m not sure exactly what or where just yet, but some day people somewhere will be able to cast a vote for Joe Dan Beavers.
7. Criminal Record. Okay, I really don’t have a criminal record, but I almost got arrested the first time Laura & I went out together. We were on campus at WKU and one of the WKU policemen came up and asked us for IDs. I had both my driver’s license and my WKU ID, but Laura didn’t have her purse with her and didn’t have any form of ID with her. The policeman thought that she might have been under age and immediately asked if her parents knew where she was. She assured the officer they did, but he demanded her home phone number and called them on the spot. He asked her parents if they knew their daughter was out with some 21 year old college student named ‘Joseph’ (per my driver’s license). They said they were aware, but were curious what their daughter did to warrant a phone call from the police.
For the record, we really weren’t doing anything at all. There’s a parking garage in the middle of WKU’s campus and you can park on the top floor, which is literally the open air roof. We parked my car up there and were sitting on the hood looking out at campus and talking. It’s actually pretty cool and I would recommend you check it out the next time you’re in Bowling Green . . . . . except apparently you’re not supposed to hang out up there. That’s why the cops showed up and wanted to know why we were there.
Just to make sure we’re all clear - Laura was 18 at the time and I was 21. She just looked younger than she was and the police officer didn’t believe her when she told him how old she was. His parting words of advice to us: Never come up here again and (to Laura) always have your college ID and your driver’s license. No one will ever believe you’re eighteen years old.
I enjoyed your list! I also have a tatoo, do not like elevators b/c I am clostriphobic (sp?) and am TERRIBLY afraid of bridges!! Now why couldn't I have thought of those things when I was posting?? This was hard!! I hope you are having a good week at school. October was always long for me! Prayin' for ya! Love, Shanan
GREAT list!! Those were definitely random things that I had no previous knowledge about you! I am sure if I gave it any thought at all, I could come up with 7 MORE things, but TOO much knowledge it probably NOT a good thing! Thanks for being a good sport and doing it! It was fun to read!! Jerri
Joe Dan is too funny, I love where he put his list. Well, I guess i will play this game, but i don't have time right now! Plus, I am too fast for you anyways, you wouldn't catch me. :-)
too funny...no one judges you on the past...we've all been there...Thanks for your sweet comment this week, kristi
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