Category Archives: Meme

4 Things Meme ~ Just “Four” Fun…

Time for some weekend Meme fun. Now we are off for some extended family fun with our Nephew’s wedding today! Blessings on your weekend.

A Meme “Four” You

I saw this at Cherish the Word and decided to play along with Myrna!

Four Jobs I have had in my life….

1. Office assistant

2. File Clerk

3. Elementary School Teacher

4. Housecleaning Business

Four Places I have Lived…  (I’ll do the places since I’ve been married)

1. West Los Angeles, California

2. Huntington Beach, California

3. Ventura, California

4. Bothell, Washington

Four Places I have been on Vacation….

1. Maui

2. London

3. Great Britain (Wales, Scotland, England)

4. Napa/Sonoma Wine Country Bicycle Tour

Four of my Favorite Foods…

1. Anything Russian my mother makes

2. Mexican food with good Salsa

3. Stews or thick hearty Soups

4. Bread! (in any form sweet or not)

Four Places I’d rather be right now…

1. In the State of Washington

2. At a Restaurant having Brunch.

3. In Great Britain

4. At a Cabin in the Mountains

Four Places I’d Rather Not Be…

1. In the desert.

2. At a funeral

3. In Traffic

4. In the Dark!

If you’d like to play please do and let me know if you do because I’d love to read your 4’s!

Photo Hunters ~ Curvy

Photobucket is holding hundreds of my photos hostage and that’s why you don’t see the original photos on this post.

 

I really would have liked to have had a photo of Lombard St. in San Francisco for curvy because when I think of curvy I first think of curvy roads. This curvy candle holder and sign give insight into my life. I am truly blessed and God has shed His Light into my life.

Happy Photo Hunting to you… and for more curvy photos go here.

Friday Feast #4 ~ October 5th

Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?

Probably a Seven. I get a lot of joy in buying gifts so I actually prefer other people’s birthdays.

Soup
What is one word you don’t like the sound, spelling, or meaning of?

Streptococcus – any of several spherical bacteria of the genus streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, species of which cause such diseases as tonsillitis, pneumonia, and scarlet fever.

Salad
Do you wear sunglasses when you’re outside?  If so, what does your current pair look like?

Yes all the time since I live in Southern California. Because I wear prescription eye glasses my sunglasses are not very cool. They clip onto my regular glasses with a magnet.

Main Course
If you were to write a book, to whom would you dedicate it?

I would dedicate it to the family members who really love to read, my daughter Katie and my husband.

Dessert
Name a beverage that you enjoy.

I enjoy a classic G & T, with a high end G!

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In Other Words Tuesday

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in HIS wonderful face,
and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, by the light of His glory and grace.”

~ Helen Limmel ~ 

 In considering this quote from Helen Limmel I thought of one of the first people who laid eyes on Jesus and truly understood who he was looking at.

Luke 2: 25-35 ~ “Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

What an amazing experience this must have been for Simeon. How wonderful for him that the Holy Spirit clearly taught him who this was and what an amazing privilege to be the priest that would bless the Messiah. I want to be like Simeon waiting on the Lord, looking to Him, living in His light and prepared for whatever the Lord wills. With the Holy Spirit’s help we can turn our eyes upon Jesus and understand more fully why we so desperately need a Savior and why His sacrifice was the only way for us to be saved. We see more clearly our total depravity and His perfect sacrifice for our redemption. When we understand this we look fully into His face.

We have a new host for Tuesdays In Other Words today so click on over to Lori’s at All You Have To Give to read more.

Alternate Name Game ~ Meme

 Another Light Hearted Saturday Post for your enjoyment!

 I saw this over at Lux Venit a while back and decided to play along…

1. MY ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car),
Green Neck Camry
 2.MY GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie),
Jamocha Oatmeal

3. MY “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name),
E-Bay

4.MY DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal),
Blue Hedgehog

5. MY SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born),
Moiseyevna  Los Angeles

6. MY STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first),
Bay-El

7. MY SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink),
The Green G & T

8. MY NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers),
Fedot Timofey

9. MY WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ),
Feoderovna Timofey

10. MY TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter),
Helms Havana

11. MY SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower).
Easter Tulip

12. MY CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Nectarine Jammie

13. MY HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree),
High Fiber Dogwood

14. MY YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”),
The Reading Sunset Tour

Feel free to copy and do your own.

What Season Are You? ~ A Meme

Saw this fun little quiz at Lisa Writes and Hiraeth and needed something light hearted to do…

Play along too and let me know if you do.

You Belong in Fall

Intelligent, introspective, and quite expressive at times…
You appreciate the changes in color, climate, and mood that fall brings
Whether you’re carving wacky pumpkins or taking long drives, autumn is a favorite time of year for you

What Season Are You?

Show and Tell Friday ~ Antique Cabinet

 

This was the first piece of furniture Dear and I bought after we were married. We bought it at the Antique Guild on Venice Blvd. in the old Helm’s Bakery Building in Culver City, California. The doors have leaded glass in them.

 The two middle compartments open with cool old keys. One of the compartments opens down to make a little desk. The bottom opens out. We paid $135.00 for it. I think now that I see all the clutter in it I might be doing a little reorganizing.

If you’d like to see more Show and Tell head on over to Kelli’s at There’s No Place Like Home…

Friday’s Feast # 3

 

Appetizer
How are you today?

Tired and full of heavy sighs as I recover from staying up late last night waiting to hear about my son’s status after going to the ER for a first time ever episode with Aphasia.

(Son was released that night, is doing well, and is having follow-up appointment with specialist and a couple more tests in the next week or so to try to determine what caused it)

Soup
Name 3 television shows you watch on a regular basis.

Survivor, CSI, Top Chef

Salad
What’s the scariest weather situation you’ve experienced?

Heavy rains that caused our area to be declared a National disastor area because of flooding which caused a huge landslide behind our 1st home in Washington. We heard a huge crash and watched a huge fir tree go dancing down the hill like something from Fantasia!

Main Course
If you could wake up tomorrow morning in another country, where would you want to be?

Oh this one is easy. Great Britain for sure….

Dessert
What do you usually wear (oops I didn’t copy the last two words) to sleep.

Jeans and a t-shirt. (my first answer) I really don’t wear jeans and a t-shirt to sleep 🙂

I wear one of those cotton t-shirt nighties…one size fits all sort of thing. Very romantic….

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In Other Words Tuesday ~

 

 

“If we could understand everything God does, then He’d have to be a small god–small enough to fit in our little minds.”~ Randy Alcorn ~

This quote kept sending my mind back to Job. So I decided the best response and “other words” would be to quote from this book that confirms over and again that we do not understand and comprehend our God with our limitations on this earth.

Excerpts from Job:

Job 38: 1-2, 4-5

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Job 40: 1-5

And the Lord said to Job:

Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

Then Job answered the Lord and said: Behold I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed not further.

Job 42: 1-6

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

The upside to this is that God teaches us how He wants us to behave even if we don’t understand Him fully or even partially, we do have His instructions to us about the way He wants us to behave. We need to respond in obedience to what He says and intructs us to do on this earth. We trust and hope in our future with Him where we will see Him as He is…

Romans 11: 33-36 ~

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”


 For more In Other Words head over to Finding Joy in the Morning…

Friday’s Feast ~My 2nd ~ September 21st, 2007

Appetizer
What is your favorite type of art?

I enjoy the Impressionists like Monet…

Soup
When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it?

My family was celebrating my niece’s birthday Saturday Sept. 15th at a wondeful restaurant in San Marino, California and my sister Lana picked up the tab for all of us.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how emotional are you?

I am probably a 6 in the world of emotions. I’ve become more comfortable showing my emotions as I’ve grown older. I’ll take a hanky with me especially at church because it seems this is where my tears flow easier. Oh and after I’ve had a glass of wine I cry easier, too. 🙂

Main Course
Approximately how long do you spend each day responding to emails?

Probably only about 15 minutes top…

Dessert
To what temperature do you usually set your home’s thermostat?

We like to keep the house on the cooler side especially at night. In California we like it at 72 degrees for air conditioning and 68 degrees for heat but we turn off the heat at night…

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