I thought we would have a little fun here on the blog and do something different. So are you game? I thought we could get to know each other a little better. So I wrote up a list of 50 random things about me.
But here is what I need from you.
When you have finished reading my list, I would love to have you leave me a comment and tell my a thing or two about you. Maybe we have something in common? Leave a comment here or on Facebook and let’s have fun getting to know each other.
Even though we are across the internet, we can take this opportunity to connect.
50 things you might not know about me
- I love people watching at airports and public places.
- I can’t read with noise going on around me.
- I am not much of a smart phone user. I have one, but don’t like the distraction.
- I have lived in Africa and Lebanon and moved all over as a child.
- My Dad was a Bible teacher and I grew up a missionary kid.
- I was born in Dallas TX, and love Mexican food!
- I stayed in the castle of one of the in-real-life Von Trapp (Sound Of Music) sisters in Austria.
- I have been in a real pyramid in Egypt.
- I lived in an Airstream trailer as a child. Does that make me vintage?
- I have been creating some kind of art with my hands since I was a little girl and don’t plan to stop.
- I learned how to “rise to the occasion” from my grandmother.
- I have learned how to “take the lemons of life and make lemonade” from my mom.
- I am not athletic or competitive.
- I hate math and bookkeeping.
- My husband is my biggest cheerleader.
- People used to say I looked like a blonde Marie Osmond when I was in high school.
- I was born singing. I wake up with a song in my head every morning.
- I have a thirst for knowledge, and want to instill that in my kids.
- The day I stop learning is the day I die.
- I love color and color theory.
- I am a perceiver and feel deeply.
- I like the excuse to get dressed up once in a while.
- I crave sunshine in the Northwest winters.
- I wish I could wave a magic wand and have all my house projects done.
- My first business was making handmade jewelry with my mom and our first client was Nordstrom.
- I am a moody writer. The inspiration has to hit and the atmosphere be right.
- I have this blog to inspire others in their homes and hearts.
- I have a hard time with boring routines. Um exercise? Really hard.
- I forget to take vitamins.
- I was homeschooled when no one homeschooled. There were two curriculums available.
- I love to cook and bake as an act of love to my family.
- I get a thrill from teaching my kids and nurturing their minds.
- I can’t sleep when I get new ideas. I get a lot of new ideas.
- I fill notebooks with ideas.
- I have two babies in heaven.
- I was a ballet dancer.
- I was a dental assistant before I had kids.
- I am a sucker for romance movies and my husband will watch them with me.
- Favorite fiction writer is Karen Kingsbury.
- I have a hard time finishing a non-fiction book.
- The highlight of my dance career was performing in Disneyland at age 13.
- I love celebrating life’s small events and simple joys.
- God is teaching me about contentment.
- I don’t like big groups or big parties.
- My idea of a good time is a talk over coffee with a friend–you want to join me?
- I love a new challenge–my latest is to live debt free.
- I can’t help but encourage others and share ideas.
- I have overcome tragedies to find triumph.
- I am sometimes misunderstood for being serious, but I love to be silly too.
- My childhood nickname was Neecy.
I hope you learned a little bit more about me, and now remember it’s your turn. Be sure to leave me a comment and tell me a thing or two about you.
And now it’s also time for our weekly link up…
Life In Bloom Link Up
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Let’s bloom together!
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Denise, I think we were separated at birth. You got to see the world, and I was stuck in Illinois! Seriously! Yes to people watching, not athletic, hate math, husband is biggest cheerleader, thirst for knowledge, love color, perceiver who feels deeply (although I’m not always sure that’s a good thing), pass me the magic wand when you’re done please, one baby in Heaven, big groups scare me, people think I’m really serious but I’m just too shy to show them my silly. One addition ~ my dream is to be a published novelist. I’ve written two novels and am working on my third, working on connecting with other writers and agents. Great post!
Meghan,
Thank you for sharing more about you. Its nice to hear more about you, and appreciate seeing your face and sweet comments show up here often. I can’t wait to hear more about your dream of publishing.
God bless you, and thanks again for letting me have a peek into your life.
Denise, I loved learning all this about you! I am an introvert but it has been a long time since people have called me “shy”. I grew up on an almond farm, in Northern California, and I forever delight in the smell of dirt, the crunch of gravel under work boots, and the sound of metal sprinklers against tree trunks, in the summer. I love to read and laugh and write and run. I have trouble relaxing in the evening, like I should and I need to read more works of fiction. Love to you, friend! Thanks for this beautiful invitation!
Jennifer,
How fun to learn more about you. I feel like I know you, and yet we haven’t ever talked except for a quick bathroom hello last year. You are a dear person with a beautiful heart. Thank you for being such an encouragement to the online community, and for letting me know more about you.
You bless me.
Loved getting to know you better Denise! My husband is also my biggest cheerleader–not only does he let me do what I do, he encourages me to… such a treasure!! I cracked up that someone I look up to voiced outloud that they had a hard time finishing non-fiction books. (Me Too!!!) I know “leaders are readers” and “good writers are good readers first,” but I seriously struggle to finish non-fiction. (Of course I have the opposite problem with fiction, I read it in one sitting)
xo
Ahhh Amanda, yes us fiction readers can unite and cheer each other on. Thank you for stopping by and sharing more about you. May God bless you in all you do. You are special
I loved this post, how fun! My life seems boring compared to yours. Now I want to call you Neecy.
Well…some things about me.
1. I am very shy until you get to know me and then I don’t stop talking.
2. I have been interviewed on television twice.
3. I won the world’s largest valentine.
4. I have one baby in heaven.
5. My childhood nickname was Baby Doll.
6. I spent a summer as an intern in Los Angeles with and urban ministry program when I was in college.
7. I was a cheerleader in highschool.
8. I’m writing a book about my life experience with cancer.
There~
That’s me.
Oh Shari,
What a great list. Thank you for sharing more about you! I love it. I can’t wait to read your book. You have been such a sweet encouragement to me, and I appreciate all you give from your heart in the midst of your current trials. You inspire me.
Karen Kingsbury definitely falls into my fave category as well.
I’m always up for a challenge as well, I must some times think I can rule the world the way I take on things!
I sure enjoyed reading your list!
Kendra,
Ah… yes we love Karen. Good fiction–a good story to escape in. It’s fun isn’t it? Thank you for stopping by and participating in my fun day.
God bless you.
1.I am completely your twin on #2.
2.We part ways on #40 but you would be a twin to my daughter with #39 & 40. I haven’t read a fiction book in over 18 years. I love reading biographies of missionaries and well known Christians and women’s Christian books like stuff by Beth Moore, Lysa Tuerkerst (probably spelled that wrong) etc. My daughter thinks I am nuts for not reading fiction.
3. #45. Absolutely!! if you are at Allume this year we should have a cup together!!
4. I haven’t sung at Disney but I have performed at the Kennedy Center in D.C.
5. I have a piece of the Berlin Wall and have been in East Berlin… when it was East Berlin.
6. I have been 3/4 of the way around the world (only missing what is between East Berlin and Hong Kong.
7. I have been blogging for 3 1/2 years.
Sharon,
So happy to get to know you better. Thank you so much for sharing more about you! I won’t be at Allume this year, but hopefully I can take a rain check on that cup of goodness and fellowship another time. You are such a kind heart, and I have appreciated sharing this online community with you over the last couple years.
I pray God is healing your heart and bringing you joy and blessings these days.
I don’t like big groups either! My husband is always trying to have parties at our house:) I hate math. And I love to chat over coffee. Enjoyed learning more about you!
Oh good we have a lot in common. We could have a party of two!
Thanks for coming by and joining in community.
1. I love to look at cookbooks.
2. I do not like to try new foods(kind of funny that I like #1)
3.I love to decorate with country things.
4. I love my dog!
5. I love to walk.
6. I read many blogs.
7. I love to watch the Housewives of NY, NJ and Orange County.
That is cool- I like to look at cookbooks too! and… you like decorating. We would get along fine!
Thank you for letting me know more about you Janet, and may you have a great day!
You probably know more about me than you care to.
Love ya bunches – I’m glad we are alike in so many ways!
Lori,
Knowing you and being friends is a blessing, I pray God’s abundant blessings over you and your family. You are a sweet friend.
God bless you!
Denise~ What a fun post! So great to get to know who you are a little better. I’m just like you when it comes to blogging- I too have to be inspired! You are going to Allume right? We should connect! God Bless your day!
Thanks Angie for coming to get acquainted more. Unfortunately I won’t be at Allume this year, but I have no doubts that we will meet up somewhere in the Great Northwest.
Have a wonderful day!
Loved the fact that you lived in Africa (where exactly) I’m currently living in Botswana…and loved the fact that you love Mexican food! I’m a Mexican
Love your blog!
Remain blessed!
Angie,
I lived in Kenya. Nice to meet you Angie. Thank you for stopping by to get to know me more.
Have a blessed week!
Loved this, Denise! So much fun getting to know more about you…just makes me love ya that much more! Inspiration works the same for me…I wish it came easier, because time for writing is often scarce
Love you and I know that if *one day* I get to sit down and chat with you face to face, the conversation will be rich and sweet!
Ashlie,
What you are doing with little ones and your precious one on the way, that time is the best time you can spend. The writing and inspiration will come when the time is right.
Yes I pray we can meet some day in real life, because you are such a sweet inspiration to me, and I agree it would be a sweet time for sure.
May God give you peace and joy.
Great idea! It’s great to get to know some things about you.
1. I am very shy and quiet, except over computer and text.
2. My kids tell me that I clean when I talk on the phone, but I don’t realize I am doing it.
3. I am a clean freak and like my house in order, but with a family of six and many pets, that takes a lot of work.
4. I was homeschooled growing up and now homeschool.
5. I a very close to all of my family.
6. I am part beach girl and part country girl. My ideal home would be with the front door opening to the wide open country and the back door opening over the beach.
7. I am very nostalgic.
8. I am horrible at English, spelling and writing, yet God has called me to be a writer.
Jenifer,
I would have never guessed you were shy! That is amazing how a computer can help us be braver and more out-going. Reading your list, we have a lot in common, and it would be a delight to meet you someday.
Thank you for your encouragement online and to women,
Have a blessed week : )
Our upbringing sounds quite similar! My dad was a pastor and missionary also, and I lived in Russia and visited quite a bit throughout Europe as a teenager.
Wow- so awesome Anne. We could probably talk for a while.
Thank you for stopping by to get acquainted!
Well, as your title says, there are 50 things I now know about you.
I resonate with these: 1, 20, 23, 33, 40, 42, 45 (OH yeah!), 46, 48, and 49. Number one is very like me. I love to try to break what I call the “mall face” by looking right at people as I walk through airports, sit on park benches, walk around downtown, and (yep!) go to malls. Once on a long layover (I think it was like two hours) at the airport, my friend’s teenager and I made a game to see who could break the first mall-face. It was a tie: 0-0. Then finally, one person made eye contact and actually responded when we said hello. Silly game, but it broke the monotony of the layover, and gave that one person something to grin about in their rush-rush day. I guess we were the only ones with enough time to notice those around us.
That is funny- the mall face. I will have to remember that one. : )
Thank you for letting me know more about you, and for being a blessing here online!
I am a new follower of your blog, and you have inspired me greatly! I love what you’re doing, so please keep doing it!
1. I love to wash dishes. I genuinely do, and it’s a guaranteed way I get left alone. However, I loved this even when I was single, childless, and had plenty of alone time at my disposal.
2. I am not social, and struggle at parties. I do well at small group activities, like Bible study. However, I lament not having many friends, and keep vowing to become more social…which does me no good.
3. I was homeschooled growing up as well, when very few people did so, and it still surprises people when I tell them so today, despite the fact that it’s not so uncommon now.
4. I despise the beach. We are stationed in CA right now, and my heart craves returning to rainy forests and hilly pavement…which are blessedly free of sand and the smell of decaying sea creatures.
5. I get so sad when a good book ends that I usually can’t start another one for a couple days at least.
Allison.
I really enjoyed reading your list, and I could relate to so much of it! I wish we knew each other in real life, for I am sure we would be fast friends.
Thank you so much for sharing more about yourself, and I feel like I know you even though we have never met!
Have a wonderful week and may God shower love on you today.
What a fun way to get to know you better! I’ll comment on #5 and #6. #5 – I grew up as a missionary kid, too! It sounds like you lived in Africa – where else? I spent my childhood as an MK in Japan. And about #6 – we are headed to Dallas next week to visit a daughter and her family. Did you live there for very long? (Thanks for this link-up, and for the fun of reading your blog!)
Cherry, we do have a lot in common, and I so appreciate getting to know you more. I honestly don’t know how long we lived in Dallas, maybe a couple years. I have been to Japan but didn’t live there.
Thank you for coming to link up and for your part in writing for the online community.
I hope you have a wonderful trip to Dallas, and maybe we will meet in real life some day.
Love getting to know you a little better. Here’s a few things about me. I’ve been married almost 25 years, I have 3 babies in heaven, one grown daughter who is in Grad school and a foster daughter that after almost a year having/ loving her the courts gave to her birth mom, and I was also a dancer. I danced for 12 years. Loved it
Oh Lori, I am so sorry for your baby loss and for having to give up your foster daughter– what a heart breaking circumstance. Thank you for sharing about yourself here, and for letting me know a bit more about you.
I pray that today you have a blessed day and don’t stop dancing in your heart!
Love the list…and share many of your traits.
1. My nickname when I was a child was Leesie…and now I’m Aunt Leesie. (I’ve also been called Lee, LeeLee, LeeLaBelle,
2. I’m technically challenged though I’m forging ahead anyway. Don’t think I managed to link up though!
3. I have had a dream for a long time…and it’s reflected in the launch of my new website http://www.CirclesOfFaith.org.
Blessings!
Elise,
Thank you so much for stopping by and for linking up for the first time here. It is such a blessing to see you moving forward into what God has called you to do, and to be bringing it here online.
Have a beautiful day.
I learned so much about you!!!!! Love that . . . homeschooled and a missionary kid . . . so sweet. I did do a write up of 100 things about me . . . and I’ve been meaning to share with you the new Essential Oil blog so that you have a resource! http://www.naturallyhis.com/2012/09/07/100-silly-facts/
But a recent fact: I just lost 23 pounds. And I got my nose pierced yesterday!
Ah Jodi,
Love the new resource blog. You are one busy gal. So sorry we won’t be seeing each other at Allume this year, and hopefully we will meet in person someday again!
Thank you for coming to get to know me better and wow great job on losing 23 pounds!
Have a great week!
So I want to hear more about ballet….how long did you dance for?
I had a ballet dream as a little girl and FINALLY was brave enough to take classes when I was about 22…the recital…Dreams Do Come True. I was in heaven!
I am not sure how many years I danced. I did ballet and jazz, and it was the highlight of my childhood and teen years. It was the one place I could excel, and seemed to be the best outlet for me.
Yes someday you will dance!
Thank you for your encouragement in the blogging world. Your writing is such a sweet encouragement to many of us.
You make me smile!