Thursday Thirteen

Get to know me, random stuff that was a meme, but was far to long and after close to 13 questions I was ready to quit anyway.

1. What are you listening to right now? My hubby snoring

2. What was the last thing you ate? Cream cheese wrapped in a slice of ham (don't knock it tell you try it!)

3. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes

4. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Burgundy

5. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Um, I don't really "talk" to people on the phone, so that answer would be . .. my doctor about the surgery date? Yeah, I think that's right.

6. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Kelly? I kind of stole it from her, but yeah, she's cool. Too busy to blog these days, but that is actually a good thing.

7. How old are you today? 33 years, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days old.

8. Have you ever dyed your hair? No

9.Pets? I've had several in my lifetime, but they don't last very long. NO! I do not kill them! I just end up giving them away. Usually after I have invested in their neutering/ and shots. Remember this dog? Gone.

10. Favorite food type? I like Cajun food without the hot spice. I love how flaverfull it is.

11. What do you do to vent anger? Yell, but I'm changing that with God's help (see the ticker!)

12. What was your favorite toy as a child? When I was a kid we didn't have toys!!!! Naw - I'm just kidding, but honestly I can't think of a favorite.

13. When was the last time you cried? Last night when my hubby and I watched again the Hoyt video, but it didn't help that he was trying to hold back his sobs too..

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Meeting Heather IRL

1. She is genuine. As you "know" her in her blog - so I found her in person. I really liked that!
2. We took her almost 4 year old, my just 3 year old, and her 2 year old to Disneyland. I totally recommend this place for meeting other bloggers . . . 'sides, they got rides, giant friendly mice and stuff. ;-)
3. The kiddos got along wonderfully - so much so that when we told them they couldn't chase each other around screaming and having a ball while we were in line - the three of them had a small melt down in protest.
4. I loved how Heather handled it. She held firm. If she was flustered, I didn't see it
5. Caffeine addict
6. Our talk ranged from families - to theology. The good, the bad and the ugly!
7. A woman after my own heart. :-)
8. We won a fastpass to all the major rides and attractions of which we used none, I mean really - they didn't have a fast pass for the Dumbo ride!
9. The weather was drizzly at first and then cleared up - so we had no crowds and short lines.
10. I'm amazed at all she does! I love that she reads her bible every day.
11. Even though her hubby didn't need to be up until much later he was awake to help us load the kids, and warm the car by 7am.
12. By 3:30 both of us needed coffee and the kids needed naps! But none of the little ones would leave without seeing Ariel. Of which Heather has all the pictures since my camera is on loan.
13. Despite a wager otherwise ALL kids were out by the time we were halfway to San Diego. The 2 year old put up the most noble fight against it, but the sandman won out, and Heather and I gabbed all the way back.

It was crazy, it was fun, it was exhausting and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

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Banner by Chaotic Mom (She's got her act together more than she thinks.;-)

Random stuff

1. Finally got a date set for surgery. Dec 6th.

2. It will require a two day hospital stay recovery that in a slightly twisted way I'm looking forward to - can we say sleep deprivation?

3. If all goes well I'll be meeting Heather in real life! Finally. She doesn't live, what I consider, too far away.

4. This whole past week I've been waking up to find a 3 year old in our bed. Sometimes, I can vaguely remember her crawling in, other times I can't. Got to stop this habit.

5. There is this new deaf couple that is starting to attend our church. They believe in God, but don't know much about Him.

6. Hence it has been so much fun to answer questions like "Does God sleep?" (No) And explaining how you pray. (Just talk to Him, no ritual . . .He wants to hear what you have to say.) And my favorite "He can understand me? (Oh, yes! Jesus knows sign! ;-)

7. I wish I could show you pictures of Mission Month . . . But my uncle asked to use our camera for that purpose so, those pictures will have to wait. Did I mention that they had a COW in the church? Oh yes, they did!

8. My little 1 year old signs Mexican Sign language now. "mas", "porfavor", "gracias", "galleta", all the food related signs. In ASL he knows "more", "please", "daddy", "cold", "food", "drink", "milk"and "all done" - he doesn't say anything except a whispery "tanku" for thank you.

9. It's getting cooler her now. Mornings are in the 60's and the days are mid 70's. I'll have to pull out the long sleeves soon.

10. I am constantly amazed and encouraged by how much, how tenderly, God loves us! In spite of ourselves -

11. Kari Jobe is an anointed worship leader. She sings what is in my heart.

12. I join up NaBloPoMo with every intention of posting every day in November but I won't be able to make it since . . .

13. My hubby and I have been invited by friends to join them for a week on a cruise ship!

They got us tickets! I am beyond excited for this last week of November. What a blessing!

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Things I've learned working with the Deaf over the years.

1. Most deaf are uncomfortable in a completely darkened room and sleep with some sort of night light.

2. The way you get a groups attention is by flashing the lights on and off. So in my classroom when I used to teach the deaf, I had a light switch along side the whiteboard at the front of the classroom.

3. A great way to get someone's attention who is a ways away from you is to use a pen-laserlight. Otherwise we used the "relay" system. "Hey, Jon, get Jane to get George, please." You can communicate this through vibrations too, via a stomping floor, or banging on a table. Worse case senario - throw a paperclip or something at 'em.

4. The equivalent of a mad child putting their fingers in their ears to ignore you is for a deaf child to close their eyes.

5. To be able to drive and carry on a deaf conversation at the same time, without getting pulled over by the police, is an art form, indeed.

6. And rear view mirrors are for signing with the people in the back seat.

7. In a concert hall, my deaf friends have enjoyed a symphony, because they were able to feel the music resonate in their chest.

8. When lightning flashed - everyone suddenly got up from their seats at the table and ran to to put their hands on the windows to feel the thunder.

9. Talking with your mouth full is the best way to communicate at a meal otherwise the meal would take too long.

10. In a group, you pray with your eyes opened, and your head up - watching whoever is signing the prayer.

11. One deaf can "whisper" to another by turning their backs to everyone else.

12. A pun is completely lost on my deaf friends.

13. One of the first sounds my deaf friend Virginia will hear is the voice of Jesus.