101 Things About Mary Elizabeth

     1. I was born in an Iddy Bitty Town & raised in an Iddy Bitty Church
     2. I have no grey hair No I don't! Just ask my hairdresser.
     3. I am married to the greatest guy on the planet. Of course I have never found out for sure which one exactly he is from.
     4. I have 5 great kids. 4 handsome sons & 1 beautiful daughter. They got their looks
         from us.
     5. I love my daughters-in-love & my son-in-love. (even though they didn't get their looks
         from us they are beautiful & handsome!
     6. I have 13 (cheaper by the bakers dozen + 1) of the most perfect grandchildren in the Universe &
          I have pictures to prove it.Click Here 7 sugar & spice girls & 7 spiders & snails & puppy dog tails boys.
     7. My favorite color is blue.
     8. I've been a Sunday School Teacher for 25 yrs & a Childrens Church Pastor & Song Leader for 10 yrs.
          Plus Wednesday Night Youth Leader. I started at age 15. (Ok I didn't start at age 15.)
     9. I have a teaching certificate thru Berean Bible University.
10. I am a Certified Activity Director or a CAD as my hubby calls me.(LOL)
11. I also have attended Triton College, University of Illinois, Lakeland College & Sangamon State.
12. My Husband, Kids & Grandkids are the most important things in my life.
13. My second home since I was too little to remember has been a nursing home and I have had thousands of residents
         throughout my life who have been my extended family.
14. I don't have any one hero but the people I admire most are those who endured slavery & the holocaust. It's because of
         what these people went through that I hate it when I hear someone say, "Oh why is this happening to me? " or "Oh why is
         this happening to our family? "
15. I think my only prejudice in life is people who think money or material gain is happiness.
16. I think abortion is a "sin" and if it's not a baby then you are not pregnant. God says in the Bible, " BEFORE you were
         formed in the womb I knew you."
17.   I think it's sad we can discuss sex, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, abortion, Vodoo, foreign religions & birth control
          in our schools but we can't discuss God or pray.
18. I think a friends door is open 24 hours a day.
19. I think alcohol serves no useful purpose but to destroy lives, wreck homes & tear apart families.
20. I think a hypocrite is someone who never enters a church door but has their funeral in one.
21.   I like to camp & would rather fish than eat.
22. I am a religious poet. Have won a few contests and written a few songs.
23. I like to garden, can vegetables, fruit & make jelly.
24. I like the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky & anything that has to do with the great outdoors.
25.   My favorite outdoor to do is lay on a blanket with my best guy & watch the clouds.

YEA!!! We're a 4th of the way there. You can do it!

26. My favorite music is gospel.
        My favorite gospel Songs are: : "I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb" by Ray Boltz, " The Champion & The River" by
         Carman. "Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened" by Petra, " I Just Wanted You To Know" by Jeff & Sherri Easter &
         anything Dottie Rambo writes and her daughter Reba sings.
27. I like craft shows, flea markets, yard sales & antique malls.
28. I still play Barbies & dress up with the girls and cars with the boys.(Even go bug hunting)
29. I like to read Reader's Digest
30. I like to make crafts.
31. I like to crochet & cross stitch
32. I am a Pepsi addict.
33. I am a t-shirt - blue jean girl.
34. I would rather clean a whole house than do dishes.
35. I am a perfectionist when it comes to house work.
36. I have to be doing something all the time.
37. I also like that Old Time Rock & Roll.
38.  I believe in old fashioned values & think the 50's were the greatest.
  39. I think until men can become pregnant it "IS" the girl or woman's responsibility to "Just Say No."
40. I have blue eyes.
41. I am a Gilmore girl & have 2 sisters (both deceased) I am the youngest.
42. I talk in my sleep. I also walk in my sleep (my husband can tell stories & laugh for hours at my nightly escapedes.
43. I need to know where my kids are at all times or I panic.
44. I have a son who is a police officer.Therefore I panic daily.
45. I have a son with the 3rd Infantry Division out of Ft. Stewart Georgia who is in Iraq. So therefore I panic daily.
46. I am married to my best friend.
47. I wore whistle bait shorts when I was young.
48. I also wore grasshoppers.
49. In my teens I lived in bell bottoms and body shirts.
50. I collect Lambs & Roosters.

(Still here? Great! Your half way there)

  51. I also collect ceramic little boys & girls, red flyer wagons, trikes & scooters,Raggedy Ann & Andy.
52. I was a homeschool Mom.
  53. I love to feed & watch the birds in our yard.
  54. I don't like birds in the house. Even cute ones in cages or cats.
55. My favorite flower is a Fuschia.
56. I think diamonds are expensive pieces of see thru glass I can live without.
57. I love rainy days & snow.
58. I love rings.(colored stones) I hate earrings.
59. Necklaces & bracelets are ok but I could live without them.
60. I would rather be living in the hills of Tennessee.
61. I am not a morning person.
62. Our family room is my husbands domain and no I do not have control of the remote.
63. I love Chicken Soup For The Soul and have every book.
64. I love to study the Bible.
65. I hate religious labels.
66. I am allergic to rabbits. (which I adore)
67. I must confess I watch Dora The Explorer, Sponge Bob & Bob The Builder. (But only with the grandkids)
68. I am an artist and have won several ribbons at our state fair.
69. I like to sing in the shower.
70. I live in my PJ's.

(Hang In There. Only Thirty To Go)

71. I eat crackers in bed.
72. I seldom watch TV but when I do I like true stories or the Nature Channel
73. I have to read myself to sleep.
74. I hate to grocery shop.
75. I hate to window shop. I go to the store get what I need and go home.
76. I do however like to window shop in Nashville, Indianna.
77. I love to throw holiday parties & cookouts.
78. I like to play Scrabble.
79. I am an internet junkie.
80. I like Pogo.com
81. I like Paint Shop Pro
82. I do not believe in woman's lib and think God created certain jobs for men and certain jobs for woman & that we have
        screwed his plan all up.
83. I still like to go on dates. Only thing that's changed is I don't have to decide who with.
84. I believe romance is only dead when you are.
85. I prefer to go barefoot.
86. I hate big cities
87. I don't believe everything our government tells us.
88. I like to roller skate.
89. I like to ice skate.
90. I like to swim.
91. My favorite hamburger, OOps! Steakburger is Steak & Shake (hubby calls them cardboard)
92. I love to go to the river.
93. I like crossword puzzles.
94. I like picnics.
95. I hate gossip & those that spread it.
96. I hate rumors & lies.
97. I hate to talk on the phone for long.
98. I like homemade gifts.
99. I like to give home made gifts.
100. I think the greatest thing I can leave this earth is my kids.
101. When I'm gone don't visit my grave because I won't be there.

Smile You Made It!!!!