Meme is the Theme or So It Seems

I’ve been tagged again with the seven random thing meme. I would have just skipped it, except that Gummby said this about me:

[She] probably doesn’t do memes, but I just gotta try. Just think of it: 7 random things from one of the most deliberate bloggers in the ‘sphere—how could you not want to see that?

That’s like a challenge or something isn’t it? He thinks I can’t do random, doesn’t he? He thinks I’m spontaneity challenged! Well I’ll show him! I came up with random things yesterday and I’ll come up with random things again today. In fact, I’ll put in on my schedule and come up with random things … oh never mind.

The idea is to list 7 random facts/habits about myself.

1. I like Hank Williams and Willie Nelson. Don’t think less of me.
   
2. I almost never have my hair cut professionally because I won’t be satisfied with the job done. Instead I rope an unsuspecting kid and force them to cut my hair. I still might not be satisfied with that job, but at least I didn’t pay for it.
3. I have a pair of binoculars beside me as I type this. They are for spying into my neighbour’s yards…to see what birds are hanging out there.
4. I have very short toes and one of my little toes has almost no nail. There is a possibility I’ve used this fact in one of the other random memes I’ve done, because as I typed that, I had a bizarre feeling of deja vu.
5. The first web page I check every morning is this one.
6. I have a natural drive to win every argument at any cost. Even when I’m wrong.
   
7. You know those women who can multi-task? I’m not one of them, which is why I left the oven on after I took supper out tonight and then left it on while I typed items 1-6 of this list. How’s that for spontaneity?
   

What is the invisible church?

The invisible church is the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one under Christ the head.[1] 

1. Eph. 1:20, 22-23

   …that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places… .
   
   

   And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

   
   John 10:16

     And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

   
   John 11:52

   …and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 64

Eight Random Things

I’ve been tagged by Kevin Sorenson in the eight random things meme, wherein I am obliged to list eight random things about myself. Here we go; let’s see what I can come up with.

1. This is the first day there has been no snow in my back yard. Tomorrow, I’m going get out there and scoop a winter’s worth of dog doo. Right now there’s a robin hopping around in the garden.
   
2. I was born in Tennesee, in a doctor’s office/hospital in an apartment up above a store.
   
3. I have four children. My longest labour was 6 1/2 hours, and that wasn’t my first child. My shortest? 45 minutes. I yelled at my husband during my first labour because he wanted to stop and have breakfast on the way to the hospital. He’d learned in the prenatal class about how long first labours take, so he wanted to fortify himself with bacon, eggs, toast and hashbrowns. Let’s just say that it’s a good thing he didn’t stop to eat.
   
4. I took a speed reading class and did very well, reading at breakneck speed with 80-90% comprehension. As soon as the class was over, I went back to reading very slowly, because 80-90% comprehension isn’t good enough.
5. I really like liver and onions. Head cheese, too. And I’m probably one of the few people who is saddened by the fact that it’s no longer considered safe to fry up calf’s brains for breakfast.
6. On the other hand, I’m not a big fan of cheese cake or potato chips. I suppose that’s not really random, because it’s connected to the item before, but tough cookies. (I do like cookies.)
7. If you peeked under my bed right now, you would find a whole lot of dust bunnies and a few socks without mates. Cleaning under my bed is on my list, right after poop scooping in the backyard.
   
8. What am I reading for fun right now? The Chicago Manual of Style. The only problem is that it’s a little heavy to carry around in my purse.

Woo-hoo! I came up with eight things. All I can say is that it’s a good thing it wasn’t the 100 things meme. Nobody needs to know what’s under my fridge.