Jendi’s Journal

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100 Things About Me

1. My name is Jendi Karla,
2. My husband’s name is Joe,
3. We live just four hours from the Atlantic;
4. And I sell Jean Bags.
5. My first name is pronounced like Wendy with a “J.”
6. My middle name is after my mom’s dad, Karl.
7. Christ Jesus forgave me of my sins,
8. saved my by His blood,
9. and is building a mansion for me in Heaven!
10. I’m a right-handed
11. brunette
12. with hazel eyes
13. who stands 5 feet 1 ½ inches tall - and don’t mind at all.
14. My full time work is being a wife and mother.
15. I have lived in the same town all my life.
16. Attended private Christian school k-5 through 12th
17. and went to night classes at a nearby college
18. to get a certificate for church music.
19. My wedding was on May 1, 1998
20. and my 10 day honeymoon was in Tennessee.
21. I married a man I’ve known since kindergarten and hated in high school.
22. We have 3 children. A boy born in ‘02, girl in ‘04, and girl in ‘06.
23. My firstborn was one week late and weighed 10 lbs. 11oz.
24. He was born naturally and I did not get out of bed for 24 hours.
25. I’ve played piano since kindergarten
26. and also like to play soprano recorder, organ, melodica, orchestra bells, and a bit of accordion and autoharp.
27. Three years of voice lessons gave me a great love of singing soprano.
28. Music types I like are sacred, classical, older Broadway, marches, some folk.
29. I have great fun making hymn arrangements
30. with my Finale program and electronic keyboard.
31. My favorite hymn is “My Father Planned It All” with lyrics by H.H. Pierson and music by Alfred B. Smith.
32. I wear contacts all day and glasses at night
33. while I’m looking forward to the day that I can have Lasik.
34. My favorite pastime is reading.
35. I’ll read just about anything, but my favorite genre is Christian Fiction.
36. Hours can pass while I’m in a library and I won’t even know it.
37. I like to read magazines, but I don’t pay subscriptions for them.
38. I enjoy sewing,
39. scrapbooking [on the rare occasion I get to it],
40. gardening,
41. watching videos [older musicals are my favorite],
42. selling things on Ebay,
43. getting e-mails,
44. blogging and reading blogs,
45. bicycling with my kids,
46. going to Pannera with my husband,
47. amateur videography,
48. fellowshipping with church friends,
49. playing volleyball,
50. swimming [as long as it’s not too deep],
51. roller skating quickly,
52. ice skating slowly,
53. watching Martha Stewart,
54. going to yard sales or thrift shops,
55. and eating chocolate while doing the above things or not.
56. I enjoy dressing up,
57. but dislike nylons.
58. I love birds, bird figurines or decorations. [People end up giving me bird houses - not the same thing, people.]
59. I’m the start-a-bunch-of-things-at-once kind of person,
60. and am working on that with my timer and FlyLady principles.
61. I like most fruits (except grapefruit);
62. strawberries are my favorite.
63. We eat meat with every meal except breakfast.
64. Pastries and cookies are my favorite breakfast foods. [I eat a vitamin with them. That balances them out, right?]
65. Cooking is fun for me, but baking is more fun;
66. Cleaning up after cooking/baking is NOT fun.
67. I can touch my nose with my tongue,
68. my thumb to my arm,
69. and sit like a frog with my toes pointed away from my body and my knees completely bent.
70. I’ve never had a broken bone, and would like to keep it that way. Thankyouverymuch.
71. I did have braces,
72. some teeth pulled to make room,
73. and 4 wisdom teeth cut out so they wouldn’t mess up the brace work.
74. My first car was an automatic ‘94 teal 4 door Chevy Cavalier,
75. I named her Jessie, and I loved her,
76. but I totaled her in my one and only accident a couple months before my wedding.
77. I can drive a standard vehicle,
78. and like larger vehicles.
79. I do NOT want to own a mini-van.
80. Before I was married I worked as a tour guide in a cavern for 3 years.
81. After I was married I supervised kindergarten in a Christian Academy for 3 years.
82. My husband and I worked with the church youth group for seven years.
83. I’ve been told that I’m good at planning games/activities.
84. I’m a Conservative,
85. and saw George W. Bush twice in real life, but not too close.
86. This list is harder than I thought!
87. My first airplane trip was in May of 2008
88. when my husband and I went to Arizona
89. for our 10th anniversary trip - without the munchkins!
90. I’d rather live in the country than the city,
91. Mountains rather than flatland,
92. By a creek would be great.
93. I’m a member and regular attender of an Independent Baptist Church
94. where I volunteer weekly as a part time secretary.
95. I believe in trying my best to live a righteous life that will please my Lord and Saviour.
96. I believe that if you try to live a moral/righteous life out of a sense of duty or obligation you will be miserable and feel stifled.
97. On the other hand, if you try to live a righteous/moral life out of a sincere desire to please the Lord Jesus Christ whose Spirit lives in your heart you will be full of joy and have a sense of true liberty in Christ.
98. My favorite verse is Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
99. My first blog post was published on July 13, 2007, and I wrote this for my first Blogoversary and not my 100th post.
    
100. So happy this list is done! Totally amazed if you read the whole thing.

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