Betcha didn’t know that I don’t like coffee (forgive me Sarah Mae!)
Betcha didn’t know that I have one gold tooth.
Betcha didn’t know that once upon a time I spoke more Zulu than English.
Betcha didn’t know that I like to top my ice cream with powdered sugar (which may explain the tooth).
Ok, your turn. Click here to comment and tell us something we don’t know about you.
Betcha didn’t know I’ve won 3 cars (2MK 1 from Radio)
Betcha didn’t know I was unable to see for 7 mo this year (focus at all)
Betcha didn’t know that I love splashing in fountains all over the world.
Three cars?? THREE CARS??! I need to get me some of that kind of mojo!
I hit a tree sleigh riding when I was a kid! (explains a ton).
I wear a night guard when I sleep to prevent grinding and future damage to my aching jaw
I can’t sleep with the bedroom door closed
I have 2 different shaped thumbs
I do not have any type of relationship with my sister – it’s on her part I’ve done everything to be a peacemaker!
how fun !! Can’t wait to spot the gold tooth!!
Stef
I can’t sleep unless I am on the side of the bed closest to the bedroom door.
And the tooth is in the waaay back ;)
This cracks me up, because I do the same thing. Even in hotels, I always sleep on the side near the door.
Betcha didn’t know that at 53 I STILL love roller coasters
Betach didn’t know that I can ccok up very good jams, jellies and preserves but I don’t much like eating them
Betcha didn’t know that Hot Pepper Jelly is an exception to the rule above
Betcha didn’t know that I used to eat red meat only once or twice a year.. before I moved up to cattle country
Betcha didn’t know that if I could, I’d love to sit and have a coffee with Gypsy Mama while she drinks whatever tickles her fancy!
We could sit and sip and eat muffins and jam and chew the cud of great conversation – YUM!
Can I come? Please???
Come on along Rachel!
Betcha didn’t know I had a motorcycle license.
Betcha didn’t know I could tie my hair in a knot with one hand.
Betcha didn’t know I used to be in the circus as an acrobat.
Okay, that last one isn’t exactly true. {ahem}
:)
We will expect high speed, one handed, hair tying, death defying, motorcycling antics on display at Relevant10, baby!
Betcha didn’t know that I share my yard with rats.
Betcha didn’t know I moved 8 times by the 8th grade.
Betcha didn’t know, I’m really a blond.
Betcha didn’t know I got married on a mountain top in Colorado surrounded by a bunch of strangers.
Betcha didn’t know I love coffee so much, I once opened a coffee shop with my husband to support my habit! :)
~kristin
Um, yea, so I totally want to hear that Colorado story now!
um, he had on Burkenstocks, cut off shorts and long hair…I was 9 months prego…there was a Sarah Lee “wedding cake” and a bottle of champagne. I wouldn’t trade that moment for the world! 16 years and five kids later, I’m still in love with my former hippy! :) (and did I mention, he gave his heart to Jesus that morning, when we met with the pastor who married us?) It was a day of sweet faithfulness!
~kristin
“(and did I mention, he gave his heart to Jesus that morning, when we met with the pastor who married us?) It was a day of sweet faithfulness!”
Thant right there made me cry.
Betcha didn’t know you are now in my reader…
…I am now networked and you can fan/follow Here’s My Cup Lord. (You better, I mean I need help here… ha!)
…I hate getting my picture taken (at least the ones that don’t turn out so well).
…I can speak very little French after years of taking and teaching it. Sure I can speak all the cute stuff we commit to memory, and even answer those questions in RS, but, a convo I cannot have. (Oh, bother!)
…I want to learn Spanish, after all, it seems necessary these days.
…I am fascinated by this Zulu thing, you should vlog some good stuff for us. Really.
I bet you did know…
…I loveee coffee, coffee, and more coffee! (What’s up with that ice cream thing?)
…I heart this blog, and I am glad to receive your updates in my reader. Miss I shall no more!
Uh, I am tired now, so I’ll leave you with One More Thing…
We are talking a little about Job in relation to friendships. Please join in comments and theblogfrog. Would love to have you and your perspective.
Ginger
Whoot whoot for the reader! ;) And my Zulu is now much worse than your French, I am sure! Sadly, it didn’t stick beyond my childhood.
Oh, and betcha did know your Friday topics are way fun! I think I shall set a reminder. It’s worth the annoying pop up…. ha!
Ginger
Betcha didn’t know I married my high school sweetheart.
Betcha didn’t know I ran 2 half marathons in 2009.
GAH – two half marathons – you are my hero!
Betcha didn’t know I can speak spanish but can’t dance.
Betcha didn’t know I prefer salt to sweet and sweat to spa.
Betcha didn’t know that every time I see your avatar I smile.
YOU just made me smile! Betcha didn’t know that your post “Catch it to you” was my absolute favorite thing I read this week?
Betcha didn’t know I prefer to leave the saddle in the barn… just give me a bridle and reins.
Betcha didn’t know this I’ve spent an afternoon with a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (I tried to keep my mouth from gaping…)
Betcha didn’t know I used a full can of hairspray every week in the 80s.
Betcha didn’t know I’d love to polish off that hot pepper jelly with a little cream cheese and crackers with HisFireFly.
Betcha didn’t know how much I meant it when I said I could eat your words with a spoon.
Wow – the stock exchange – what a day! I’d take horses and jam and crackers and delicious words with you too any day of the week!
Here’s a link to the recipe for the jelly..
though I’d really rather have you come on up here and share mine with me…
http://hisfirefly.blogspot.com/2008/12/recipe-as-requested.html
Betcha didn’t know I’ve been pregnant or nursing for 72 of the last 78 months. (mama’s tired!)
Betcha didn’t know that I worked at McDonalds (but don’t eat their food), REI (but don’t hike, climb, bike or ski), and Starbucks (but don’t like coffee).
Betcha didn’t know that I love Mary Higgins Clark books – a guilty pleasure inherited from my grandma.
Betcha didn’t know that I live in S. Cal but really don’t like the beach. :)
I always look forward to your fill-ins.
Betcha didn’t know I am now definitely going to be looking up Mary Higgins Clark books! ;)
Betcha didn’t know that in the former USSR they used to give out medals to mamas – I think every mom deserves one!
Mary Higgins Clark is awesome. I own every book except the two most recent ones.
Every time we go down to the states to visit my family we shop at REI — Rick got the best hat in the world there!
betcha didn’t know…
-i have not had a cigarette since thanksgiving
-i once ran into a parked car on my bike
-i have never broken a bone but have had over 200 stitches
-my ex-husband’s sister introduced me to my present husband (after they dated…eeewwww)
-i went to 6 schools between 9th & 12th grade
-i lived in las vegas for 5 years (hello…can you say sin city??)
-i cry at weddings…all weddings except my own (i cried when laura ingalls got married and when barbara cooper got married…i’m sappy like that)
-my last baby, born at 7600 feet altitude (where babies are supposed to be smaller) weighed 11# 1 oz.
-how much i ADORE the gypsy mama and wanna be her neighbor
Betcha don’t know that my actual neighbor thinks I’m about as thrilling to live next door to as the same pair of sweatpants I change into each and every single day after I get home from work!
Betcha didn’t know how much I appreciated your comment on my ministry blog…
Betcha didn’t know that I married a guy that is not a coffee fan and that I have had many tears over that fact…ok, not really…
Thanks for stopping by our Liberia blog! I’ve been loving your blog! Betcha didn’t know that!
Tea – it’s all about hot sweet tea with milk and sugar!!
betcha didn’t know i eat ice-cream with a fork
betcha didn’t know i was supposed to finish my seminary degree in Nairobi, Kenya
betcha didn’t know i used to be a cat person
Betcha didn’t know I’ve eaten yogurt with a fork on days when I don’t have a spoon handy.
Betcha didn’t know…
*that I took 6 years of piano as a kiddo and can barely get through a song now.
*that I won a huge prize package right before our wedding….free dress, limo, tuxes, honeymoon, etc. My dad, especially, was thrilled!
*that I banned my hubby from making coffee in our kitchen, but gave in last year ’cause he needs it and I love him, so I just plug my nose to avoid the smell.
*that I’m scared silly about becoming a pastor’s wife, but excited, too.
*that I have one fake tooth…but it’s not gold. Bummer!
I took 6 years of piano, too – and never progressed past playing two notes with each hand. That’s when I gave up and focused solely on playing French horn. I use the piano now to learn French horn music.
No way – I’ve never actually known anyone who won a prize package like that – SCORE!
(and the coffee smell thing – yea me too!)
Oh, I like this game. ;)
Betcha didn’t know…
*I used to live next door to the man who invented Cool Whip.
*I hate tuna fish
*I have a Bible major with minors in math and chemistry
*I took a test to see if I would qualify for the US Physics Team in high school. [SO did not make it!] ;)
Betcha didn’t know that the lowest grades I ever got were for Chemistry and Math {hangs head in shame}
Betcha didn’t know that I can fit my fist into my mouth.
Betcha didn’t know that I’m the little white girl that speaks fluent Spanish.
Betcha didn’t know that I could eat a whole big bag of Doritos in one sitting.
This is fun. :)
Ooh…now I want Cool Ranch Doritos!
Ima gonna have to see that fist thing to believe it!
Betcha didn’t know…
*I love the smell of coffee but hate the taste
*I buy coffee for my hubby based on the smell – apparently I pick out good ones
*I worked at an animal hospital while I was in high school
*Many times I have a completely random thought – and then it happens
* I watched the space shuttle Challenger explode – my school had a fire drill every time there was a shuttle launch and we’d go out and watch
*I didn’t like baseball until 2001 (the year I got married & my hubby explained all the little things that make the sport so great) and now it’s my favorite sport
If ONLY my hubs would take pity on this foreign girl and explain the details of US sports maybe I wouldn’t be so utterly disinterested in them!
Betcha didn’t know I wore a back brace for four years
Betcha didn’t know I date an American Muslim for 11 yrs and never married or lived together
Betcha didn’t know I love cats but have three dogs
Betcha didn’t know I never wanted to get married or have kids
Betcha didn’t know I love Reeses
Betcha didn’t know I am the baby of the family
Betcha didn’t know I played the flute and the piano until 9th grade and now can’t play at all
Betcha didn’t know I used to smoke and drink and….the days’s of women’s lib!
Betcha didn’t know I used to inspect low income homes for lead paint
Betcha didn’t know I adore you gypsymama, you are awesome! :)
Betcha didn’t know that once upon I thought I would rather eat glass than have kids! http://thegypsymama.com/2009/12/10/because-once-upon-a-time-i-thought-i?d-rather-eat-glass-than-have-kids/
{Have I ever mentioned I love these?}
Betcha didn’t know my Hubby is almost 9 years my senior.
Betcha didn’t know I was homeschooled every grade but 2nd and 7th.
Betcha didn’t know I neutered a cat, manned the saw during an amputation, helped perform a c-section on a Dachshund and resuscitate her puppy, euthanized a Great Dane, aaaand I would eat my lunch while my boss did his daily surgeries. Handing him suture material in between bites. (I worked for a Vet.)
Betcha didn’t know I’ve scrubbed more dog nuts for neuters than I care to remember.
Betcha didn’t know that after you remove said dog nuts, you can replace them with synthetic implants. No joke. Totally a man’s invention, I might add…
Wow, enough about dog nuts. I think I need to go wash my photographic memory rolodex now. ;)
Leanna I’ve heard of those implants. I don’t think my little Chihuahua knows they’re missing.
Betcha didn’t know I did NOT need to know quite this much about dog nuts!
Wow. You have an active comment section here, Lisa-Jo.
Betcha didn’t know I existed before you read the zombie post, but thanks for commenting there.
Betcha didn’t know animated children’s movies make me cry way more often than I care to admit.
Betcha didn’t know I met my wife while playing Ahab in a bible times play. (She was Jezebel.)
As for your inability to appreciate coffee… it makes me sad for you only because I know how much joy coffee brings me.
Betcha didn’t know that you are only the third man to comment on my blog EVER! ;)
Betcha didn’t know:
I can’t eat the last little nub piece on a banana because when I was a kid a family friend told me that little stem that goes from the peel to the banana was poisonous.
I worked at a laundromat after I graduated from college. There is nothing like washing other peoples dirty underwear.
It’s the stringy little seed parts of the banana that freak me out. And betcha didn’t know I have often wondered if people would actually include their underwear in any laundry service assistance. Now that I know, words fail me!
betcha didn’t know i have a down featherbed AND a foam mattress bad on my bed…i like things soft!
betcha didn’t know i took a picture of a picture of my baby from sa just so that he could be the background on my phone
betcha didn’t know i still sleep with my sleeping bag
betcha didn’t know i keep all of my sweatshirts/jackets on the back of my door and they’re overflowing
Wait -does that mean you have the featherbed, the foam mattress AND a sleeping bag?? You must be our very own version of the Princess and the Pea! ;)
Betcha didn’t know that one of my bad dreams became real life last night. Have you ever dreamed you were walking around in public wearing only your nightgown? That’s what I was doing at 4:30 this morning, for real — walking up and down the street outside our house. A lightning strike set our refrigerator on fire and the firemen said I had to wait outside… in the thunderstorm, in a downpour–wearing my nightgown and a robe (and yes, the neighbors saw me). My husband burned his hand trying to put out the fire before the firemen arrived, but he will be OK. I have now picked out a new refrigerator (hooray!), which will arrive in about a week, and I am still trying to decide on new flooring. Betcha didn’t know all that!
Oh my goodness, Linda! Glad you both are ok!!
{Betcha didn’t know that my (in) courage post coming out on May 12 will feature you and your book! ;)}
It’s late and I have no creativity left for today … so here’s the brutal “betcha didn’t knows” about me …
I cry myself to sleep fairly often, overwhelmed by the grace of God in my life.
I wonder, daily, why God spared my life when I tried to take it.
I am a terrible mother and friend … entirely too selfish to be good at either.
I often find that I’ve made my husband an idol … loving and desiring him more than God.
My sweet sweet friend. You humble me with your truth.
Betcha didn’t know…
I didn’t know this big beautiful blog world existed until 4 months ago. And I’m not sure how to do the whole “getting an update in my reader” thing but may just need to figure it out soon.
I hope the forecasted storms tonight wake my daughter so she’ll come sleep with us.
I do not like shopping.
Your blog makes me (good) cry sometimes.
Oh, you do that too – hope the thunder drives the kids in for a midnight snuggle? I LOVE those nights!
Too funny about the tooth and the sugar : )
Betcha didn’t know I speak more English than Zulu ; – )
Betcha didn’t know I’ve been reading you since I followed the trail from the poem you wrote for Ann V over to your place ;)
Betcha didn’t know I can drive a bus various other vehicles….and that I survived (along with 43 passengers) a bus wreck on Monarch Pass in Colorado.
Um, no! wow – didn’t know that – and very very glad all are ok after it!
Betcha didn’t know I always get a big grin on my face to know church friends read me and take the time to comment!
just loving the zulu factor : )
a few things about this ma’am:
i like midnight feasts with the hubby.
i have at least 1 pyjama day a month.
i can’t stand waterdrops in a sink. it needs to be wiped down.
Betcha didn’t know that I have been fascinated with all things Africa since I was four.
Betcha didn’t know that I spoke Polish before I spoke English, much to my father’s dismay.
Betcha didn’t know that I am THRILLED that I found your blog. :)
Betcha didn’t know how happy it makes me to have new readers say hi! Betcha didn’t know I can speak Russian but no Polish. Betcha didn’t know my husband studied in Krakow for a couple weeks. Betcha didn’t know I am also thrilled you found my blog ;)
Betcha didn’t know that I can’t think of a thing to say about myself.
But I know you know I don’t have a blog, which unfortunately limits our “connection.” But I just wrote cause I wanted to participate in the fun blog idea. :)
hey lisa-jo,
i’m just going comment even though i’m waaaaay late…
betcha didn’t know that i could spend hours sitting on my parents’ roof…i still do whenever i’m back home in SA for a holiday, its my favourite place to just sit
betcha didn’t know…I’m 20 weeks tomorrow!!! wow, that’s half way :)
betcha didn’t know i’ve morphed into an official health freak AND vegetarian – but i still gets cravings for hot dogs (very specifically, the kind from my childhood: like-it-lean smoked viennas – blitzed in the microwave – on pick ‘n pay bakery hot dog rolls with all gold tomato sauce and butter…yip – just like that)
betcha didn’t know i cycled to work all through the last winter, except for the 3 weeks when it snowed in london and the roads were icy
betcha didn’t know tomatoes are my favourite food – to make me happy, give me a good tomato :) :) :) plum tomato, cherry tomato, cherry plum tomato, beef tomato, sun-ripened tomato, sun blush tomato…any tomato!!!
Tomatoes, vegetarian, cycling, pregnant cousin of mine – I love you SO!
Time for another cousin to check in, also waaaay late.
Betcha didn’t know I’m slavishly devoted to balsamic vinegar; very few meals can’t be improved with a drizzling of the magic black stuff.
Betcha didn’t know that I can’t plait my own hair.
Betcha didn’t know that one of the only times I remember having an actual fight with Em was over who would get to read the next Harry Potter book first. (I hijacked it and locked myself in a dark cupboard with it just to keep it from her – in hindsight, not one of my proudest moments.)
Betcha didn’t know I now wear a pair of pink glasses (uh, they’re cooler than you’d think?).
I *so* love your blog Lisa-Jo, thank you for it. As always, sending so much love to you and the family.
so love discovering new things about you, my friend.
Betcha didn’t know that I was abused by my father for the first 16 years of my life.
Betcha didn’t know that on the night we (my mom, my oler sister, my little brother, and I) left my father he tried to kill me by pinning me to the living room floor my my throat and choking me.
Betcha didn’t know that I am a SURVIVOR (not a VICTIM) of child abuse, “dating violence”, domestic violence, rape, physical abuse, mental abuse, spiritual abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse….
Betcha didn’t know that I’ve been Anorexic, depressed, suicial, a self-injurer, and could have very easily become a drug addict and an alcoholic.
Betcha didn’t know that 01/21/10 was the last time I ever hurt mysef.
Betcha didn’t know that I can finally talk about my past without it hurting unbearably.
Betcha didn’t know that I’m not looking back anymore.
Betcha didn’t know that I would have died long ago if it weren’t for God.