My Life as Mama Jodi

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. If you are a blogger, what got you started? I started reading a friends blog, and thought why not! I always had a diary of some sorts, why not have an online journal.
Have you ever made, or do you hope to make, money blogging? I do make money blogging, while it may not be alot, it helps out with our budget now that I am not doing daycare.

2. Are you a collector of anything? not anymore.

3. Apple juice or orange juice? Orange juice, especially when I add it to my shakes in the morning, it tastes just like an Orange Julius I get at the mall (but with a lot less calories)

4. What are 3 of your best personality traits? Trustworthy, caring, and a good listener

5. Name 1 thing you miss about being a kid. Not having any responsibilites (ie. all the adult ones that is)

6. What is usually your first thought when you wake up? Why kitty?? Why? (she demands to be fed at a very early hour!)

7. Regarding material possessions: the more the merrier or less is best? The more the merrier! I always like to have a few waiting on my shelf to read. I just refilled my reading list with a visit to the library this week.

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. If a five dollar bill magically appeared on your door step at the beginning of the day, every day, what would you do with it? I would set it aside, and then at the end of the week, use that towards filling up my truck. It would help a little in the ever rising cost of gas!

2. Tell us about your favorite teacher from elementary/middle/high school. Elementary ~ I would have to say it was my 5th grade teacher Miss Franks - she was just an awesome teacher. Middle school ~ Mrs. Thayler - she was my homeroom teacher in 6th and 7th grade, then later my volleyball coach (in high school). She was a jokester, so that made the day start off just right!! High school ~ that would be Mr. Woodhull - he was a very laid back kinda guy, but also one who would listen if you had problems.

3. If you could make one person disappear for good, who would it be? I am going to have to plead the 5th on this one, as I have a feeling they read my blog.

4. Do you believe in fairies? no

5. What era is your favorite for music? I *love* the 80’s! I loved it when we first got our truck, as we had free XM radio, I could listen to the 80’s for 3 months!! I have now since downloaded lots of my favorites on my iPod, as my hubby doesn’t like the music, but this way I can still listen to some of my old favorites.

6. Have you ever, or would you ever, have cosmetic surgery? I have never had any, but given the chance and the $$ I would in a heart beat!! I would get a tummy tuck, a breast reduction and get my teeth fixed!

7. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to? If I had to… wow, this is a toughie. When I was younger, whenever we played school I always went with Jennifer, so I guess that, even tho I know so many Jen, Jenny, Jennifer’s.

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. Which is your favorite season? Why? Fall. I love all the colors, the wonderful smells, and the cool air.

2. Are you a bikini or one piece gal? Do the same rules apply to your daughter, if you have one? I am a tankini kinda gal. No daughters for me.

3. What is your favorite summer getaway? Beach? Lake? Mall? Indoor ice skating? Why? My favorite summer getaway, a nice cabin by a lake.

4. You’re on a sandy beach, looking out at a perfectly blue ocean. The weather is perfect.
What’s on the table next to you? A tall glass of lemonade, and some sort of salty snack
What book are you reading? some sort of romance novel
Who is sitting next to you? my hubby
What are you drinking? lemonade

5. Do you tan? If so, are you an all-natural tanner or do you go to a salon? I burn more than tan. I don’t go to the salon. If I want a for sure tan, I grab my self tanner bottle and apply the lotion *wink*.

6. What is your favorite summer clothing? shorts and a tank top.

7. You’re suddenly able to transport yourself to any summer in your past. What year would you choose to be in? 1986 - the summer I graduated. I had a lot of fun that summer.

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. Are you a procrastinator or do you get things done? I get things done, my hubby is a procrastinator, and it bugs the heck out of me!

2. What is the worst thing you have ever eaten? okra ~ my uncle made me eat it.. blech

3. What is your favorite movie, and why? The Notebook ~ its a good love story

4. What one physical feature would you want to change about yourself? One?? only one?? Uhhhh… my teeth, I can’t stand the way they look!

5. Would you rather travel the world, or travel through space? The world ~ there are so many great places I want to see.

6. Favorite cell phone feature: camera or texting? camera, I am not into texting

7. Sports car or SUV? an SUV ~ a sports car could get me into lots of trouble (ie, tickets).

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. Who would you rather be for a day: your best friend or your worst enemy? My best friend

2. Could you work with your best friend? I could work with her again… we started our first jobs together at McDonald’s almost at the same time.

3. Do you think it would be a blast or a nightmare to blog with a friend? I thing it would be a blast to blog with a friend!

4. Could you share an email account with any of your friends? probably not

5. You have a day to take a friend out and have fun. Describe the day. We would start our day out at over breakfast, then we would go do some shopping, then off to get a manicure/pedicure, then end the day with a nice dinner.

6. Could you switch lives with a good friend? I think I could
What would you find to be better/easier/nicer than your own life, and what would be really difficult for you? I don’t think it would be much different living her life, as we are too alike, the difficult part would be being away from my guys.

Bonus Non-Friend Related Question:

7. Are there any of these products you might be willing to eat? NO, no and NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yuck!

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. What achievement are you most proud of? My relationship with my hubby, while we have been married for 12 years, we have been together for almost 18 years this November.

2. Do you like your spouse’s/significant other’s name? John ~ yep

3. What is the most unique name you’ve ever heard a person have? Asher

4. Which would you rather be: divinely beautiful, dazzlingly clever, or angelically good? (From Anne of Green Gables!) Divinely beautiful

5. What is it about your wardrobe that is your trademark, uniquely you? anything purple and that is comfy/casual

6. Which is worse: no tv or no music? no music for sure. I could *gasp* live without my TV, but couldn’t without my music.

7. You’re stranded on a deserted island and you can have with you: 1 friend or family member, 1 item from your kitchen and 1 public figure (politician/actor/author). Who/what would you choose? I would have to have my hubby, a ton of the individual packets of the Crystal Light to go, and Karen Kingsbury so she can keep me entertained with any books she dreams up.

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. What one item in the kitchen best describes you and your personality? Hmmm… I guess my stand mixer, as I am a multi-tasker, so I can have the going and can do other things with out having to stay right there.

2. What’s your favorite concert you’ve ever attended? The Trent Lenderink benefit with Tammy Trent, Pam Thum, Steven Marshall and Virginia Hill ~ because I got to meet them all and hang out with them back stage.

3. If Jesus was standing in front of you, in the flesh, what one question would you ask him? Just one? I have so many “why” and “what if” questions.

4. What super-power would you most like to have, and why? To be invisible… so everyone would leave me alone, I feel like I am pulled in several directions at once sometimes.

5. If you had $5 million to spend in 5 days, but couldn’t spend any of it on yourself or your family, what would you do with it? If I couldn’t spend it on myself or my family, I guess I would give 2.5 million to my church, and the other 2.5 million to the homeless shelters in my home town.

6. What is your favorite kind of ice cream? black cherry, with Coldstone’s Apple Pie ala Mode in a close 2nd.

7. Do you hit snooze when the alarm goes off, or do you get up right away? Well, when given the chance to wake up to an alarm, I tend to get up right away, very rarely do I hit the snooze button. Usually my cat will wake my up right before the alarm goes off.

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It’s that time a week again! Know and Tell Friday. Here are the questions!

1. Pepsi or coke? Coke

2. Barefoot or shoes? barefoot in the summer, shoes the rest of the seasons

3. If you watch American Idol – who do you want to win? David A or David CI don’t want AI

4. If money was not an option and you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? I would go to Italy. So I can learn more about my husbands ancestry.

5. Is your desk messy or clean? right now it is very messy

6. When it’s sunny, all I want to do is……. soak up the sun

7. What is your favorite word and why?

So, normally Know and Tell Friday is only seven questions but we came upon this one, and it’s the ultimate bonus question. If you can figure out an answer, we would love to read it!

What song best describes you when you wake up in the morning? “Wake me Up Before You Go-go” LOL

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Question 1
Do you color your hair (give me some background info on this one)? I do color my hair. I think the first time I did it was in 5th grade when I wanted some blond streaks. It turned out very bad. But it didn’t sway me on coloring my hair. I usually tend to keep it in the brown family, or the red family. I just colored it yesterday and chose “Red Penny” by Lorel. I do this on a regular basis, as I can’t stand to see the grays!

Question 2
What is one thing that you do with your family (or by yourself) to celebrate Easter? We color eggs. I have to get them boiled in the morning, so we can do them later in the day tomorrow.

Question 3
How old was your oldest living relative (still living or in the past)? I think my grandparents made it into their 90’s.

Question 4
What is one thing that can be a “time waster” to you? I am going to go with the computer. I can tell myself I only have 10 minutes, and find myself on here for a lot longer. But when you have an addiction, it gets the best of you.

uestion 5
Most annoying bug? Ants…how they get in the house I will never know.

Bonus Questions
Question 6
What does Easter mean to you? The chance to be made new again through Christ Jesus.

Question 7
(Feel free to pass on this question) Is there currently a sin that you are holding onto, and you know you should let go of? Bitterness is something that I tend to hold on to. I know it is not healthy, and I am working hard at letting this go.

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Question 1
What can you draw well? To a degree I can. I love going to Macaroni Grill, they have that butcher paper on the tables, so the kids can draw on the tables. I love to doodle on it as well..LOL

Question 2
Name a TV show (at any period in your life) that you watched that you were probably a little too old to watch. I have to admit that I like watching some of the shows Trent is watching now. iCarly is a cute one, as well as the one with the twin boys, Zach and Cody (can’t think of the name of it)… I can tolerate Hannah Montana to a degree.

Question 3
What color is the dominant color of your wardrobe? Purple and pink, but leaning towards purple a little stronger.

Question 4
Favorite donut? I love the apple n spice from Dunkin Donuts, and when I can’t make it there, the apple one from Krispy Kreme will do as well.

Question 5
Wear painful shoes just because they are cute? No, I learned my lesson years ago after the ingrown toenails I had. That is on painful procedure to go through, so now my shoes have to fit right.

Bonus Questions
Question 6
Is there anything that you believe you do not believe God about? I would love to say no, but I am having a hard time with believing in the whole tithing thing. With everything that is going on right now I just don’t have a strong faith in parting with our money.

Question 7
In general, do you think it is ok to be frustrated with people? Yes and no. There will be times when you do just get frustrated, but then if you take it to God, He will help you work through this frustration so you can move on.