Monday, June 09, 2008

I've Been Tagged

Singing Owl tagged me for this meme, so here goes...

Rules: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions/statements about himself or herself. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Ten years ago:
In June 1998, I was living in a small town in Missouri working as an Associate Pastor in a church of another denomination. One does not need an MDiv in this particular denomination. I didn't yet know that I was a Presbyterian at heart, but I did know that I no longer belonged in that denomination, as I had decided not to seek ordination by that body. By this time, I had already submitted my resignation to the church and was looking ahead to my August wedding, moving to Denver and beginning seminary that Fall. From there everything changed. Thank God!

Five things on today's "to do" list:
bulletin
laundry
sit and do nothing for at least 10 minutes!
sign grant applications on behalf of some inquirers and candidates
research c-pap masks- I am desperate for one that I will actually use!

Things I'd do if I was a billionaire:
pay off debt!
buy my Mom a house
set up an educational fund for my kids
pay-off my Presbytery's court costs (property issues from a large church leaving the denomination- ugh!)
do all I could to bring an end to human trafficking
support mission

Three bad habits:
chewing my hair
procrastination
throwing clothes on the floor

Five places I've lived:
Wyoming
Indiana
Texas
New Mexico
Budapest, Hungary

Five jobs I've had:
birthday party clown (not anywhere near as fun as it might sound)
car-hop
waitress
English teacher
physical therapist's assistant

Let's see, I tag PK, grace-thing, RevKim, Lutheran Mom, and Mags

6 comments:

Dorcas (aka SingingOwl) said...

I'm very curious now, Iris.

Clown? Oh, might not be fun at all! I can imagine some very not fun things!

:-) Been thinking of you.

Rev Kim said...

I hope you got your ten minutes of "do nothing" time.

Thanks for tagging me. Dave & I are out of town now, so I'll play when I get back.

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

there once was a girl who chewed her hair, and after working as a clown, she decided to move to Hungary, but all she really wanted to do was keep up on the laundry and then sit still for at least 10 minutes... mmmm????

intriguing indeed!

Iris said...

There's the story of my life, HotCup! LOL!

revhipchick said...

a very fun meme!

never would have guessed a clown. as a car-hop did you use rollar skates?

blessings for your 10 minutes and beyond

Iris said...

No roller skates, HipChick, which is good because I probably would have killed myself!