31 Cups of Tea

One of the blogs I follow (The Reluctant Sojourner) is participating in a 31 Day Challenge hosted by The Nester. The idea intrigued me so I decided to participate as well. It fits in perfectly with my goal of spending time every day with Christ. So my 31 days is... Each day, I will spend time in...

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Stages of Time Zone Differences

There's a change that happens when you're living a couple of time zones away from home. For the first two weeks or so, you calculate almost constantly what time it is for your family and friends. You know that it's mid afternoon for them when you're having your European timed dinner and that some of them are going to bed when you're getting up in the morning. After that, you can very easily calculate...

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Metamorphosis in Retrospect

As I'm reading through my old entries, skimming different journals and reminiscing (and thinking that I ought to go to sleep!), I'm trying to remember that girl. The entries are mostly from when I was about 15. During January of 2005, I posted 90 different entries in one journal. True several of them...

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Future

I had a glimpse this afternoon of my future. I had just finished baking brownies with the girls and they were cooling on the table (the brownies, not the girls). Nuria had fallen asleep on my lap while playing with my iPod. Without a tear, a whine, or a noise. She simply fell asleep with her head leaned against my chest and my iPod in her hand. It was the most precious thing. I'd laid her down in...

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And to wrap it all up...

29. What do you think people misunderstand most about you? I think people misunderstand my sense of humor the most. I'm very sarcastic and sometimes dark. My jokes don't always sound like jokes when people aren't familiar with me. This has lead to many fights between me and my stepfamily as they've...

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Dinner, Popular=/=Right, Body, Language

25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat? I would choose to have dinner with Joan of Arc. I find her very interesting and, assuming that we were able to speak the same language, would love to ask her if she really spoke to G-d and to judge for myself if she was nuts or just beyond her time. And I'd choose the salmon with Asian inspired glaze from...

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24/30: Family Dynamics

24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now. When I was very little, my parents were happy. We were that perfect nuclear family. Mom, dad, two kids, two (and then three) cats. We lived right above my Gramma and my Gumpy and I still remember staying over there at night. Feeding the fish and drawing on butcher paper with Gramma, playing dots with Gumpy after he rubbed...

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Only a Mountain

Jesus said we could move mountains if only we had faith the size of a mustard seed. Why have I never made the connection that a mountain doesn't have to be physical?! Of course the mountains I need to move aren't physical. My mountains are the obstacles in my life. My mountains are my depression, my anxiety, my doubts, my stumbling blocks. My mountains can be moved with faith. I just can't show you...

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Rosh Hashanah Revalation

We interrupt your regularly scheduled answers to bring you this post courtesy of G-d's inspiration. Thank you for your understanding. I'm researching Messianic Judaism again, at the L-rd's prompting. It's almost time for the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and so I'm looking into it, being sure that if I choose to observe it that I do so according to Biblical instruction and not simply Jewish tradition...

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The future (?) and hobbies

22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years? Five years from now I will be 27. If everything goes according to my plan, I'll be married and pregnant with my first child. I'd like to be settled down in a nice town where we feel at home, where I have friends and where we have a life. We have a weekly date night and jobs that we're happy with. We may not have a house yet but we're established....

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Suburbs, Significance, and Superpowers

19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why? If I could live anywhere, I would choose to live within a few hours of Washington, DC or London or maybe New York. If I hope to home school, I want to be able to take frequent field trips to museums and to have some "culture" in the area. I think having experiences is a big part of learning and I hope to let my children have those experiences...

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Animal, Accomplishments, Aspirations, Actualization

15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? If I were an animal, I'd be a cat. I love laying in the warm patch of sunshine on the table. I could sleep most of the day away easily. I'm very affectionate and love to cuddle but I also like to play and have fun. Like my kitty, I'm very protective of those I love. 16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments? A) I stopped hurting myself five...

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Things 12 through 14 (Typical Day, Weaknesses, Strengths)

12. Describe a typical day in your current life. I thought this one deserved to at least be at the start of a post considering how much the difference is in my life given my job. 8:00am - First alarm goes off. Roll over and tell it to shut up. 8:50am - Second alarm goes off. Roll over and tell it to shut up. 9:20am - Snooze from second alarm goes off for the third time. Finally get up and get ready. 9:35am...

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Questions 7-11 out of 30

7. What is your dream job, and why? I honestly have no idea. I love working with children and I hope to be a stay at home mom and to homeschool but I don't know if that's my dream job. :/ 8. What are 5 passions you have? A) I'm passionate about my love for children. All I've ever wanted is to be a mother, to be pregnant, to raise a child. I moved halfway around the world to take care of children...

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Hardest Thing You've Done

6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced? The past year or so of my life has honestly been one of the hardest things I've gone through. From November 2010 through November 2011, I lost every single plan I had. I'd been planning to be a teacher and to marry Ron after graduation. Then I had some problems with my classroom teacher as well as my college mentor. I was also struggling with...

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5/30 things

The madwoman has decided that tonight (since it's only 9:30 and freaking dark out already :glare:), she's going to journal a bunch. Including answering (okay probably mainly JUST answering) these 30 things. And watching Netflix. And researching Messianic Judaism. Again. (I'm drawn back to it every couple of months. I think that may be telling me something...) 1. List 20 random facts about...

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