Ramblings 3-14-2007

Webster's dictionary" Ramble to talk or write in a discursive, aimless manner... leisurely without a definite route.

I didn't realize I would have to come up with a blog site name and this was all I could come up with that quickly. The plus is to include family etc.


...so wow here is my first and only blog. I'm supposed to be writing a talk but I'm having trouble coming up with a talk. The topic is Christ suffered and knows how to comfort us because of His suffering and we should be willing to suffer for Him. I think topics like prayer or family Home evening would be much easier. Of course, the Savior is always the most important and best topic but I guess I worry about doing it justice or something. It is not the easiest topic... so instead of working on my talk like I should be here is...

100 facts about Debbie

1. I'm a fonetick speller. I don't spell well! I love spell check!
2. I love to have all of my family home with me
3. I like alone time but I like people around me time better
4. I'm not good at just sitting doing nothing. In fact I hate it!
5. I love to read.
6. My goal is to read all the Newberry award winning children's books.
7. My favorite books are The Robe by Loyd Douglas and any book by Gerald Lund
8. I graduated from BYU in elementary ed
9. I have the cutest, most perfect 10 month old grand baby boy
10. I love my husband.
11. I have kept a journal at least once a week since I was 16 years old
12. I love telling stories through scrapbooks
13. I have 2 great brothers
14. Blue is my favorite color
15. I won $50.00 in a national writing contest in high school
16. I have 2 great daughters and 2fantastic sons
17. I cried a lot for almost 2 weeks when my oldest daughter left home
18. I love to travel
19. I hate flying
20. I hated playing sports in high school
21. I love playing sports now but can't do many with out getting too sore
22. I have some great cousins I love and I'm glad to keep in touch with them.
23. I was the princess in Unsinkable Molly Brown musical in High school
24. I worked as a seamstress in a baby clothes factory to pay for my second year of collage.
25. I HATED the sewing job. BORING BORING BORING
26. I love home made vanilla ice cream My dad's recipe is the best.
27. I love swimming
28. My favorite family vacation was to Hawaii
29. My parents are the greatest parents on the planet
30. I traveled with my parents and my brothers across the country in a camper.
31. I loved visiting New York
32. I hate humidity
33. I like to exercise everyday
34. I have 1000 miles on my bike
35. I wish I looked like I ride and exercise every day
36. I believe in Jesus Christ
37. I enjoyed working as a cub Scout leader.
38. I enjoy not having to be a Cub Scout leader every week
39. I love musicals especially Phantom of the Opera and Les Mis
40. I am thankful for my friends
41. I lived with the same college room mates for 4 years and they are still my best friends.
42. I never just sit and watch TV
43. I like Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager
44. Lois and Clark with Dean Cain and Terry Hatcher is still my favorite TV series
45. I can't draw anything but my kids are all really good artists
46. My oldest daughter is an awesome home decorator
47. My cousin's husband was an astronaut who worked on the international space station
48. Our family watched a night time and a daytime Space Shuttle launch . Awesome!!!
49. I have lived in 6 states and 2 countries
50. I don't like being away from my kids
51. I like to crochet
52. I love family photos
53. My second daughter was a great EFY youth counselor and also worked at Disney World
54. I have been to Disney land or World 10 times
55. I love old movies
56. I have been mud walking on the beach in Germany
57. I hate wearing shoes and socks
58. I met my husband in a music history class at BYU
59. We had our first date in Feb and were married in Oct.
60. I love walking through woods
62. I wish my kids could see fireflies or lightning bugs. They are cool !
63. Print Shop is my most used and favorite computer program
64. My oldest daughter was my grandma's 101st great grandchild
65. My Grandma was my best friend and I LOVED to visit her and I miss her a lot.
66. I taught 1st grade for 2 years and 2nd grade for 1 year
67. I got to ride on the last troop train going from Bremerhaven to Berlin Germany with my family. We slept on bunk beds in the train like in the old Cary Grant movies
68. I went to church in an sea captains former home in Germany
69. My daughters were BEAUTIFUL brides !
70. My son in law won the PAC 10 heavy weight wrestling title as a wrestler for Boise State
71. My dad was my counselor in high school
72. My mom is a great organist
73. I wrote a roadshow
74. I played an elephant in a roadshow
75. My husband plays tuba, flute, piccolo, bass guitar and classical guitar
76. My daughter pays flute and piano
77. My 2nd daughter and 2nd son ( and football) play the sax and piano and soccer
78. My 1st son plays guitar and basketball and soccer
79. I love watching my kids play sports
80. I love holiday decorations especially Christmas
81. I love sitting on big rocks that overlook mountains or valleys
82. I'm not good at home decoration
83. I was a camp counselor for 4 years
84. I like dancing but I'm not great at it
85. I love the beaches in Portland, Or. because they are beautiful
86. Our whole family wore full body wet suits (even booties) to be able to play in the water on boogie boards in the FREEZING water at the Oregon beach. Yes, we looked pretty silly!
87. My daughters with their long blond hair were mistaken for Danish girls by Japanese tourists who wanted to take a picture of local girls by the Little Mermaid rock in Copenhagen Denmark.
88. I LOVE being a stay at home mom.
89. I would rather clean up a meal than cook one
90. I don't like trying new recipes
91. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
92. I hate diabetes
93. My kids seem to get sick or hurt more often than many of their friends. Some or all of my 4 children have asthma, diabetes, reoccurring strep, pins and growth plate in wrists..
94. I hate team dinners
95. My husband spoils me
96. My parents really spoiled me growing up and still do
97. I like dolls
98. I play the piano good enough to enjoy it by myself but NEVER in front of other people
99. I knew Luke and Leia were brother and sister before the Return of the Jedi movie came out and I could prove that I thought that because I wrote it in my journal!
100. I love my family!