A Meme about Me

Its all about me!

A is for age: None of you business!

B is for books: Hard to choose...I love history!

C is for career: Missionary Wife and Stay At Home Mom

D is for dad's name: Rev. Jack Riffe

E is for essential items to bring to a party: a good sense of humor

F is for favorite song at the moment: Este Dia

H is for hometown: uh...that's a hard one!Right now, Ciudad del este,Paraguay

I is for instruments you play: I play a keyboard, computer keyboard that is!

J is for jam or jelly you like: Strawberry jelly

K is for kids: Four! Jackie, married and in Paraguay with three daughters of her own, Joshua, married and living in Tampa,Florida, Jewel, 20 and in college in Jax, Fla, and Jayde, 16 living at home with us and homeschooled.

L is for living arrangements: renting an older in typical latin american style home.

M is for moms name: Loretta Riffe

N is for name of your best friends: Clint (husband)

O is for overnight hospital stays: You dont want to hear them all!!! 4 births,2 back surgeries, 4 other surgeries, 1 miscarriage, # times during pregnancy...

P is for phobia[s]: Being enclosed in small places ( claustrophobia) and MOUSEaphobia!

Q is for quote you like: Just Do it!

R is for relationship that lasted the longest: actually, my friend, Kim Leanard of  nearly 30 years

S is for siblings: middle child. Older sister and younger brother.

U is for unique trait(s): uh...uh...I dont think so.

V is for vegetable you love: broccoli

W is for worst trait: sarcasm , duh?!?!?!

X is for x-rays you've had: again, you dont want to hear them all!

Y is for yummy food you make: sweet rolls

Z is for favorite animal at the zoo: monkeys

FIRSTS:

First job: Health Food Store in Cambridge, Ohio

First funeral: Pastor of Faith Baptist Church ( cant remember his name but I do remember the funeral, Thorton, I think!)

First piercing: Ears for my 12 th birthday

First tattoo: No thank you

First credit card: Cato's

First favorite musician/band: Cathedral's WAY back.

LASTS:Last movie watched: Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

Last beverage drank: what do you think? Coffee

Last food consumed: Chocolate

Last phone call: to my daughter here in Paraguay

Last CD played: Bluegrass group, The Student Loan

Last website visited: Facebook


Single or Taken: Taken!

What do you miss? My kids  ibn the USA

Hair color: Red with some natural gey high lights, he he.

Natural color: red

Eye color: greenish blue

Makes you sad: The Chavez Regime in power

Yekwanaman!

 I love him, I love him...and where he goes, I'll follow, I'll follow!

A meme about my hubby.

( I gave my heart to a Marine!)

1. He’s sitting in front of the TV; what is on the screen?
Action movie





2. You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Ceasar

(Treating indian patients.)

3. What’s one food he doesn’t like?
Strawberry ice cream


4. You go out to the bar. What does he order?
We don’t go to bars…

(At my son's wedding.)

5. Where did he go to high school?
Zanesville, Ohio


6. What size shoe does he wear?
10

(Baby Jessica born weighing only 2.5 lbs.

was one of the many babies delivered by Yekwanaman.)

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
He collects knives and first edition old books.

(Delivering the New Testament, translated into Ye'kwana, to a village)

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Venezuelan pepito

(With the Chief)

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Steak


10. What is his favorite cereal?
Honey Nut Cherrios


11. What would he never wear?
Anything with a NY Yankee emblem!

(Providing dental care for the tribe)

12. What is his favorite sports team?
Boston Red Sox!

(Just chillin')

13. Who will he vote for?
  I know who he did not vote for ~ Obama!


14. Who is his best friend?
ME! And his children.








15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?
He does not like it when I do more than I should!


16. How many states has he lived in?
9 US states and 4 countries.


17. What is his heritage?
French/English...and third generation marine from Beaufort, S.C.!

(At the beach in Beaufort.)

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Cheese Cake, but he would prefer a Pecan pie!


19. Did he play sports in high school?
Football in Jr. High and Marching band (trumpet) in High School.

(Baby dedication)

20. What could he spend hours doing?
Reading Greek and Biblical translation.

( Reading the Greek New Testament with youngest grand daughter)

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine:

Books, Books, Books!

1. Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?I taught myself to read at 4 years of age. I have always loved reading but I do remember my first favorite book was a Golden Book of Saggy,Baggy the Elephant. My father would often read aloud to me. He enjoyed Luis L amour westerns and Pirate Tales. I can still hear him saying, 'Yo Ho Ho , and a bottle of rum!'

2. What are some books you read as a child? There was a series of the childhood of Famous Americans in my school library, and I loved those and read as many as I could get! This led to a love for history and even Historical Fiction.In mt teen years I developed a love for Science Fiction.

3. What is your favorite genre? History and biographies.

4. Do you have a favorite novel? That's a really difficult question to answer, but I will say The Sea Island Lady.

5. Where do you usually read? Everywhere! In my bed at night, at the table, in the car, while waiting in lines (You do a lot of that here) I always have a book in my purse.

6. When do you usually read? I always read at night, but, anytime is a good time to read!

7. Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time? Yes! 2 or 3 by my bed, one in the kitchen, one by the computer, one in the living room and even one in the bathroom. My husband and I are always fighting over who gets to read which book next!

8. Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
Not really, unless it is for preparing a class to teach, then I will take notes.

9. Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library? When stateside, I pick up a lot of used books, and when ever anyone visits and asks what to bring, I always ask for books. As missionaries, we also borrow and share each others books. My husband just became part of the board of trustees for the American/Paraguayan Cultural Center which has an English library. It makes me feel like I won the lottery!

11. If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them? For small children, Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit. For older children, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as well as the Chronicles of Narnia.

12. What are you reading now? The Grand Idea (Washington's tour of the west after the war) The Gift of Dyslexia, A Table in the Presence of my Enemy ( The memories of a Navy Chaplain assigned to the Marine Corps in Irak.) The Book of Galatians.

13. Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list? Of sorts. It's usually just a stack of books on my shelf.

14. What’s next? I will probably re read Gone with the Wind (I just finished the biography of Margaret Mitchell)

15. What books would you like to reread? Just about any book worth reading is worth re- reading!

16. Who are your favorite authors? Tolkien, Elliot, Dickens, Eugenia Price, McDonald, Austen and oh so many others!

What are you currently reading?