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Beachy Mimi's 100 Things
I think your 100th post is supposed to be some kind of milestone in the bloggyworld.
I also think you are supposed to post 100 things about yourself. I'm sure you all know more about me than you EVER wanted to know. But, in the spirit of blogging, I'll dig up a few more things to share with the Peeps.
1. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior
2. I will spend eternity in Heaven with God
3. The greatest gifts I have ever received are: salvation
4. Queen B
5. The Princess
6. Bald men make me tingle (sorry, TMI)
7. In 1964, I got to stay home from church to watch the BEATLES on the Ed Sullivan Show
8. When I left the Pacific house, I took the original BEATLES album with me
9. I also took all the Christmas CD's
10. And, remember I put his underwear in the freezer
11. In my fantasy life, I would:
12. Have a personal chef
13. Have a personal trainer
14. Have a housekeeper
15. Be awakened every morning by a cute, bald guy
16. Travel the world with bald guy
17. Married, of course
18 If I had a fantasy dinner party:
19. It would be cooked by Pioneer Woman
20. I would invite:
21. Queen B
22. The King
23. The Princess
24. Glen Beck
25. Anderson Cooper
26. Sarah Palin
27. Trig Palin
28. Teyla
29 The Tongginator
30. Caroline
31. Miss Piggy
32. The two old guys from the balcony on the Muppets
33. A couple of cute bald guys
34. PeepOne
35. PeepTwo
36. If I had a Biblical Fantasy Dinner I would invite:
37. Jesus
38. Paul
39. John
40. Solomon
41. David
40. Luke
42. When I was in the 10th grade I won a major award for writing a paper about a gorilla spitting on me at the zoo.
43. I was a cheerleader for 5 years
44. I was a typist for the yearbook and school paper
45. In high school, my peers were "socially active" and I had NO CLUE
46. They called me "Naive Nellie"
47. I am trusting and believe anything you tell me
48. See #45
49. In high school I let a girl walk out of the bathroom with her skirt tucked in her panties.
50. I am so ashamed
51. I have done some really stupid, selfish things in my life
52. Jesus already died on the cross for those things
53. I AM FORGIVEN
54. I wear size 5-5 1/2 shoe
55. It is hard to find shoes
56. I love shoes
57. Pink is my favorite color
58. My cat, Harry, really thinks he is a dog
59. I want to go to Alaska
60. I'm really shy
61. I am learning to take myself less seriously--way less seriously
62. I love to laugh
63. I play on the Webkinz site
64. Tile Towers is my favorite game
65. I also love Tetris on a hand held game
66. I have OCD tendencies
67. Queen B thinks I am messy
68. It's all a part of not taking myself seriously and my new laid-back attitude
69. Queen B doesn't like messy
70. Queen B could never be described as laid-back
71. I love to travel in an RV and "camp"
72. Favorite TV shows are:
73. NCIS
74. The Unit
75. Amazing Race
76. Survivor
77. I love my birthday month
78. I love to give stuff to people
79. I am sorta, kinda, maybe seeing two guys with the same name
80. "Seeing" is used very liberally, here
81. Read the chapter in Proverbs that corresponds to the day of the month, every day. That is, read Chapter 10 on the 10th day of the month. Do it every day, every month. You will be better for it.
82. use part of #81 for this
83. I'm bored and I'm not even having to read all this
84. The most daring thing I've done lately is parasailing
85. I'm too old to parasail
86. I'm not a natural blonde. snort snort snort
87. Have I mentioned bald guys? Sorry
88. I'm waiting for Mr. Specific to find me.
89. He will
90. Or he won't
91. Either way, I'm okay
92. My happiness is not defined by a man
93. For the first time in my life I think I have discovered true joy
94. Jesus is responsible for that
95. This is very hard
96. I love Sonic cokes
97. My favorite chocolate cake has Eagle Brand Milk and Cream of Coconut poured into it, cool whip on top and chilled until it is very cold.
98. I could eat the whole thing
99. I may or may not have actually done that
100. I have to have a few secrets.
You pooor Peeps. Sorry you had to read all that. You are good sports!!
I also think you are supposed to post 100 things about yourself. I'm sure you all know more about me than you EVER wanted to know. But, in the spirit of blogging, I'll dig up a few more things to share with the Peeps.
1. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior
2. I will spend eternity in Heaven with God
3. The greatest gifts I have ever received are: salvation
4. Queen B
5. The Princess
6. Bald men make me tingle (sorry, TMI)
7. In 1964, I got to stay home from church to watch the BEATLES on the Ed Sullivan Show
8. When I left the Pacific house, I took the original BEATLES album with me
9. I also took all the Christmas CD's
10. And, remember I put his underwear in the freezer
11. In my fantasy life, I would:
12. Have a personal chef
13. Have a personal trainer
14. Have a housekeeper
15. Be awakened every morning by a cute, bald guy
16. Travel the world with bald guy
17. Married, of course
18 If I had a fantasy dinner party:
19. It would be cooked by Pioneer Woman
20. I would invite:
21. Queen B
22. The King
23. The Princess
24. Glen Beck
25. Anderson Cooper
26. Sarah Palin
27. Trig Palin
28. Teyla
29 The Tongginator
30. Caroline
31. Miss Piggy
32. The two old guys from the balcony on the Muppets
33. A couple of cute bald guys
34. PeepOne
35. PeepTwo
36. If I had a Biblical Fantasy Dinner I would invite:
37. Jesus
38. Paul
39. John
40. Solomon
41. David
40. Luke
42. When I was in the 10th grade I won a major award for writing a paper about a gorilla spitting on me at the zoo.
43. I was a cheerleader for 5 years
44. I was a typist for the yearbook and school paper
45. In high school, my peers were "socially active" and I had NO CLUE
46. They called me "Naive Nellie"
47. I am trusting and believe anything you tell me
48. See #45
49. In high school I let a girl walk out of the bathroom with her skirt tucked in her panties.
50. I am so ashamed
51. I have done some really stupid, selfish things in my life
52. Jesus already died on the cross for those things
53. I AM FORGIVEN
54. I wear size 5-5 1/2 shoe
55. It is hard to find shoes
56. I love shoes
57. Pink is my favorite color
58. My cat, Harry, really thinks he is a dog
59. I want to go to Alaska
60. I'm really shy
61. I am learning to take myself less seriously--way less seriously
62. I love to laugh
63. I play on the Webkinz site
64. Tile Towers is my favorite game
65. I also love Tetris on a hand held game
66. I have OCD tendencies
67. Queen B thinks I am messy
68. It's all a part of not taking myself seriously and my new laid-back attitude
69. Queen B doesn't like messy
70. Queen B could never be described as laid-back
71. I love to travel in an RV and "camp"
72. Favorite TV shows are:
73. NCIS
74. The Unit
75. Amazing Race
76. Survivor
77. I love my birthday month
78. I love to give stuff to people
79. I am sorta, kinda, maybe seeing two guys with the same name
80. "Seeing" is used very liberally, here
81. Read the chapter in Proverbs that corresponds to the day of the month, every day. That is, read Chapter 10 on the 10th day of the month. Do it every day, every month. You will be better for it.
82. use part of #81 for this
83. I'm bored and I'm not even having to read all this
84. The most daring thing I've done lately is parasailing
85. I'm too old to parasail
86. I'm not a natural blonde. snort snort snort
87. Have I mentioned bald guys? Sorry
88. I'm waiting for Mr. Specific to find me.
89. He will
90. Or he won't
91. Either way, I'm okay
92. My happiness is not defined by a man
93. For the first time in my life I think I have discovered true joy
94. Jesus is responsible for that
95. This is very hard
96. I love Sonic cokes
97. My favorite chocolate cake has Eagle Brand Milk and Cream of Coconut poured into it, cool whip on top and chilled until it is very cold.
98. I could eat the whole thing
99. I may or may not have actually done that
100. I have to have a few secrets.
You pooor Peeps. Sorry you had to read all that. You are good sports!!
More Answers...The Final Edition
The rest of the questions from the Peeps mostly address regrets and writing my own happy ending.
For one thing, as I have said earlier, I try to learn from my flub-ups and move on. Don't dwell on the bad stuff. Guilt/sadness/anger/bitterness really eat up a person on the inside.
One time I did something REALLY stupid. REALLY. I was so ashamed/embarrassed/mortified/sorry/you get the picture. A good friend from church said to me, "Beachy Mimi, Jesus already died on the cross for this. You are forgiven. When you give God's grace out to other people, keep a little for yourself."
That was a life changing time for me. Through much research and Bible study, I learned about forgiveness for myself and for other people. I felt cleansed.
From that time on I have totally changed my attitude toward life. I am much more laid-back, easy-going, relaxed and roll with the day kind of person. Where I used to stress obsessively about little hiccups in my life...they are just temporary. Nothing stays the same.
My attitude about God changed as well. I was raised in a church that dwelt on punishment and God's anger. That colored my outlook on all of life. Until the "incident". I got a crash course on GRACE and exactly what that means. God also revealed His sense of humor to me and my outlook turned positive with joy and laughter.
I just hope I pass that on to other people I come in contact with. Incorrect sentence, but you get my drift.
Teaching questions?
Well, I mostly taught first grade. Much of what I taught then is taught in Kindergarten now.
Kids are kids everywhere. They are hysterical in their thought patterns and story telling.
Oh, Peeps. The stories they told me about their families. Priceless.
The world is pretty small to a little kid. We used to have 30 plus kids to a classroom, which made it FULL. When my class would see me at the grocery store they would say, "Mrs. Beachy Mimi! You go to the grocery store, too?"
They thought I lived in my little storage closet. It was a walk-in closet and every time I would go in, there would be a little cluster of kids just outside the door to see if I was coming back.
I was introducing spelling words one time. The spelling list was new words that were going to be in the story for the week. It was a small school, and I think they got their textbooks from NEW YORK CITY. Some of the stories were way outside the language experience of the children and they were totally clueless about anything 20 miles out-of-town.
This particular story was about Scotland (three hands went up..."I've been there Mrs. Beachy Mimi. Is that over by Houston?") and kilts. When I introduced "kilt", one of the boys excitedly raised his hand and said, "Mrs. Beachy Mimi! My uncle "kilt" a man and he is in the pen (as in
jail).
Alrighty then. No recovery from that.
One year I had 20 boys. I love boys. I love girls. But 20 of one or the other in a class of 25 is just too much. I COULD NOT EVEN TURN MY BACK TO WRITE ON THE BOARD. They were trying to cut their hair, someone else's hair, pick, gouge, fall out of chairs...the list is endless.
It took several weeks just to get them sitting with their bottom in their own chair.
A lot of children lose teeth in the first grade and my classes were never an exception. I made a large tooth and the toothless person got to sign and date the tooth and then got a certificate to take home to Mom.
One little girl DUG HER TOOTH OUT WITH A PENCIL, SITTING UNDER HER DESK so she could get a certificate. I was mortified. The tooth was loose, but she walks up to me with a big smile, the tooth in her hand and blood all over everything. I got her cleaned up and fifteen minutes later she is BACK UNDER THE DESK GOING AT ANOTHER TOOTH. We had to have a L O N G talk. Only one tooth per day!!
I read The Boxcar Children to all my classes. Every single class loved it and I loved having that informal read and chat time. What imaginations! Circle time was a highlight of every day.
We made some great stuff. Cookbooks written by them were a favorite. We had plays, dress-ups, our own parades and EVERYONE learned to read.
Everyone got hugs and love everyday from Mrs. Beachy Mimi. I don't even know if that would be allowed now. All I know is, they blossomed...I got more out of them than if I had been a mean old bag. AND we got to lunch on time. A big deal back in the day.
I have been drenched in throw-up, blood, snot, drool and other body fluids I'm not ready to think about.
I took my shoes off one afternoon, looked up and EVERYONE had their shoes off. Too funny.
Some of my students are now teachers themselves. Time passes so quickly.
As most of you are getting your little ones ready to start another year, just remember...
MRS. BEACHY MIMI IS RETIRED!!!
For one thing, as I have said earlier, I try to learn from my flub-ups and move on. Don't dwell on the bad stuff. Guilt/sadness/anger/bitterness really eat up a person on the inside.
One time I did something REALLY stupid. REALLY. I was so ashamed/embarrassed/mortified/sorry/you get the picture. A good friend from church said to me, "Beachy Mimi, Jesus already died on the cross for this. You are forgiven. When you give God's grace out to other people, keep a little for yourself."
That was a life changing time for me. Through much research and Bible study, I learned about forgiveness for myself and for other people. I felt cleansed.
From that time on I have totally changed my attitude toward life. I am much more laid-back, easy-going, relaxed and roll with the day kind of person. Where I used to stress obsessively about little hiccups in my life...they are just temporary. Nothing stays the same.
My attitude about God changed as well. I was raised in a church that dwelt on punishment and God's anger. That colored my outlook on all of life. Until the "incident". I got a crash course on GRACE and exactly what that means. God also revealed His sense of humor to me and my outlook turned positive with joy and laughter.
I just hope I pass that on to other people I come in contact with. Incorrect sentence, but you get my drift.
Teaching questions?
Well, I mostly taught first grade. Much of what I taught then is taught in Kindergarten now.
Kids are kids everywhere. They are hysterical in their thought patterns and story telling.
Oh, Peeps. The stories they told me about their families. Priceless.
The world is pretty small to a little kid. We used to have 30 plus kids to a classroom, which made it FULL. When my class would see me at the grocery store they would say, "Mrs. Beachy Mimi! You go to the grocery store, too?"
They thought I lived in my little storage closet. It was a walk-in closet and every time I would go in, there would be a little cluster of kids just outside the door to see if I was coming back.
I was introducing spelling words one time. The spelling list was new words that were going to be in the story for the week. It was a small school, and I think they got their textbooks from NEW YORK CITY. Some of the stories were way outside the language experience of the children and they were totally clueless about anything 20 miles out-of-town.
This particular story was about Scotland (three hands went up..."I've been there Mrs. Beachy Mimi. Is that over by Houston?") and kilts. When I introduced "kilt", one of the boys excitedly raised his hand and said, "Mrs. Beachy Mimi! My uncle "kilt" a man and he is in the pen (as in
jail).
Alrighty then. No recovery from that.
One year I had 20 boys. I love boys. I love girls. But 20 of one or the other in a class of 25 is just too much. I COULD NOT EVEN TURN MY BACK TO WRITE ON THE BOARD. They were trying to cut their hair, someone else's hair, pick, gouge, fall out of chairs...the list is endless.
It took several weeks just to get them sitting with their bottom in their own chair.
A lot of children lose teeth in the first grade and my classes were never an exception. I made a large tooth and the toothless person got to sign and date the tooth and then got a certificate to take home to Mom.
One little girl DUG HER TOOTH OUT WITH A PENCIL, SITTING UNDER HER DESK so she could get a certificate. I was mortified. The tooth was loose, but she walks up to me with a big smile, the tooth in her hand and blood all over everything. I got her cleaned up and fifteen minutes later she is BACK UNDER THE DESK GOING AT ANOTHER TOOTH. We had to have a L O N G talk. Only one tooth per day!!
I read The Boxcar Children to all my classes. Every single class loved it and I loved having that informal read and chat time. What imaginations! Circle time was a highlight of every day.
We made some great stuff. Cookbooks written by them were a favorite. We had plays, dress-ups, our own parades and EVERYONE learned to read.
Everyone got hugs and love everyday from Mrs. Beachy Mimi. I don't even know if that would be allowed now. All I know is, they blossomed...I got more out of them than if I had been a mean old bag. AND we got to lunch on time. A big deal back in the day.
I have been drenched in throw-up, blood, snot, drool and other body fluids I'm not ready to think about.
I took my shoes off one afternoon, looked up and EVERYONE had their shoes off. Too funny.
Some of my students are now teachers themselves. Time passes so quickly.
As most of you are getting your little ones ready to start another year, just remember...
MRS. BEACHY MIMI IS RETIRED!!!
More Answers and Other Nonsense
Peeps, I will attempt to answer somemore of your probing questions.
Next BIG ADVENTURE? Beachy Mimi has no plans at the present time. Must save some coin. Between taxes due, Christmas coming and the Palooza Birthday for the Princess I must plan and save. I would love to go back to Alaska, Hawaii, NYC, ANYWHERE. I want to see everything. Which answers another question, "Where in the world would you like to go?"
Starting with the USA, I would love to travel and see all. My greatest desire would be to do it in a REALLY NICE SOUPED UP RV, taking my time and stopping whenever. After the USA, maybe Canada, London, Italy, Australia, or anything with a beautiful beach.
I do not own a home or condo at the beach. All my adult life I have been told, "No, you don't like the beach. Really. You don't. Remember?" Well, Mimi found out that she LOVED the beach and the beachy, relaxed environment. LOVED IT. So, Mimi became Beachy Mimi, and Beachy Mimi is at the beach in her mind ALL THE TIME.
"What do I do for myself everyday?" Oh, Peeps. Beachy Mimi is a selfish creature. VERY.
My time with God is the best thing I do for myself. Next to that it would have to be pampering.
Pampering the skin, to include hair, nails, toes, feet, and all over skin. Someday I hope to add lots of exercise to the list...
"Favorite beauty product?" That's tough. I love Obaji skincare, but basically cleansing, exfoliating, moisturinzing and treatment (wrinkles, Peeps). Must do all that everyday to keep the Birthday Fairy kind to you, so you won't look like she beat the crap out of you with her wand.
It is an ongoing battle.
"Most embarassing moment?" Do you mean today? There are so many...I try to keep them blocked from my mind or I would spend all my time sucking my thumb under the bed.
"Regrets in life?" I think it would be the people I have hurt throughout my life. I have learned so much from all my goofups and I don't think I would trade those lessons for a redo. They have just all been the pattern of my life that the Lord has set before me, and the lessons HE has taught me (some much harder than others). Regrets are really pointless to me because I can't, do them over, but I can do better next time.
"Something I'm proud of?" Motherhood is numero uno but I am also thankful that I finished college. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Elementary Education, and won an award from another state for teaching. Who cares? I know. But someone asked.
"Funny parenting moment?" Well, I have always shopped with an alias, that is, instead of Beachy Mimi I might be DESERT DONNA or MOUNTAIN MYRTLE. That's just in case I do or say something so stupid I would never want it attributed to me, Beachy Mimi. The Parental Unit and I have done this as a private joke for YEARS. We don't talk about it, we just do it between ourselves as a little humor.
When my Queen B was 2, we were in the mall. Beachy Mimi had her all "pinked-out" with a little bonnet, dress, sandals, painted nails (I kid)and she looked like a beautiful doll with black hair and dark brown eyes. People were always coming up to look and speak to her and on one of the occasions someone said, "What is your name, little girl?" Remember, she is 2. She looks the questioner right in the eye and says "AMY".
Her name is Queen B, not Queen A , as in Amy. The Parental Unit and I fell out laughing because she apparently decided to have an alias herself. So, on that particular day, she was "Amy" the whole day.
While I'm on the topic of Queen B, she has been choosing her wardrobe since she could point,
SERIOUSLY. She proudly wore some pretty strange get-ups. Most all the breakages, mess-ups and naughty behavior was perpetrated by "Kelly", the invisible girl that lived across the street??? That Kelly. She really got around and caused lots of mischief for the Queen.
When the Princess came up with the invisible friend, "Pootie", I laughed my head off at the Queen's consternation. Payback is SO GREAT.
Hey, that may be the best part of parenting. Seeing your own children get payback from their children....I'll mull on that and get back to you later, Peeps!
Answers to the teaching question will be a post for another day.
Next BIG ADVENTURE? Beachy Mimi has no plans at the present time. Must save some coin. Between taxes due, Christmas coming and the Palooza Birthday for the Princess I must plan and save. I would love to go back to Alaska, Hawaii, NYC, ANYWHERE. I want to see everything. Which answers another question, "Where in the world would you like to go?"
Starting with the USA, I would love to travel and see all. My greatest desire would be to do it in a REALLY NICE SOUPED UP RV, taking my time and stopping whenever. After the USA, maybe Canada, London, Italy, Australia, or anything with a beautiful beach.
I do not own a home or condo at the beach. All my adult life I have been told, "No, you don't like the beach. Really. You don't. Remember?" Well, Mimi found out that she LOVED the beach and the beachy, relaxed environment. LOVED IT. So, Mimi became Beachy Mimi, and Beachy Mimi is at the beach in her mind ALL THE TIME.
"What do I do for myself everyday?" Oh, Peeps. Beachy Mimi is a selfish creature. VERY.
My time with God is the best thing I do for myself. Next to that it would have to be pampering.
Pampering the skin, to include hair, nails, toes, feet, and all over skin. Someday I hope to add lots of exercise to the list...
"Favorite beauty product?" That's tough. I love Obaji skincare, but basically cleansing, exfoliating, moisturinzing and treatment (wrinkles, Peeps). Must do all that everyday to keep the Birthday Fairy kind to you, so you won't look like she beat the crap out of you with her wand.
It is an ongoing battle.
"Most embarassing moment?" Do you mean today? There are so many...I try to keep them blocked from my mind or I would spend all my time sucking my thumb under the bed.
"Regrets in life?" I think it would be the people I have hurt throughout my life. I have learned so much from all my goofups and I don't think I would trade those lessons for a redo. They have just all been the pattern of my life that the Lord has set before me, and the lessons HE has taught me (some much harder than others). Regrets are really pointless to me because I can't, do them over, but I can do better next time.
"Something I'm proud of?" Motherhood is numero uno but I am also thankful that I finished college. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Elementary Education, and won an award from another state for teaching. Who cares? I know. But someone asked.
"Funny parenting moment?" Well, I have always shopped with an alias, that is, instead of Beachy Mimi I might be DESERT DONNA or MOUNTAIN MYRTLE. That's just in case I do or say something so stupid I would never want it attributed to me, Beachy Mimi. The Parental Unit and I have done this as a private joke for YEARS. We don't talk about it, we just do it between ourselves as a little humor.
When my Queen B was 2, we were in the mall. Beachy Mimi had her all "pinked-out" with a little bonnet, dress, sandals, painted nails (I kid)and she looked like a beautiful doll with black hair and dark brown eyes. People were always coming up to look and speak to her and on one of the occasions someone said, "What is your name, little girl?" Remember, she is 2. She looks the questioner right in the eye and says "AMY".
Her name is Queen B, not Queen A , as in Amy. The Parental Unit and I fell out laughing because she apparently decided to have an alias herself. So, on that particular day, she was "Amy" the whole day.
While I'm on the topic of Queen B, she has been choosing her wardrobe since she could point,
SERIOUSLY. She proudly wore some pretty strange get-ups. Most all the breakages, mess-ups and naughty behavior was perpetrated by "Kelly", the invisible girl that lived across the street??? That Kelly. She really got around and caused lots of mischief for the Queen.
When the Princess came up with the invisible friend, "Pootie", I laughed my head off at the Queen's consternation. Payback is SO GREAT.
Hey, that may be the best part of parenting. Seeing your own children get payback from their children....I'll mull on that and get back to you later, Peeps!
Answers to the teaching question will be a post for another day.
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