WW: Five things

Linking up with Mama Kat again this week for writers workshop. If you want to learn more about it, click the link at the bottom of this post.The prompt I chose this week is: Five Things. List 5 things we don’t know about you, 5 things you’re knowledgeable about, 5 things you know nothing about, and 5 things you believe.

Five things you don't might not know about me:

1. I was born in sunny Florida and I honestly believe I have sunshine in my veins. I don't do winter very well at all. It's been miserable this week with the freezing weather. 
2. I am the oldest of three children and both of my parents are the oldest in their families. 
3. I have a slightly OCD personality and have some things that I just can't go to bed without doing like checking the door locks, looking in on the kids, ect. I also have to recheck the locks if I even think I didn't lock them. I also have to have things in certain places in my home and car. If they aren't there or aren't in order, it drives me batty. 
4. My favorite color is yellow but I can't wear it. Makes me look jaundice. Figured out on my nails that even happens. So annoying because I loved the Sunny Lotus jams. 
5. My dad claims I am the clumsiest kid but I was the only one who hadn't had to have stitches or had a broken bone until I was 17! 

Five things I am knowledgeable about:

1. I am knowledgeable about my job as a healthcare administrative assistant. I am quick at getting things done and can teach people how to do it. 
2. I am knowledgeable about Jamberry. I am learning a lot still, but I know quite a bit. Enough to be running a fairly smooth business. 
3. Taking care of babies. I can honestly say that after three, I feel pretty knowledgeable about it. That isn't to say that I have all the answers or don't need help but I consider myself knowledgeable. 
4. I am knowledgeable about planning a wedding in another state. That wedding is going to happen in FIVE DAYS! 
5. I am knowledgeable about Microsoft office. I like using it and creating stuff. I re-did a form for one of our doctors and she just LOVED it. Made me feel great to be able to help her out. 

Five things I know nothing about:

1. Gourmet cooking. I can do a few things in the kitchen, none of which are gourmet. 
2. Fishing. I have been once in my life and remember only that I stepped a hook. Stephen tells me he will teach me, but we'll see. 
3. Hunting. Not really interested either. I have a hard enough time seeing the pictures of people's "catch" on facebook. 
4. Being the mother of a teenage girl. I have three and am terrified I might screw something up! There aren't enough books in the world to prepare you for that. 
5. Medical stuff. I know a little bit about things I have dealt with in my own life, but overall, you start talking medical issues and I can't help you. I might work in a doctor's office, but that doesn't mean I am a doctor or a nurse!  

Five things I believe:

1. I believe that Jesus is the son of God and came down from Heaven in human form. I believe he lived a blameless life and was sacrificed for our sins on a cross. 
2. I believe that the world would be a better place if we all followed "Thumper's Rule" If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. 
3. I believe that we need to teach our children, especially our girls that real beauty is more then skin deep. There are a lot of pretty girls whose attitudes make them ugly. There are also a lot of girls who aren't, by the world's standards, beautiful, but they are because they have an inner beauty that shines right out of them. 
4. I believe that in the end, perseverance pays off. May not feel like it now, but keep at it, eventually it will pay off in no matter what you are working on. 
5. I believe that a little kindness can go a long way. Here in the Treasure Valley we have a Christian radio station, ktsy, and they promote a "drive through difference." Basically you pay for the drink/order of the car behind you in the drive through line. It's a random act of kindness that just feels good. If you visit the link above, it will even give you access to the card you can print out and do it yourself. 

This post inspired by:

1000 Gifts: Three gifts of traditions

• It is a gift to be able to carry a few traditions from when I was a child into my life with my children. For example, we have a family tradition of an "up" day. It's a day where we go to my aunt's house and my dad's sisters and their families (and now their children's families) all meet up and spend the afternoon and dinner together. We call it an "up" day because we used to have to drive up a hill to get there and the name stuck. I get to have an "up" day Saturday when I go home and I am so excited! 
• It is a gift to be able start new traditions with my girls. I have been trying to do a "25 Days of Christmas" every year, it's slowly becoming tradition. They also get pj's to open on Christmas eve to wear Christmas day. Not quite sure how we will work that now that I only have them either Christmas or Christmas eve, but we will figure it out.
• It is a gift to be able to merge my family's traditions with Stephen's families and create our own. I can't wait to see how we figure things out.