I've Been Tagged!

Yes, I've been tagged - thanks Donna!  This should be fun.  Here are the details:

The rules of the game:
Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them.
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Okay, here are my 7 random/weird facts about me!

1. I love Chai Latte (General Foods International brand) and drink a mug of it every day for my breakfast.  I started drinking it when I was on the South Beach diet and it became such a favorite that I still drink it. 

2. I started the South Beach diet about three years ago after I quit a very stressful job.  I was working at home as a medical transcriptionist and working for three different companies, one of which demanded that I work about 18 hours a day.  I basically ate to stay awake late at night and put on over 30 lbs.  My husband then quit his job and we started our own business so that I could quit, and with God's help, our business has been successful, and I haven't had to work that hard since.  I still do medical transcription but only about 2-3 hours a day. So needless to say, the South Beach diet rescued me and I lost all my weight plus some, and have kept it off - yeah!!

3.  I have been reading the Bible all the way through this year.  Usually I just read a book here and a book there - but last year I decided I would get a Bible that was divided into 365 days and read a portion of it each day.  It has been a wonderful experience for me, and I would recommend it to everyone - reading the Word of God for 15 minutes each day has brought so much into my life - I can't tell you how many times a situation came up and a verse came to mind that I read that very day that got me through the situation - truly the Word is a "lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."

4. I am transplanted from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Texas - and I LOVE living here in Texas.

5. I can't handle the cold weather AT ALL and no one can figure out why - since I come from the cold, snowy north - but I assure you - the cold here in Texas is much different than up north - when it gets cold up there - it stays cold all winter and you dress for it accordingly.  There are no ups and downs there like here in Texas where the temperature changes on a regular basis from 70 degrees to 35 degrees in several hours!  I really don't like Texas winters - but they are much preferred to icy, snowy ones though (although I do admit I miss the snow!!)

6.  I am a procrastinator!  Christmas is around the corner and I've yet to have a wrapped Christmas present under the tree or any Christmas cards mailed out - today - I hope to at least get started on mailing out Christmas cards - of course - time is always the factor here!! NOT enough hours in the day!!

7.  I absolutely, simply adore roses and really any kind of flower - I have several in my yard that I've been trying to encourage to grow - and someday I want to have a flower garden with roses and beautiful flowers - who knows when that will be - but it is a dream nevertheless!!

Okay - so here are the seven people I will tag - hope you can play along - looking foward to reading your posts and learning more about you!

Aimee: http://aimee-relaxinwhilestampin.blogspot.com/

Amy: http://coloryourimagination.blogspot.com/

Gabby: http://confessionsofastamper.blogspot.com/

Lori: http://urgentcookie.blogspot.com/

Lesa: http://paperpossibilities.blogspot.com/

Susan: http://gettin-inky.blogspot.com/

Stacy: http://stampinwithbubbasprincess.blogspot.com/

Comments

[Donna]

ooh - interesting facts you shared! I love the GFIC Chai Latte too! One of my goals is to read the Bible all the way through, too (I actually got a Go Bible last year & was listening to it for about 3 months and stopped, what's wrong with me?) Better pick it up again. I LOVE living in Texas too! Thanks for playing!

[Donna]

ooh - interesting facts you shared! I love the GFIC Chai Latte too! One of my goals is to read the Bible all the way through, too (I actually got a Go Bible last year & was listening to it for about 3 months and stopped, what's wrong with me?) Better pick it up again. I LOVE living in Texas too! Thanks for playing!

[Stacy]

I love roses too! Also last year my church as a whole did a program to read the Bible through in a year. It was great.

[Alana Lee]

Loved hearing your random facts. I, too, cannot handle the cold weather. I grew up in Cleveland, and now that I'm in Idaho, I could never go back. It's still too cold for me, I'm not ready to move to El Salvador just yet. I need to read the whole bible through. I've read the NT, but only a few books of the OT. That will be my goal next year. Thanks for inspiring me.

[melissa cheney]

Thanks for sharin' all your fun facts! I, too, got tagged a few days ago and spilled all the deets on my blog.

I'm in Utah and I hear ya about the cold weather! It pretty much stays cold without the temp fluctuations, but it's still such a kicker every year.

[Laurie]

Thanks for sharing all the personal tidbits about yourself! I used to collect rose's. Now I'm on to stamps! ;-)

[Rosella]

Loved learning more about you! Thank you for the encouragement to read the bible in a year. I had started at one point, but somehow lost it. I will make this a new year's resolution.