Thursday Thirteen #25

I was going to use this picture for yesterday's Wordless Wednesday - but it has such a great story behind it I couldn't leave it wordless!

This picture was taken in 2004 when I was in Nigeria living with my grandparents, who are missionaries there. My uncle, aunt and four cousins all live right next door. My grandparents live in the middle of no where. It takes an hour to drive to the post office and a small market place. It takes three hours to drive to drive to a semi-decent market place. This semi-decent market place is where the story takes place.

My cousin and I were at the market place and this Nigerian man in his early twenties approached us. It didn't take long to realize that in his eyes him and I equaled happily ever after. He actually said these things to me:

"Look! You are wearing flip flops and so am I! What a coincidence!"
"You are wearing green, and so am I! What a coincidence!"
"You are drinking Coke and I am too! What a coincidence!"
"You have dark hair and so do I! What a coincidence!"

All of these 'coincidences' were signs to him that him and I were meant to be together, and it was so obvious that he had a massive crush on me. Or, ok, maybe a strong passion to get to Canada, but I prefer to think he liked me for *me.*

All of these coincidences happened within a matter of minutes of cousin and me meeting him, and when he finally paused and asked me about myself my cousin piped up and told him I was a country music star from Canada and was in Nigeria for a vacation.

He asked for my name and when I told him Jessica Crowe (my maiden name) he says "Ah yes, I think I have heard of you! I am so pleased to meet you!" And then became all the more convinced we were meant to be as he owned a music store and I was supposedly a singer - how much clearer could it get??

He asked me to sing, but we told him I was under strict orders to rest my voice. He asked me to send him my cd, and I said I'd do the best I could.

I left the market that day thinking I would never see or hear from him again. I was so wrong.

The next trip to the market place I stayed at home, and just my cousin went. She came home bearing gifts for me from Mr. Coincidence. He'd sent a book on some country music singer, a belt buckle that said "Country Music" on it and his photo albums. I think there were four or five of them. (And he'd requested I send the albums back to him next time someone went to the market.)

That is when I got the idea to take the above picture of myself to send to him! I got all dressed up (because trust me, I don't normally dress this way!) and my cousin took some pictures for me. I got them printed and the next time my cousin went to the market I sent along an autographed picture of myself.

Conceited? Maybe. Coincidental? I think not.

Today is Thursday Thirteen, and mine is Thirteen Reasons Why Mr. Coincidence and I Would Never Have Worked Out.

1. I lied to him. That is no way to start a relationship.
2. If I did try to keep up the facade that I was a singer eventually I'd be caught - I can not sing.
3. I don't think I could convince him that Canada liked really off tune and shaky voiced country singers!
4. I am not sure if he would ever get over the shock that I'm not truly a singer.
   
5. And even if he did, his initial attraction was driven by a desire to get to Canada, not based on the fact that he loved me.
6. I couldn't pronounce his first name.
7. I can't cook Nigerian food, and I am not too fond of the hot and spicy food they eat!
   
8. His photo album was full of pictures of him with other women - I could never be with a man that had a history of dating tons of women.
9. I really wasn't interested in him.
10. In the slightest bit.
11. Because I was already interested in Paul.
12. As nice as this man was Paul was much, much nicer =)
13. And to this day I know Paul was a much, much better pick. :)

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Thursday Thirteen #24

Have a baby shower coming up that you need to shop for? Here are thirteen gift ideas to help you out! My Thursday Thirteen:





1. Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder, available at Amazon.com This is perfect for a baby starting out on solids. You stick a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable inside the netting and snap it shut and then let the baby at it! The baby gets to chomp away on something without the risk of choking!
2. Diapers! You can NEVER get too many of these! But try to pick up the bigger sizes, or make sure the parents can return them if the baby outgrows that size. 3. A Restaurant Gift Card for the tired new parents!

4. A Baby Sling, like this one, available from Babies-R-Us. 5. A book for mum - but not parenting books! Something light hearted that is easy to put down, maybe just a magazine.
6. A certificate for a free night of babysitting so the parents can get out on their own!
7. Shower gel and loofa for the new mum!
8. A book or candy for the new dad - just so he knows it's about him too!
9. A months subscription to Netflix for the first month that baby is home.
10. Books for baby - look a little harder and find some that dad and mum will enjoy reading! There are some funny ones out there!!
11. A music cd for baby that mummy and baby can dance and sing to- like one by Laurie Berkner
12. Swimmer diapers, sunscreen and a baby beach towel. Add a cute baby swimsuit to the mix too if you want! =)
13. A fun stuffed animal that will make the parents smile, like this skunk. (We don't own that, but we've got a red horse that makes me laugh!)

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Thursday Thirteen #21

It's not that I don't LOVE Thursday Thirteen ... in fact it is one of only TWO meme's that I actually participate in ... I think it is probably the very best meme in the blog world! But, lets face it... there are other meme's out there!! Here is a list of THIRTEEN meme's that I don't participate in, for no reason other than the simple fact that I would have NO life if I tried to stay on top of them all!

1. RANDOMNESS - a weekly meme done on Sunday's that asks a random question that you are to answer!
2. SUNDAY SPUR FOR SCRAPBOOKERS - a weekly meme, again done on Sunday, for scrapbookers. This one looks super cool - what a great way to get inspired for your own scrapbooking!!
   
3. WORD BEADS - another Sunday meme - you are given five random words and you need to find a way to string them together!
4. FUNNY MONDAY - A meme for Mondays. A theme is given and you must post something - a picture, joke, movie, story, etc. that matches the theme!
5. MONDAY MUSIC MAMBO - A Monday meme that is music related. It changes each week what you need to do, but it is always related to music!
6. IN OTHER WORDS - A Tuesday meme. You are given a quote and it is meant to make you think and inspire you to write something.
7. BOOKING THROUGH THURSDAY - A meme for Thursday devoted to reading and books!
8. FREE FOR ALL FRIDAY - A meme that takes place the last Friday of every month. Basically you create a guest account for your blog and allow anyone to post on your blog!! Sounds scary to me!!
9. FRIDAY FILL IN - A fun meme for Fridays where you simply fill in the blank with your personal preferences!
   
10. SEE IT 'N' WRITE IT - This is a monthly meme that gives you four pictures that are meant to inspire a short story or poem.
11. 101 THINGS TO DO IN 1,001 DAYS - A one time meme that you can participate in. List 101 things you want to get done in the next 1,001 days.
12. TWO THINGS - This is another one time meme, and it hasn't been updated in three years but it looks cool! You have to list two things that people would need to know in order to do your job.
13. VISITED COUNTRIES - Another one time meme. You check off the countries that you have been to, then copy the code and put in on your blog!

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Thursday Thirteen #19

Thirteen question I want to know the answer to but have been too lazy or busy to research:

1. Can the word 'base' and 'post' be used interchangeably when referring to an Army post?

2. What is Jamaica like in September/October? Is it a good time to go there on vacation?

3. What's the best way to keep cut flowers alive?

4. Are other games by Klaus Teuber any good? (He made Settlers, which is an amazing game!!)

5. What should I do with 15 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breast?

6. What is the best hot chocolate mix?

7. How do you make Baked Alaska?

8. What are some good movies in theater right now?

9. Does anywhere print pictures for less than twelve cents a picture?

10. Are whey protein shakes ok to drink while nursing?

11. What is the best pair of walking shoes?

12. Which is better to visit for a day trip; Charleston, Savannah or Myrtle Beach?

13. Where can I get thirteen 12x12 calendar grids to use in Judah's scrapbook?

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Thursday Thirteen #18

I have always wanted vanity plates on my car! While sitting around waiting for Paul to finish up at the gym one day my brother Caleb and I came up with these thirteen ideas for vanity plates:

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Thursday Thirteen #16

Thirteen Facts about TP

1. In 1935, Northern Tissue advertised "splinter-free" toilet paper. Yep, you read that right; early paper production techniques sometimes left splinters embedded in the paper. And you thought you had it tough!
2. America experienced its first toilet paper shortage in 1973.
3. Corncobs and pages torn from newspapers and magazines were commonly used in the early American West. The Sears catalogue was well-known in this context, and even produced such humorous spin offs as the "Rears and Sorebutt" catalogue. The Farmer's Almanac had a hole in it so it could be hung on a hook and the pages torn off easily.
4. The roll did not easily fit into the consumer market at first. At the time, society did not speak of the subject frequently. It was quite 'unmentionable" to talk about this product in the conservative, Victorian era.
   
5. Before TP was invented the frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal
6. And lace was used by French Royalty
7. And if you were lucky enough to be raised on the Hawaiian islands, you may have used good old coconut shells.
8. The average tear is 5.90 sheets of TP.
   
9. Of a survey that polled 106 people 42% fold, 33% crumple, 8% do both fold and crumple, 6% wrap it around their hands.
10. The U.S. toilet paper market is worth about $2.4 billion a year,
11. The average American uses more than 20,805 sheets a year
12. 25% of the population prefer their TP to go 'under' on the dispenser
13. Men fold the TP 58% to women's 32% and women crumple 52% to men's 38%. (The others wrap it around their hand.)

Information taken from Virtual Toilet Paper Museum

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Thursday Thirteen #15

Thirteen Modern Day Proverbs

1. The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.
2. A day without sunshine is like, well... night.
3. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?
4. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
5. Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
6. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
7. The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up.
8. I plan to be spontaneous - tomorrow.
9. You can impress more friends with your ears than you can with your mouth.
10. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
11. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter until you hear them speak.
12. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
13. If at first you don't succeed destroy all evidence that you tried.

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Thursday Thirteen #14

I love baskets so much! Here is my list of thirteen places/uses I have for some of my baskets!

1. In our bedroom holding magazines

2. In our bedroom holding all my belts

3. In our bedroom holding my hair things

4. Under our bathroom sink holding my hair dryer and straightner

5. In the bathroom closet holding extra razors, soaps, etc

6. In the laundry room holding sample packs of laundry soap and the dryer sheets

7. In the living room holding diapers, wipes, burp cloths and a change of clothes

8. In the living room holding all Judah's baby cards

9. In the kitchen cupboard holding our hot drinks

10. In the kitchen cupboard holding our snacks

11. In an extra closet holding my scrapbooking supplies

12. In Judah's room holding all his clothes, diapers, blankets, etc (he's got six baskets!!)

13. In Judah's room holding all his books and stuffed animals.

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Thursday Thirteen #13

Everyone keeps telling me
'Chores will be there forever, your baby won't be. Enjoy him!'
And I have taken them up on that advice. In fact I love hearing that from people because it makes me feel better about what I haven't done at the end of a day!!

Thirteen tasks that should get done:

1. Wash the kitchen floor
2. Vacuum all the carpeting
3. Wash the windows
4. Organize our pots and pans
5. Sort through my clothes - what's too big or too small
6. Sweep the bathroom floor
7. Organize the storage closet
8. Clean off our porch
9. Organize our dvd collection
10. Put away all our clean laundry
11. Organize Judah's clothes
12. Organize my craft closet
13. Dust the knickknacks


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Thursday Thirteen #12

Thirteen Baby Related Things I Wouldn't Want to Live Without

1. Disposable Diapers! I can *not* imagine having to dispose of the contents of these diapers with the intention of keeping the diaper. *Ick*

2. Swaddling Blankets - he lives in those things! More often than not he doesn't wear clothes, just a diaper and the swaddling blanket.

3. Milk Intake Scales (at least until he is feeding ok!!)

4. An electric pump (again! at least until he is feeding ok!)

5. His Sling. I have put him in it the few times we've been out and people leave us alone! It's a lot more private - and therefore germ free - than just carrying him or carrying him in his car seat.

6. His daddy. Paul is a super diaper changer, baby burper and mother pamperer.

7. Burp clothes to catch the spit up!

8. Google and Baby forums for answering my immediate questions and concerns.

9. His car seat, since it keeps him safe. But man, I would love to do it African style and just hold him while we drive =)

10. A camera. While not exactly a baby thing, anyone with a baby does not want to be without a camera!!

11. Netflix.com - again, not a 'baby thing' - but during the long nursings trying to get him to eat having a constant flow of new movies to watch is GREAT!

12. A notebook and pen to keep track of everything that's going on so I can enter it in his baby scrapbook when I have time. (Will I ever have time?!)

13. Knowing the Designer and Creator of this little baby and knowing He is in control of all that has happened and all that will happen.

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Thursday Thirteen #11

Thirteen things I have learnt

1. Love at first sight does exist

2. You can happily survive on much less sleep than previously thought possible

3. It is easier to go out and buy more underwear than it is to do a load of laundry.

4. I like nurses more than doctors

5. The NICU is loud

6. Sneezing hurts

7. It's nearly impossible to force yourself to wake up to pump in the middle of the night.

8. Paul does know how to change a newborns diaper (this info will come in handy!)

9. I'd rather smell slightly bad then attempt to put deoderant on (because of swollen lymph nodes) -ouch

10. Now that he is here people no longer say "oh. interesting..." when we tell them our sons name is Judah.

11. It is really exciting and almost brag worthy to see the amount of milk I pump increase each day. (Ok, confession - I drag Paul to the freezer when he gets home so he can see it.)

12. I will probably end up with thousands of pictures of Judah in his first year alone. We're nearly at 200 pictures right now, and he is just five days old.

13. Giving birth is an undescribable experience - I am in awe of God's design for human life.

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Thursday Thirteen #10

Thirteen Talents I have acquired in the past eight months...

1. I have mastered the art of looking ‘so tiny’ and looking ‘ready to pop any moment’ -within a five minute time span
2. I can huff and puff
3. I can out eat my husband
4. I can gain five pounds in one week
5. I can make bending over to pick something up off the floor seem like an Olympic event
6. I can sleep on my left side
7. I have kept our apartment cleaner than I have ever kept anything before in my life.
8. I can talk to my belly for extended periods of time
9. I have mastered the art of getting anything out of my husband at any hour of the day or night
10. I have written a birth plan – and understand it =)
11. I waddle like a duck
12. I can forget details and lose things like a pro!
13. I can use my belly like a table top.


… and to think, I still have five weeks left to perfect it all!


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Thursday Thirteen #9

Thirteen programs I use most on the computer

1. Internet Explorer - for my internet addiction of course =)

2. Microsoft Digital Imaging - I could spend hours and hours with this program- putting peoples heads on animal bodies or taking blemishes out of skin, it's so much fun to play around with!

3. Master Cook 7 - Paul just bought me this and it looks pretty cool. It has tons of recipies on it and I am able to add my own, make menus and make shopping lists from it!

4. Ares - A program to download music to and to organize all my music

5. Scrabble - it has different skill levels, so I can feel stupid or smart =)

6. Sudokou - same with this one!

7. Microsoft Office Word - for all my thoughts, letters, lists, etc.

8. Media Center - To organize pictures, listen to music and watch dvds

9. Windows Dancer - the silliest thing ever created, yet also one of the most entertaining things. When it's turned on a little person will dance in the corner of my screen. I can even download different charecters if I don't like the one that they have automatically loaded.

10. Spider Solitaire - an addictive game.

11. MSN - wonderful for staying in touch with friends!

12. Windows Media Player - another option for music or movies

13. Pinball - another addictive game =)

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Thursday Thirteen #8

Paul and I kind of get obsessed with one game and play it over and over and OVER again. We just discovered two new games today, and it got me thinking about some of our other favourites that the two of us play.
Here it is -

Thirteen of our favourite games!


1. Wooly Bully
2. Chess
3. Chicken’s Foot
4. Tunk
5. Poker
6. Pinball
7. Rummikub
8. The ‘dice game’
9. Connect Four
10. Monopoly
11. Pictionary
12. Tri-Bond
13. In a Pickle

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Thursday Thirteen #7

In honor of the upcoming road trip, today’s thirteen is THIRTEEN FAVOURITE THINGS ABOUT ROADTRIPS:

1. Anticipating the destination. Especially this trip – where I will be seeing PAUL again!!
2. The bathrooms. Seriously, there are some pretty cool bathrooms at different fast food joints, gas stations and truck stops. Some are pretty nasty, but that’s the price you pay for finding the cool ones. I have seen a velvet wallpapered bathroom, and being so impressed with the woman’s my friend and I snuck into the mans and their urinal was a stone waterfall!! Too cool!
3. The scenery. It never gets boring – and the longer the trip the more variety of scenery you see.
4. Playing games. Who hasn’t played the license plate game on a long road trip? Or counted how many cows you could see in a certain amount of time? Or thrown bouncy balls out the window as you drive down a hill … a car drives faster than bouncy balls can bounce. (Just in case you haven’t tried this activity yourself)
5. Food. It all tastes better when you’re in the car. And different states have different foods. Like the boiled peanuts we found in North Carolina. They tasted gross, but that was my fault for picking a guy who hadn’t made them right.
6. Audio books. When you’re sitting in the car it’s very easy to listen to someone else reading a book. I have made it through many of Mary Higgins Clark's books - and Paul actually likes them too =)
7. Discovering new places. Paul and I found ‘America’s largest McDonalds’ on one of our trips. =) We didn’t bother to stop and eat there though. Just took a picture of it!
8. Listening to music. What’s a road trip without music? Whether you’re the one belting it out and bouncing along, or the one complaining that it’s too loud and you don’t like it… a road trip isn’t complete without music.
9. Gas pumps. If you want to be thoroughly confused try filling up with gas at different gas stations. There seriously must be about half a dozen different pumps all with different operating instructions. After a long time in the car it makes for some comic relief.
10. Road Signs and billboards. There are some very humorous signs if you take the time to read them. There are two signs on I-90 that crack me up. Sign one reads “Do not pick up hitchhikers.” Sign two, about five miles down the road, reads “State penitentiary, next exit.”
11. No strict time schedule. Road trips are much more enjoyable when you have the freedom and flexibility to stop when you want to or when you see something that catches your eye … or when you want to take a ‘scenic’ route, that although very beautiful, adds an extra hour or two to your trip… you can do it! All because you’re not on a tight schedule. We have seen gorgeous places in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arizona that we wouldn’t have seen had we stuck to a schedule and map.
12. Accents. Or sayings only said in certain areas. Some people are just so funny, and they don’t even know it!
13. Familiar faces. It is amusing to me to see the same people over and over again when you’re driving. Whether you keep passing each other on the highway, or you see each other when you stop at rest stops, it gives me the warm fuzzies to feel like I know someone along the way. =) The record for running into strangers on a road trip was from Florida to Ontario and we saw the same family at different rest stops four times! Needless to say, I was highly amused.

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Thursday Thirteen #5

1. Willow Tree pregnant belly ornament
2. Nearly one dozen Oprah Book Club books
3. Swaddling blankets for baby! (handmade too!)
4. A little lumber jack jacket for baby
5. Make-up brush set
6. All the little outfits for baby... they are all cute and I can't wait to dress him in them!
7. A tea cup - the start of my collection
8. Jewelry - one can never have enough!!
9. A maternity shirt
10. A sewing basket filled with all the supplies I could need should I decide to take up mending =)
11. The book 'Captivating'
12. Dvds - including "Jack and the Bean Stalk the untold story", "Arabian Nights" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
13. Scrapbooking supplies for baby's album




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Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Gifts I have bought for different people this year:

1. Calendar
2. Makeup
3. Christmas ornaments
4. Stationary
5. Book
6. Gift card
7. Cologne
8. Picture Frame
9. Shirt
10. DVD
11. Baking
12. Shower Gel
13. Cookbook

... no one knows what is for who though!

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Thursday Thirteen #3

Thirteen gadgets I wouldn't want to live without

1. Computer/laptop
2. Digital Camera
3. Cell phone
4. Dvd Player
5. Lights
6. Fridge/Freezer
7. Speakers
8. Hair straightener
9. Electric Kettle
10. Wireless Mouse
11. Washer/Dryer
12. Printer
13. My husband (best gadget I’ve ever owned! He fixes all the other ones. And is cute too.)


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Thursday Thirteen #2

thirteen seemingly pointless and/or irresponsible things I would like to do:


1. Backpack around the world with Paul
2. Go bungee jumping
3. Go skydiving
4. Get a nose ring
5. Be on a ‘Best Friends’ version of “Wheel Of Fortune” with Paul
6. Do a road trip that covers a good portion of North America
7. Do something memorable in every US state
8. Go white water rafting on some real rapids
9. Cut my hair short
10. Dye my hair blonde
11. Take a cake decorating class
12. Own a pair of shoes in every color and heel type
13. Have my leg hair permanently removed


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Tursday Thirteen #1

13 Books I Love

1. Do They Hear You When You Cry? By Fauziya Kassindja
2. Husbands and Wives By William J. Peterson
3. Gone With the Wind By Margaret Mitchell
4. Night By Elie Wiesel
5. Princess
6. The Mark of the Lion triology By Francine Rivers
7. The Bible
8. Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austin
9. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail By Malika Oufkir
10. Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
11. Redeeming Love By Francine Rivers
12. My Sister's Keeper By Jodi Picoult
13. Most of Mary Higgins Clark =)


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