A Cup of Tea With Me

I was tagged, during my break, by Dianna. I am sorry it is taking me so long to get to this.

1. My mom called me “Moose” when I was a baby hoping I would grow up, be big and ugly, so that no guy would ever want to marry me.

2. My sister is also my best friend.

3. I love to clean. There is something so satisfying about seeing a total mess disappear. I really do love cleaning my house.

4. I do not do it (see number 3). I do not know why it is so hard for me to be motivated to clean, but it is.

5. I love to read. Now that is something I am easily motivated to do!

I am supposed to tag 5 others, but I am sure most of my bloggy friends have already done this. SO, if you have not, please consider yourself tagged. Be sure, that if you do post this, to come and leave a comment so I can read your facts!

I was tagged by Angie from Proverbs 31 Woman Wannabe for this MeMe. I have done it before, but I thought it would be fun to do again. I did change the name from 5 Things I DIG About Jesus, to “5 Things I LOVE About Jesus”. You can repost it as what ever you want, however, I grew up in the 1970s and the word “dig” makes me think of John Travolta and greasy hair. :s :

5 Things “I Love” about Jesus:

1. A variation on what I posted last time. Jesus died for our sins, that we may have salvation and that we may be closer to the Father. How amazing is it, that He would come down, be tormented, abused, laughed at, and killed, for US? That my friends is unconditional love!
2. He was very wise. His teachings still speak to us. 
3. He gives us strength, when the world would have us defeated, Christ helps us accomplish His will.
4. He saved my life. His loving grace, kept me from committing suicide, when my heart was not right with Him.
5. He is faithful!

I am supposed to tag 5 more people, but I need to get ready for work, so… I tag all of my readers who have not done this MeMe, or who simply want to do it again.

God Bless,
Melly

Well, it seems I was also tagged by my dear beautiful friend, Becki at A Walk Through the Valley for this meme, also. Becki, I am not sure how I missed it, , but I did so I decided to give it another go. This time I am using the clause in rule # 2. This is what I wanted my middle name to be as a child.

You see, my brother and sister both had “Ray” in there middle names. I was jealous. They were both named after my dad, and I was named after his mom. I got over the jealousy, and never had my middle name changed, but I never lost my love for the name that I was trying to convince my mom to legally change my middle name too. *I am wondering if this was a smart idea, since my “dream” middle name is a lot longer than my real middle name. I do not know if I know that many people to tag. LOL!*

Here are the rules:

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

My desired middle name is Raeanne:

R - Real - I am very real. I have nothing to hide from anyone. My mistakes make me part of what God made me. One of my life beliefs is that step I have taken, every mistake I have made, has made me who and what I am today. I would not change any of them. Ask me anything, and I will be open about my answers.

A - Antique - A little Hubby humor. On my 25th birthday, he sent me a dozen roses with a card saying “Happy Antique Day” because if I was a car, I would be an antique now. Yes, I am antique and proud of it! - I love my hubby!

E - Expressive - I have been told many times that I have one of the most expressive faces. My bible study teacher uses my face as a gauge as to whether she is getting her lesson across the the class.

A - Antiphospholipid Syndrome - I have Antiphospholipid Syndrome. It is a fact of life I must face every morning. I am still learning so much about it that at times, I am blown away. It affects a lot of my life.

N - Never - I am learning to never say “never.” As soon as I say it, God shows me that if it is His will, I will do it whether I want to or not.

N - Nervous - I have many nervous habits. One of which is rubbing my palms on my cheeks. I do not know what triggers it, but I do it, just the same. It drives some people crazy. It used to drive Hubby crazy. I am so glad he has learned to accept it.

E - Excitable - The smallest things make me happy. I get excited about almost anything. A new treat, seeing an old friend, an email from a family member I have not talked to in a while… You name it, it makes me excited.

Now I have to tag one person for each letter of my (dream) middle name:

1. Ang - I am sure she will post this at her life blog, but all my readers need to visit her faith blog, as well.
2. Liz - Looney Mom. Liz can always make me smile, when I visit her blog. Much like me, she has her pain, but who does not? Oh, and she is expecting a grandbaby, any day now. Stop by and give her encouragement for the wait.
3. Katie - Joy Overflowing. A sweet Christian friend of mine.
4. Laura - Opinion Mom. Great blog.
5. TK - Her Comfy Chair. Hope you are feeling better today, Teri.
6. Lynn and/or Dineen - Spiritually Unequal Marriage. I do not know how you all feel about MeMes, but I would love to hear from you (both).
7. Laura - Org Junkie. Another great friend with another great blog.

I cannot believe I actually was able to name 7 people. I know that not everyone likes MeMes, and so if you do not want to do this, I understand.

I was tagged by Angie from Proverbs 31 Woman Wannabe for this meme.

Here are the rules:

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

My middle name is Jo (I almost feel like I am cheating with such a short middle name.) :

J - Joy - I strive to be joyful all the time. I do not always make it, but I try.

O - Overwhelmed - I often feel this overwhelmed with all that is going on in my life, which is why I am trying to be more obedient to God’s word, and the feeling of being overwhelmed will become less. (I wanted to do obedient, as that is my goal, but it is not a fact, so… )

Now I have to tag one person for each letter of my middle name: Becki at Vote for Becki and Heather at Diary of a Hope Filled Mom.

I’ve been tagged by Heather (2 weeks ago…) to share my favorite links!

Just copy paste this and everything below up until my Five links:

Lara thought it would be cool to have a meme where we post links. We can post up to five. Then we tell five more people to share their links. If we all share who tagged us, our links are sure to be seen!

They can be business links, favorite sites, affiliate links, whatever you want…

There are Five Rules:

1. MUST be clean. No R rated sites.
2. Only FIVE links.
3. MUST tell 5 people.
4. A link back to the person who tagged you
5. Lara’s Place is the meme originator. (an active link would be appreciated)

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My Favorite Links :

1. Blog Mommas
2. Moms Making a Difference
3. Spiritually Unequal Marriage
4. APS Foundation of America
5. Moms of Grace

I’m tagging:

All of my readers.

This is the What’s In A Name? Meme started by Two Moms in a Blog

I was tagged by Heather because she wants to know the meaning of my unusual name. Well here it is.

My name is: Melissa. It means Honey Bee. Yeah, not very exciting. I know.

“From the Greek ‘honey bee’. In Greek mythology, this was the name of a nymph that saved Zeus from his father, Cronus. The 16th century Italian poet Ariosto used the name for a good fairy in his poem “Orlando Furioso.” Melissa is also the genus name of five herbs in the mint family of plants.”

I was named after a character on the soap opera that my mom watched at the time. I cannot remember which one. It was in 1970ish.

Origin: Greek

I am tagging:

Katie
Liz
Ang

If you have been tagged, copy and paste all of this - from the image to the end of the instructions - into a blog post. Then, change the information to match your name and tag three other bloggers. If you don’t know what your name means, you can try looking it up on Baby’s Name World.

Katie tagged me a while back, and I thought I would finally post this.

You can only answer each question with one word.

1.where is my cellphone? purse
2.relationship: married
3.my hair: long
4.work? great
5.my sister? Valorie
6.my favorite thing: reading
7.my dream last night: forgot
8. favorite drink: diet coke
9. dream car: Corvette
10. the room I’m in : office
11.my shoes bare
12. my fears? tornados
13. what do I want to be in 10 years? myself
14. who did I hang out with this weekend? family
15. what are you not good at? organizing
16. muffin: blueberry
17.one of my wish list items: laptop
18. where I grew up? New Mexico
19. last thing I did: blog
20 what am I wearing: jeans
21.what are not wearing: shoes
22 your pets? Dogs
23. your computer? custom
24. your life: family
25. your mood: melancholy
26.missing mom
27. what am I thinking about right now? family
28. my car? Focus
29. my kitchen: clean
30. my summer: wet
31. favorite color: red
32 last time I laughed: today
33 last time I cried: week ago
34 school? done
35 love? My Beloved

Tagging: Becki, Heather, and any of my other readers who have not done this one yet.

Yeah, I am WAY late. Becki and Heather both tagged me weeks ago, and I was too busy “thinking” to respond. Where here it goes. I get to tell you 8 wonderful things about my hubby and me! YAY! I just love to talk about him.

1. We met at a mutual friends birthday party. He had is nipple pierced and thought it was cool. He was showing it to everyone. BLEH! I thought he was the most loud and annoying man I had ever met.
2. One night, we were out with a bunch of friends and he was looking at some tiny blond, who was not with us. I got jealous. That is when I realized that I liked him, and did not think he was as annoying as I originally thought.
3. Before we were dating, I looked at him one night and said “Are you going to kiss me or not?” He did and we have been together ever since
4. We have been married 12 wonderful years.
5. He is one of my best friends.
6. We both have an “odd” since of humor and can usually make each other smile. Other people think we are serious and think we will start fighting at any moment.
7. He loves to play with my hair. Often I will take down my pony tail and lay my head in his lap. He will mindlessly play with my hair while he watches TV.
8. He is not your typical  male. He does not like sports. This makes me very happy.

Now, I am supposed to tag others. Thing is, I do not know who to tag. So, I tag any of my readers who have not done this MeMe, yet. Please post a link to you post in my comments, so we can all go and read them.

Trying this again. I did it once and forgot to save or publish. Oh well. It just lets me reflect on why I truly love Him even m0re.

I have been tagged again! I do love tags, especially ones like this that make you reflect on our Saviour. Heather over at Diary of a Hope Filled Mom has tagged me to list 5 things “I Dig” about Jesus, this is going to be fun! Then I need to tag 5 other bloggers to do the same!

Here are the Rules:

So Here Goes: 5 Things “I Dig” about Jesus:

1. He gave His life, so that we may know Him better.
2. He loves me unconditionally.
3. I know I have a mediator in Heaven.
4. I know with Him in my heart, I can do anything, and that with His grace, I can handle anything that life throws at me.
5. Knowing Him gives me reason for living.

Now to tag people. I hope I do not tag anyone that has already been tagged.

• Ang @ Ang4Him
• Christina @ Refuge for a Single Mom
• Liz @ Looney Bin 4 Sure
• Laura @ Opinion Mom
• Maygoi @ Mayogi @ Home

I cannot wait to read your lists! Be sure to comment here with a link when you have them up!

Heather tagged me (well, she tagged all her readers, but since I am a reader, I am going to play ) and now I get to tell you “8 Random Facts About Myself” that hopefully you don’t already know:

There are rules to follow in this meme so here we go:

1. You need to know the rules before the game begins.

2. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.

3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.

4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

So, let’s start with 8 random things:

1. My favorite color is red. A deep dark rich red.

2. One of my eyes is lighter than the other. One is almost green and the other is almost brown. I have freaked people out with this.

3. I drove a convertible VW bug for my first car. It was a lot of fun, however, I pushed it more than I drove it.

4. My sister is my best friend.

5. I love dogs. I never saw myself as a “dog” person, but the older I get the more attached I get to them.

6. Sometimes I miss “gaming” so much. There are times when I just want to reinstate one of my old accounts and play.

7. Some times I really struggle with my faith. Those are the times when I usually the most silent.

8. My best on-line friend is the one that got me into blogging. Thanks Becki!

Now to tag people. The thing is, I do not think I have 8 people to tag, who have not already done this…

There is:

Ang - She does not do many memes but I love to read her blogs.

Christina - Again, she does not do memes but her blog is awesome.

Teri: Her blog is always a great read.

Tiffany: Another great blog.

Shannon: A newer reader/friend of mine. I enjoy her blog, very much.

These are the friends of mine that come to mind, that have not done this meme yet. I know it is not 8…