AuburnChick's Adventures

Hola!  It’s time for the Hodgepodge!

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1. What would you do if you found a pot of gold? Let’s pretend this pot of gold is worth exactly $1500 (which would actually be more like a cup of gold at current values). Anyway, let’s also pretend you have to spend it as opposed to making a donation someplace. Now tell me what you would do with that cup pot of gold?

If I found a pot of gold, I would put the money toward sod for my front and back yards…

2. Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in any way, shape, or form?

If I remember, I like to wear green, which is not difficult because the high school that Rooster attends has green as one of its colors.  That is the extent of my St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

3. Have you been bitten by the Spring Cleaning bug? What spring cleaning job most needs doing at your house? What spring cleaning job are you most dreading?

I have not been bitten by the spring cleaning bug.  I simply do not have the time to bother with much cleaning at all.  I will, however, hit the cleaning around July.  My house is in desperate need of a good cleaning, and although Rooster tries to help me in that department, things won’t be properly done until after my classes are over.  The job I loathe the most is washing the floor, which is why it never, ever gets done.

4. lime-shamrock-sage-forest…your favorite shade of green?

My favorite color green is the color I painted my classroom last July…

The color is Spring Green, and it has been a huge hit with both the students and staff of the school.

5. Thomas Jefferson once said, “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” So…do you believe in luck or do you believe we make our own luck?

I do not believe in luck.  I know that God has a plan, and that nothing happens without His knowledge.  We, as humans, have free will.  Thus, I guess you could say that we make our own luck.  But still, I believe that we make choices within the confines of God’s sovereign plan.

Hmmm…though philosophical question, Joyce!  If we never did anything, all we would be doing is sitting around on our butts.

Sounds like a relaxing kind of lifestyle to me, luck or no luck!

6. Monday (3/14) was Pi Day. Get it? Pi =3.14. Those math types are so clever aren’t they? Since I’m not one of them tell me what’s your favorite piE (the edible kind).

Oy!  My head!  Joyce, you probably did not know this, but I thought I was finished with math after passing my General Knowledge Test yesterday!!!!

Ok…if I had my choice in pies, I think I would take Key Lime Pie.  My friend, Cathi, makes the best one I’ve ever tasted!

7. That same date (3/14) happens to be the birthdate of the late physicist Albert Einstein. I bet he knew the value of Pi. So…what do you think is more important and or valuable in life… intelligence or common sense?

Here we go with the math thing again!!

What is more important…intelligence or common sense?  Hmmm…I am going to have to say common sense.  I have met some fairly intelligent people who have made the dumbest mistakes I’ve ever seen.  I think I’d rather be book-stupid than common-sense stupid.  I’d rather be a dumb person than a person who makes dumb mistakes.

Just for the record, I have very little common sense, which is why I probably stress out so much!  😉

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I want to share something really neat.

Yesterday, I took the four-hour General Knowledge Test for my teaching certification.  I “unofficially” passed three sections and will receive results in a couple of weeks about the essay I had to write.  On my hour and a half drive home (don’t ask), I started calling people.  I was very excited because I had stressed endlessly about this exam.

Shortly after I hit the interstate and while in the middle of many happy thoughts about my test, I heard, very clearly, the reminder to pray for my oldest nephew.  I briefly remembered how, some time ago, my sister had asked me to pray for his job search.  I had prayed for him when she asked, and I’d prayed for him off and on again since then.  So, I thought that this was just my mind being random in remembering things.

I said a quick prayer and went about my business calling my friends and family.

When I called my sister, our conversation got interrupted by the beeping in of her son…my oldest nephew.  She flashed over to him and returned to tell me that he had found a job!  I made the comment that I had prayed for him earlier.

That was all we really said because she had to run.

She called me later to tell me more about her son’s job.  She also shared that just that afternoon, my nephew had visited the gentleman who was looking to hire him and talked to him at length about the job.  The terms were agreeable to both of them, and my nephew accepted the job.

The timing of the interview?

Right around the time I had prayed.

My sister and I were in awe.

God was at work.

Super Sis firmly believes that my fasting, both from unhealthy foods and from the television (I gave up TV for Lent) allowed me to hear God’s Spirit speaking to me.  I agree.

We also think that it might be God’s way of training my ear to hear His voice.  Super Sis suggested that people hear His voice in different ways.  For some, He is heard in a gentle whisper.

For me, it was a very audible command.

I need that.  I have a lot of drama in my life.

I am so honored that God allowed me this privilege of being a part of His plan for my nephew.  I am also very aware that God is teaching me to listen as I seek His direction in my life.

I am curious.  How does God speak to you?

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