Now for something completely different...
Here's
the story, of a lovely lady
Who was bringing up three very lovely girls
Two of them had straight brown hair, from wherever
The oldest one had curls
Here's
the story, of a man named Smith
Who was married to said lady in the first verse
In addition to the girls, they had boy
Alas, he had no curls
Then
one day when this lady started blogging....
That's my Samantha/Brady Bunch inspired intro to my bio. Hope neither of them hurt too much.
Name: Lexie Smith
Birthday: October 1967
Birthplace: Colorado
Current Residence: Texas
Languages:
English, Texan, prayer
Family stats: 1 hubby, 4 younglings
Politics: Generally, Republican.
Age: Do the math. :)
Denomination:
non-denominational
Calvinist or Arminian: Huh?
Education: Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Texas (Hook ‘em.)
Occupation: Former middle school English teacher in public school; current COO of Smith Inc.; Principal/Teacher of the Happy Jack Skool of Lurnin’
Eschatology: Not firm. The bottom line is to live my life according to Matthew 22:36-38
Favorite quote: “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:4-6.
Favorite movies: Band of Brothers, When Harry Met Sally, Jaws, Toy Story 2, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Office Space and Star Wars - Episode I
Favorite books: The Bible is essential. Here are some of my favorites: Ramona series by Beverly Cleary; Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, Boundaries & The Mom Factor by Cloud & Townsend, The Sacred Romance by Curtis & Eldredge, Before We Get Started by Brett Lott, The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell, Being the Body by Chuck Colson, Mere Chrisitanity and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; Your God is Too Small by J.B. Phillips, and Material World: A Global Family Portarit by Menzel. I’ll stop there.
Favorite authors: Beverly Cleary, John Eldredge, Charles Colson, C.S. Lewis
Style of music: Can listen to different styles. Quite the music snob when it comes to 80’s dance music.
Favorite artists: U2, Yanni, Harry Connick Jr., Lawrence Welk (every Saturday at 6 on PBS), Mercy Me, Michael W. Smith, Steve Taylor, Rich Mullins, New Order, selected Cure; Vivaldi, and Bach (love the fugues)
Pet Peeve: Those awful silver silhouettes of women on vehicles. Ironic that the guys usually driving those look nothing like the male equivalent of that icon. What are they thinking?!!! Inconsiderate smokers also bug me. Combine those two things and….ugh.
First Car: 1985 Mercury Lynx hatchback…black
Childhood Memory: My dear first grade teacher who made me feel special.
Testimony:
(Here’s the choppy mid size version….is it a car or a testimony?)
Got saved in ninth grade when I moved to East Texas. Remember praying in the
backyard, telling God that if He was real I wanted to know Him. Learned about
Jesus when visiting a local Baptist church. Believed in my heart and confessed
with my mouth that day. Began attending a local non-denominational church so
regularly that my parents were afraid I joined a cult. Cut my biblical teeth on
lengthy debates with my step-dad over major theological issues. I didn’t
realize until years later that I was trying to answer questions that people had
argued over for centuries. I now realize how valuable that was in regard to my
learning Scripture. Didn’t attend church regularly in college. Attended a few
Bible studies. Mainly sinned on the side of omission as opposed to commission,
but did my share of stupid stuff. Got back in church after college. Began
attending even more regularly when I left my illustrious retail career for
teaching. Met hubby in church. We still go there. God’s good.
Unusual Fact: I would be absolutely thrilled if my books were spine labeled and shelved in Dewey Decimal order. Oh, what bliss!
Area of Expertise: That’s such a relative term.
Last Good Book Read: Before We Get Started by Brett Lott
Last Good Movie Seen: In Good Company
Inspiration: I get inspiration from the Holy Spirit (not in the “let’s canonize that” sense…in a more day to day way), the Word of God, reading good writing, certain parts of nature, special people in my life and a variety of other stuff.
Personality type: Favorite paradigm says melancholy/phlegmatic. Also like the animal paradigm where I am a golden retriever. As for the ubiquitous Jung typology that I finally took – INFJ on my first run through of the test.
Cuisine: What someone else cooked, most of the time. Hubby is wonderful in that area.
Motto: “Help Me, Jesus!” (Said like Eddie Murphy's Aunt Bunny as she fell down the stairs.)
Theme song: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Favorite color: purple & blue Favorite flowers: bluebonnets
Favorite time of day: dusk, dawn, night Favorite season: spring
Favorite places to be: I really like my bed, but don’t know that it’s my favorite place to be. I also like being with my family, being at church during praise & worship, the scrapbook store, and the library.
Unhealthy obsession: Pulling all-nighters all too often.
Weaknesses: chocolate, sweets, napping, procrastinating, staying up too late, chocolate, good sweet tea, books and staying up late.
Aversions: being outside when it’s really hot & humid
Long term goals and/or dreams: Overall, I want to live my life to the glory of God. In addition to the usual familial & relational goals, I’d like to:
*own a publishing company with hubby *develop flexible routines to accomplish my goals in exercising, reading, writing, scrap booking, blogging, etc.
About this blog: My prayer is that your visit(s) to our blog will at times challenge, encourage, and amuse you, with the end result being beneficial to your off line life.
Thanks for playing along.
