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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 3:48PM EST on April 28, 2008
· What is your occupation? Writer and Mom
· What color are your socks right now? White
· What are you listening to right now? Brandon Heath, Don't Get Comfortable
· What was the last thing that you ate? Fudge bar :-)
· Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
· If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Goldenrod
· Last person you spoke to on the phone? Tara
· Do you like the person who sent this to you? Absolutely!
· How old are you today? 36
· Favorite drink? Coffee
· What is your favorite sport to watch? Basketball ... my kids!
· Have you ever dyed your hair? Hmm ... just highlights :-)
· Pets? 2 dogs, 2 hamsters, 2 birds, 3 kids
· Favorite food? Peanut butter, fruit
· Last movie you watched? The Game Plan
· Favorite Day of the year? Today!
· What do you do to vent anger? seethe between clenched teeth
· What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbie
· What is your favorite season? Summer!
· Hugs or kisses? Hugs from everyone, kisses from John and kids
· Cherry or Blueberry? Blueberry
· Do you want your friends to email you back ? They better answer :-)
· Who is most likely to respond? Amy
· Who is least likely to respond? Lurkers
· When was the last time you cried? Zach's wedding. So sweet!
· What is on the floor of your closet? Shoes , clothes that need to be put away.
· Favorite smells? Food
· Who inspires you? Mothers ... all of them
· What are you afraid of? Not having the right priorities
· Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheese
· Favorite car? My Chevy Suburban. It's used, but I love it.
· Favorite cat breed? I'm not a cat person. They're too independent!
· Number of keys on your key ring? Too many!
· How many years at your current job? Trying ... 14, selling 10.
· Favorite day of the week? Sunday
· How many states have you lived in? 2
· Do you think you're funny? Yes!
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 1:22PM EST on April 24, 2008
My family and a group from our church are missioning off to the Czech republic this summer! We'll
be teaching English and sharing the good news of Jesus. Please pray for
our group, our trip, and for the hearts of the Czech people to be open
to the message of God. I'm super excited to see what God does in our
own hearts and for the people we get to minister to. If you would like to be added to our prayer team or would like to make a donation for our trip, please email triciagoyer@yahoo.com.
We will be gone July 24th-August 11th, and the cost is $3000 per
person. We're having an auction fundraiser in two weeks, if any of you
have anything (books, services, gift cards) you'd like to donate to our
silent auction, that would be rad! Shoot me an email. Also pray
for my two oldest kids. They will fly from The Czech Republic to San
Diego to meet up with their youth group going to Mexico to build two
homes for families. Pray for the added funds (and strength!) needed for
Cory (19) and Leslie (16)!  Stop
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 1:40PM EST on April 23, 2008
Every
Monday we have a small group that meets at our house. I count these
people among my closest friends, and they love me for me--not for
anything I've accomplished in life or anything I strive to accomplish.
They are my cheerleaders and my inner circle. They also tell me what I
need to hear even when I don't want to hear it! (Now those are good
friends!)
For the last five weeks we've been going through the DVD study for What's So Amazing About Grace by
Philip Yancey. It's a great study that has led to deep study and lots
of commentary. It's also a study that stretches me. The truth is that
in doing this study I've realized there are lots of areas that I need
to work on being more grace-full. I do great with people who like me
and believe the same as I do. I have a harder time with people who
don't value my opinion or who actively oppose my point-of-views. (I
know, it's hard to believe ...)
Yet, when it comes to grace
there is only one place we need to look for inspiration. As the
well-loved Bible verse 3:16 says, "For God so loved the WORLD that
WHOSOEVER believes ..." Lately, I've been praying God will help me
offer the grace of God to whosoever He brings in my path. And I'm also
praying He reminds of this before I disgrace myself!
Here's a quote by George Mueller that compliments this thought.
A Christian is a mind through which Christ thinks;
a heart through which Christ loves;
a voice through which Christ speaks;
a hand through which Christ helps.
That's what I want to be: mind, heart, voice, hand ... and pen.
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 12:42PM EST on April 21, 2008
On the off chance that you've been waiting around ALL weekend for my answers! Wait no more.
1. What was your favorite pastime as a child? Reading books
2. Think about one special memory about each of your siblings. What was it? When my brother Ronnie and I played LIFE--the board game. When my sisters and I tried on clothes together at Ann Taylor Loft.
3. What was your favorite meal? My grandma's enchiladas.
4. What were some of the most memorable books you read? The Hiding Place., Corrie Ten Boom, The Mark of the Lion Series and Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.
5. Think of one particularly memorable event. What was it? Feeling my babies kick in my stomach.
6. What scent or sound immediately takes you back to childhood? The feel and smell of playdoh and Crayola Crayons.
7. What meaningful advice did you receive from an adult? Jesus Loves You.
8. Think about someone who influenced your life profoundly. My first Sunday School teacher Margo.
She spent time with me. Told me about God. Showed me that other people beyond my family loved me, too.
9. Think about your proudest moment. What made you proud? When my son won the Christian Character award in Basketball.
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 3:04PM EST on April 18, 2008
Want to put a great big smile on your face? Go read the "How I Met My Spouse" stories on the GenX Parents blog. Go now. They're great! Tomorrow is the last day to enter...what are you waiting for? Stop
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 2:38PM EST on April 16, 2008
Check out this awesome new site called Family Tripster (http://www.familytripster.com/)!
My friend Lisa Bergren and her friends
started this website after traveling with other families. They realized
that because of their experiences they had MUCH to share with other
families embarking on family adventures.
The site offers trip
planning advice, a travel store, and first hand accounts of families
who've been where you want to go! From their homepage, "We're
working on making this a place for you to discover great ways to use
travel to draw your family together. We invite you to participate and
become a part of the FamilyTripster.com story. Share your experiences
while you glean information from other "travelers." Enjoy the journey!"
Here are just a few of their travel tips:
• Invest in the plastic airless envelopes that you pack, roll, and squeeze out the air. You’ll get twice as much in.
• Leave 1/3 of your suitcase space for the return home. Between treasures and expanding clothes, you’re bound to need the room.
• AND/OR pack a smaller duffel bag inside the larger bag.
•
Pack laundry detergent in small baggies. Many countries use front
loading washers, which do best with low-suds detergent. You can also
use this for sink washing.
• Take an extra memory card and extra
batteries for your camera. Put an extra set of batteries in the camera
case—it always dies when you’re hours away from being able to buy more!
•
It works well to have a backpack for each person (can serve as plane
bag and day bag) as well as a suitcase for each person.• A family
traveling together can share shampoo, conditioner, lotion. Pack two
sets in two separate bags in case a bag goes missing.
• Bring a box of Kleenex and an extra roll of TP.
• Put ALL liquids (sealed or not) in a gallon-sized ziplock bag; explosions and spills will be kept from crisis mode.
•
Squeeze any bottles a bit before closing and packing them away; this
will release extra air and keep them from expanding/exploding with
airline pressure changes/altitude changes
• Going with Infants?
Add 20% more diapers and wipes than you think you’ll need. Do not
assume you can obtain suitable diapers abroad.
• For women, pack
your favorite brand of tampons/pads with some extras—unless you feel
very adventuresome and want to go shopping for these necessities in a
foreign country! If you’re not due to start your period while
traveling, still take enough to get you through a day and a night.
Traveling can upset your cycle.
• For women, pack a light purse
that can be worn across the shoulder like a messenger bag, which is
more secure than a backpack for credit cards, etc. See FamilyTripster’s
Safety Tips under TIPS for more ideas.
• For men, pack a money belt or neck wallet to carry can’t-lose-this items
While you're there make sure to check out the contest...Win our Spring Break Contest:
Three year-long subscriptions to "Budget Travel" magazine! Enter by
midnight, April 30, 2008. Each "Travel Advice" post gives you another
chance to win in the Budget Travel drawing. Enter as many times as you
can!
Oh and if you're thinking about traveling to Montana this summer, check this out!
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 8:42PM EST on April 15, 2008
Okay out with it...
1. What was your favorite pastime as a child?
2. Think about one special memory about each of your siblings. What was it?
3. What was your favorite meal?
4. What were some of the most memorable books you read?
5. Think of one particularly memorable event. What was it?
6. What scent or sound immediately takes you back to childhood?
7. What meaningful advice did you receive from an adult?
8. Think about someone who influenced your life profoundly.
Tell us about that person.
9. Think about your proudest moment. What made you proud?
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 11:58AM EST on April 11, 2008
Epitaph of Benjamin Franklin.
(Format shown as written.)
........................................
The body
Of
Benjamin Franklin
Printer
(Like the cover of an old book
Its contents torn out
And stripped of its lettering and gilding)
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be lost
For it will (as he believed) appear once more
In a new and more elegant edition
Revised and corrected
by
The Author.
Benjamin
Franklin (1706-90), U.S. statesman, writer. Epitaph on Himself, in
Complete Works, vol. 10 (ed. by John Bigelow, 1887-88). Composed in
1728, when Franklin was 22, it was not used on Franklin’s monument.
Today
is the last day of the blog tour...What fun it has been! Thank you to
all of the bloggers who really went above and beyond in their posts.
Thank you for sharing yourselves with us! What a blessing you are!
Melody at Slurping Life
http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/
Revka at The Porch Light
http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/
Lauren at Baseballs and Bows
http://baseballsandbows.blogspot.com/
Allison at The Gentle Art of Ruling Your Husband
http://www.marriagehacks.com/
and if you missed any of the stops go here! The Love GenX Style contest will continue until the 15th...thanks to all of you who sent in your stories! Check them out here.
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 3:31PM EST on April 8, 2008
Here is another quote that I stumbled upon while flipping through my old journals...
“
. . . It is not what I do that matters but what a sovereign God chooses
to do through me. God doesn’t want worldly successes. He wants my
heart. In submission to Him, life is not just a few years to spend of
self-indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a
responsibility, a stewardship, to live according to a much higher
calling—God’s calling. This alone gives true meaning to life . . . God
forbid that someday I look back and realize I was too distracted by
things of this world, too busy, too driven, and therefore my work was
given to another . . . each one of us has a unique assignment in this
world, given to us by a sovereign God, to love and to serve those
within our own sphere of influence. We have been blessed to be a
blessing; we have received that we might give . . . The world is ripe
and ready, I believe, for men and women who will accept this calling,
men and women who recognize they are not immune from the predicaments
of the day, who are willing to accept the privilege of obedience, and
who are ready to see that the providence of God may have brought them
to a time such as this.”
~~“Crisis and Faith,” by Elizabeth Dole in “Finding God at Harvard.”
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 3:40PM EST on April 7, 2008
I can hardly believe it. 18 years!!!
Because John has to work
today we spent all of Saturday together. We went to lunch, a movie,
shopping, played tennis, bowling, golf, even boxed ... on the Wii. We
talked and laughed and remembered. We also thanked God for all these
years together and praying for the next 18, and beyond, to come.
Truthfully,
I can say that marriage is one of the hardest things and the best
things too. It's also my (our) greatest accomplishment, and I'm looking
forward to the years to come being even better!
Now I need to
get back to work on my book, Blue Like Playdoh, due on Monday.
Priorities, priorities, first celebrating and now WORK.
Dating in 1989.
Our wedding in 1990.
 Us last year. :)
Oh...and make sure you check out the "LOVE STORIES" over at the GenX Parents blog! They're great!
And here's the last few days' stops on the Generation NeXt Marriage blog tour!
4/5
Pattie at Fresh Brewed Writer
http://freshbrewedwriter.blogspot.com/2008/04/generation-next-marriage.html
Marlo at Tales of Wonder
http://marloschalesky.blogspot.com/2008/04/gen-next-marriage-by-tricia-goyer.html
4/6
Christy at At Split Endshttp://christylashea.blogspot.com/2008/04/generation-next-marriage-by-tricia.html
Susan at New Every Morning
http://hisreadinglist.blogspot.com/2008/04/generation-next-marriage.html
Laura at Laura William’s Musings
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/04/book-review-and-contest-info-generation.html
Christy at Christy’s Book Blog
http://christysbookblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/generation-next-marriage.html
4/7
Mellissa at The Adventures of Wonder Mommy
http://wondermommy.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/generation-next-marriage/
Deborah at A Cup of Joy
http://acupofjoy.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/generation-next-marriage-contest/
Stacey at Jamee Forever
http://jameeforever.blogspot.com/2008/04/hope-for-gen-x-girl-married-to-baby.html
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 2:57PM EST on April 4, 2008
 Is this a totally 80s wedding, or what?! Big hair, big ruffles, and PEACH! And the following...
November 5, 1999
FULL NAME: Tricia Nicheal Goyer
NICKNAMES: Tonkie (gee, nice one mom)
BIRTHPLACE: Weed, CA
HOMETOWN: Columbia Falls, MT
CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: Bacon Bits (if they're homemade and fresh)
FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING: Homemade Poppyseed
DO YOU DRINK: Yes, water, tea, juice, soda, and milk
HAVE YOU HAD YOUR TONSILS OR APPENDIX REMOVED: No
SHAMPOO OR CONDITIONER: Both.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SKINNY DIPPING: I take the fifth! (Was I that stupid?)
DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE: I try not to.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME: Nope, really.
DREAM CAR: Jeep Grand Cherokee (but I really love my van)
WHAT
WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: Tan 2-door yellow Dodge Colt. After I got married I
found out my dad sold the car for $200 dollars! How could he?
FAVORITE TOOTHPASTE: Crest. Isn't this the official toothpaste of Generation Xers?
FAVORITE FOOD: Chocolate, cheesecake, fresh fruit, especially cheesecake and fresh fruit dipped in chocolate!
DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes.
FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: Glacier Park, right by my house!
FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Big Ed
FAVORITE TYPE OF FAMILY GAME: Taboo
WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME OF DAY: Afternoon. I want a nap!
ADIDAS, NIKE OR REEBOK: Huh? Do they sell these brands at Walmart? (Hiking boots!)
FAVORITE COLOGNE OR PERFUME: Anything Victoria Secrets
LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Science. (No interesting people, places, or events.)
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: English & Psychology
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: I'd rather read.
FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME: Walk in the Clouds, Sense and Sensibility, Ever After (See a theme here?)
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: None. Unless Olympic gymnastics or ice skating is on.
ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU: My pets are two adorable finches!
SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Julie C. is my
hero :-)
And today's stops on the Generation NeXt Marriage blog tour are:
Cara at The Law, Books and Life
http://carasmusings.blogspot.com/
Pattie at Fresh Brewed Writer
http://www.freshbrewedwriter.blogspot.com/
Janis at Dandelion Mama
http://www.janisrodgers.blogspot.com/
Marlo at Tales of Wonder
http://marloschalesky.blogspot.com/
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 9:08AM EST on April 3, 2008
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Posted by: Tricia Goyer at 12:23PM EST on April 1, 2008
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