Friday Night’s Meme
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Ten Years Ago
I was single, living in a trailer I affectionately called The Ghetto, teaching in my very own classroom (in a small, rural school) for the very first time, and a youth minister at a medium-sized Baptist Church.
Five Years Ago
I was married, teaching in a large, inner-city-ish school, and licking the wounds that I had received in the church.
One Year Ago
I was the father of a three-year-old and a one-year-old, teaching in a suburban high school, and serving as an associate pastor at a church plant.
Five Yummy Things
The cherry slush with extra sherry stuff from Sonic that my bride(of almost nine years) just handed me
Blue Bell Cookies n’ Cream
Bacon Cheddar Fries with Spicy Ranch from Outback
Hot apple pie
Homemade chicken and dumplings
Five Songs I Know By Heart
Due to my time as a DJ in the late eighties and early nineties, I know more eighties and early nineties pop songs than I care to admit.
Five Things I Would Do With a Lot of Money
Let my bride decorate the house until her heart is content.
Pimp my classroom.
Open a coffee / scrapbook / used book shop. (My bride would insist on the scrapbook part.)
Fly to DC, pick up Pooch, and head to Korea to visit with Spanky.
Hummer in the driveway because it wouldn’t fit in the garage.
Five Places I Would Escape To
The potty closet in our master bath. (Wait… I DO escape there!)
A good book… and sometimes, even a mediocre one.
The computer.
The bookstore.
A nap. (That’s not a place, but if I had said “The bed,” you would have thought naughty things.)
Five Things I Would Never Wear
A Speedo. (You’re welcome.)
That outfit that Ian showed up wearing to small group after he had ridden like 50 miles on his bike.
Anything in a size “small.”
A thong.
Clothes from my dad’s closet. (If you happen to read this… Sorry, Dad. We jut have different tastes.)
Five Favorite TV Shows
Lost
Survivor
Star Trek (all of ‘em, but mostly, the new ones)
Family Guy
Friends
Five Things I Enjoy Doing
Reading
Writing
Laughing
Speaking / teaching
Cuddling with my bride or my two girls
Favorite Toys
Computer
DVDs
Pocket PC
Books
My two little girls 
Five People Who Might End Up Doing This
David
Miranda
Pooch
Bybo
Gunter
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Ten Years Ago
I was six years old and living in Alaska. Most likley runnig around outside in the snow with a runny nose but not really caring b/c I was indeed six.
Five Years Ago
I was entering my jolly old pre-teen years. Still in Alaska and running around doing all those silly obnoxious pre-teen things…
One Year Ago
I was just moving in to Millbrook Alabama and feeling pretty darn miserable about it
Five Yummy Things
hot wings (specially my dad made them)
tater tots
chocolate
pretzles
anything chinese
Five Songs I Know By Heart
Queen- Bohemian Rapsophy (yeah i know i spelled that wrong)
Fall Out Boy -nobody puts baby in the corner
They Could be Giants – constantinople
Black eyed peas – my humps
Take it off- the donnas
And me and mary could sing you every song ever created by Good Charlotte by heart b/c we’re mad cool like that
Five Things I Would Do With a Lot of Money
Pay off all the bills for my entire family
Buy mom a jeep grand cherokee cause she’s always wanted one
College money
me and jared would go do some cool big sis little bro thing
worlds biggest shopping spree with mary
Five Places I Would Escape To
my room with the door locked
mary’s house
the woods
books
hawaii
Five Things I Would Never Wear
spandex pants
80′s hair
mold green sweaters
those shoes that everyone’s wearing now. they look like thye’re made out of foam and they have a whole bunch of little holes in them. i forget what they’re called but they’re really ugly
floral jumpsuits
Five Favorite TV Shows
Lost
CSI
Family Guy
Tom and Jerry
Mad
TV
Five Things I Enjoy Doing
Reading
Laughing
Singing (not too well)
Dancing(also not too well)
being with my friends and family
Favorite Toys
Computer
Cell Phone
Flat Iron
DVD’s
CD’s
Five People Who Might End Up Doing This
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Mary
Mrs. A
Pooch (i’ve never met the guy but i figure he will
any body else who happens to read this blog
Pimp my classroom. You go Mr.A, you do….lol
Mebbe later when I have some kind of free time and I am devoid of a huge cat on me, I’ll do that thingie…
OK, sorry for the delay Gunter. Things have been absolutely crazy around here but I’d hate to disappoint you! Here goes with the crazy mememememe..me.me..me
Ten Years Ago:
I was living in a trailer at Ahmed Al Jaber Airbase, Kuwait flying Warthogs over Iraq during Operation Southern Watch. It was the start of my fifth month in Southwest Asia in just under a year. I was still single, had a house on a golf course/lake in Fayetteville, NC and had just met my future wife, Signey, in Toronto.
Five Years Ago:
My wife, daughter Charli, and brand new baby Emily were enduring -20°F in Fairbanks, AK. I was still flying Warthogs, but was now teaching young pilots how to be attack pilots.
One Year Ago:
I was enjoying time with my family and friends in Montgomery/Prattville, AL and meeting great folks like Flig and Miranda.
Five Yummy Things:
Almost any kind of Pizza (cardboard frisbees ala Gino’s/Tombstone don’t count)
Spicy Pork Bulgogi (With kimchee)
Arby’s Jamocha shake
Charred cow flesh (filet minon and prime rib are favorites)
Any and every dessert my wife makes
Five Songs I Know By Heart:
I Love My Wife (+100 other fighter pilot songs)
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Movie Star – Cracker
Changes in Lattitude (and most Jimmy Buffett tunes)
The Star-Spangled Banner
Five Things I would Do with a lot of $$:
1. Buy 50 acres of farmland/forest
2. Buy a house so I could settle my family and not move every 2 years for a change
3. Buy an airplane (Pilatus PC-12 or PC-6 if I’m on a budget!) then I can go pick up Flig and Spanky…OK, Spanky would have to meet us halfway in California!
4. Put enough away for the girls college/cars/weddings/etc to not have to worry about it anymore!
5. Give a bunch to different charities
Five Places I would Escape To:
The ocean
Hiking (forest or mountain doesn’t matter)
Cross country skiing
A park
Cracker Barrel
Five Things I Would Never Wear:
Gotta Agree with Flig on #1 = Spandex
Bell bottoms
A beret
A mini-skirt (or any dress for that matter!)
The skin-tight blue guido shirt that Spanky wore to Marengo Plantation
Five Favorite TV Shows:
West Wing
CSI
Friends
Battlestar Gallactica (The new, dark one)
South Park
Five Things I Enjoy Doing:
Flying x 5 (duh!)
Golf
Tennis
Hiking / Camping
Throwing parties (laughing/joking/socializing)
Favorite Toys:
Vertibird – helicopter game I never had but ALWAYS wanted!
Atari – I was the king of Space Invaders
Lincoln Logs & Legos
All scale-metal airplane except F-16′s, I mean who wants one engine in combat anyway?(if you’re not seeing a trend yet, you’re pretty dense!)
Barbi’s (now that I have two little girls!)
Five people who might end up doing this:
Spanky
Miranda
Ian
Candice?
Sarah (thought we’d forgotten your last post, didn’t you)
Ten Years Ago
I was engaged to Garrett (yes, Blair’s friend), in college at Pensacola Christian College/hell & was about to find out that my father had terminal cancer. Oh yes, I was also skinny!
Five Years Ago
I was married to Blair, working at Lenscrafters full time & did not have children yet (wow, don’t remember those days).
One Year Ago
I was the mother of a three-year-old and a one-year-old, working part time at Lenscrafters, & serving with Blair at a church plant.
Five Yummy Things
MMMM…Latte Freakin da from Chocodelphia
Bacon Cheddar Fries with Spicy Ranch from Outback
Pizza Hut pizza
Big fat nasty cheeseburgers
I love breakfast food for dinner.
Five Songs I Know By Heart
Lots of Praise & Worship songs
Anything by Shinedown, Beastie Boys, Sevendust, Pat Benatar, Metallica, Coldplay
I have a ton of cd’s & listen to loud music constantly at work & in the car, so I have alot of favorites.
Five Things I Would Do With a Lot of Money
Decorate the house
Open a coffee / scrapbook store- Scrap a Latte
Hire a trainer & someone to cook all my meals
Have money set aside for the girls college, weddings, etc
Buy Blair a pimped out Hummer or Plasma T.V. Actually, I could pimp out the Hummer with a plasma!
Five Places I Would Escape To
Bookstore
Nap
Scrapbooking retreat.
Anywhere where I could actually be alone in peace & quiet for at least 5 minutes.
Five Things I Would Never Wear
At this point in my life-
a bikini
anything tight
hot pink
Five Favorite TV Shows
Lost
Survivor
Grey’s Anatomy
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
The Biggest Loser
Five Things I Enjoy Doing
Scrapbooking
Goofing off with Blair
Reading magazines, Scrap or Home Decor
taking very LONG bubble baths
Drinking mass amounts of coffee
Favorite Toys
Computer
DVDs
Scrap supplies (does that count?)
My two little girls
Tivo
Five People Who Might End Up Doing This
David
Ian
Spanky
Bybo