7 Things Me-Me

I got tagged by Tayo to do the 7 weird things you dont know about me post, even though he knows I have done this meme before!!! Well here are another 7 things that you don't know about me....i wouldn't call them weird, because I don't think they are...lol.

1. I have a 'balcony'. In my mind, it is this beautiful place I go to, to reflect on things and think of things. Basically, the whole 'balcony' thing started when we moved into a new house back in nigeria, I got to choose the room with the only balcony in the whole house, it was upstairs, with the high walls around the house, and I would go to the balcony, and stare out into the world, feeling like a princess waiting to be rescued :) I would dream of what I wanted my future to look like, about my Prince Charming and I would pray to God and talk to him about stuff, I was about 8 or 9. Now that I'm grown and moved out of the house and the country, I often go back to my 'balcony', back to that little girl with her dreams, and I smile....

2. I don't have any favourite music, food, colours and such because I believe variety really is the spice of life. There are toooooo many beautiful and wonderful choices to choose from, why would I restrict myself to one? Besides, I get bored quite easily :)

3. I still don't know how to drive :)

4. My grandmother means the world to me! I love her so so so so so so much. Thing is, I look at her, and she is the closest to the perfect human being. I have never seen her get angry and she gives and gives and gives and gives. I get so emotional thinking about her, thinking about all the things I would love to do for her and all the things she deserves, I get so emotional when I think of the fact that I havent seen her in close to 2 years and how time is just flying by, although I know most definitely she will be at my wedding. I have specially requested that from God, so God-willing. She is such a beautiful woman inside and out with a gorgeous smile. She is beautiful and totally unselfish. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!

5. I love custard and cake, preferably with the custard made from scratch (none of these ready to go tinned ones)...of which I can make both of them from scratch...gosh my kids cannot be obese!!!! Oh and advice to people who cook, don't use water in making your custard, it just spoils it, it's a 'nigerian thing' to use water, use fresh milk if you can to mix the whole thing.

6. When I was about 9 or 10 years old, I would wear a red mini skirt and a red tank top, wear red heels, probably my mum's, put Chris De Burgh's 'Lady in Red' in the music player, close my eyes and dance away...I would dream of being in an empty room, standing in the middle, where the spotlight is on me and my faceless Prince Charming, while the song would be his thoughts in his head while he danced with me or it would simply be Chris playing on the grand piano, singing in the background, while i danced by myself :) yea i know, i was only 10..but then, I've always been a dreamer lol. Every now and then I still have the desire to dance to the song.. and of course I'd have to shop for my red dress first ;) lol

7. I am looking forward to the day I see my Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit. This doesn't mean I will not live the full life God has promised, I just can't wait to be in my Father's arms, gosh I'm going to cause a queue, and how beautiful Jesus is, and hug my precious Holy Spirit. Also I have so many questions to ask the saints and apostles, like Paul and Jonah (how'd it feel to be in the shark's tummy for 3 days? were you smelling when you got out?) and Peter (how'd it feel walking on water, then sinking?????!!!) Gosh it's going to be so excitingggggg!!! Make sure you make it there!

I tag the first 7 bloggers to comment on this post.

Have a nice week ahead.

~Mimi~

Lighty's Day

As you, my darling, celebrate your day today
All your heart desires, in His Will, shall be yours

Lighty

I have known you for a pretty pretty long time

And all I can see when I look at you is a beautiful person

Your friendship is dear to me, my darling

Because I see you

And I see all the beauty that God has placed inside of you

My prayer and heart desire for you

Is that God's love will dwell richly in your heart

So that all the beautiful plans He has for you

Will come to pass

Rest yourself in Him darling

Smile, give me that beautiful smile :)

Because today, is your SPECIAL DAY.

LOVE YOU LOADS AND LOADS AND LOADS AND LOADS!

Everyone please, kindly go over to Lighty's page to tell her how beautiful she is and how sweet and precious she is. She really is....so just go there now!!!!!!!! Oh and for your gentle obedience, there are all sorts of beautiful varieties for you to eat and drink....It's celebration time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

30 Days Of Thankfulness - Day 23

I've been tagged by two people now, 9jaOpeke and StreetPreacher, so I have no excuse but to update :)
Where do I start???

I thank You Father, for life; that I am even here to give you thanks

I thank You Father for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ; He made my life worthwhile

I thank You Father for the Holy Spirit; my closest friend, my Darling, the One who guides me

I thank You Father for my parents; without their support and love, life would be harder

I thank You Father for my darling brother; I love him so much and you know it, he is my only sibling, and life with him in it...is so much more fun, peaceful and loveable...

I thank You Father, for friends...close ones, acquintances, random people you place around me..I thank you for all of them

I thank You Father for food and water, for air, for the free things I take for granted everyday

I thank You Father for the beautiful things I see everyday; the sunrise, the sunset, the moon, the stars when they come out, lush green grass, brown leaves falling off trees, beautiful flowers in the spring

I thank You Father that I have a functional brain, a tender heart that responds to you, a soul you have saved and a spirit that is renewed and regenerated in You

I thank You Father for saving from the path of destruction, of death, I did not realize it but I thank You, that You, being an all-knowing Father, saved me

I thank You Father for the beautiful Plans You have for me, ohhhhhh I can only smile because they sure are sooooooo beautiful!! And they are already in motion....they are springing forth like flowers by a lake...

I thank You Father for waking me up early in the morning to fellowship with You everyday, it is a privilege to always be in Your Presence, and the fact that You give me the grace is just another icing on my cake...

I thank You Father for Love...Yes I thank You for You...Because You Are Love...

So in all the forms that I have Love in my life...I thank You.

I thank You. I am grateful.

I Love You.

~Mimi~

Musings

It sure is going to be one cold winter...but nevertheless I am seriously looking forward to the new year. I love new beginnings. I love new notepads because they are a representation of a fresh slate, a clean start.. you get the idea. New beginnings are good. Thank God that we have the break of day, everyday. It is always a new day, everyday. Okay, that was just me thinking out loud. That is the whole point of this blog after all..lol.

So while Bimbylad's story is getting hotter and hotter by the chapter, my sister ExcitedJade and FavouredGirl are still enjoying themselves, my other sister Nyemoni is PREGGERSS!! (i'm so excited!)....all these exciting stuff are happening around,yet Mr.Fineboy has refused to update his blog despite many letters of plea, TMinx is still very much a photoblogger even though she has even refused to update the pictures LAWL, then i start to think of Bobby's son and his sweet-sweet-but-now famous phrase, 'I yay you' and I just start smiling to myself again. Children are the most precious creatures in this world...so precious, so innocent, so cute....very much like the clean slates I talked about in the beginning....

Ok, on to my post...so I woke up to one of God's most beautiful pieces of art two days ago. I'll put a picture up in a bit. It was one of those blissful mornings that nothing could go wrong or so i thought. I woke up early, took a loonngg hot shower, ate good meal for breakfast, and i had a while to my lecture, so i took a long luxurious walk. On getting to my lecture room, i found out the room was dark and there was no one there. I hit panic mode! Where is everyone??

After a few enquiries I found out I was meant to have a lab session. I rushed over, wishing I hadnt spent those extra minutes in the shower, and was panting by the time I got there...not a good look. Luckily for me the woman taking us for the session was nice enough to let me in and brief me on what i'd missed.

Apparently we were meant to study 4 people while they were having a discussion on 'animal rights and the use of animals for chemical testings'. The 4 people were not aware that they were being watched (they were in a room with a two-way mirror so they couldn't see us - felt a bit like CSI, okay i'm getting too excited lol).

As soon as I saw who the 4 people were I gulped. One of them was my friend. 'Oh no!' was my first thought.
This girl is one of those paranoid people who always thinks that everyone is out to get her or everyone is racist. I knew they were in for it because I just knew something was bound to go wrong. We were meant to study their body languages, rate them on scales of aggression, powerful/powerlessness etc. I knew who would be getting the highest ratings in some cases.

The conversation seemed to go on for a while and I was thanking God already that there were no punches being exchanged. Suddenly I heard one of the other girls say 'In Africa....'

Oh no, she didn't. If you see the way my friend's head snapped in her direction..LOL..it was tewwwww funny!! The girl, who was trying to say that in africa for example farming is a common vocation and that africans would probably know the use of animals better than those using them for laboratory tests, didn't even finish the rest of her sentence.

My girl just said 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN IN AFRICA? WHICH PART DID YOU GO?'

The poor girl was looking at her like 'huh??' and my girl continued, 'IS IT BECAUSE THEY SHOW THE POVERTY STRICKEN PLACES ON TV? EHN?? THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU!'

The girl was trying to explain but my girl was having none of it. Later when she came out of the room and I told her she was being watched and ALSO, the conversation had been recorded on DVD for the next lab session so we could further analyze it...she said that she wasn't going to come for the class. Lol. Then she told me 'Mimi, I didn't know that they used monkeys for chemical testing oh...I only just heard it today. Can you imagine that??'

I just stared at her and shook my head. I'm pretty sure she didn't even hear most of what the other participants said, all she heard was 'IN AFRICA'.

Oh yea, here's the picture of the beauty I was talking about:

God is Great!

~Mimi~