Getting To Know Me

Getting To Know Me...by way of Gayla's web site

Some things you likely didn't know about me and, after you read the list, might wish you "still" didn't know...

5 things I plan to do before I die:

1) go to England, especially Bristol, where the Muller orphanages were
2) become a great-grandfather
3) lose 35 pounds
4) sing in a Southern Gospel quartet
5) write a book (or several books)

5 things I can do:

1) play the piano by ear (not with my ears though)
2) write notes of encouragement to athletes
3) say truthfully that I've met Dr. J. (Julius Erving), my favorite all-time athlete
4) attend chapel with the New York Yankees
5) be saddened by the passing of Chuck Obremski, a godly man

5 things I cannot do:

1) play the guitar
2) pass a book store without going in
3) go into book store without buying a book
4) fit all my books on my bookshelves
5) fry an egg without breaking it

5 things that attract me to the opposite sex:

1) my wife's cooking
2) listening to godly women pray
3) Elisabeth Elliot's writing
4) Elisabeth Elliot's speaking
5) God made me that way

5 things I say most often:

1) Quit fighting
2) Eat a chicken
3) Are the cats in?
4) PATRICK!!!!!!!
5) A large, black coffee please (at Tim Horton's)

5 celebrity crushes:

(I don't want to incriminate myself here) Let's say that "crush" means admiration...
So... I like Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Carol Cymbala, Ruth Bell Graham & Elisabeth Elliot

How about my readers? Want to take a stab at this? Come on...do it just for fun!