Five Things You (may not) Know About Me - Karla

I should have known I would get "tagged" somewhere in all this hullaballoo! Thanks Bro. Ryan for getting this started - LOL! I have wracked my brain - but I'm a pretty transparent person, so there's not much people don't know about me - I'll just give it my best shot.

#1: I was in danger of getting kicked out of JCM (Jackson College of Ministries) at one time. Now, mind you, it was not originally my fault - but I'll leave out the name of the perpetrator. We were late for curfew, so instead of walking in the door and facing consequences for being late, two of us decided to climb through a window so as not to get caught. Well, the rules plainly stated if you climb in or out of a window that is grounds for immediate dismissal! Being late would have been better than climbing through the window to hide. Needless to say - we weren't able to climb through our own window, so we had to somehow make it down the hall to our room. On the way, we came face to face with the dorm supervisor who turned us in to Bro. Poe. He made me call my dad, we couldn't sing in the choir that Sunday, all kinds of stuff. But... we didn't get kicked out because it was our first offense! The person whose fault it was - knew better - she just marched into the hallway and straight to her room - never getting caught (maybe she had more experience than I)!!

#2: I CAN COOK!! For some of you this will come as a shock! Please, hold it together now. I know we used to eat out ALL the time, but it had nothing to do with my ability to cook. It had everything to do with a lack of organization and a busy schedule. After moving and being in a different "earnings bracket", we are learning to eat at home and thoroughly enjoying it. (Sharon might argue the point about me being able to cook - since I still call her often when I have a question about something - LOL)

#3: When I was a freshman in high school, I had surgery on my mouth. I had worn braces with headgear and all for quite some time, but that didn't fix all the problems, so they had to resort to surgery. The doctor had to split the roof of my mouth and widen it (stop laughing - it was too small!), then cut my chin kind of like a drawer and slide it forward (I had a pretty flat chin before) and there was something else, but I can't remember what it was. My mouth was wired shut for five weeks - I lost 30 lbs. (maybe I should try that again). I had to eat everything through a straw - even Christmas dinner (don't even ask!). Everything had to be liquified. The night before my surgery, they took me through the hospital to show me where everything was and where I would be. As they were explaining it all, I got extremely light-headed and had to sit down in the floor then be taken back to my room in a wheelchair. It was some kind of ordeal to say the least! I was in ICU for 24 hours after the surgery - with tubes through my nose and everything. Oh yeah! And when they unwired my mouth 5 weeks later (it was supposed to be 6-8 weeks), my mom was so shocked when I walked out of the doctors office, she told me not to talk. She thought my jaw might come apart or something! LOL!

#4: When I was in elementary school (probably 1st or 2nd grade), I was doing math homework one night and my brother-in-law, Wendell, asked me if we were at multiplication tables yet. I looked up at him and quipped, "No, we're still at our desks!" I had no idea what a multiplication table was. They love that story - everyone thought I was just the cutest and smartest kid! LOL! Another time, probably around 3rd grade, my dad was telling a math problem/joke to some preachers sitting around our dining room table. I was just quietly listening. They all started pulling out pens and paper to try to figure it out. Out of nowhere I piped up and said, "Daddy, isn't it _______?" I was right and they all looked at me dumbfounded while my dad laughed.

#5: The first time I met my husband, he was a mummy! It was at a church "halloween" party and they were all dressed up like Bible characters. He came as Lazarus. That was about four years before I actually FELL in love with him. When I say fell - I mean FELL!! We had gone out a few times through those years and kept in contact but there was nothing serious going on. I went off to Christian Life College in Stockton, CA, then to JCM in Jackson, MS. It was while I was going to school at JCM that I fell in love. I drove from Jackson to Wichita Falls (stopping in Dallas to pick up Sharon) to see the Easter drama, "Watch the Lamb". Gene was the character telling the story. At the very beginning, when he walked through the door holding the hands of two children, I grabbed Sharons hand and gasped. My dad was two or three people down from me - he leaned over to my mom and said, "Karla just fell in love." He couldn't have been more right. It was like a lightning bolt from heaven!! That was in March or April of 1988 - we were engaged in August and married by February, 1989. This year we celebrate 18 years!!! I may not believe in "love at first sight" but I do believe love can hit you out of nowhere and it's the most wonderful thing in the world!!!!

Okay - well, some of you will have known these things - to others it will be news. I hope you learned something you didn't know. Now... I'm "tagging" BarbaraOuellette and James&CarmenCain and KatieBooker. Y'all better answer quickly, so we can learn something new about you!