Today for lunch I had a tomato and an entire bag of popcorn. Not bad, I must say. (Much better than popcorn and animal crackers.)
Have a nice day, leave me a message and tell me about the weirdest think you’ve ever eaten.
I’m so sorry that I posted when I was in a sad mood, then didn’t update for 27 years. My life is great, I am so sorry if I made anyone else sad. Thanksgiving was great, I’ll post with pictures and fun stuff as soon as my brother sends them to me. Also, the psycho photographer lady finally sent us wedding pictures, so now I get to pull out all my fancy scrapbooking stuff and get to work. (If anyone knows how to do said scrapbooking stuff, please give me a call!)
Only a few days left in the semester. We should have a massive Christmas party and get everybody together like we did last year. I know it’s kinda late, but if anybody is interested, let me know. I love you guys, have a wonderful weekend, and leave me lots of messages
Why is it that I only post on this thing when I’m in uber-deep-sad-contemplative mode? My life is so good. It amazes me how in spite of the amount of stuff I have to do, I don’t run out of time anymore. I have to worry about things getting done, but nothing like it used to be. Instead of wishing I had more time to spend with the people around me, I wish some days that there were more people around me to spend time with. I love my life. I love my husband and the amount of time that we are given to spend together. I know that this will not last forever and that time is a valuable thing. It makes me sad that I can go through an entire day’s worth of classes and not have an acutal conversation with another human being. I miss my family and friends, I feel like a completely different person than I was 6 months ago. I feel old. I go to an office and sit at a desk every day. Everytime I walk into a room I get mobbed by little kids screaming, “Miss Amanda!!”. It’s kind of bittersweet. It’s cool to look at the opportunities that I have been given, and the way God uses me now, but it’s weird to think of my family as 2 people, a dog and a cat, instead of 5 people and all of the noise and commotion that I used to call home. I don’t really expect anyone to read this. I don’t really know that that is important. I hate having problems that are nothing like the television shows we watched as children. While I have given these problems up to Someone who can fix them, I still don’t know how things will turn out.
If you see me on campus, stop me. I know I don’t always see the things that are around me, but I desperately miss the people that I used to spend so much time with. I haven’t dissapeared from the planet, I’m not even that far away.
I doubt anyone made it through that, but if you did, leave me a message and I’ll share my wealth with you when I become fabulously rich and famous. Ha.
I just found this… Smile
Good times…
It seems like for the first time in a very, very long time that I have a home. For me “home” has always been whatever building that all my family is in. It seems like there isn’t any one building that my family lives in anymore. My baby brother has moved off to collee. (If you want to talk about feeling old…) But it really isn’t a sad thing. I’m so proud of my brother, he’s going to finally have an opportunity to prove to everyone else how smart he is, how responsible he is. It’s so weird to have “home” away from them. I’m really not complaining, I’m really greatful for what we have. This has been the most wonderful, grace-filled period of my entire life. I understand why everyone says that this is the best time in your whole life. For so long we’ve just been “waiting” Waiting to be married, waiting to have a “real” job, waiting to live in a “real” house with a “real” family. How surreal is it that we’re finally “here”. What does that mean, anyway? On this earth do you really ever find “here”?
Instead of looking for what I’m going to do with the rest of my life (I’m still not certain as to what that is.) It’s pretty cool to be able to look for purpose in every day, every conversation, ever tiny event. I don’t know why I’m here. So many days I feel so unequipped to do this job. How cool is it, though that I have no idea what’s going on half the time, but God blesses it anyway? In spite of my weaknesses and lack of faith and knowledge, God has blessed me, my husband, my job, my church, everything. God has given us a calm in the storm. A chance to catch our breaths. And while I know that a storm is comming, I am so greatful for my life. For a chance to finally use the things that God put inside of me to use for His glory. I preached a sermon a few weeks ago. In front of a real church, with real people. But instead of it terrifying me, it was okay. While I am flawed, God used me. How long did I pray for that? To be used while all along he was doing it. For the first time ever I’m okay with the fact that I’m not good enough. Instead of getting all defensive when someone corrects my mistakes, I feel like I understand that it’s not really me living anyway. So who really cares if I mess up? This is gone on too long and is totally unike any of my other posts. It just seems important to me that I share how I am blessed. How God blesses His children, even when they don’t deserve it. Honestly, who meets their husband when they’re 16 years old? If you ever need to hear about how God is alive, and real, and walking around in the bodies of His children, please come talk to me. I’ve got some pretty insain stories.
Sorry to ramble. I love you guys Have a great day. Come visit us and the puppy.
Look at this! It hasn’t even been a whole month since I’ve posted
Everything is really good here, we got to spend Monday and Tuesday with Angela and Matt, they’re great, let me tell ya.
I thought I’d better show off the newest addition to our family, this is the last one for a long time, trust me.
This is Lance, he’s a puppy chocolate lab. He’s about a month old and likes Pina Collatas and getting caught in the rain. So, if you want to see an uber-cute puppy, you’ll have to make the trip to Wills Point to come see us.
(Puppy Nap)
I love you guys, have a great week, I guess I’ll see most of you very soon. Leave me a post and I’ll give you lots of money when I become fabulously wealthy. (Ha Ha.)
Man it’s been forever since I’ve posted… In short, life is pretty sweet, the house is great, church builders rocked and my new job is awesome. I feel like I’m finally doing what I’m suposed to be doing. Here’s something funny for you, all the adults think I’m this mean disciplinarian.. I think they like that. The teenagers and children are really cool, this is probably the most challenging job I’ve ever had, but it’s been really rewarding. This weekend all the teenage girls are getting dolled up and going to Dairy Queen with linen table cloths and fancy stuff for dinner. Thank You, Jessica and all the Commerce girls for the idea. If you’re not busy, you should definitely come join us
I’d also like to introduce you to General Taylor (He’s not nearly as cute or playful looking in this picture, but he’s a ferocious beast, let me tell ya
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Even if I don’t comment on everybody’s xanga’s as much as I wish I did, I still read everyone’s every day, it’s so nice to be able to know what everyone’s up to. NOTE: Wills Point is only an hour from almost everyone I know… We have a guest bedroom and like 15 couches, so if you ever want to get away from parents/college/whatever, there’s always room for you Call me and I’ll give you directions. I love you guys, you’re all pretty incredible people. Know that I love ya and am thinking about you (Honestly, it’ll probably be forever before I post again, but leave me lots of messages anyway)
Today has been a great day. We woke up early and went to every garage sale in Commerce. (There were way more than you would think….) Anyway, we bought our first furniture as a married couple. I’m quite proud
It took us several hours to get it all cleaned, fixed-up and polished, but it looks really great and all of this (3 table and 2 lamps) only cost us $80
It looks really out of place in our little apartment, but only 3 weeks left until we move into our incredibly awesome house. I can’t wait
This getting-married stuff rocks. I highly reccomend it.
Hey guys, we’re finally back from Mexico. It’s been so nice to have a week to just relax and do nothing. We got a little bored tonight and took fun pictures
The fridge
ANGELA DON’T LOOK!!! Tonight we decided to bake a cake It wasn’t done by a “Icing Specialist” like Angela Adair, but we had fun getting sick on too much frosting. It’s our happy cake
Yes, just in case you were wondering, there are 7 speakers in my bathroom. I mean, honestly, who can use the bathroom without 5.1 Surround sound?
You never know what to expect when you rhusband says, “Hey honey, go sit on the toilet, it sounds great!”
I’ll post wedding and honeymoon pictures later, these were just too much fun to pass up. The last few weeks have been great, this one has been especially wonderful. (Especially now that the 7 speakers have been removed from our bathroom) Thank you so much to everyone who came to the wedding. I feel so bad that I did not get a chance go spend much time talking to everyone. Next time everyone is in town we really need to have lunch or something. I love you guys, thanks for everything.
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