My Man Shopping List

Hahaha. I have this "shopping" list next to bed. I wrote it in November of 2007. I stumbled upon it in my Word documents and thought it would be a nice addition to the blog. Also, I'm too tired to update one about what's been up.

1. He loves the Lord more than he loves me
2. He has a loving personality
3. He is humble
4. He is kind and considerate
5. He has a consistent and frequent prayer life
6. He is not quick to anger and frustration
7. He earns my respect through the way he conducts himself
8. He is involved in his church
9. He is honest
10. He has strong convictions about sexual purity, smoking, drinking and cursing.
11. He is encouraging
12. He gets along with my family
13. He cherishes me
14. He wants children
15. He enjoys playing sports (or tag or capture the flag, etc.)
16. He has a sense of humor that is both witty and goofy
17. He is comfortable with showing small physical displays of affection in public
18. He likes movies and mini golfing
19. He likes guinea pigs ? :)
20. He has brown hair? :) (I've always been a brunette lover...lol, sorry blondies :-P)

I think now I would add a few more things. One is "He is always reading and studying more of the Word and seeking the counsel of mature believers"

Maybe another day I'll make a revised version.

Feeeeeling good

I am all better! I was so sick there for a while though. I was in such a bad mood and didn't have the energy or will to do anything. It was one of those times where I was happy that I was home so my family could take care of me. Being sick away from home is terrible.
But it was also one of those times where I wish that I was still a homeschooled high school student with no job and no real deadlines on school. Hahaha.

But now I am feeling better! And just in time too because I have three midterms next week and three papers (well, four, really but one was turned in today) due this week.
I got my grades back FINALLY on my Hermeneutics first paper and my ridiculously confusing terminology sheets. I GOT A 100 ON MY PAPER. I am sooooo happy. That was a really hard paper. I think I got about an average of a B or B + on those term sheets. The first one I missed 4 out of 10 so that hurt me a ton. But the rest of them I did well on. I don't have any more of those due until like the end of April or something.

Ashley and I went to Frontline last night. It was cool. They're doing a really interesting series right now. It's more of an apologetics study, which I think is necessary for my generation what with all the different views out there and the downplay of absolute truth. It's like a what we believe, why we believe, what is the support for our belief kind of series. However, I would hope that the members of Frontline would also be involved in small groups that are going to get into the meat of Scripture.

Oh yeah. BABYSITTING. It was awesome. The kids are so sweet and good. However, I totally thought the baby was dead for like a second. But she wasn't. She had just spit up all in her bed. But that was a terrible feeling. I did homework for like an hour and a half and then talked on the phone for like an hour. I was really tired by the time the parents got home.
I babysat the next day too for 6 1/2 hours! I was REALLY tired after that. But that also might have been because I was getting sick.

Ashley's party is the 7th of March.
I need to sign us all up for camp before March 3rd.
I have New Testament questions due by Wednesday
I have one quiz on Thursday
I have two papers due on Friday
I have to read over 150 pages from all my subjects by Friday before noon
I have one midterm on the 2nd of March
I have two more exams sometime between March 2nd and March 8th (Distance learning gives students a full week so they can do the exam when it is most convenient)
Oh yeah, and I have to watch my lecture dvds.

:) I am glad I am not sick anymore

Very Sick (How to do Laundry)

I am a very sick person at the moment! So I don't really have the brain power to write and update (although I will before long...all about babysitting and school and whatever) but right now I wanted to post something that I found when I was looking through my old Word files the other night.

Ashley and I wrote this for Jason when he was moving away to Pennsylvania...and it made me laugh when I read it on Sunday night :) Enjoy

HOW TO DO LAUNDRY

for Jason

written by Ashley and Amber

Step 1: Wear your clothes until they are dirty. (Now dirty does not mean you wear them until people noticeably steer clear of you because of your smell! If you wear it more than twice, it is dirty. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNDERWEAR. Underwear is a one time thing! Underwear is dirty as soon as you put it on).

Step 2: Put your dirty clothes in the laundry hamper/basket.

Step 3: When the basket is full (just to the brim, not 2 feet higher than the brim), take it to the nearest washing machine. Take with you detergent and fabric softener sheets for the dryer (if you desire softness…in your fabrics).

Step 4: Separate the colors! Darks, lights*, whites, towels and delicates**. Now, we realize that you are probably not willing to do all of that separating, and that is acceptable. Combine your darks and lights (it won’t hurt them…it will just fade the lights more quickly). NEVER WASH WHITES WITH ANYTHING BUT WHITES. Towels can be washed with their like colors too. We recommend you wash them by themselves.

Step 5: Put the clothes in the washer. If you are washing the whites, wash them in HOT water. If you are washing the darks, wash them in COLD water. If you are washing the lights, wash them in WARM water. If you combine your darks and lights, use cold water.

Step 6: Read instructions on the bottle of detergent. If you have a full load, you would usually just use a capful.

Step 7: Water pressure is important! If you have a light/small load (which we doubt), then use the lowest setting for water pressure. If you have a big load, use the highest setting for water pressure. If you are confused, take a picture of your washing machine and send it to us. We will tell you what button to push.

Step 8. It does not hurt your clothes if they are left in the washer for longer than the machine is running! So don’t feel like you have to wait for the thing to buzz. When you get to your clothes and they are done, take them out and put them in the dryer.

Step 9: MAKE SURE TO CLEAN OUT THE LINT TRAP BEFORE TURNING THE DRYER ON. Place a fabric softener sheet in the dryer if you desire one. Send picture of dryer along with picture of washer for further instructions. Turn dryer on and hope that they dry.

We hope this helps keep you and your clothes clean.

*lights – Clothes that are neither white nor black, dark blue, dark brown, dark green, dark purple, or red. Your khakis should be lights. Your jeans are darks. You mostly have dark clothes. Gray is a confusing color. If the gray is lighter than the gray on the socks we got you, wash it with the lights. If it is darker, wash it with the darks.

**delicates – satin. Well, basically anything other than cotton. Which we don’t think you have so don’t worry.

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's here! The one day when every couple (ok, maybe just about every couple) in America gets together and expresses their love for one another. I am actually a huge fan of Valentine's Day. I think that when couples have been together a long time, it's nice just to have one special day that is all about them and the love they share. Sure, commercialism is a huge problem with every kind of gimmick imaginable, but I still think that this day is a nice tradition.

I am babysitting for two couples who love each other very much so that they can go out. One on Sunday night and one Monday afternoon. I think that is a good idea because I know the lines must be ridiculously long at all the restaurants tonight. I am glad that I am able to bless them so that they can spend time together without the kids. It's important to nurture that relationship between a husband and wife. Kids are important, but they need to see a model of what a healthy marriage looks like and I believe that that means private dates sometimes!!!

Anyway, for my Valentine's Day, I was supposed to go to Pennsylvania to see my grandparents...but Daddy got sick :( so we couldn't go. I had a free day! So I slept late (10:45) and then did homework from 2 to 4. Daryl and Tara and I watched Taken. It was aaaawesome Liam Neeson was like Jack Bauer on crack!!!
Mommy, Daddy and I had soup for dinner with cheez-its. Now I am going to finish my day with a wonderful evening watching whatever I want in Daryl's room :) He and Tara are out at The Cheesecake Factory. Daryl has like a hundred movies on his computer.
I'll probably end up watching Becoming Jane or some other great sappy movie like that :) Yay!

Happy Valentine's Day all you wonderful couples! Cherish your beloved not only on this day but everyday!

Accomplishments and Endings

I feel like I finally got something done today! I finished those maps for New Testament (oh man. took me over four hours, but I did it!) I also got all of my reading done for Hermeneutics and yesterday I did both of the lectures. It seems I had more lectures that were longer at the beginning of the semester? why is that?!! Aren't they supposed to build up or something???

I rewarded myself with these accomplishments by watching LOST with Daryl. It is so awesome. I can't believe I didn't take into account that they could be doing time travel. That explains a lot...

Red's new cd "Innocence & Instinct" came out today. I am showing self control though because I want to wait until Friday so that I can get a good deal. I CAN'T WAIT THOUGH. I have a huge poster of them in my room. I've never been much a poster kind of girl, but I do have one of Flyleaf and one of Red.
I think "Pieces" is my favorite songs of Red's from their first album "End of Silence". It'll be at the end of this post...

Tomorrow I'm going to hang out with Trish. I feel kind of sad. We've been friends since October or November of 2003 and she was there through well...everything that has been of great importance in the last 5 1/2 years. But people always grow apart and we've been doing that for a while. I love her to death and I know she feels the same way. But sometimes it just happens.
She moved out of Grammie and Bapa's and I don't have much hope for us staying in touch. I hardly see her when she lives there...so I don't think I'll see her much now that she's living in Fairfax. I pray that the Lord brings her to himself. She's always jumping from one thing to the next and can never sit still. I know she's not satisfied because we can't truly be satisfied without Christ. But his ways are not my ways and I will continue to pray for her. But I think that my time of ministering to her may be over.

Ashley and I saw "He's just not that into you" and this one part made me laugh so hard. It was a little interview with two black ladies like in the middle of the movie. And they were talking about how men try to make us think it was our idea to break up but instead it was their's. If that makes sense. Anyway, so they were talking about the different lines that guys use and one of the ladies said "Oh I love that one where they're all like 'Whoever you end up marrying is going to be a really lucky guy'... WELL HECK, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU!" Hahahahaha I laughed so hard because that's been used on me before and I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING. If you think it would be such a blessing for someone to marry me, WHY NOT DO IT YOURSELF?

Anyway, here's "Pieces" by Red.

Starfield "Reign In Us"

I love Starfield and have since I was fifteen. I bought the cd that this song is on and I can't find it :( but I love this song.

Today and Tomorrow

I rewarded myself by not doing any homework past 9:30. Hahahaha. I had to write my first paper for Boyce and they have a weird format that took me a long time to get right. But both Mommy and Daddy helped me and everything is ok now!
Also, the subject matter of the paper itself was really confusing so that took me a long time. But good news, because of the power outage in Kentucky, i don't have to do my first two quizzes for Missions. So thaaat's nice.

I have a sore in my mouth and it hurts so bad. What in the world.

Tomorrow....hmmm...I'm going to work...which has been annoying recently. It's so boring and then I get used to being able to get all my homework done and so then I get annoyed when customers are ridiculous and/or needy. I have good weeks and bad weeks. This has been a bad week. I feel bad for Mr. A because he's losing so much money. But I am frustrated with him because I feel like he just needs to make a decision. IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER. Let's just pack everything up and take it to the other store.
Also, I want to get off when the schedule says I get off. I'm constantly feeling bad that I have to leave when I have to leave. So I leave him hanging because someone is not there to let me off.

Anyway, back to tomorrow. After work I'll go to Grammie's and then Ashley and I are going shopping for Jason. lol. The man doesn't eat when he doesn't have someone feeding him. So we're loading him back up with stuff.
Then I'll come back home and since I don't have to study for that quiz...I guess I'll watch a Missions lecture or just hang out with Ash.

I hate that the sense of smell brings back memories.

Spazzy is running around on the floor and finding random things to eat. She's so cute :)

Now I am going to reward myself again with calling Grace :)

Which to bury, us or the hatchet?

One of my favorite Relient K songs of ALL TIME. Next to Sadie Hawkins Dance I guess.

Babysitting, Soup and Robbie Seay Band

Babysitting went very well. I got there at 7:30 and all three children were in bed by 8:40. All three are a joy. The baby (about 8 or 9 months) got a little frustrated while I was putting the other two down for bed. I can't imagine being about to give equal amounts of attention to each child when you have a baby that you have to watch all the time to make sure she's ok and not about to kill herself or choke on something. hahaha So I felt bad that I wasn't able to really talk to the other two and give them my full attention. But I hope to babysit for them again.

The baby was frustrated and upset by the time I got the older two in bed. I had to sing to her and rock her for a while, but I didn't mind. I sang "Give me Jesus" and 'Hide Away in the Love of Jesus" because those are both soothing songs and I know all the words. Can you believe I forgot the words to Jesus Loves Me when I was putting the other two down?!!!! Hahahaha
I spent the rest of the night doing homework and it was great.

Today I went to church, did homework, went to target, went to the Souperbowl Party and just finished more homework. Every year we have our church's Superbowl Party at Grammie and Bapa's and we eat Soup, so it's called the Souperbowl Party. We had a great time. Food was awesome (I think i overdid it. oh well.) and Jason came down. Mariana was also there :) as well as the Montgomerys.
The Steelers won, which is fine, even though I was kind of routing for Arizona. I wanted them to win because they never had, but I am a fan of Pittsburgh so it is all good.

I'm listening to "Love Wins" by Robbie Seay Band. It's awesome.

It's a big world, we are hoping
For a big change, we are broken
In the fading light of a dying sun
We cry for redemption

There is hope, there is hope, there is hope
But everyone who's lost will be coming home
And everything that hurts will be whole again
And love will be the last thing standing

Can't stop, you can't stop the seasons
Don't stop, don't stop believing

Keep on dreaming of the day when it all will change
Believe in the end, love wins
If you're waiting for the time when your sun will shine
Oh, look above cause love wins

If it hurts you, just breathe in
When it pains you, just believe in
The radiant light of the morning sun
We can find our redemption

Love is strong, love is strong, love is strong
It's been there holding you all along
Everything thrown away will be new again
And love will be the last thing standing

There is hope, there is hope for my lonely soul
There is hope, there is hope to be made whole
There is life, there is life to be set free
There is life there is life surrounding me
There is hope, there is hope for my broken heart
There is hope, there is hope for a brand new start
There is life, there is life give me eyes to see
There is life, there is life you have captured me


I'm going to bed now because I have to get up for English class tomorrow!