Merry Christmas!!!

WoW! I am not sure where to start but here we go! Thanksgiving was good! We all missed Dad because he was sick and could not make it down. Aww! I have one more final left for this semester then I get a whole month break! We leave for Disney World on Friday we get back Wednesday then Christmas! Love this time of year but most of all I love my family that I get to spend time with. Like a fellow blogger said, Christmas is just something totally different when you have kids around. Emma had her Christmas pagent last night, she did so well with her verse! Ok just in case I do not get back here to with a post. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

It's the little things..

That can turn an ok day into a day of, "CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS!" OR it's that I get way too much excitement from trying to find the best deals. So here is what happened. This morning I woke up way to late to go to church thank you party from last night ( I was a lepord btw), did some homework and got ready for the day. I am furniture shopping and trying to find a bedroom set and although I found something that I loved I was just not willing to buy it for that price. I'm hoping there are some major deals after Thanksgiving! So right next door is Kirklands where you can buy lots of things for home decor. I went thru the store just eye shopping then I came across the 75% off Halloween and HARVEST sale. Hello WORLD, 75% off!!!! I got some cute stuff for Thanksgiving that will now adorn my table this year. Normally priced $24.99 I bought for $6.25, a cute little pumpkin and acorns normally priced $5.99 that I bought for 1.50 a piece! Oh and I went to Old Navy to buy these cute little black flats that were $19.99 and if you screamed at the register they gave you 20% off. So yea, I screamed...

Ok so this year we had a bumble bee (Emma) and an elephant (Olivia)(who won best costume at the Church Festival), Noah wanted to be a crazy 2 year old so we just let him be him because he was not having the costume thing this year. My sweet Abigail was a genie, or Jasmine, she looked like both to tell you the truth.


November, November, November... I'm so happy you are here! I love November because I get to see my family and there is a sweet excuse to go shopping. The semester is halfway done. I just had midterms and I'm pulling classic Amy grades... What grade is that you may ask? B's! UGH! I just need to spend more time apparently....

The best part of the first week of November is mi abulea (my mom's mom) is here visiting us for the week! I love her so much! I'll post pictures of her visit sometime next week however I hope that everyone out there enjoys the beautiful weather with those whom mean the world to you!

Bummerrrr.

I lost my cord that goes from my camera to my laptop... Is there a name for that thing?

So like a mad woman I've been tearing my house apart looking for it. I so DO NOT want to go buy one because I know the minute I do.. Ta da it will show up! On the other hand I have about 100 photos I need to get off my camera and I'm getting a little impatient..

September.. WoW... It came... It went... Here are the highlights:

-One last weekend laying well in the pool... :(

-My attitude has changed regarding my job and even though I am not in love with what I do... I've come to the realization that I've put myself here and I will figure out a way out of it and find something that I want to do.

-Had some dental stuff done that was long over do... Still have some more left but let me just tell you.. Wisdom teeth are nothing to laugh at. On a side note, I've never in my whole 29 years of life have had any kind of pain medication prescribed to me and all I can say about it is... I've never felt SO rested.

-If you know me, you know I love movies... Movies I watched this month were:
-Backup Plan C but B+ in my book bc offff yummy Alex McLaughlin (im sorry im going 13 on you but I just cannot get over how cute he is!)

-Going the Distance or whatever its called. With Drew Barrymore and of course I love Justin Long.. It was cute but a little too realistic for me though. So I'm giving it a C-

-Killers w/ Katherine Heigel she is my new fav actress and Ashton Kutcher.. The ending was a little too blah for me.. So C

Oh and some crazy movie my sister made me watch with her Chloe I think was the name...I just.. No words for it really.... F

-My dog Ebi is going blind. This has been such an emotional thing for me. :( No kids = my dog being my world. Well not literally but you know what I mean.. I'm not a nut or anything but she pretty much has the life for a dog! ;)

Family is doing GREAT! Dad came down to visit and made plans for the holidays can you guys believe the year is almost over!

Fun Factoid: One of my guilty pleasures is reading celebrity magazines... So I was reading a story about the Queen and I wondered if she washes her face or does she have someone wash her face for her? Apart of me says she would BUT she is the Queen! If I were a Queen I do not think I would be against the idea of having someone come in and wash it. This is apart of the lala that goes on in my head when I'm just by myself.. On that note do you think the Queen takes 10 mins out of her day to floss her teeth to? Seriously..

Ok I'm tired .. Happy October Everyone!!

August..

So many things are running thru my mind. It is kinda hard to focus right now on my 'to do' list because my heart is hurting so bad for my best friend. It is so weird.......... So weird, weird, weird to be in the position of watching her family go thru this. So just pray if you happen to be reading this. I've just been praying for God's grace to comfort their broken hearts. I literally just want to kiss their hearts to make them feel better but I know it is not that easy. I wish it were that easy though. All I know is Satan is EVIL.

On to other news.... Family Update. Btw I'm a crazy Aunt. I'm one of those aunts you love/hate to have. You would love me because I love your kids SO much. I'm their for birthdays and fun weekends and cry when you cry and laugh when your kids say the cutest not sooo original things. However bc it is YOUR KID its totally orignal. You hate me because I get to be apart of their kid club and we sing and dance and tell stories and you being the mom or dad are not allowed to be apart of the club! Ha ha! Oh and the best part of the whole deal is I do not have to be the one to say No all the time.

So school time.....

My beautiful Niece Abigail started 1st grade today and she was not tooo happy about not being in Ms. Leavy's class this year.



My other beautiful niece Ms. Emma started Pre K at Fellowship Christian Academy. She was SOOOO excited! She loves going to chapel. I love that she loves it so much!

Ms. Olivia is NOT liking her sister being gone for 4 hours a day. She is sorta happy that she gets to have one on one mommy time though. She does however get to go to the gym with her mom everyday and get a good hour of playing. She cries when it's time to leave. I'm not sure if that is normal or not but whateve.

Noah... I do not think he notices anything. Typical MALE! Haha!

Watching my sisters be mothers is so weird because we are sisters and I know the fun parts of them and the crazy things they have done or said. Then they are responsible for these kids that I love so much! Laura is such a harworking mom and I give it up to her because she is a single mom and I can say without a doubt that being a single mother is the HARDEST job on earth. She makes it look easy but just spending one day with her and I'm tired. From working a full time job, full time in School, raising Abigail, keeping up with home stuff.. It is just mind blowing. I pray that I am never one but just on the off chance that I am I am not worried because I think its in the genes. Christine, Christine, Christine, I'm not exactly sure how you received these three angeles as children. I just do not get it. Talk about miracles! HAHA!!!!! Jeez I crack myself up. No in all seriousness. Christine I love the way your kids know how much they are loved. You give them that right dash of discpline, love, acceptence, faith, and courage to each of them and it shows.

Received my grades for my summer classes... Straight A's. I was pretty excited because I have never written SO many papers during one semester. Do you know how sometimes you feel you say the same thing over and over and over again. That is how I felt when I was writing my final paper. We basically had to write essays about every thing we read then we had to write a final paper about all of those papers. Sounds easy but I think I have this curse where I make things harder than they are supposed to be. My mind is now coming out of the fog and getting ready to start school again this saturday!


Work is well...... Work.... What can I say other than that? I'd feel better about work if I was writing this on a Thursday but I'm not its a Monday.

So with that I hope each of you has a fun, safe, week!

Here is Emma her first day of school. I will get Abi on here once I get a picture from Laura!

Ch ch ch changes..

The only good news about summer coming to an end is that my summer school is almost over!

I know I would love the fall if we actually had a fall. I'm in LOVE with the idea of fall.. The leaves turning brown and orange and red and it cooling off. Enjoying a nice hot cup of coffee sitting on the porch without sweat dripping off your face. Putting on a pair of jeans and not feeling like you are in the sauna. Actually doing your hair and leaving it that way all day. Being able to buy the clothes they are showing for the new season.

However Houston's fall basically just means...

- We are at 92 degrees instead of 99 degrees
- Instead of shopping in the 'seasonal' clothes you are at the sales rack because there is NO WAY you are throwing money down to buy that cute little longsleeved, cardigan, sweatshirt, looking thing.
-You will keep enjoying your iced coffee until November, October if you are lucky!
-We will still do our hair so that to other people it looks like we care but the minute no one is watching you, your hair is back up in a pony tail.
- I will still get so mad at myself for having leather seats and promising myself that my next ride will have cloth.

The bright side to all of this:

-Pedicures continue for show
-I do not have to rake leaves anytime soon. Which is actually one of my most dreaded things to do.. In fact I usually find a way out of it ;)

So on the otherside of life things..

My baby nephew turned 2! Not so baby anymore.. :( Happy Birthday Noah! Aunt Amy loves you soooooooooooooo much! He could so be mine! People think he is mine all the time and I admit I love it!!

JULY!!!

  In a nutshell..

Lowry Family Reunion… Thanks to my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Tommy for being the gracious hosts and letting us all over your house and pool.. I love you all sooo much!  We had a FANTASTIC day with everyone!

 

This weekend I will be going to San Antonio and hopefully I will be able to make a short little trip to Austin.  After I get back it will be nothing but school I have 6 papers, 4 Tests, and 1 book test! I cannot wait for August 10th to have a little break, these courses are killing my weekend plans!

Lots of stuff going on personally. I would love to expand on the topic at the moment buttt I have to get some school work done before I leave and I have a FULL day tomorrow!

Note to self: The guy in the cowboy hat is not of any relation to the family. Seriously I have no idea who he is. Friend of someone?

Happy Father's Day!!!!

To all the great dad's out there!

Especially to my dad! You are pretty great and we all love you so much! Can't wait to see you a couple of weeks!




Dad every time I hear this song I think of you!


=)

Hmmm....

Time is flying by! I cannot believe it is almost July!

School is crazy busy. My favorite subject so far is my politics class. My least favorite is my English class. Normally this class would be my favorite but I feel so rushed! I mean I LOVE reading but reading The Odyssey can be a little confusing by itself and reading it in like 2 days is frustrating me. Well what really frustrates me is the fact I do not know how to pronounce some of these names.. It makes me love parents who name their kids weird names like Apple and Orange because I do not think I would ever try to pronounce:

Nausicaa
Alcinous
Telemachus

So other than that I spent time at the pool this weekend with Sherry and Meg. We chatted about life, love, dreams, and shared many laughs. We are putting pen to paper for next summer's Girls Cruise Trip! Oh and we decided to be 10 again by throwing those pool toys in the water and having to go look for them. Sherry couldn't get her hair wet so she threw them and Meg and I were competing against eachother.

First Game --- TIE
2nd Game --- I Won
3rd Game --- Megan Won

End Result --- We both looked at eachother and said, You Win! ;)

I SOOO wanted to play shark but then water went up my nose and then that was the end of wanting to play shark.



This pic was actually taken back in May... I'm way darker now!

This Week :(

has not been so great. I do not even want to blog about it.

However thanks to You Tube and friends on facebook sharing it. I laughed SO freakin hard today because of this video.

Check it Out!

P.S. Place the music player on the right on pause..

Evolution of Dance 2



At 6 pm...

My weekend starts....

and I'm going to go DANCE!!!!

So they Say..

A picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy!

Oops!

Just ONE more wedding picture. I am so blessed by the friends in my life. This one particular friend agreed to help me bless Jen and Gerald with a beautiful and yummy wedding cake. So take a look...




So thanks Meg!


I am in the process of enjoying the last week of my summer vacation. Keep me in your prayers because I will be taking 12 hours in 10 weeks and I need them! I have been doing a lot of laying out. My shoulders are in pain as I type. I am paying attention to my face now. Ha ha. I've been noticing all these different kinds of lines on my face. If I see one more ad from Lancome's Absolue Precious Cells Advanced Regenerating and Reconstructing Cream SPF 15 I do not know how I will keep myself from buying it! Want, Need, Want, Need. What do you do when something like THAT falls into both columns! Oh funny story... Well now it is.. My ever so blunt sister is hard core starring at me and is like, "Oh my gosh Amy you are breaking out so bad on your face" I am like "Really?" So of course this comment makes me nervous and I am on my way to order proactiv. I get the kit and WOW for the burn I felt I just knew it was working on me. I was so excited. I used it just as the directions told me to. 2 days later I feel this horrible rash ALLLLL over my face, neck, EARS, down my arms. Thankfully it only took about a week to go away. I was indoors the whole time. Lesson learned: read the ingredients esp when your 'before' face is nothing like the people's in the ads.

Have a super fun safe weekend!

Wedding!

Enjoyed these beautiful people this past weekend. Look at what I taught myself to do!



Ok just saw it not toooo impressed with it but it'll do for now. Have a great weekend you guys!

and P.S.

Happy Birthday to one of my best friends today

Monique!


Love You!!

May!!

I love the month of May for a few reasons...

1. POOL TIME!!! First couple of layout sessions hurt a little but it's totally worth the pain!

2. On May 15th my beautiful cousin Jennifer and her fiance, Gerald, are getting married. TOTALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!! I'm sooooooooo happy for you guys! Love you both!


3. Pedicure time. During the cold months I'm not as anal to get to the pedicure station because my toes get cold and not many people see them BUT then I forget how awesome it feels to get your feet done. Rest assured guys I do my own toes during the cold months, I just pay for it during the hot months! I have weird toes but people tell me they are cute. One guy told me I had flinstone feet (thanks tb!). So everytime I look at my feet I think of Fred. What do you think? :P


4. End of the semester! Class ends this week so while I should be studying I'm here taking a break.

5. HOLIDAY!!! Day off of work and I do not have to use vacation time. LOVE IT! Thanks Comcast! =)

6. My older sister is turning 38!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my LORD she is almost 40. When I think about her being almost 40 it makes me sooooooo less nervous about turning 29 in August. Dad turns lets see... 2 quarters and 2 pennies. Awww dad you look like Four dimes minus a nickel!

7. I live for days where I'm at the pool, at the beach, in the hot tub listening to this song and lots of others enjoying moments with my loved ones..

and one of these ;)

Creeepy... OR is it just me???

So this weekend was all about school! I am taking a humanities class and we have a project to complete and write a paper about. The project was to attend two of the the following a musical, opera, play, film, book reading, or art exhibit. I chose to go to an art exhibit and to attend the Opera. On Friday after running some errands I headed out to the Houston's Fine Arts Museum. I saw two exhibits they were Sargent and the Sea and Prendergast in Italy. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it. Sign of getting older? Mayhaps, but I love it! I am defintley going to go back because there was another exhibit I want to check out which is Alice Neel's Painted Truth. I recommend you checking out your local museums and going! Musuems have defintley been apart of my growing up and my nieces and nephew go all the time however I think moms and dads should get a babysitter and go out and enjoy the grown up parts of the museum. Not only is it budget friendly (I paid only 3.50 because I am a student, regular tickets were 7.00) there is SO much to check out and you can defintley get lost in it. While I was in the Prendergast exhibit I was asked by this lady if I was an artist. I told her no that I am just studying his work. Which I thought was funny because the only artistic thing I am good at is coloring! So back to the title of my post here we go with the creepy things:

#1. There was this goofy looking and by goofy I mean kinda scary guy following me around the museum. I went out of my way to lose him, I finally did.
#2. On my way to my truck I was almost hit by a Ford Expedition. I gave a prayer to God the minute I was back in my truck just thanking him that it was only me and not any kids around me. I am very capable of 'looking both ways' however this guy came out of the parking lot like he was being chased by something and zoomed across the street trying to make a left while I was walking to the median and wow for how ugly it could of been. He rolled down his window to apologize and I was too shocked I could not even form a sentence. I mean I was just inches away of being knocked over and rolled over.

Saturday was just busy busy busy. My sister Laura came over and we chatted and visited awhile and then I was heading over to Megan's house to babysit for her. I stopped at Jack In the Box to try their iced coffee. I LOVE LOVE LOVE iced coffee but I'm one of those weird coffee drinkers where I like the taste of coffee mixed w/ something not good for you like vanilla or caramel BUT I do not like to much of it to the point of it overtaking the coffee taste. Or maybe it is not so weird! Anyway I like my coffee just right. On a scale of 1-10 I would have to give it a 3. Sorry Jack :/ They loaded it with that dang syrup and it just was not good. So Meg lives in Beasley which is almost in the middle of nowhere and her house at night scares me because of how dark it can get. No city lights. You can hear coyotes in the distance and they have three dogs and believe me being the dog lover I am they almost came inside. However I'm almost positive Meg would of disowned me as a friend! Ha ha! Saturday night was good we (Sweetpea, Isabelle and I) had our 'club' ate pizza watched Finding Nemo and ate burnt popcorn (my specialty) (don't ask). Woke up sunday morning and had coffee with the Storks and visited with Megan's grandpa Bill. It was nice talking to him made me miss my Papa Pat. I never met my mom's dad because he died before I was born. You forget what it's like to have one being around one. So I had to get going because I was going to the Operaaaa and when I say Operaa I'm singing it!

So here we go with creepy thing it started POURING DOWN RAIN when I left to go home.. Think of the most scary rain while driving and that was what I was driving in. Two things to point.. #1 On the highway I Love 75mph thats my usual speed 80 is just to fast for me and 70 is sooo normal and I like to spice things up a bit and be a little daring so going 75 mph is my thing. Oh yea that's part of my excitement. On that day on 59 I was going 35 mph! Your eyes should be popping out of your head because whoa nelly I was driving on the highway. 2nd thing I'm not scared of rain. I was freaking out coming home BEFORE

#3 MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED doing their go back and forth thing. 1st thing that comes to my mind, "can windshield wipers get tired?" 2nd omg I cant see. I CANT SEE ANYTHING. I feel like I'm underwater and my goggles just filled with water. So I try to pull over oh yea I cant see the shoulder. I just guessed to where it was at and I stayed there for a few minutes with my car off. Then I restarted it and they started working again. So I guess windshield wipers can get tired. This happens a 2nd time when I'm passing First Colony Mall. So needless to say I was driving like an old grandma I was freaked!

Have to get on with my day if you are still reading.. I like you.

It's Operaaaa time... Operaaaa is a lot of singinnng... It was all in Russian... I will go to the Operaaa again but I will not pay for my ticket! So we are leaving.. Parked in the garage got in the elevator and what happens to Ms. I hate elevators with a passion because I do not like small spaces..I will take the stairs any time but I didnt on that day because I was in heels and if you know me in heels you know I am concentrating and the lasst thing I need to do is fall on stairs in a dress.. So in the elevator press the number 2 and doors are about to open.... BUT...



THEY DONT...



My eyes are OPEN.. My mouth drops open.. I'm not breathing I'm just starring at the door that should be opened.....

Waiting.....

You can call me Casper now because I've lost all of my color to my face and I put on blush that morning ladies..

Then this horrible noise starts.... I'm hypervenitaling...

I'm getting hot..

I'm pressing that open door button over and over again..

We call the little help sign in the elevator. A nice too plesant voice answers, "Yes may I help you"

I cant speak but I'm thinking "you are the help line so lets get to the point"

My sister says yes, we are in the elevator and the doors are not opening

The lady says, "Oh which elevator"?

I really can't speak now but I'm thinking "oh holy cows she doesn't have caller id and its 2010" she doesnt know where we are at I need to call 911 and I just know my cell phone is going to lose signal. Where is my purse.. I am NOT letting my finger off the door open button.. Then all of a sudden the elevator

SHOOTS UP TO THE 7TH FLOOR...

Oh my Gooses something is wrong with the elevator cables and they are going to bust and we are going to plummet into the ground.. What do they do in the movies... Seriously amy you've seen this scene many times what do they doooooooo....

Meanwhile my sister is having a heart to heart with the help lady.

My sister responds the garage elevators.. She asks is it the freight elevators. Like we are in a position to explain such things... Do they know the venitaltion system in elevators is not that great we are running out of oxygen and my shawl has come off.

I had to cut in and say you have to open the doors, please just open them. My sister says lets try floor number 3.

BAM THEY OPEN.

I'm GONE.

This came next:

April Showers bring May flowers...

Well as far as the weather is concerned I have not packed up my long sleeves or my sweater jackets just yet. It's almost like California weather. Beautiful during the day and chilly at nights. So its pretty perfect weather I think! The only thing that I am kinda ugh about are my allergies to pollen and trees! I have never had allergies like this before. I've made a new friend and even though he is kinda pricey I would recommend him to anyone! His name is Zyrtec D. Ok so I have a lot of pictures to share however I should be going to bed so I'm going to start with some Rodeo Pictures! Let's see I went to the Rodeo 3 times this year and I had a great time each time! First one was a family affair. Papa Paul (my dad) Nana (my mom) Laura and Abigail, Christine, Christopher, Emma, Olivia, and Noah and I all went up the weekend it started! It was packed to say the least and we spent alllllllllll day there. We came home and had a little birthday cake for Emma who turned 4. She was so happy that Papa Paul was able to be there for her birthday this year! She loved her Barbie and so did Noah (ha ha). 2nd trip to the Rodeo was a sister affair with Christine we checked out the Rodeo and got to see Lady Antebellum. My new favorite song at the moment is American Honey. I will load it up on my music player. The third time I went my great friend Megan and I got to see the championship Rodeo and I took a lot of video and once I have time I'll be able to post the videos I took! We saw Brooks and Dunn since this is their last Rodeo tour because they are retiring.. However I'm sure we will see them in about 5 years or so! This past weekend Christine and I made a trip to see some family in San Antonio. Growing up my parents and my Aunt Donna and Uncle Mike made it a point to have us be close. Well thanks to them I know I have 3 great cousins in San Antonio that will be not only family but great life long friends. The semester is almost over and it's crunch time to say the least. I have a project that requires me to go to the museum (what a drag... NOT I love museums!) and on Sunday I am going to the Opera! This will be my first Opera and the name of it is Queen of Spades. I am totally looking forward to it and I am looking forward to the shopping of a new dress to go to the Opera because it's a new event for me and I do not feel like I have any Opera worthy dresses in my closest at the moment! So here are some pictures.. Enjoy them! Btw it is utterly (ha ha get it.. utterly.. utters.. cows?? I have to make myself laugh writing this blog) impossible to go to the rodeo and come home and not smell like manure! =)

Help... I need someone.. HELP.. Not anyone.

I have no idea if those are the words to the song but none the less can someone PLEASE tell me why I have a list a mile long but what I decided to do was waste about 15 mins looking for a new blog look?

Hey dad! I'm convinced you are the only one that reads this blog.

You know when...

you are closing a door and sometimes it just needs that extra push because it did not close all the way? OR you can tell it's closing way to fast so you stick your foot out to keep it open just a little or give it a extra nudge to make it open again? Well there is this one relationship I've been in for the past ummm 7 years that is best described by the door scenario above. I KNOW (he does to) the dang door needs to close but I never push hard enough to make sure it closes totally. OR it's on its way to closing and I do not want it close just yet so I stick my foot out. (Not to say that it' only me preventing it from closing I would say both of us have been guilty of it). Anywho that is besides the point. Why do I fight it??? Is it because I'm scared that I'm not going to find someone like him? Ummm do I want to find someone like him?? Is it because I'm kinda scared about being alone? Am I scared that I have no idea what to do now? The hurt I feel in my heart is best described as losing your best friend. He was totally my best friend for a long time and I'm going to miss that. I feel that I'm more ready now than I've ever been in my life. Believe me people, that is progress. I have not been able to say that until now. So I'm not fighting the door anymore. I am going to be sad saying goodbye to him tonight. I will say that these past 7 years have definitely been a learning experience. So I'm going to add two songs to my list... One is Goodbye from one of the previous "door is closing way to fast for me" and he said that I could listen to that song and it says everything and then some of what he wants me to know. The second is the song that Emma, Olivia and I jammed to... At least I have 3 great reasons to smile at any time of the day now.



P.S I will get myself up to the usual upbeat tones of the blog once I get all of my pictures uploaded from the Rodeo. I had a blast all THREE times! =)

Serious Stuff....Just Kidding...

I have 2 midterms today and I am trying to relax as much as possible. Good news is after today I'm officially on Spring Break! Unfourtantley I will not make it to Mexico or just 'chill' out with mi amigas. I actually have some really great relationships that I have to keep up with. Wow for these guys! They are so faithful in corresponding with me. So thanks T-Mobile, Centerpoint, City of Houston Water, oh oh lets not forget TXU (my fav!)and Comcast. Instead of chilling out this week I will be thinking about you guys! However let me tell you next year when I'm on my Hawaiian Vacation I will enjoy our seperation. We all need some time apart every once in a while.

I LOVE music.. I mean who doesn't? I love almost everything.. If I'm working out I MAY be a bit embarrassed if you were to find out what I'm listening to... I like good beats and sometimes good beats are just lyrically challenged. So right now I'm listening to the P.S I Love You soundtrack and it is soooo relaxing me.. No Other Love is just awwwweeeeeessssommmeee... BTW P.S I Love You is definitely one of my favorite movies. BtW I have a lot of favorite movies. Gerard Butler is one of my favorite actors. Something about accents. On a serious note I've always said that I was going to marry someone from England (Prince William), then Ireland was added because I'm part Irish and Ireland is more magical in my head than Mexico.... Then Gerard added Scotland to my list. The only thing is I have a slight issue with getting over there. The only English, Irish, Scottish people I seem to run into are the Sean Connery aged ones. Which is cool if you didn't want to MARRY one! Enough of that..

Ok I really need to get going I have a test to get to.. Wish me luck.

Enjoy some of my you guessed it, 'favorite' music.. If you are not enjoying it then it is because I had a problem with the directions.. Which also means they should redo the directions because I follow directions to the LETTER!

March #1

Ok I am soo excited for March! I just wanted to give a quick update as to what is happening this month. First and foremost March brings another TWO birthdays. I'm telling you I have way too many good reasons to eat birthday cake every month. So here are the pictures of what I'll be up to this month and then I'll come back and post the real fun ones!




My sweet Emma Leontine will be turning 4!





My sweet Isabelle will be turning 2! (megan's little one)


Hello it's that time of year again..... HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO!!! Guess where I'll be on March 15th and March 20th.... Checking out the fun and enjoying some good music, and having a good time with some of the greatest people I know! So excited!!!

February!

I absolutely have no business blogging right now. I should be finishing up my paper but I'm in the middle of a 'paper block' meaning I have no idea what else to put. So I figured I should come here and update life a little bit. At the beginning of February we celebrated another birthday. To my sweet Abigail who turned 6 years old. She is such a little grown up. She loves to dance and sing and model. She is quite the performer out of everyone. I've been busy with work it has been SO SO SO busy! I finally had my equipment upgraded which was nice. I am enjoying the nice sleek equipment. Now if they can condense all the routers and phone system I'll be even more happy. If only's I hate it when I do that! It's seriously not a gripe I am very happy that I get to work from home. School is up to its usual with due dates and papers and tests and participation requirements. So lets see as far as my goals thus far I'm doing a good 50-50.. I am still looking for a good devotional but I am reading my Bible. I love how everytime I read it I get this sense of a long letter from God to me. I've lost some weight which is pretty awesome I cannot wait until we all get together and figure out who the biggest loser is. Jillian Michales is kicking my butt about 3 times a week.. Those freaking arm exercises have me shaking!!! Seriously I should record myself and let you all see how ridiculous I look doing it. Maybe I'll even laugh at myself! The book of the month for February is Cold Winter and I have not started it yet but do not tell anyone.. (It'll be read by Sunday I promise) So that will make 3 books so far this year I need to get some nonfiction in there. My debt payoff is looking fantastic. I've become more of a "cook" so I'm not going out AS much but to tell you the truth I still think $5 footlongs are the way to go. TWO meals for $5 AND its healthy. Oh oh I have a friend who is in the Navy and he has become my civilian duty for the year. Meaning I'll be sendin him care packages to let him know how much I appreicate him dedicating some of his life in protecting our freedom. I know it does not count as volunterring BUT it is something to show appreciation. Okay I think I know how to end my paper.. I'll include a picture of my Abigail. Abi honey, I am SO happy that YOU are my niece. I'll love you forever.

January..

So 2010 is not wasting any time! I have a feeling that I am now experiencing what I used to think would never happen. I am getting oldER. Not that I feel I am 'set in my ways' but I feel like these past few weeks have flown by so that means my life is flying by. I need to make lists now to get things done I use to just wing it, I have to PLAN my weekends to make sure I see and do things I want to do I used to just wing it. I used to think the days would dragggggggggggggggggggggggg onnnnnnnnnnnnn forever and now I'm lucky enough to remember what day it is. I literally remember this one thought in my head when I was 12, "God please let me wake up tomorrow and be 18" I am 28 now. I picked three WHITE hairs from my head the other day. So here I am rambling with no point but I do have a point it just takes me a minute to get there. hmmmmmm (5 mins later) ok maybe I have no point other than I'm getting oldER. (P.S. I secretly love getting older)

Ok so this is how 2010 is looking like for me this year it will be busy!
+More one on one time with God, still looking for a good daily devotional.
+Back in school full time
+Read 12 NEW books this year and 4 of them have to be NON fiction
+Be the Biggest Loser (i am soooooo going to win)
+One on One time with my nieces and nephews
+Pay off all debt (ALMOST there)
+Find some place to volunteer at
+Make time for friends that I've lost touch with over the years.

I could add but I can only do so much.

Anywho it will be a great achievement if I remember to come back here and blog. You know what I'm going to have to PLAN blogging time to at least once a month. That way I can update on the above things. Good Idea Amy!

So if there is one thing about me that I know I struggle with that I should not struggle with is WORRY. I can be a bit of a worry wart or is it wort (ummm is that even a word) anyway a really good friend of mine was at church and they handed this paper out and he gave it to me and I feel I should share it with all of you.

QUIT WORRYING BEAUSE IT IS:
1. SINFUL and produces fear
2. A DISEASE causing other ills
3. BORROWING TROUBLE that cannot be paid back
4. BROODING over what may not happen
5. CREATING trouble, misery, death
6. A BURDEN borrowed from tomorrow and others who should carry it
7. WEIGHT that kills prematurely
8. MENTAL and PHYSICAL suicide
9. A GRAVE-DIGGER that has no sympathy
10. NEEDLESS and wastes time and effort that should be spent on worthwile things
11. A ROBBER of faith, peace, and trust in a never-failing heavenly Father
12. A STUMBLING BLOCK to others
13. A DISGRACE TO GOD and should never be indulged in by Christians
14. ANXIETY over what is nothing today and less tomorrow, in view of faith
15. ANTICIPATING troubles which seldom come to those who trust God
16. TORMENT over something that will likely be a blessing if it comes
17. LIVING LIKE AN ORPHAN without an heavenly Father
18. A CRIME against God, man, nature, and better judgement
19. MENTAL CRUELTY to self and others
20. FOOLISH for whatever is going to happen cannot be stopped by worry; and if it doesn't happen, there is nothing to worry about. Should adversities actually come, one may still be vitorious by trusting in God

P.P.S Happy Birthday to my sweet Olivia. You have been such a joy to watch grow up. Your smile lights up the room and your laugh is contagious. I love you so much. Always and forever,

Aunt Amy