Archives for June 2007

Beth Moore Study Night 1

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

So I never really advertised the bible study to any youth until yesterday but had some people call around today and also posted it on our site. We had 6 girls and 2 other leaders show up. Which really is a good number for a small group study and about what we averaged for the one last fall.

It was really good for the first one. I think the girls realized how good of a speaker Beth is. I’m pretty sure they were worried that it was going to be boring staring at a tv for 45 minutes and hear another person talk but she is such a dynamic speaker, it’s hard not to watch and listen to her. She really is so funny and yet intense at the same time. Even though I’ve seen that introductory session 3 times now, I still got new stuff out of it. I just love the concept that living controlled by the Spirit will not just change your life, it will change your day. It’s in the little things of just getting through the day in love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. I mean, wouldn’t it be great if we all had a little more of all that stuff. I’m looking forward to it. And there were a few girls in there that I think really identified with some of that and will be paying attention to what she says. I hope they do their homework not just so it’s checked off the list but so they will be studying through the week and really get it. I see so much potential for all of them and I just hope they grab onto it and run with it. But even if they don’t do the weekly work, just listening to Beth Moore for 45 minutes every week will make anyone a little better.

whirlwind day

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I started the day pretty tired and then headed into the office right at lunchtime for a marathon of meetings all afternoon. I left as soon as I could from that to head to bible study and then immediately went upstairs to get ready for youth group. After that, I had to go home and switch the Land Rover for the van and go get the girls. Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her straight to bed. I also put Emma in her jammies and put her to bed. So now I’m here, not much to report from the day, just a couple things to note.

One is that Scott decided while I was gone to work to take Lexi’s crib down and left her with just her toddler bed in there. I saw it in the garage in pieces when I drove up to switch cars tonight and I was like No, he didn’t. Lexi has been saying she wants to keep her crib and Lexi is very particular about having certain things certain ways so I’ve been worried she wouldn’t sleep in it, read: she would end up sleeping in my bed or not at all. And Scott is gone to work tonight, so thanks for leaving me with that. He kind of laughed when he stopped by a little bit ago and said, Uh, yeah, I was halfway done putting it together and realized I would be gone and thought uh oh, I might be in trouble for this. But, Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her down without waking her up. If she’s woken up since then, it hasn’t bothered her. The biggest deal actually will be in the morning and she can crawl out of bed instead of waiting until I decide to get her out. Usually I do go get her but if she happens to start sneaking around the house before I wake up, it could be disastrous.

I’ll post the other stuff about the bible study in another post….

June 8, 10, 1992

June 20, 2007 by Amy 2 Comments

I don’t have any entries for the 20th so I’m going backwards to two posts that I found.

June 8, 1992

OK I went to YNO [Youth Night Out – an outing we did once a month or so with our youth group] last night and I met C. He’s from Germany and has been living here for three years. At first when I met him, I was running all over the place. Then I told S I wanted to meet him, but I was nervous. She said to “go ahead, girl.” So I did. We just talked at first, then I told L I want to go watch the game (basketball finals) but no one would. So she told C to. He agreed and we went downstairs, but the game was over , so we went back upstairs. Wait, wait, wait. Before that, I told him he reminded me of AA [another guy in the youth group] and he didn’t know who he was, so I took him to AA. He said he didn’t look like him. Anyway, after the bus left, we had a pillow fight (Me & J) Then J, S and C were sitting on the couch, and Josh told me to come sit down. I sat right between (very closely) J&C. (C&J are very good friends). Then I got J to show me how to tie a tie, then C to show me, then JS. It was time to go, so we (S, C, me L, J, J, S, and C) went outside. We were saying goodbye to everybody and all the girls were shaking C’s hand & saying “It was nice to meet you” But I said it too and gave him a hug. So we left. I really like him, but I will probably never see him again. He invited me to his party, (birthday – he’ll be 15) but I can’t go because of church (Wednesday). On Thurs. the youth group is going to Carowinds and I am leaving for Penn. and plus he said he wasn’t going. So, I will just have to find somebody else. Today I went to Carowinds with Heather, J, J, M, L and S. It was fun except that J kept following me around, walking beside me. So he likes me [of course he does if he walked beside me]. I wanted to know more about C from J but that was kicked out the door. I really want to call him, but I’m to nervous; I wouldn’t know what to say. He probably doesn’t even remember me – or at least care about me. It’s not fair! I have to admit, S was right, it’s just a crush.

Amy

PS I keep thinking about him! All the time

PSS I am way over L

PSSSS he’s so cute!

he’s going into 10th grade

he was wearing a Hard Rock cafe shirt from London – can’t remember what kind of shoes he was wearing

I hope he doesn’t have a girlfriend

June 10, 1992

Yesterday morning I got a phone call. I said, “Hello”

“Is Amy there?”

“This is she.”

“This is C, I’m at Carowinds and wanted to see if you wanted to come.”

I about had a cow. Of course my mom wasn’t home. I told him that and he said to get a ride with L, so I did. But when it came time to go, I was worried that Mom would get upset if I didn’t ask her if I could go. So I stayed home. Two minutes after L left, Mom pulls in the driveway I ask her if I can go, I wash the dishes and I’m off. I told J I’d meet them at 2:00 at Sundae Isle. It was 2:05 and I was at Sundae Isle, I don’t see them. They (J, C, L and N) said if I wasn’t there at 2:00 then they would know that I couldn’t go. So I go back to the front gate to call home, and I see them. So we head to the og flume J, L and N sit down first. There is No room left. So C&I have a boat to ourselves. So I sit in the very front I get soaked. Well, we go on to Rip Roarin Rapids. I sit with him and we ride it 3 times in a row. Then we go to that indoor thing, I sit beside him. the deal is over and we walk out. So then I get a strawbery coler. Everybody goes on White Water Falls except me. Then we go on Meteorite and I sit with him. Then – no first we went on the swings. Then we go to the front gate because C has to leave. Everybody shakes his hand but me and we hug. The rest of th etime is not worth telling. then to the party. All we did was swim, eat pizza, play Trivial Pursuit and swim again. Today all I did was get my stuff together for Penn. We’re running errands right now and we’re at the car shop getting the car polished. Well, better go!

Amy

Amy hearts C

What you should know now:

I don’t remember ever seeing C again and he doesn’t seem to be mentioned in my journal again. “Summer lovin, had me a blast” lol

Starting bible study again

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Finally I’m starting up another round of a bible study with the youth girls. We kept waiting on the guys to do one and they never did so I’m just gonna do it while the students are on summer break. We’re doing Beth Moore’s fruit of the spirit study. I had done most of of it on my own last fall and it’s great.

wow, what a night

June 19, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

We JUST got home from a youth council meeting at our youth pastor’s house. The kids played SO good together. We were there for 3 1/2 hours and Lexi only came down a handful of times to get something to eat or drink. No whining at. all. That was a great meeting. We had some tensions with the last one we did last fall and have avoided having one since and I was scared for tonight’s meeting but it was really, really good.

So today at lunch we got in the pool again. I could have stayed in for hours if I had the time. After work we went to the gym again and then headed to Mom and Dad’s new house. The girls seemed really excited about it. Mom has been worried they would have a hard time. It’s kind of weird to think they won’t know “my house” growing up as “grandma’s house”. In fact, Lexi probably won’t remember their old house at all. Kind of sad. I think I will miss the house myself but the new house is really nice. And they’re getting new tile, new carpet, all new paint and they’re planning to finish the attic so it is going to be like a brand new house again.

The rest of the evening was spent at S&S’s house and now I’m home and ready to head to bed!

June 19, 1994

June 19, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Father’s Day

Today I went to church and came home and slept from 12:30 till 5:30. So now it’s 20 till 12 and I’m not that tired. I made my Dad breakfast this morning. I made blueberry muffins and cheese grits. He liked it a lot. Heather was supposed to help me out, but she got up late. This evening Scott picked me up at 6:30 and we went to his house and had a cook out. His whole family was there. Well, both of his grandparents were there. About 9:00 or so we went down to Shawn & Kristi’s and watched Hard Target. It was good. Then we came back here. He didn’t stay but 30 minutes because he had to go pick up Phil because he was spending the night and his car is broken down. These past few days I have been sick. Well, at night I would get stomache aches. Today I had diarrhea. I took some medicine and it helped. Mom told me today that I had to get a job in August. I have no idea where though. I really, really don’t want to work. Everybody hates working & I don’t want to. Well, I’m gonna go!

Amy

What you need to know now:

Lots of TMI in that post, not sure why I felt the need to share that. Scott and I had been dating about and month and a half at this point. Not nearly as humorous as other posts in this timeframe. Can’t wait for those.

I always wondered why I started working through high school. Some times I regretted working so much through school and college. I guess it turns out I didn’t really have a choice!

June 19, 1991

June 19, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Weather: cloudy

Today we are going to Dad’s work place to spend the night. Actually we’ll spend the night at a hotel. The only bad thing is that I got my period for the first time on Monday. It’s not heavy yet. S spent the night last night it was o.k. We went swimming yesterday. I spent the night with Melissa. We didn’t get our cheese and we cleaned out her bookcase. I broke up with J he was too far away. I like L. We M to a swimming party with the youth group. S found out she wasn’t his type. I broke up on Tuesday. Well, better go.

Amy W
I love LJM

What you should know now:

Classic teenage diary–I started my period! Love it.

I also ended up “going out” with L. I can remember wearing his jacket and holding hands under it in youth group. There is another entry in my journal that says where J gave me a necklace. I found the necklace in my old jewelry box. I’ll have to take a picture and post it. M is the same M I’m friends with today. The pool we went swimming in was in my house. At the time we lived in a pretty nice house. The pool was completely indoors. The pool was in ground (duh) from about 3 feet to I think 9 feet with a diving board. Mom and Dad rarely paid for the propane (?) to get it heated so we swam in cold water a lot. The house also had a basement with a steam shower, jacuzzi and sauna. It was a really nice house. I was too shy to invite a lot of people over or I might have been the most popular girl in school. Needless to say my parents ended up foreclosing on it :(. Oh, and I’m not sure what the whole “didn’t get our cheese” comment was about. I do know we really like nacho cheese from Taco Bell but I think this was before those days.

this evening

June 18, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

This evening ended up being a big rearrangement of the girls rooms. Dad and Scott brought my old furniture over which required Emma’s room to be flipped around to include the desk I wasn’t expecting. I think Emma is still unsure of it. Scott actually found her crying silently after we put her to bed, which she never does, complaining we had left her alone. I think she’ll be fine tomorrow, just change is hard for her sometimes. Her room wasn’t “right” according to her. Lexi has yet to see her room differently which may freak her out. All of Mom’s moving has her out of sorts. Last night she pointed at Mom and said, “You’re house is a mess. You’re biigg trouble.” LOL

I went to the gym right after work. I haven’t been since the week before camp when I had gone like 5 times that week. It felt great. I burned 350 calories on the elliptical and then did some free weights and ab work. I really would like to lose 5 lbs and keep that off. I’ve gained a few (literally like 2) recently which is on top of a few I had gained last year and now I’m about 5 lbs over what I’d like to be. Sounds like nothing but now my pants are tighter than I’d like and I really don’t want to have to go out and buy new ones. I really would just like to lose 5 lbs and it sounds easy enough but getting it off and keeping it off are two different things. I’ve tried to eat less and I can make myself do that without too much issue but then I get really cranky. And I’ve been working out but supposedly to actually lose weight instead of sustaining, you have to work out 5-6 times a week. And that’s really hard for me to do. I have to make a concerted effort to make it a priority every single day to make time for it. Well, if anyone knows of a way to take off a few pounds easily, let me know.

Lexi fell asleep around 6:15 and has yet to wake up. I have a feeling she will wake up in just a little bit and be up late or be up way too early in the morning. Neither of which I’m looking forward to.

I really tried to spend as much time with Emma as I could after we got back from the gym. I really think she needed some Mommy time. She kept asking to do everything with me. So I have a few Emma stories to share.

What comes out of the sink, falls out when there’s no stopper and you stir it in a bowl with tools? Hopefully you’ve answered water. That was Emma’s clues for me tonight, one game we like to play. The next was What looks like a rainbow and is blue, pink, yellow and green? You wouldn’t know the answer because it’s our hammock in our back yard. Heather came over and even while we were in the back yard, she was stumped.

So I’ve mentioned Emma likes questions. Tonight’s interesting question was Why do trees have leaves? After trying to dodge the question to no avail, I finally give her the answer: Well, when we breathe in we breathe in something called oxygen. You can’t see it but it’s there. And when we breathe out, we breathe out carbon dioxide. The leaves on the trees give off oxygen even though you don’t see it. So we need leaves on trees so we can breathe.” Emma just says, “Oh.” No more questions after that answer. It’s amazing, sort of like she gets it and she really wanted to detailed answer. And I’m not sure that’s exactly why trees have leaves but I guess it was close enough.

So I’m thinking Emma’s getting really close to be ready to read. Today she says how do you spell Pochontas. She’s trying to sound it out and I ask her what she thinks it starts with. She says “P, I already wrote that down”. And sure enough she had on her paper. And then she says “Po” and I ask what letter she thinks is next and she says “O!”. She got tripped up on the “ch” and gave up after that but I’m thinking it’s a good sign that she is understanding that letters make up words and is actually trying to write them down.

And then, I was reading her a book tonight and the first word of a sentence in a paragraph was “As” and she says, “Who is A-say?” My girl was trying to read!

So I bought that book teach your child to read in 100 easy steps or something like that and I really think it’s time to go through it. Wow, what if she’s reading this summer. She still has a year before she starts school!!