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And They Meet – Part Deux

March 4, 2010 by Amy Leave a Comment

What a week! Kaitlin and I met Monday and then Denise and I met last night!

Denise and I met just a few months after I started onetreehillblog.com in 2007. We found so much in common with our thoughts and opinions of One Tree Hill, we became fast friends. Somehow I convinced her to start the OTH podcast and these days her podcast is the OFFICIAL OTH podcast and she’s running more podcasts than I can remember. On the flip side, she’s the one that encouraged Kaitlin and I to start up a podcast for Friday Night Lights. Like Kaitlin, she’s one of my best online friends and it was a pleasure to finally see her face to face.

She works for the women’s basketball team (among other things?!) at Western Carolina and they were in Charlotte for some games. I was happy to visit with her for a bit at her hotel. While there, we decided to do a vlog for OTHblog. I posted it there but I thought you might enjoy it as well.

PS3, Let’s Fight

February 9, 2010 by Amy 9 Comments

Me and that thing? Are about to fight.

It just irritates the fire out of me that you have to BEG Scott to turn the volume up on the TV normally. I mean, literally, beg. PLEASE, I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. I have to put the closed captioning on whenever possible just so I catch everything. His ears are sensitive and he can’t handle it. But last night after he hooked that thing up? He had it up so loud that the bass was almost knocking my glass shelves off the wall in the bathroom. I am not even joking. What gives?

Also, it may irritate me a bit that he has barely left his recliner since getting it.

If I knew how to turn it in to this. I would.

Except I wouldn’t be grilling whatever that is on the grill. Gross.

P.S. I realize I’m being hypocritical and all since I rarely leave my computer. Which this post pretty much confirms because I’m taking the time to post a picture of a PS3-turned-grill. But just let me complain. Please? I have PMS and I’d rather not yell at him because he really is a great husband and deserves some fun time. OK, whew, I feel better. Therapy session OVER.

P.P.S. After he got off the game this morning he cleaned the whole kitchen and put in a load of clothes to “stay out of trouble”. We might keep this thing after all. Bwa ha ha ha.

P.P.S. He’s playing again.

Christmas 2009

December 26, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

Totes, do you need a model?

We had a lovely Christmas Eve/Christmas with our families. We spent Christmas Eve at Scott’s parents, Christmas morning at home and the afternoon at my parents.

I was worried this year Emma (and consequently Lexi) would figure everything about Santa out. But the only question she had regarding that on Christmas morning was whether Santa and the reindeer ate their cookies, milk and carrots. And indeed they did.

Note the paper that says “reindeer carrots”. Emma wrote Reindeer and Lexi carrots. They were worried they wouldn’t know what they were for.

Check the full album out here.

Meet My Family – 1st Grade Style

December 14, 2009 by Amy 7 Comments

I hate being the one that’s posting artwork from their children but this little booklet she did at school amused me.

“I have four people in my family. My sister is five her name is Lexi mom Dad and me.”

“My mom is a computer worker. My Pet is a dog.”

Riding bikes

“My Dad is a policeman (plesman). We like to swim.”

Love how she spelled policeman.

At the pool…apparently I wear a bikini and Scott has pink trunks. And Lexi is TINY.

“We like to go to Taco Bell.”

What can I say? The 7 year old nailed it.

Putting Together My “Crazy Love” Puzzle

October 5, 2009 by Amy 5 Comments

I keep recommending Crazy Love by Francis Chan and I do recommend the book. But I think there’s a bigger picture brewing that has me so excited about it. I could start the story when I stood inside a Books a Million and spotted it on the shelves among other recommended books but I think I’ll start a few years back.

This is a long one but a good one…

Life Jackets and Fishing Poles

August 25, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

If you remember, Lexi had issues with her life jacket last week. Well this weekend we’re supposed to go visit an elderly couple who live on the lake. They really want to take us out on their boat. I really want to go out on their boat. Lexi really didn’t want to go out on their boat. Scott told her he would go buy her a life jacket if she would wear it on the boat. Also, the girls wanted a fishing rod. So last night we took the girls to Wal-Mart and got them Barbie fishing rods. They had no life jackets so Scott took them to Target today and got those.

And today Scott taught them how to cast it. I think that’s what you call it anyway. I’m clueless about fishing!

Emma really, really…

got into it.

Then they got serious. It was time to try out their life vests and try it out at the pool.

As green as our water is right now, I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually caught something.

I think they eventually got the hang of it though. That looks about right…

Here are a few videos. If you can’t see them, in one the girls are practicing in the front yard and the other I try my hand at it and utterly fail. I’m a lot of things but a fisherman is not one of them.

Videos might not be done processing but I need to get to bed!

Anniversary Dinner

August 7, 2009 by Amy 6 Comments

Tonight Scott and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary that is actually tomorrow. A local radio station had a Half Off Gift Card. Which trust me, really isn’t half off because tax and gratuity doesn’t count. Anyway, it was at Ruth’s Chris and it was so, so good. After last year’s big Grove Park Inn weekend, it seemed like a simple celebration with just dinner. No movie, no ring, no spa but it was still fun. And you can definitely tell we are past the honeymoon phase by our conversation…

Me: I’m going to burp in your face.
Scott: I don’t care.

Me (in jest): You got 11 years but I ain’t promising another 11.

Me: I love you, babe.
Scott: I love you too. But I’m not giving you another ring.

Me: I want the chocolate explosion
Uh, I’ll spare you his reply

Scott: The kids want their room redid
Me: They’re not getting their room redid.
Scott: Honey! It’s “redone”. Hmph. Embarrassing.

Me (referring to dessert): It was not that big last time
Scott: That’s what she said.

None of that may be funny to you. But it was funny to me. I love that he makes me laugh.

I may heart a lot of things. I love my TV and my kids and my book and all my blogs but never doubt I heart Scott so. much. more.

And I can’t end this post without saying I can’t quit thinking about the Ruth’s Chop Salad I had. Yum!

Belated Birthday

July 24, 2009 by Amy 2 Comments

So last Saturday was my birthday. I turned 31. I was dreading 30 so much last year but I have to say it turned out to be one of my best years ever. Turning 31 isn’t what I would call fun…I’m IN my 30s now instead of just being 30. At the same time, I love who I am in my 30s so much more than in my 20s. Here are just a few things I did this year:

Visited Wilmington last year to start my 30th year off right. Got to see some amazing One Tree Hill filming.
Went to Grove Park Inn to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary
American Idol concert where I had after-party passes
Got voted into the Hot Blogger Calendar and had an amazing trip to NYC with Heather and Dani for the photoshoot.
Went through the Twilight craze including winning a Premiere tickets and a chat with Catherine Hardwicke
Went to the NKOTB concert
I wrote my non-novel.
Went to DisneyWorld
Visited Wilmington AGAIN and got to meet more of the cast.
Met Phil Stacey
Saw Phantom of the Opera
Many, many moments with my girls and husband I can’t even begin to link to. Well, Emma starting Kindergarten and Lexi cutting her hair were a few highlights of the year.

Wow. A lot of those are BIG things. It’s been an amazing year. On Friday night, we were at my aunt’s house for a cook-out. She made a cake for my dad whose birthday is the 28th but he wasn’t there yet and she realized my birthday was Saturday so everyone sang Happy Birthday to me. I know it wasn’t planned for me, but it’s the first birthday in a really, really long time that my grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins sang Happy Birthday to me. On Saturday night we went out with my mom’s side of the family to Applebee’s. They sang Happy Birthday to me there and also had cake at home. I’m so very blessed!