Amy J. Bennett

You wanna take this outside?

March 27, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

This is a funny Lexi story. Or at least it was to me because I really was blind-sided. Scott and I belly laughed until I was crying today. So it may not be funny but I have to get it down on paper.

I’m sitting on our glider working with my laptop and Lexi walks up to me with both of her arms outstretched, palms down and trying to drop something in my lap, or so I thought, and said, “You want some?”

Me (very seriously) : Want some of what?

Lexi (a little aggravated): It’s a beat-up thing!

Apparently Scott tried to get her to show some fists at me and say “You want some of this?” Can you just imagine Scott in the background falling over on the couch laughing when she said “It’s a beat-up thing?”

Harris Teeter – Triple Coupons

March 27, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

This is from an email I sent out and thought a few people that have Harris Teeter around them might benefit:

I went at lunch today and these are the things I got a good deal on:

2 Dole Fruit Parfaits
Welch’s Grape Juice
2 Carnation Evaporated Milk
5 cans tomato/chicken noodle soup
2 Jif to Go 6 pack
2 Zatarain’s Rice
2 Bird’s Eye Frozen Vegetables
Alexia Fries
4 Borden Cheese Singles (go to Borden’s web site to print a coupon)
2 Daisy Sour Cream
2 International Coffee Creamer

Some of these I got two because I had multiple coupons and some the coupons required 2. I paid $11.76 and saved $44.61

There is a limit of 20 coupons per day. I’ll be going back tomorrow to use some other coupons I didn’t get to use today.

Genesis 1:1 – Revelation 22:21 – Done

March 26, 2008 by Amy 11 Comments

(picture taken by Lexi–not bad for a 3 year old)

Three days early and I’m done! I really, really did it! I read the Bible cover to cover! Yesterday I covered a lot of ground while I was stuck in bed all day sick and I was already a day or so ahead and then today I was determined to finish early. The Bible in 85 days just seems so roll off my tongue better than 87 or 88.

Do you see that smile in that picture? I’m ecstatic. I really, really am THAT happy about it. I feel a little like I’m holding a diploma of some sort.

See all those checkmarks? I really did it when I finished that section. Sometimes it was more than one a day and sometimes it was none for a couple days but I kept on trucking through it.

And the ONLY reason I’m making a big deal out of it in front of everyone is I honestly believe YOU CAN DO IT too!! And you should! This should be the first thing a Christian should do. Really. How can we say we’re Christians when we haven’t a clue of what most of His word says? Of course I believe you only have to know 1 verse (or even none probably) and can be a Christian but really, if we’re supposed to be Christ-like and Jesus is God’s Word then it seems to be a no-brainer. I really don’t know why I waited so long to do this.

I started welling up when I got to the end. Revelation was such a great book to end on. He really is coming and we really will reign eternally with Him. He’ll make a new earth and we’ll be brought together again with our families. They’ll be no more tears or hurt or anger and we get to praise Him forever. And in the meantime, He’s given us this wonderful book to read and yes, I’ll say forever that Leviticus is boring to read but that’s the Law..the same Law that He saved us from. Everything is in there for a purpose and I just can’t encourage you enough to read, read, read it!!

Wow, I think I could talk about this for quite some time but as so many of the writer’s ended their books, I will finish by saying

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen!

The day my iPhone saved me money

March 26, 2008 by Amy 2 Comments

I had Scott drop me off at the mall after getting the girls today so I could cash in on a sale I had been emailed about before it ends tomorrow. When I went in the store it was not the same price so I asked the lady about it. She said do you know what email it was from because we get those? I said actually, I can pull it up for you. So I did. On my handy-dandy iPhone. And I saved $2. The end.

One Tree Hill Article

March 26, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

This is from our local paper. When they get it online, I can link to the article so you can actually read what it says. My favorite part?? It says I’m a “big wig in the online world of ‘One Tree Hill'”. LOL

Where’d that come from?

March 25, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

Out of nowhere, I was hit with a bad stomach virus this morning. We had some testing that needed done though and I hung in at work until 11:30. After that, I took a nap hoping the pain would just go away. I woke up about 3 and seem better now, just a little weak.

Have a few things worthy of updates from today though:

My grandfather is doing ok after having stents put in his heart today.
Our floors are on back-order.
The OTH article came out in the paper today and it’s HUGE. More on that in a separate post.

The Bachelor March 24, 2008

March 24, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

OK, I wasn’t really going to post on this week’s but what is with all the singing and weird freak show stuff? Did they go to all the local talent and freak shows to find these girls? They are mighty pretty but did you notice the singing girls didn’t get a rose tonight?

And on top of that, what was with the cat thing? I can’t wait to have him purr and sit on my lap again because he’s the love of my life right now? What??

One other note..I believe this is the first Bachelor I have felt was 100% ok with an interracial relationship and didn’t feel like a person of color was put on there just for a checkmark somewhere. So, way to go.

I have yet to figure out frontrunners yet. He seems smitten with quite a few of them.

The Hills March 24, 2008

March 24, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

Yay! New episodes of The Hills! Here are my thoughts for the night:

The store closing…saw that coming a mile away.
Love Spencer’s sister’s comment “Write down everything you did and do the opposite”
I love Heidi’s Dad. Go away Spencer!
Matthias was staring Lauren down, was he not? I kept waiting for her to melt away.
Felt disaster coming on with the gown. She needed a fairy godmother to make her a new gown!
Dinner was so awkward with Spencer and Heidi. Awful!
Matthias waiting on that Vespa…very weird. She must have been freezing!
This season looks good and so excited to see Stephen!! We OTH fans have gotten to see him on OTH and now we get to see him with Lauren!