Amy J. Bennett

Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life

Late night with children and The Hills

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Last night while we were at church Mom took the girls to see her church’s Christmas show.  Apparently the girls fell asleep within minutes for the next hour or two.  When they came home, they were ready. to go.  Even though their normal bedtime has been 8 lately, I let them stay up and play until 11.  11:15…11:30…11:45.  I still hear them playing in their room and go to check on them. They have turned the lamp on and are straight up playing in bed.  They get tucked in again…midnight then passes and I give them a speech about it being after twelve.  I guess Emma understood how late it was as she fell asleep soon after that.  Lexi…got in and out of bed until 12:40 when I finally laid down with her long enough for her to go to sleep with much back rubbing and singing.  And guess who was up at 7:30?  Oh yes, Lexi was.  Emma on the other hand we had to basically drag out of bed. 

I would suggest we all take a nap later today but then I’d be in the same cycle as last night.  Hopefully we can go to our little function tonight at 7 and then come home and get them down early!

The only good thing about the whole thing last night is I got to watch a rerun of The Hills: Lauren Looks Back which was great.  If you ever need caught up on The Hills, need to fill in some blanks or can’t quite get enough, that’s the show to watch.

It’s official…

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So it’s official as of today.  Our new youth pastor was unanimously voted in.  I think there are some reservations with some youth.  But some are extremely excited which is great.  Honestly, I’m not 100% sold but I’m trying to offer the benefit of the doubt and keep an open mind.  I realize he’s not going to be S and different can be good.  It’s just I think I had expectations that so far haven’t been met.  But, I’m so happy that there is now a leader and that us on the youth council can breathe a little bit.  Yes, it will be a few weeks before he’s on board full time but just knowing relief is coming feels great.

Baby J is here

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Today we went to visit C&D at the hospital and isn’t baby J so cute??  He came out at only 4lbs 15oz and he wasn’t even early.  All are doing well and it’s great to welcome another baby to the family.

Sunday Scripture

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My scripture this week is Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman the fears the Lord is to be praised.

I have to be honest with this post. There was a girl tonight at the Christmas party that was quite charming and beautiful. She’s a pretty woman with just the right clothes, nice body, make up and hair. She’s quite outgoing and held the attention of the room during the exchange. I have to admit to being a tad jealous of her. Yeah, I have some style and I’m not ugly but she’s got the outgoing personality that I don’t have. I sat and smiled during the night, being entertained by everyone else. And there’s nothing wrong with that. There’s nothing wrong with what she was doing either. But *I* have to be careful what I get jealous of in other people. Yes, at times I meet a very godly woman and wife and want to be like her. And that’s good. That’s like looking at the Proverbs 31 woman and aspiring to be that wise woman. But tonight I found myself longing after charm and beauty and as Proverbs 31 says…that’s only deceptive and temporary. This verse happens to be one I’m studying for as part of Sunday School for tomorrow. It’s been a favorite of mine for quite some time and it was a good reminder for me tonight to keep my priorities straight and remember the kind of woman and wife I want to be.

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Christmas Party number…3

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Three down, several more to go. Tonight was a good time. Jaynee had a very diverse group of people there. She’s a brave woman inviting church, work, personal and family friends all to one party. But I think we all mingled pretty well. It was nice to see people we recognized from last year. I think it’s kind of interesting to catch up with people at the same party every year and never really know them outside of that. I also enjoyed talking with Jen after only meeting her briefly back in the fall.

One neat little thing happened worth mentioning. I got to talking to one of the girls there that works with Jaynee’s husband and it turns out we went to school together, I used to live in the same neighborhood as a bunch of her friends and we actually dated the same guy. Pretty small world if you ask me.

All in all, the food was fabulous and the exchange was funny. One question pretty much sums up the exchange – “May I please have your poop?”

Scott Baio Got Married

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You may remember I was into the Scott Baio is 45 and Single show on VH1. Well, turns out they had their baby and then got married too. Congrats, Scott!

Also looks like there is a second season of the show and we get to see it all. Yay!

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Checking in this busy Saturday

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Last night and today have been/will be busy but wanted to check in.  The Christmas party for Scott’s shift was a lot of fun last night.  I realized that the Trivia Pursuit, Pop Culture version is worthless because most of it is pop culture before 1990.  I was horrible at it.

This morning I woke up just in time to be at choir practice at 10 and then the four of us went to eat and then went to buy a Christmas present.  At least that’s one more marked off. 

Our prospective youth pastor is in town and we’re supposed to take him out to dinner.  I think we may make it to part of that before we head to Jaynee’s white elephant exchange. 

Now I need to clean with what little time I have.  So here I go…

Fantastic news

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My medical insurance doesn’t start with the new company until March 1.  COBRA for the family was quoted to me at $1,100/month!!!  If you are only going to miss coverage for 60 days or less, you can opt out but then sign up and retro pay if something bad happens.  However, mine will be almost 90 days so up until this morning I thought we were going to have to pay over 3K for insurance over the next three months. 

Ouch.  That hurts even thinking of it. 

But thankfully I had Scott call the highway patrol HR office and we can opt into their cheapest state plan (around $200 a month) within 31 days from today since there was  loss of coverage and then cancel everything within 31 days after March 1.  So yay, that’s over 2K just saved.  And we still have our Health Savings Account with money in it from my high deductible plan with my old (as of tomorrow) company.