Amy J. Bennett

Laugh Your Way Flag Page Personality Test

October 29, 2007 by Amy 8 Comments

A while back I posted about a marriage series called Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage. This weekend almost my entire family completed their Flag Page–basically it’s another personality test. Very, very interesting how it nails you after so few questions. All they do is present words and you pick ones that "feel good" to you. It comes out with 5 pages of stuff about you.

Basically I like to do a lot of things peacefully and perfectly and I get along well with others unless specific buttons are pushed. No surprises, but so interesting how they do that. Every one of us was described perfectly.

The details are in the expanded section…

Fall Y’all Bloggy Giveaway – CVS Gift Card

October 29, 2007 by Amy

I buy my Christmas cards printed from Snapfish.com, my shirts are bought at Ann Taylor, I get blankets for Christmas from my grandmother, I only own a few books, I don’t paint, my last attempt at homemade Christmas decorations left my Christmas tree looking like a 2 year old had decorated it, I buy my jewelry and purses from other lovely and talented ladies. In short, I probably won’t have an Etsy store anytime soon and I have nothing creative to give away.

Ah, but I do have something handsomely rewarding. Something I would love to win myself. A CVS gift card loaded with $10. Use it to earn some Extra Care Bucks or splurge on something a little extra.

All you have to do is comment on this post and then I’ll randomly draw a name November 2. Click on the image above to visit the entire listing of giveaways. I think last time she had over five hundred participants.

Good luck!

*This is now closed*

Long, busy weekend with family

October 28, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Wow, that weekend was really busy. I’m tired. My house is not clean. The kids are wiped out. But we had a great time spending time with my visiting family. There ended up being no eating out and no shopping. Just a lot of eating in, chatting and watching tv. We did make it to two fall festivals on Saturday but dragging 12 people around as a group just isn’t as fun as you imagine it might be.

We spent every free moment we had at Mom’s so I spent a few minutes this evening trying to clean what I could, catch up on my reader list and prepare myself that tomorrow morning it’s back to work. I feel like I need a weekend from my weekend.

Sunday Scripture

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

This is the second and possibly the last week for this Carnival if there are no participants again. Which is perfectly fine. Some ideas don’t always pan out.

To participate, simply post a verse, a set of verses or even just a reference to a verse that means something to you now or maybe even in the past. Explain why it’s important or don’t. It’s up to you.

My scripture this week is 1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Last week was my verse about getting through all this youth group council drama and this week is the verse that was read Friday night at our meeting where I believe the drama finally, finally ended.

So how about you? Go now and post and then come back. Post your name and then a direct link to you blog entry. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave yours in the comments.

Not the red one

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Me: I need to go to CVS to get that sale on Revlon.

Lexi (overhearing my comment): I don’t want the red one I want the blue one.

Our Leather Recliner

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Let me tell you the story about our leather recliner. When I was in college, I had earned enough scholarship money that we had some left over. Scott and I married in between my junior and senior year so it was our money to do with what we wanted. Well, seeing that we both moved from home, we had very little furniture so we bought a $600 leather recliner with our money. I graduated college over seven years ago and we still have that same black leather recliner in our living room.

I’m sitting here looking at it now and it still doesn’t really match anything and it’s big and bulky but it’s comfortable. But what memories I have from it. I remember lying with Scott in it, snuggled as newlyweds. I remember being pregnant for the first time and sleeping in it because my heart burn and huge belly just wouldn’t let me do otherwise. I remember sitting in it nursing Emma with my blue boppy pillow with bees on it. I remember Scott holding Emma right in the crook of his arm and somehow always rocking her to sleep. I remember my two girls sitting side by side in it watching tv. I remember Emma sitting up and eating her lunch after school with a tv tray watching cartoons. And most recently, I remember Lexi sitting in Emma’s lap while she pretended to read story to her from a book.

The recliner is dirty and torn and has holes in spots that we’ve tried to patch and really we should replace it. Maybe one day we will but for now, we’re busy making memories.

Enjoying Family

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I was able to spend a few minutes before and after our meeting tonight with my family in town and I don’t know, I seem to be on a sentimental streak with my posts tonight but it just felt really good to be around family I love. Mom was cooking and we were laughing about something that happened last week. They were talking about seeing Mom’s house for the first time and we were planning out our day tomorrow. Probably one of very few we’ll have together even this year. And it just felt good. To be loved. To be liked. Just to enjoy my time and my company. I’m hoping the rest of the weekend is just as good.

Results of tonight’s meeting

October 26, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Can I just say that tonight was nothing short of miraculous? I mean, really. We had our youth council meeting tonight that I was literally crying over Wednesday because I was so nervous about it. Phone calls and emails and conversations were flying everywhere all week about it. But let me tell you, God was all over tonight and there was such a sweet spirit among us that I would have never guessed could happen.

Last night as I was praying about this, I just felt God calling us to be compassionate. I started looking up verses about compassion and I found this verse in Nehemiah 9:17 But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. and just felt it was what we needed….being gracious towards them, compassionate and slow to anger. And it happened tonight. All of our anger was gone. We were gracious and compassionate towards one another. We didn’t point fingers and slam each other for past wrongs. Yes, we did admit and talk about that things had gone wrong. We didn’t gloss over the fact we had issues. And I wouldn’t even say we started with a clean slate and forgot about the past. I think we built on the past. We realized where we had gotten and how but because we all looked to God to heal this, I think he changed our own hearts and not each other to see each other in a different light. I think we all just wanted to not put our differences aside but bring them to the front and deal with them.

I can honestly say I feel free walking out of that meeting. No sideward glances. No rolling eyes. No beating heart. No anger. No hurt. No distrust. Will it always be this way? Not if we work together long enough. But I really think we have realized if we get knocked down, we can get back up again. Just like Toby Mac talked about in that video I posted a few days ago. We’re going to disagree. Over and over and over again. But the true test of a friendship or team is can it make it past that? Somehow tonight we did.

Everyone could sense the tension was gone and we had a great time. We talked about the youth and laughed about who was dating who and shared who was struggling and then all of the sudden, we had something in common. The youth. That’s what we’re there for. To lead young people towards Christ and help them live that out. We all have a part and we need everyone.

I was dreading tonight but I know God worked a miracle in our hearts tonight. We do have a rocky past and that will never, ever change now but I can say for right now, we are united.