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AI – Top 12

March 14, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Ya’ll. Come on, when is this season going to get better? I was very excited to be on the big stage last night for the Top 12. Finally felt like AI again. Those weeks from 24-12 were brutal. So here’s what I think of those that I can remember:

Brandon: please go home. you sing well, but not THAT well. you were unoriginal and you forgot your words, dude.

Melinda: you melted my heart, brought tears to my eyes. YOU. ARE. AWESOME.

Blake: yikes. kind of cool arrangement. props for doing something original but the voice wasn’t good this time around. too much emphasis on the music instead of the voice.

Chris S: not. good. his voice was great, but he butchered that song. i could barely tell what it was

Phil Stacey: decent. middle of the pack though, nothing inspiring.

Chris Richardson: simon was right, horrendous voice tonight. heather and i keep saying he sounded like a bad justin impersonator.

Lakisha: fantastic. what else can you say about her. she’s such a pro.

Gina: i really liked her. good voice, good performance but she’s forgettable for some reason.

Stephanie: she did really well but i kept waiting for the tease to be over and the good part. but it never came. so a little let down although her voice and performance was actually good.

Jordin: wow. i’m impressed. i literally rolled my eyes when she was sitting on stage hoping she wasn’t trying to do a fantasia thing. but it was really great. not sure if i agree she’s on melinda’s level though.

Is that it? I’m forgetting 2 people.

OH! Sanjaya. Ya’ll, what is up with him? He sounded HORRIBLE. My theory on him is that all the little girls like him..you know why? Because of High School Musical. He looks like one of those guys. And you know how much 13 and 14 year olds LOVE that movie? You know how much TIME 13 and 14 year olds have to do nothing but vote for 2 hours? So, yeah, I don’t think he’s going anywhere, but please let’s hope he does.

And who else….

Oh! Haley. Yeah, so I really liked Haley last night. You know, she was off pitch A LOT and she forgot words. But you know, she finally sounded like she wasn’t on broadway and like she actually belonged in 2007. So, you know, good for her. She reminded me a good bit of Katharine McPhee last night in her look.

AI update

March 12, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m still keeping up with AI although it is not nearly as good as last year. Not that there singers that aren’t as good, but the competition is just not as good. Melinda and Lakisha are clear front runners along with Blake and for some awful reason Sanjaya is getting a lot of votes and I think that everyone is just getting mad at that. I am hoping that Blake wins myself. Melinda will do fine with AI as well as Lakisa. I would really like to see a guy win and do well from AI. We have yet to see that. And I think Blake is original enough that they can’t fit him into some mold they want. He is just original. And very pop so it seems like a good fit. So we’re at the Top 12 tomorrow night and let’s hope Sanjaya goes this week!

Here it goes

March 12, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

So here it goes again, getting out of the habit of posting. So let’s see..since I last wrote. I spoke to the friend and we’re still friends and he wasn’t totally accepting of my ideas but didn’t reject it either. So besides that, let’s see. I went to the gym Wednesday. Hurt until Saturday.

Thursday the girls went to the 2 and 4 year old checkup. Emma was 90% in height 42″, 75% in weight 37 lbs. Lexi was 85% in height 37″?, 70% in weight 30lbs. Both were healthy. He was impressed with the progress Lexi had made in her speech. I requested a hearing test for Emma and she passed. Scott said it was cute because she didn’t want to raise her hand anymore when she heard the beeping so she just told her to tell her when she heard something. Scott said the next time Emma said, “I hear something” in that little shy voice of hers. She’s so cute. So both had shots. Emma had to get 3 in her arm. Poor thing. She was a trooper and just sobbed into my shoulder. Lexi howled at the one she got in her leg. Emma had a bright red face and warm temperature by the end of the day but besides that handled them fine.

Friday night the girls went with his sister to his mom’s house and I cleaned after Scott went to work. I took an hour break to go out with the youth to do their “taking it to the streets” deal. It ended up being really quiet I think because the high school had a play going on.

I stayed up to watch One Night with the King. It was a decent movie. Good to see the story of Queen Esther on the screen. The Bible always comes to life and I can always understand it more when it is acted out like that. And at one point I actually cried thinking of the courage Esther had to approach the King when she knew it may cause her death and she did it for purely unselfish reasons. And I liked the chemistry between Xerxes and Esther. It was interesting how they brought out it more like a love story than I thought I had read. Anyway, it was worth seeing.

So Saturday we didn’t wake up until 11. That was nice. And then ILs came by and we all went to lunch. Not really what I had planned, but it was ok. Scott left for work and both girls took a nap when we got back. Heather and I watched The Departed. Horrible language but great movie. Really good. I see why it was Oscar-worthy. Saturday night we went to Mom’s and had dinner. And then Sunday we went to church and then spent the rest of the day meeting with the youth council. The girls stayed between our parents houses while we were gone. Which I hated since today I am at work all day. I feel like I haven’t seen them much. But they are at school right now anyway.

So I will be meeting a coworker today that I’ve worked with for several months but have never met. He is Russian and says the craziest things. He is hilarious. I think people are prepared to see money at our meeting just to see what he may do or say. And we’re all going out for dinner after work so I will be home late tonight. I feel like I need to take the day off and just do stuff with the girls. I mean, I’m home but never really doing much with them. Sometimes I take moments to read to them or paint with Emma or play play-doh or swing them. But all in all, my attention is on my work. And then in the evenings, family plans or church plans seem to take precedence. I guess it all works out but I just have to get out my frustration.

soul bared

March 5, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

i bared my soul
made you known
to someone lost
without a home

they say it’s right
what should be done
but who would know
i’d feel so alone

did i lose a friend
for the sake of you
though it may hurt
i’m willing for you

be with him
as he hears your voice
draw him close
to make a choice

and be with me
be my friend
when i have none
and always, amen

sick

March 5, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m literally sick to my stomach this morning. It all goes back to a friend I sent a letter to Friday basically laying out the gospel inviting him to accept Christ. I did, maybe naively, through email. And he hasn’t emailed me back. And although I don’t require an “answer” to whether he might accept Christ or not, I would like to know if I’ve lost a friend. Because that would really suck. And I would miss him greatly. Because one of the main reasons I’ve been thinking about talking to him at all is the thought that I may spend eternity in heaven without him. And he’s really that much of a good friend. That I would miss him for eternity. And I couldn’t live with knowing that I had the invitation in my hand and hadn’t given it to him. And really honestly, I didn’t want to write the letter to him at all but the Holy Spirit prodded me until I could do nothing else except write it and send it. And yet, knowing the Holy Spirit moved me to do it, I still wonder if it was the right thing. Because knowing I still might have lost him for eternity sucks even more. So please pray for peace for me and a calm stomach and for him. That whether he accepts now or in twenty years or never that he knows that I love him as a friend and I don’t want to lose that friendship.

picking up

February 21, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

so instead of trying to catch up much, i’ll just try to pick up now.

AI was ok last night. I LOVE Blake. Chris lost some points with me last night with the Teletubbies comment. Unnecessary. According to dialidol.com, paul kim and nicholas pedro are gone. fine with me. Sanjaya is my least favorite. Too immature and skittish. Sundance is weird, I hope he doesn’t go far.

Tonight is youth group. Nothing special planned. But S is coming over to talk about new plans he has for the youth and some I think affect the whole church. I think we are going to start some small group stuff. Which will be cool. We’re working on a DVD to hand out about the youth group and also working on a new front for the the web site. Should be cool.

I just got done reading Sex God by Rob Bell. Great book although not as great as his first, Velvet Elvis. In the middle of reading Saving Life of Christ by Major Ian Thomas. Ordered more books yesterday one by Andy Stanley and another by Erwin McManus or some such. All recomendations from S. I have never read so much non-fiction in my life. I do have Lori Wick’s latest book White Chocolate on my desk that I need to read. Usually get those finished in a few days. Her last few have been bad, I have high hopes for this one to redeem her.

Lexi is talking up a storm these days. Her latest phrase is I tired. And she copies EVERYTHING Emma does. Emma asked for a tissue in the van the other day and then Lexi asked for one. Emma was leaning against the wall, so Lexi had to. The play together really well unless there is something they both want. And poor Emma is so sweet, she always wants to share so she’ll quit crying and the toy doesn’t get taken away. Emma had Dora boots on and Lexi wanted one. At first she protested and then told Lexi, here, you have one and I have one. Good thing they weren’t actually planning to go out like that.

Saturday is a launch party for the new magazine and supposedly I am going to be on the cover. I hate saying that really and don’t want people to assume I’m all model-type. Which I guess sometimes I let my pride get the best of me but in general that’s not how I want people to see me. I’m fine with those words she’s pretty but I’d really like, she’s really nice or smart or a really good Christian or something to follow right after that if not before.

I am still on this schtick of wanting to quit work. I could really keep myself busy with work with the church or even several churches. And it would make me happy. I never feel so good and purposeful than when I’m doing something for the church. Even going to pick out paint on Monday for Home Depot was so. much. fun. I just felt like I was doing something good. Something right and worthwhile. But I know I’d miss that paycheck I get and our insurance. And there goes the Y and the kids school and who knows what else. I’m still praying about it but right now, I just don’t see it happening.

We got a Land Rover. Have I mentioned that? I can’t remember. It’s a black 1996 Discovery. I love it. But it has some things that need fixed including the driver’s side motor thingy that moves the seat. I have to use a pillow when I drive it. Which has only been once. But I still love it.

And we got our tax money back. Which is great. Except so many people owe us and we owe credit cards we have put stuff on to get points on (we always pay off each month) and our checking account is all screwy as to what is what in there now. And our dog had fleas and hook worms and that was a nice bill. And then Scott bought a pressure washer from his uncle to help him out with money and there went more of the money. So who knows what we’re doing with our money except we bought the Land Rover.

Photo shoot

February 12, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

So my friend is the new editor/creative director of a local women’s magazine. She asked me and the girls to do a mother/daughter photo shoot with a possibility of being on the cover of the next issue. Woot! So Friday we went out to two local boutiques and picked out about $1,000 worth of outfits to borrow and wear. Then Saturday we shot the pictures at my friend’s house. So here they are…

Probably the one of me lying on the floor will be the cover and one of the candids of me and the girls will be on the inside. I’m very excited about this although absolutely no one knows anything about this magazine and probably won’t ever see it, but that’s ok. Nothing is set in stone yet so who knows, they may scrap the whole thing. But it was a really fun experience for us.

My sister went to NY and I got this t-shirt!

January 31, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Woot! So my Mom and sister got back from NY on Sunday night. The only thing they bought me was this Office t-shirt and I’m super excited about it. She thought about buying me the I love Jim t-shirt and although it probably fits me better, I’m not sure I could actually go to the gym with Jim’s picture on my chest. Well, maybe I could.