Saturday, December 29, 2007

Unorginal!

More Junk!

205 FACTS

1. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

2. You share your birthday with at least 9 million people.

3. The Boston University Bridge is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

4.5. Cats have over 100 vocal cord sounds. Dogs have about 10.

6. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

7. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars; he spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know he would be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the film.

8. In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere.

9. Montpeiler, Vermont is the only US state capital without a McDonald's.

10. No word in the English language rhymes with orange, month, silver or purple.

11. The cruise line, Queen Elizabeth II, moves six inches for each gallon of diesel it burns.

12. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

13. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until 2-6 years of age.

14. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

15. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

16. The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It to Beaver.

17. Only one person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older.

18. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.

19. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour.

20. Humans, chimps, and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

21. Human beings are the only animals with the ability to have sex facing each other. Creighton Smith (a primatologist) disagrees with this and he sent us proof click here Thanks Creighton !

22. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

23. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

24. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day combined.

25. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

26. Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

27. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

28. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

29. Polar bears are always left handed.

30. Ants always fall over on their right side when intoxicated.

31. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

32. Butterflies taste with their feet.

33. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

34. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

35. Starfish don't have brains.

36. The average person eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

37. A rhinoceros's horn is made of compacted hair.

38. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896... Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

39. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

40. Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

41. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

42. More people are killed by donkeys annually than in plane crashes.

43. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump".

44. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

45. If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

46. Women blink nearly twice as often as men.

47. Right handed people, on average, live 9 years longer than left handed people.

48. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

49. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

50. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

51. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

52. China has more English-speaking people than the United States.

53. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

54. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

55. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

56. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

57. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

58. There are more chickens than people in the world.

59. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

60. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

61. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Gabriel Gabriel challenges this. She says, the flag on the Canadian 2 dollar bill isn't the American flag, its the union jack.....check it out with a good magnifying glass and you'll see.

62. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

63. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

64. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

65. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

66. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

67. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

68. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

69. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

70. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

71. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

72. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

73. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

74. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

75. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

76. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. David Buchan challenges this fact.

Article was on TV & published in "The Times" here in the UK on 1st October 2003 that they have a memory span of up to 3 months (& can tell the time!).

Story is listed in the Times news archive (but you need to register to view), so here's a link to the same info: www.nootropic.com/intelligence/smartfish.html

77. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

78. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

79. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

80. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

81. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

82. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

83. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

84. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

85. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

86. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

87. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

88. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

89. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

90. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

91. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

92. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

93. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

94. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

95. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

96. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

97. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

98. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

99. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

100. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

101. The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

102. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

103. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

104. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

105. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

106. Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

107. Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

108. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

109. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

110. The sound of E.T walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

111. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

112. Pearls melt in vinegar.

113. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

114. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

115. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

116. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

117. Average life span of a major league baseball: seven pitches.

118. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. Hold on!!! News Flash....this

just came in....an argument to this fact, thanks to one of our friends on the web who is checking out all of our facts to insure that we are telling the truth. Could we be wrong? (See link below) ....thanks aggieboy

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/index.html

119. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight
staircases.

120. Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

121. The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

122. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

123. If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

124. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

125. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

126. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

127. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

128. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

129. A cat's urine glows under a black light.

130. Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception.

131. Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? A. No theme song.

132. Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace.

133. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession

134. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to count until you found the letter "A"? A. One thousand

135. Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.

136. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey

137. Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day

138. Q. What trivial fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots.

139. Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.

140. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

141. Coca-Cola was originally green.

142. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

143. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear & smell better.

144. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

145. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

146. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

147. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

148. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

149. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

150. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar

151. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

152. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

153. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

154. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Faith Ann Gatcomb challenges this. She says, " "I am" cannot be the shortest sentence in the English language because commands with an understood noun are the shortest. For example, "Go!" is a possibility. It is a complete sentence."

155. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "The whole 9 yards."

156. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

157. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than our thumb.

158. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

159. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

160. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League Baseball's all-stars Game.

161. The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme about the Black Plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the Rosey"), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("a pocket full of posies"). Furthermore, people who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down").

162. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

163. The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

164. The first Novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer"

165. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on the one top row of the keyboard.

166. San Francisco Cable Cars are the only Mobile National Monuments.

167. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight".

168. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon.

169. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

170. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

172. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

173. It is impossible to lick your elbow. One of our fans "Tyler" has told me that he has seen a girl do this that was double jointed.....hmm....I would have to see that to believe it ....

174. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

175. A shrimp's heart is in their head.

176. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a mili-second.

177. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones ).

178. It's physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

179. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

180. Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.

181. On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

182. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

183. Rats and horses can't vomit.

184. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

185. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

186. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

187. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

188. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

189. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

190. If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16,1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

191. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

192. Most lipstick contains fish scales

193. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

194. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

195. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

196. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

197. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors

198. The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

199. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

200. The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

201. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

202. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

203. There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.

204. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

205. Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

How to Tick People Off

  1. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
  2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
  3. Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
  4. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
  5. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
  6. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
  7. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
  8. Practice making fax and modem noises.
  9. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
  10. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
  11. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
  12. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
  13. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
  14. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
  15. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
  16. Staple pages in the middle of the page.
  17. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
  18. Honk and wave to strangers.
  19. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
  20. TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
  21. type only in lowercase.
  22. dont use any punctuation either
  23. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
  24. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
    "DO YOU HEAR THAT?"
    "What?"
    "Never mind, it's gone now."
  25. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
  26. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
  27. Ask people what gender they are.
  28. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
  29. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
  30. Sing along at the opera.
  31. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
  32. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Water Cooler Tragedy?!

I work at a school. Did I mention this? I teach three days a week. This involves a lot of preparation and prayer that gets spent on some super apathetic teenagers. I love it though. Some moments I just ask the question:

“What do you call organisms that must depend on other organisms for its energy?”

*Insert cricket chirping here*

Then I call on some unwilling participant who answers in astonishment, “Heterotrophic?” They looked around to their friends in shock. Did that just come out of their mouth? Yes! It did!

Proof that you can learn by just sitting there, staring at the wall.

The other two days of the week I work in the front office. I answer the phone and apply four thousand Band aids to kiddos, eyes welling with tears. My most common cuts come from falling. (Do you remember what it is like to have half the coordination you do now?) The others are a mixture of paper cuts, scratches and my personal favorite, the pencil gouge. These poor children have no one to blame but themselves and they often look guilty asking for some first aid while clutching their wounds.

“It’s not your fault, Bucko! You’ll grow into those hands someday!”

The thing that cracks me up the most, however, is the water cooler right outside my office door. We only have one water fountain in the building and it is on the other side of the school. When the water jug is empty, the kids just stand there with their cone cup in their hand…stunned.

I pause nonchalantly from my (insert office task here) and wait silently, not making eye contact.

They push down the lever and nothing comes out. They shake the large plastic jug. Although it is transparent they push the lever again. Nothing. Then they proclaim, “There’s no water!”

Some give up and throw their empty cup away. I have seen a million cups go down without a drop of water having ever been transported by them. Others just stare at me.

Finally I say, “Go to the water fountain.” Again….stunned silence. They look down at the cup in their hands. “You can take your cup with you if you like,” I say. This seems to placate them. What they are going to do with their cone cup is beyond me but off they toddle. Two seconds later another group comes down the hall and the whole thing starts over. Only this time there are 4-6 kids, all with cups in their hands pushing down the lever in turn. Finally one declares that the water is out and they all throw their cups away and go back to class defeated. Sometimes before I can even suggest the obvious, that they go to the water fountain.

The real buzz came one day when the third graders figured out how to turn on the water heater (for those cups of coffee they have all been wanting). They would then try to trick each other into drinking the water from that spout. They all stand around and chuckle and dare each other.

This is the epitome of their day. I thought this was no big deal but I heard kids talking about it for two weeks! “Hey, did you hear that So-N-So turned on the HOT water? It was awesome!”

I am just shocked at the simplicity of life as a child. They aren’t wondering how to pay their rent just how to get water.

You couldn’t pay me enough to go back to those uncoordinated, pencil-gouging, dehydrated days. I’ll take the rent worry.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Answers!

1. It's A Wonderful Life!"

2. Mean Girls

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

5. Miracle on 34th Street.

6. ELF

7. White Christmas

8. A Christmas Story

9. It’s A Wonderful Life

10. Love Actually

11. While you were Sleeping

12. Better off Dead

13. Grimlins

14. The Santa Clause

15. Home Alone

16. Home Alone

17. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

18. A Christmas Carol

19. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

20. Elf

21. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

22. Miracle on 34th Street

23. It’s A Wonderful Life

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Movie Quotes

Here are a few Christmas quotes from some of my favorite Christmas movies. You can try to guess what they are from if you want!

1. “Zuzu’s petals!”

2. “Everyone in the English speaking world knows the words to Jingle Bell Rock”

3. “And they’ll feast, and they’ll feast. And they’ll feast, feast, FEAST!”

4. “Little full, lotta sap.”

5. “It’s cold out here. A man’s gotta do something to keep warm.”

6. “He’s an angry elf. Look at YOU!”

7. “Sisters…Sisters…never met a better pair of sisters”

8. “An official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time"

9. “I want to live again!”

10. “…and at Christmas, you tell the truth. To me, you are perfect.”

11. “I should have gotten the blue spruce. They’re lighter!”

12. “Do you have Christmas where you come from? Christ….mas. Christmas! Rickey, give her your present.”

13. “Avoid bright lights…don’t feed them after midnight…never get them wet!”

14. “You’re supposed to drink the milk! I happen to be lactose intolerant! Do you want this doll? Go to sleep!”

15. “Maybe you should ask Santa for a new family.”

16. “I made my family disappear”

17. “Go out and get yourself something (click) a really nice!”

18. “God bless us everyone!”

19. “Silver and Gold! Silver and Gold! Silver and Gold decorations on every Christmas tree”

20. “Santa is coming! I know him!”

21. “Dad, that tree is too big for our front yard.” “It’s not going in our front yard. It’s going in our living room.”

22. “Make a buck. Make a buck. Don’t care what Christmas stands for just make a buck.

23. “Teacher says, ‘Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings.”

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Sanguines Want Credit.

I am thrilled that everyone is blogging as well! YAY! I decided I would blog even if no one read it on Sept. 27 with "Blogging beyond the fad." But I am glad that the fad is back anyhow.

I played Mrs. Claus last night with Dan as Santa at my aunt's Christmas party. I'll post pics as soon as Jenny uploads them!

Blessings!

Amy

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Smoothie?

Not so smoothie!
I took Jenny's advice and made a smoothie today. I got all the ingredients out only to realize that I don't own a blender. Hello!

Instead I used a milkshake attachment from my hand mixer. It has no blades it just mixes stuff around. At this point I had already put in four, large, whole strawberries which were frozen solid and a cup of orange juice. I had to strain the OJ out and put the strawberries in a ziplock and bash them to pieces with the handle of a spatula. Then I added them back into the OJ and added the yogurt and half a banana (uncut) and tried to mix. I got it sorta mixed up but definitly not smooth.

I threw it all in a styrofoam cup and headed to work. This chunky catastrophe was NOT pleasant. I really need a blender because it tasted great. The last bit was just a hunk of yogurty banana. Ew.

I'll try again later.

By the way I love blogging. I am hoping that this makes a comback because I love reading what everyone has to say... and (Dare I say it?) Facebook has lost most of its luster to me. I HATE all the new applications.

So, check this out. I will try to stay on top of it. Also check out my friends' blogs. They are pretty cool.

Amy

Monday, November 26, 2007

Pending

Mixed emotions. Conflicting consciences. So many things to ask Father about.

Unrelated: Dan and I spent Thanksgiving in Norman. We miss it so much. The moment I walked into River Church I felt like I was in a surreal dream. It was so strange to be around so many people we love at once. I haven't felt like that in months here in Fort Worth. I really worshiped for the first time in those months and couldn't keep the tears in.

I miss you friends. Our lives aren't the same without you.

Amy

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Changes and PCOS

Today I joined LA Fitness. This is seriously the coolest gym I have ever been involved with. There are a million machines, a special workout area just for women, bball courts, a sauna, a pool and a jacuzzi. It is beautiful and I am so excited.

My new found enthusiasm is following a diagnosis of PCOS from my Doctor. Feel free to Google that. I don't wanna go into it. But I am on diabetic medicine and need to fight my body to get rid of the extra junk in my....well, you get it.

I made Tygre take my "before picture" today. It looks just like those pics off of Celebrity Fit Club, just without the turntable.

Encouragement needed!

Friday, September 28, 2007

Old Navy Sweater Song

Sometimes I get really sick of the same old junk on the radio. I remember my father telling me that people thought Karen Carpenter had the purest voice ever. I keep looking for new Karen Carpenters. I love it when I hear that greatness like in the late Eva Cassidy whose "Songbird" makes me wanna cry everytime I hear it. (You may remember it from Laura Linny's love scene in "Love Actually")

Anyway, I love this song. You may have heard it in the Old Navy Sweater commercial.
It is by a lady named Ingrid Michaelson. Enjoy!


Thursday, September 27, 2007

Blogging Beyond the Fad

I have decided to keep blogging though the widespread popularity came and went like Sanjaya Malakar. I don't care so much if you want to read my thoughts but I realized lately that blogging has been my most consistant journal in the past few years.

I am a teacher. Have I mentioned this? I feel like I have found my calling. I love it so much. I teach at a Private Christian school that is bursting with character. The kids are so bright! They will all succeed in life because of the education they are getting here and more than that, because of the amazing families they come from.

I teach science. I never thought I would use all of those classes from my Nursing major days but I am . I remember specifically crying that I had suffered through Anatomy at OU (the class where 60% were returning after failing the previous semester) and gettting an amazing C (almost B) and then changing majors.

Now I am teaching Anatomy, Biology and Earth Science and I love it! I see Science everywhere and am constantly looking for cool resources. Mythbusters are my heroes. Life is sweet.

Life is just so incredibly different than I thought it would be...this season of life is quite an adjustment and I miss my friends and family terribly.

Hmmm. Comment if you ever read this!

Amy

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Last morning in Norman

I am leaving Norman today. Almost everything I own is in storage or in a pile in the next room. My alarm woke me up with "Semi-charmed Life" singing in a high, lovely falsetto "Gooodbyyyyyyyye!"

I found it quite appropriate for obvious reasons. That song was also the most overplayed song on the radio when I spent my first summer ever in Norman when I was 15. I learned to drive that summer and it was the song on the radio during my first solo drive. 11 years later and my life is completely altered. Mostly because of the BSU and having such a great college experience at OU.

Last night after Spiderman 3 I was standing in a huddle of some great girlfriends and as we were bawling I was so struck with the finality of this all. My life as a Norman resident is over. I got in the car and got a bit hysterical but I got a great moment of clarity.

Here is my prayer this summer as we prepare for a new life in Ft. Worth and as my friends scatter to the ends of the earth for the gospel of Jesus Christ:

Father, You are good. Thank you for letting me love your people so deeply. Thank you for friendships deep enough to break my heart when they are stretched. Thank You for the amazing privilege of having heart friends (and a sister) in love with you enough to risk their lives for people who need you desperately in other parts of the world. Thank You for being trustworthy and for the amazing peace that comes from being in the very center of Your good and perfect will. It's gonna be worth it, Lord. I know that. Going where You lead is worth any heartache. It is the greatest joy in my life and in the life of my amazing friends. Because you came to give your life as a ransom for many and in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.


Pray for me friends. There are students coming to California on the verge of inheriting a great vision of Disciplemaking for themselves. And prayer is the ministry.

See you soon,

Amy

Monday, April 30, 2007

I miss blogging

I think I have decided not to let blogging be a fad for me. I just went back to my Xanga and read some great posts. I would really put some great thoughts and funny stuff on there...and it wasn't totally information overload like facebook.

So many things are happening in my life right now. I am closing a chapter and opening another.

Dan and I are leaving for Project in exactly 2 weeks. 2 Weeks?! My life in Norman is officially over in 14 little days. I have to pack up my life and prepare for something new. It is a big undertaking.

I just want to say that I am so thankful for my husband. It is not that I couldn't do this on my own. I am just grateful that God has blessed me with a partner to lean on in this adventure. On days when I am at my breaking point, he holds me up and reminds me of God's great truths. When he is having a bad day I return the favor.

Some days we just look at each other and declare that we are crazy. But I love it. Oh the things God can do with a life surrendered to Him. I just pray that we really learn a lot in this next phase and get some more responsible things taken care of before the kiddos come along.

Totally off topic but Matt J. put up the staff video and it makes me smile...Big! So check it out and laugh. (Did the slap dissapear or is it just me?)

Have a great day!

Friday, April 27, 2007

Ode to the BSU

Not sure if this ever posted! It is a very old draft of not. Trying again:
The end is near. Dan and I are preparing for our transition out of Norman to Texas so we can go to Seminary and prepare for a life of Ministry.

I couldn't go without an ode to my favorite place on earth! The OU Baptist Student
Union.

I know it is just an old building but this is the place that shaped my life as a young believer. Here's the story.

It's my second day on campus in August of 1999. I moved into my dorm and my family left me. I only knew one person on campus: my roommate.

I joined the hoopla on the dorm lawn where a hundred campus organizations were gathered. I saw a sign through the hubub: Baptist Student Union. Then I saw a friendly face! It was Jen Kelsey, to whom I declared like and idiot, "I'm as Baptist as
they come!"

She said "Alright! Let me introduce you to some of my friends." She walked me around and introduced me to the staff. I got a flier for the Pizza Bash and joined
everyone in the BSU parking lot. The rest is a total blur. But a few days later Tami Hunt invited me to lunch and started asking me about my life and my walk with Jesus. I was impressed. Jen showed up a few days later just to see my dorm room and chat it up with me for a few minutes.

I liked the people I met but with so many options I still wasn't hooked. Then came OU/Texas weekend. At the very last minute I decided to go with a group from Couch down to Ft. Worth. I met a ton of Freshmen and upperclassmen. We had a blast and everyone loved on me all weekend. I also met Holly Kimbrough whom I
clicked with immediately. We started meeting one on one the next week. She has now become (almost 8 years later!) a great heart friend.

The rest is history.

During my time at the BSU I was part of:
7 Spring Break Trips
7 Spring Banquets
7 Bible Studies

6 Ministry Teams
5 One on One with God groups
3 Summer Training Programs
2 Discipleship Teams
1 Focus Trip



I had four wonderful mentors: Holly Kimbrough, Amy Crawford, Nancy Jaques and Jen Kelsey. I was under the teaching and leadership of 3 Ministry Team leaders: John Crawford, Dick Jaques and John Kelsey.They poured their lives into me and changed the way I live my own life! What greater gift is there?

I got exposed to the greatest people and I believe the greatest training available for college students in this country. I have rubbed shoulders with people who give their everything to Jesus every day! They love the unloved and they take the gospel to the nations.

The BSU gave me a chance to grow in ministry in a safe place. They gave me leadership opportunities when I didn't deserve them, letting me try and fail and
then try and succeed. They taught me how to get the Word into my heart.

I always joked to Jen that I wanted to be her when I grew up. My first staff meeting for the BSU was a great day for me. I feel like I had made it partway there. It was a great privilege for me to be a part of the staff for a year.

Neil Walker said once in a workshop that a person who thinks culturally can be dropped anywhere in the world and have a ministry. After my time here and experiences I feel like that could be true of me.

How do you even begin to say goodbye to a place that has been your home for 8
years? I can't. I am slightly in denial! If you see me a mess a Spring Banquet you'll know why.

Thank you to the staff, previous and present, who poured your life out to undeserving students like me. This will always be the place that I learned how to fly.


Amy Hay
OU-Texas Weekend 1999. The weekend I bonded with the BSU.
Christmas Vespers 1999

Highpoint 2000

Secret Sophomore Skit 2000

Tod and Amy Spring Break MCs 2002ish??

State Fair with EGroup 2002
Spring Break Band 2004
Germany 2004
Duplex Gang 2006


Just a few pics to show my BSU years.