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Drive Your Teacher Crazy

2009-10-23T12:31:00.001-07:00

These are just a few things that make be a bit batty. I know I did them as a student and wondered why my teachers were high strung.

Here are some sure-fire ways to drive your teachers crazy.

1. Hand in homework at random times during the day when you happen to see your teacher walking by. This will increase the likelihood that she will lose it before grading it and she will have to give you a 100.

2. Yell "What?" every time you get behind taking notes during lecture.

3. When the teacher asks you a question, look at him/her blankly and say, "Huh?"

4. Raise your hand and just start speaking before anyone calls on you.

5. As soon as the teacher walks into the room get ten friends to come up and ask the teacher questions about stuff she is probably just about to explain to the class. Do this before she has a chance to put any books down.

6. 5 seconds before a test ask the teacher "Does spelling count?" (As a teacher I always ask back, If I say, "yes" will you make the effort to spell it right? Does it magically help you spell? I don't get it.)

7. Drum on everything...especially during lecture.

8. As soon as the teacher turns around, mumble to your neighbor.

9. Freak out every time the teacher assigns something that looks hard. Don't take the time to see if this is true and NEVER, I repeat, NEVER read the directions. Just start writing and complaining.

10. Ask, "Is this going to be on the test?" or "Do we need to know this?" about every new concept. If the teacher says it won't be on the test, put down your pencil and stare at the wall. If the teacher says it will be on the test then slow down the whole lecture by asking her to repeat every sentence three or four times.

What is a name?

2008-12-10T15:28:00.001-08:00

Names I could never give to my children:

Girl names
Hayley Hay
Bailey Hay
Autumn Hay
Summer Hay
May Hay
June Hay
April Hay
Violet Hay (just odd)
Anything that is an adjective.

Boy names
Mario Andret Hay
Roland D. Hay

Can you think of any others?

Needles to say, Amy is in pain!

2008-09-27T16:41:00.000-07:00

Let us tell the tale of a seemingly ordinary night gone awry!

T- 4 minutes until The Office season premiere, Amy is cleaning out some random drawers in her bedroom when she finds herself in excruciating pain in her left foot. She jumps off of that foot to feel the same pain in her right food. She falls to the ground, bleeding from the right foot and bewildered by a long piece of sewing thread hanging from her other foot.

Apparently she has stepped on a sewing needle, dull side first, which has broken off in her left heel. The broken half which remain in the carpet punctured her right foot. After pulling on the string for a few minutes she screams in pain and she and her husband realize the string is attached to the deep end of the needle. OUCH.

They rush to Urgent Care while Tod, Tygre and Patrick are left behind to TiVo the Office. Amy is terribly depressed to miss the season premiere but sees the importance of removing foreign objects from her body.

The Urgent Care Doctor says he has about a 10% chance of getting out the needle. Amy passes and makes an appointment with the podiatrist for the next day. The podiatrists says he can get it out. The nurses giggle at her X Ray. Amy has a VERY painful local anesthetic which almost makes her lose her breakfast. After making an incision and prying open her foot the doctor digs for 20 minutes then declares defeat. He needs a live action X Ray to see where the needle is moving. He bandages her up and schedules a real surgery for Monday and writes a very nice prescription for the pain.

Poor Amy hobbles home...afraid of becoming like Dr. House popping Vicodin with every stabbing pain.

The good news is that if you put her in a pool she can point North!

Virtual Makeover

2008-08-06T13:58:00.001-07:00

If you have a minute you should play around with the Virtual Makeover on my Mary Kay website. It is pretty fun. I mean, look how beautiful I made my husband!
If you do a virtual makeover I will give you 20% off of your next purchase!
Order online and get free shipping!
I am really trying to jumpstart my business so any purchases can help. Plus, if you don't like what you bought, you'll get a 100% refund. That is the Mary Kay way!

Hard, Hard Week

2008-07-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

This week has been a total mess. We went to Norman last weekend for the holiday and right before we were planning on leaving I got the news that one of our key guys in our ministry from Seminole State college was killed by a drunk driver.

I was devastated. Brandon was so young! He was a leader this summer at Falls Creek and it has been a big shock for everyone.

It is such a comfort to know that Brandon was living his life for Jesus and that I'll see him again.

Please be praying for his family and for the family of his girlfriend who is at OU Medical Center in pretty bad condition. She is healing faster than expected but still has a long road to go. I am pretty sure she doesn't know about Brandon yet because she has been unconscious most of the time.

Brandon,
We'll miss you terribly. You are incredibly loved!

Amy

Your local Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant

2008-07-01T20:13:00.000-07:00

The newest of news in my life is that I am one of Fort Worth's newest Mary Kay beauty consultants. So far, I am in love with the products and excited about starting my new business.
I own my own business! Can you believe it? It is so exciting!

If you would like to support local business or are looking for a personal touch to your beauty purchases then please check out my website or book an appointment with me.

Thanks for all of your support, friends!

Amy
P.S. There are products for MEN and WOMEN!

Click here to shop online!

Random Email

2008-06-17T15:54:00.000-07:00

Okay, Sometimes I post stuff like this just to keep in the habit of blogging. Enjoy!

Check out the Gas Prints behind the stop sign!

Schlitterbahn-Bahn!

2008-06-16T14:11:00.000-07:00

This weekend is the Schlitterbahn-bonanza! I am so excited. I have mentioned before about my love of amusement parks. I can't wait to get to New Braunfels and get on a tube.

Schlitterbahn cracks me up. There is no need to feel self conscious at this place at all. I have no idea what woodwork these people crawled out of. After spending the summer on Huntington Beach last year where everyone wished "they all could be California girls" because they were such stinkin' hotties, Schlitterbahn is a nice change of pace.

Everyone is fat, sunburned and sporting a drowned rat hairdo. This is no bikini fashion show but a smattering of tank tops and aqua socks. Families come from all over the world to experience this water park. No lie. Schlitterbahn is one of the top rated water parks in the WORLD every year.

The main park water comes from the Comal River. It is cool, refreshing and chlorine-free! The main park is also full of picnic tables and a million trees. You can bring in your own ice chest of food and park it with your junk at a table and then leave it all day. No one messes with your stuff. You can rent lockers for your purse. It is just fabulous!

You play, come back and eat, take a tram ride to one of the other two awesome parks and then come back and eat, lounge in the lazy river, and go home exhausted. It is a great day.

So this weekend Dan and I will take Kelly and Stefanie and head down to meet my parents and brother for a fun filled weekend!

Peace!

Still a stay-at-home-wife!

2008-06-09T07:56:00.000-07:00

School is out and I am in the process of getting a job. References are pending so I can't start work until tomorrow. If they still don't come in then I won't start working until next Tuesday. Boo.

I am at home cleaning and watching SVU...okay, more watching SVU than cleaning, but then again I have all day to get stuff done.

UPDATE: I got the references in on time but I still can't start work until next Tuesday. I am so bummed...and applying elsewhere! We'll see what happens.

You Will Need the Following Documents...

2008-06-04T12:47:00.000-07:00

CLPS life has ended for a season and I have been job hunting for a summer job to get me through these perilous months ahead. The whole job world is my oyster. What type of job should I get?

My first thoughts were to get something that I would be embarrassed to have as a career but would be soooo much fun to do for just a few months... like work at Six Flags!

To those of you who don't know, I am an amusement park enthusiast. That is putting it quite mildly. Last summer was a hallmark year. During the Summer of 2008 I went to:

Disneyland

Universal Studios Hollywood

Disneyland again (this was the most magical day ever!)

and Schlitterbahn (I'll spare you the pictures!)

But working at Six Flags never happened. Maybe next year. I will instead be working at the Children's Courtyard a few miles from my house. I am moderately excited about this but more excited not to be sitting on my couch watching "Law and Order" all day long.

I am so not kidding.

Today, however, I feel so productive that I have to write about it! I had to get an expanding file folder to hold all of the documents I needed to complete my tasks today!

First, I got our new Honda plated in Texas. Texas kills me! They charge so much tax for cars not bought here. $615 to be exact! Ouch.

For this little task you need to bring:
1. State Inspection Receipt
2. Out of State VIN Inspection or "Green Sheet" (Both available for $40 at your local mechanic)
3. Car Title
4. Driver's License
5. Proof of Insurance
6. Check book (Don't bring a check card. I believe the sign said they charge 2.3% to use the check card...that is an extra $14 in my case. They called it a "convenience fee." HA!)

Next I drove to the Children's Courtyard to give them my documents:
They require:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. College Transcript
4. A copy of my OU Diploma
5. CPR Certification.

This is no big deal and required at any job.

Then I went to get my Texas Driver's License. This required the most ridiculous amount of documentation:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. Proof of Insurance
4. Texas Car Registration
5. Birth Certificate
6. Marriage License
7. Check for $24.00
8. A form you fill out there.

You also had to take the vision test, get your thumbs fingerprinted, get your picture and raise your right hand and swear that you weren't lying about anything.

In Oklahoma I just filled out a form and handed over my TX license which I now know I should have just held onto!

As the DPS lady was walking away with all of the above documents to make copies I had a slight moment of panic. She was walking away with every proof of my existence; as having been born, married, previously licensed...everything.

I jokingly told her as she walked away, "Please don't disappear or I won't exist anymore!"

After having received my temporary Driver's License I went straight to Blockbuster to get a membership. It has been years since I had one and they wouldn't give me one without at TX DL!

I now feel totally up to date in life. It is a good feeling. I hope this helps next time you need to run around and get important tags and licenses!

Blessings!

Times, they are a changin'.

2008-04-02T21:11:00.001-07:00

Tygre moved out yesterday. I was so sad that I cried. I moved some stuff into her echoing room to make it look less abandoned.

I am so thrilled that she is getting married. Dan and I are headed to Corpus this weekend to be in the wedding. I just have one work day to go and then we can party!

I have started hearing the end of school countdown from the students. Summer is just around the corner. The seniors are getting anxious and everyone has Spring fever. It is really funny. I remember how hard it was to concentrate as a Senior at Carroll. We had a neat design to our school that had breezeways between narrow building with grass and trees. Whatever window you looked out of had something to distract you from class.

High school was a lot of fun. I had no idea at the time what was coming. I was ignorant of the journey God was about to take me on. He changed the plans I had made for myself and sent me back to Oklahoma. (That is an awesome story for another time...the moral is that I knew exactly where God wanted me and it would have been disobedience to go elsewhere.)

I joined up with the Baptist Student Union where I was active for 8 years as a student and staff member. God shook up every area of my life and I learned so much at OU. What an exciting experience.

A few of my seniors from A&P are going to OU next year. I am so jealous that they are just starting out on that awesome journey but I don't know that I would do it again. Don't we always say that?

My challenge to those of you who made it to the end of this post: Thinking back to your Senior year of high school, what did you think you would become? (Major, Career, marriage, etc) Then tell me what actually happened!

I thought I would be a medical missionary using all of my fabulous nursing skills. I also thought I would be a graduate of Texas A&M University and married to ...

Okay, What is yours!?

The Return of the Skitmeister

2008-03-08T19:35:00.000-08:00

After a 6 year absence I have returned to the stage in my first skit. Actually, I did two yesterday. It was so much fun.

We were promoting the Hope River Run, an 8K race that my church is putting on next weekend and I got to play a six year-old girl and a Rosanne Rosannadanna type newscaster but with a crazy New York accent.

I have been helping with the CLPS drama class and it is a blast. I can't wait to see those kids up there showing their stuff in May when we put on our play. We had the first run through today and will cast before the end of class on Friday. I am so stoked.

Recent songs: American Girl by Carrie Underwood, The Lighthouse by Nickel Creek, All of Sarah Barielles

Recent TV: Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare

Recent Movies: The Absent Minded Professor, The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford, Michael Clayton, The Other Boleyn Girl.

Recent Books: Total Forgiveness, The Complete Book of Yoga

The Funniest Thing EVER!

2008-02-28T20:17:00.000-08:00

Okay, I stole this from Paige. Jenny showed me some of these months ago and I never got over it. One day I was having such a sad day and I watched this video and started rolling! Enjoy!

111th Post

2008-02-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

For my landmark 111th post I am going to post the mental list running in my head right now.

To Do:
1. Finish up Cardiovascular System notes for A&P.
2. Start writing a Biology test.
3. Play Scrabulous on Facebook
4. Help Mrs. Holiday look for possible plays for Drama.
5.Wait until at least 7:20 pm to start watching American Idol, thus bypassing all commercials and the corny intro where the CGI dude raises his arms.
6. Review Biology notes so class goes smoothly.
7. Make some muffins or cookies to be used in a "mining" experiment in Earth Science.
8. Eat the leftovers.
9. Check my email.
10. Wash the dinner dishes.
12. Play Scrabulous on Facebook...why do I have 15 games going and it is never my turn?!
11. Start a load of laundry so I have clean dress socks
12. Find time to reply to Sus' huge, wonderful email.
13. Read a few chapters from Total Forgiveness.
14. Update my French podcasts.
15. Plug in my iPhone before it dies.
16. Play Scrabulous on Facebook...resist temptations to use cheats on the internet. Resist the urge to believe all your friends are cheating you.
17. Read the list of things that make me happy and be happy.
18. Take some Tums to get past the feeling left in your stomach by that Frito Chili Pie.
19. Put some socks on so my toes don't freeze.
20. Try to decide what to buy Tygre for her shower this weekend.
21. Call Karen to find a place to sleep when we get to Norman.
22. Buy some Ice Cream for the Barn Dance.
23. Wash western wear for Barn Dance.
24. Space out while looking at a heart diagram.
25. Read everyone else's blog to avoid doing #s 1-24.

Well there it is. I have a choleric tendency to make these huge lists of things to be done but unlike a Melancholy I never check them off. I get distracted like a Sanguine and wish I could be phleg. Oh well. ENJOY!

Amy

The Film Critic Returns

2008-02-19T19:47:00.000-08:00

After a long absence I have moved the Pop Culture Critic to Blogger. Check it out under the "CriticalMe" link or just click here.

30 Things that Make Me Happy!

2008-02-11T15:27:00.001-08:00

Things that make me happy:

1. Finding shows that I love automatically recorded on my DVR.
2. Having old friends find me on Facebook.
3. Seeing my sister.
4. Cleaning out my car and having it smell like Febreeze.
5. Putting 100's on the tops of quizzes.
6. Getting flowers.
7. Falling right to sleep.
8. Putting lots of points in mycokerewards.
9. Getting personalized notes/pictures on assignments my students turn in.
10. Having someone compliment something I organized.
11. Getting Comments on my blog.
12. Being the first to hear big news.
13. Getting magazines in the mail.
14. Opening up bags and bags of great clothes Holly just threw out.
15. Getting email on my iPhone.
16. Listening to the "Wicked" soundtrack. Dorky, I know.
17. Having a good "shuffle" day with my iPod.
18. Making a really tasty dinner that makes Dan and Tygre happy.
19. When all the laundry is clean.
20. Planning parties (always with a theme and costumes)
21. Going to the Movie Tavern.
22. When Dan doesn't get mad at me when I drop a three pound book on his model he's been customizing for months even when it breaks the frame!
23. My black and pink glasses.
24. Making new, cool friends.
25. Visitors from out of town.
26. Promises of a future in ministry.
27. Knowing where every country in the world is.
28. Getting challenged in church.
29. Thinking about another cruise.
30. Writing this blog.

I would like to hear 30 things that make you happy. If you can't do it then you need to see the glass as half full!

Amy

Word MixUps!

2008-02-06T16:04:00.000-08:00

I stole this for Sharon!

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA:
When you rearrange the letters
(With no letters left over and using each letter only once):
TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

Attitude Changes and Twirly Skirts.

2008-01-29T10:22:00.000-08:00

Everything is changing and I am so thankful to God for the perspective He is giving me.

We moved to Fort Worth in August and have been doing our own thing for months. I've been struggling just to get stuff together for school and taking care of my husband but haven't made meaningful relationships at my church. I have, however, made some fantastic friends amongst the lovely teachers at CLPS!

This week, everything changed. I went to a meeting of the Hope Drama group, Studio 1750. It was really great and I met some lovely people. I filmed a short video with some fab Hope goers and helped set up photo ops at the Girls' Sock Hop tonight.

By the way, the Sock Hop was the most adorable thing I have seen in years, perhaps even in my whole life. Tons of elementary aged girls in poodle skirts, rolled jeans and scarves in their hair running about frantically, huddling in groups to socialize and doing the limbo with fervor.

What is it about the make up of woman that makes her glow when in a twirly skirt? God embedded that one deep.

I am reminded of a scene from "Runaway Bride" where Julia Roberts tries on a wedding dress and says her favorite part is how it swishes like a bell when she moves. Every girl relates to that.
I came home smiling and exhausted, ready to tackle nursery duty tomorrow at church.

The whole point of all of this is to express how much my attitude has changed towards our place here in Fort Worth. It really is all up to me and taking advantage of opportunities to serve and meet people through those opportunities.

Things are looking up and my soul is incredibly full.

Blessings!

Blog Transitions?

2008-01-18T11:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I am getting a few new readers on my blog which I enjoy. Maybe it is time to bring a bit more maturity to my posts. Is this even possible?

Dan started Seminary today! I am so excited for him. I am sure he has a few different feelings, especially because he is the one with the homework. It just finally feels as if we are accomplishing the goals for which we moved to Fort Worth in the first place.

It’s funny how a few months of doing something different could make it seem as though our life has lost some of its purpose. It is easy to believe that your life has no influence for God because we aren’t daily preparing Bible studies and making disciples and meeting one on one.

But what we are achieving is perfect. We are achieving obedience. God told us to come here. It wasn’t easy or happy at times but He said go and we went. I am proud of where we are. And though we are setting our faces like flint and settling in for the long haul I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

We covet your prayers and hope for phone calls to brighten our days.

Winter Depression

2008-01-17T12:24:00.001-08:00

I am too depressed to update.

Cruise = :)

32 Degree Fort Worth = :(

What to Pack for A Cruise!

2008-01-03T18:26:00.001-08:00

Here is what is going into my suitcase. It's a really big one!

1 Bible
7 Shorts
7 Tee Shirts
8 Day Shirts
2 Fancy Shirts (for karaoke?)
1 Nice Skirt
1 60's style black sparkle courtesy of my sister
1 sparkle black dress courtesy of me.
2 other dresses just in case I feel like it.
4 Bathing suits (1 is for Jenny) because no one likes to put dampness on. Eww.
8 Tank tops
6 pairs of socks (won't I just wear flips all week?)
Ample unmentionables
1 chubby tucky inny thingy
2 pairs of heels
4 other random pairs of shoes
3 capris
1 pair jeans
1 hoodie
5 Wal Mart sacks because no one like to put dampness in their suitcase. Eww.
1 Evening bag full of all my sparkly jewelry.
Toiletries
Gold bond!
Antibacterial hand stuff
1 Backpack
1 Sooners cap
1 Sunscreen
1 Accelerator
1 Pair Sunglasses
Perfume
1 Backpack for excursions

To Carry On:
Make Up
iPod
Camera
Sunglasses (a spare in the other bag)
Passports
Boarding stuff
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Wallet

I can't wait. I few more days until I am floating in the blue blue Caribbean sea! Bon Voyage to me!

Yet another post....But with MITTENS on!

2008-01-02T15:09:00.000-08:00

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Do Nothing O-Matic

2008-01-02T09:01:00.000-08:00

I post a lot. Check out this link. I dig it.

Do Nothing O Matic

Best Memory of College

2008-01-01T20:41:00.000-08:00

The night of pranks!

One night in college me and a few friends of mine. Namely, Susanne Scott and Lindsay Wilson pulled some fab pranks picking up friends as we went along.

Later they were featured in the OU Daily. Someone was a very knowledgeable informant giving details to the writer that only an insider could have known. That informant ( I presume) then printed the article and sent it to my dorm room via intercampus mail making them untraceable. However, I was honored to see that my pranks are living in the archives somewhere.

The pranks included:
Locking a friend in his bathroom while he was in the shower, stealing his keys and then locking him out of the front door to his dorm.

While he struggled to get into his room (and I assume into some clothes as his were laid out on his bed) we moved his car, filled it will Papa John's flyers we found in a huge box downstairs in Walker and then hiding in the bushes pushing the lock button so it beeped annoyingly as he searched all over for the source.

He forgave us quickly and then joined us as we headed to Adam's tower to steal a friends couch. We moved it to Couch Tower minus the cushions (all pun intended) and circulated the cushions for several weeks amongst our friends.

A few weeks later, after the girls had recovered the couch we snuck back into their room via the suitmate (who was very angry afterward but eventually forgave me) and filled the whole room with crumpled up newspaper. This took several hours and 5 people or so but it was worth it. When they came home from a weekend at home they couldn't get their door open.

We felt bad and cleaned out the 6ft high pile of paper and moved it to the trash shoot (which was closed in the basement) We soon discovered that we had filled all 8 floors of trash shoot in that tower and had to lug everything to the 12th floor. We stuffed all eleven stories full of newspaper.

Of course, I may not be the originator of these pranks. I am just telling you what I heard and take no responsibility.

Blessings!

Stinkin Hillary Swank!

2008-01-01T20:37:00.001-08:00

P.S. I love you made me cry six times, bawl in my car and come home and hug on my poor husband who had no idea how a night out with the girls could send him back an hysterically weeping woman.

4 stars

Unorginal!

2007-12-29T18:13:00.001-08:00

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.

Internet stuff.

2007-12-28T17:17:00.000-08:00

How to Tick People Off

2007-12-19T11:11:00.001-08:00

Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
Practice making fax and modem noises.
Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
Staple pages in the middle of the page.
Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
Honk and wave to strangers.
Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
type only in lowercase.
dont use any punctuation either
Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
"DO YOU HEAR THAT?"
"What?"
"Never mind, it's gone now."
As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
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.
Ask people what gender they are.
While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
Sing along at the opera.
Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Water Cooler Tragedy?!

2007-12-18T12:43:00.001-08:00

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.

The Answers!

2007-12-11T07:56:00.000-08:00

1. It's A Wonderful Life!"

2. Mean Girls

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

5. Miracle on 34^th 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 34^th Street

23. It’s A Wonderful Life

Movie Quotes

2007-12-08T18:07:00.001-08:00

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.”

Sanguines Want Credit.

2007-12-01T10:01:00.000-08:00

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

Merry Christmas!

2007-11-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

I am still soooooo in love with this video!

Smoothie?

2007-11-27T11:29:00.000-08:00

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

Pending

2007-11-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

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

Changes and PCOS

2007-11-07T18:39:00.000-08:00

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!

This is awesome!

2007-10-13T21:08:00.000-07:00

Boomer! Sooner!

Old Navy Sweater Song

2007-09-28T16:39:00.002-07:00

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!

Blogging Beyond the Fad

2007-09-27T09:26:00.000-07:00

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

Last morning in Norman

2007-05-10T05:47:00.000-07:00

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

I miss blogging

2007-04-30T19:55:00.000-07:00

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!

Ode to the BSU

2007-04-27T11:26:00.000-07:00

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.

Dan's ASU Fan Story online!

2007-03-05T11:10:00.000-08:00

Dan's Fan Story is online! Check out this video that aired at an ASU homegame in front of 84,000 screaming fans.

Click on "Friend of the Devil"

Ridiculous Antics at Work

2007-02-26T09:02:00.000-08:00

Okay...antics is a bad word. More like ridiculously pathetic. This story is so sad it is funny. Enjoy. Or you could cry. Whichever seems more appropriate.

Super Fun Times at the End of College!

2006-12-14T08:07:00.000-08:00

I borrowed some of this post from an email to a friend (whom I adore, btw). I totally just typed "btw". Notice that I didn't change it though...that would disrupt the stream of consciousness theme that I am working on.

I finally did it. I emailed my professor yesterday with my final paper which I did about Christianity. What a cool way to end college! The last question on my last test was "What do Christians Believe?" Can we say A+++? It was just a great way to end school talking about how Jesus came to earth and died on the cross for the sins of the world and by accepting Him as a payment for your sins you can go to heaven when you die. Although, I said all of that in a much more scholarly way.

I finished up my paper with some information about the emergent church (I'll spare you my own personal thoughts on that topic) and then I put in some really cool facts about martyrdom.

Did you know that there have been more than 45,000 Christian martyrs in the 20th century alone? That is more than all previous 19 centuries combined. An interesting thought.

Josef Ton is an amazing Romanian man who has dealt with it head on. Because of his beliefs, in the early 70's he felt God telling him to go back home to Romania but he knew that there were people waiting there to kill him for his faith. He had this to say:

"I saw how God always conquers by a love that is self-giving and self-sacrificing. It was there that I understood God’s method of sending His lamb into the world, followed by many thousands of other lambs, to overcome the world by proclaiming the love of God and by
dying for the sake of their proclamation. This astonishing biblical principle that God always conquers through people who will preach the gospel and then die for it helped me immeasurably to be able to go back to Romania" (Ton, xi).

I am personally amazed by this truth.

Anyway, on a funnier note

We went to Chickasha again and this year, to step it up a notch, Jenny decided to bring this snowman costume that our friend Megan bought at a garage sale. It was hilarious! Jenny wore it first and then when she got too hot I took a turn. The kids loved it...well...not the little bitty ones. They just screamed and tried to crawl onto their parents backs but the 3-7 year olds all wanted hugs and pictures. I wore it and got in line for Santa Claus. While I was waiting for my turn a group of carollers came near and started singing "Frosty the Snowman" so I ran off to dance for them and almost tripped over some lights that were strung along the sidewalk. Somewhere behind me, muffled through my furry exterior I could hear Dan laughing histerically while trying to get out a "watch out!"

I only had two little eye holes that were way too far apart to see out of at the same time so you were lucky to get an inch of view of the outside world and use the other one as a vent.

Santa thought it was hilarious too. He made me sit on his lap and told me I was a great frosty. I kissed him on the cheek...which actually meant that I just knocked him upside the head with my wobbling monstrosity of a head and poked him with my carrot nose. He didn't mind and just thanked me.

I was waving goodbye to some snotty little preteen when he said, "Bye you big, dumb, ugly snowman!" I pretended to rub my eyes (which were about 8 inches above my real eyes) and then sulk off. Man, that kid was a brat! :)

Okay. This post was crazy long but I wanted to say Merry Christmas to my friends. I'll try to keep posting over the break! You should too! I want to know what you got for Christmas!

Bloggy, Bloggy Time is Here...Time for Joy and Time for Cheer!

2006-12-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

I am thinking that I am the only person I know who still blogs. I went down my list the other day and everyone had deleted theirs or was severly past due. I want to bring blogging back like Justin Timberlake wants to bring Sexy back. Hmmm.

I have one paper standing between me and my college degree and it is on my favorite subject in the wide world: Christianity.

How hard can this be? I keep putting it off. I mean I am so close to being done. I could stay up for a few more hours and knock it out...yet...

I went to the laundromat tonight. We had a whole heckofalotta laudry. I used 7 washing machines and 8 dryers and a billion quarters. Then I came home and cleaned/organized all of my drawers, all of Dan's drawers and the whole closet. I am procrastinating but it is amazing how productive I can be when I have something really important looming.

Then (GULP) I did something really pathetic. I mean...brace yourselves people! I was here in the apartment all alone listening to christmas music on the only station that plays it non-stop- 104.1 which coincidentally is the station that Delilah is on.

I turned off all the lights. The only glow was from my color changing snowman and mini- multi-colored lighted tree in the bedroom and lied down on the bed and relaxed to the sounds of Delilah and almost cried at some sob story that came on.

Mocking season is now open.

Have a Merry Christmas people. And for the love. Update your blogs over the break so we can revel in your thoughts.

Amy Hay

P.S. Have you seen my new Moto Rzr? It is Fabu!

My Major Thing

2006-11-08T12:22:00.000-08:00

Hello! You can check out my awesome story and find out MY MAJOR THING!

Turning into my MOTHER!

2006-11-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely adore my mother. What is not to like? Her humor, her beauty, her drive, her support....her gigantic handbag??

My mom is fun but we have always bugged her about her ENORMOUS purse. I mean, she used to have this 12" by 12" blue, faux leather purse that we could put anything into. They should have named the movie "Eight Heads In My Mom's Purse." It was comical. One time we smuggled a popped bag of popcorn into a movie. One time we found a full sized dinner plate in her purse. I am not even lying.

So, yesterday at Wal-Mart I got a little frustrated with diggin in my sack purse for my phone and missing every call. I would also stab myself with earings and pens diving for my keys. So I decided to get a cool new purse with some pockets. I got this:
Look at its size compared to my computer monitor! HUGE!
Dan even asked me to carry around some Ibuprofen in it in case one of us gets a headeache. So, I am just going to let it happen. I love my mom. I don't mind so much carrying around a bunch of stuff.

After all, she always has what I need in that big purse.

Color Blind?

2006-10-24T14:36:00.000-07:00

Are you color blind?

Diet Coke.

2006-10-16T08:58:00.000-07:00

Just one calorie. Not Evil enough!

I have made a cataclysmic decision this past week that has affected me every day. I have given up Diet Coke. I know, I know...hundreds and hundreds of my hard earned dollars have been poured into Diet Coke drinking in the past 11 years but enough is enough! I need to break my caffeine addiction. I don't want anything in my life that rules me to such a degree that without it I have massive, migraine-like headaches.

The headaches are gone and so I think my addiction has gone with it. The hardest part of all of this is finding a replacement for my beloved drink. I made it go with everything! I have been sampling an assortment of juices but it just isn't the same. CURSE YOU COCA-COLA COMPANY! (Though I must admit the five free magazine subscriptions I got from them was nice)

Alas, I will reserve my Diet Coke drinking for special occasions and will try to drink water day to day.

I am just feeling naive. I thought I would feel monumentally different after overcoming this hurdle. I have heard so many people say, "I gave up caffeine and I feel so much better!"

Oh really? I just feel like my eyelids weigh four hundred pounds. I am getting cranky. Sorry if I snap at you...maybe Methadone will help.

Any reference to drugs is only in the spirit of jesting and not intended to offend heroine addicts or the late son of Anna Nicole. I am just cranky.

Office Season 2

2006-09-19T08:56:00.000-07:00

I have been swimming in "The Office" season 2. It is pretty much hilarious. The whole Pam and Jim thing was a terrible cliffhanger.

This video is AMAZING!

Dan and I only get a few fuzzy channels right now so we have been catching up with TV shows by watching them all at once. It is a great destressor from our crazy days around here.

Of course if you have known me for long you know how I can obsess over things for a while and then be done.

Swing dancing
Movies, Movies, Movies
HP
blogging
geography
NPR
Scrubs
The Office
Alias
Horatio Hornblower (thank you Martha)
Homestarrunner.com
Myspace
YahooMusic!
Pride and Prejudice
Thai food
Etc, Etc

I am a mess but I have fun obsessing. Maybe I should buy a really nice pen... hmmmm

Crazy Theories Continue!

2006-09-13T07:32:00.000-07:00

Ryan commented on how blogs are going out of style. I totally agree. Call me old fashioned if you will, however I have a theory on why they are out of style.

I believe the only reason blogs are going out of style is that they were the quintessential stalking device and now that has been replaced by the mini-feed. Plus, I know this will show up on Facebook. I continue to salute Mark Zuckerburg for continuing to make old internet obsessions obsolete by combining them.

Facebook allows you now to catch up on everything people are saying to each other...it is more conversational blogging. I dig it.

Don't count on me to give up this baby yet. I think blogs may be like the 80's...they just keep coming back!

Amy

P.s. I still think it is hilarious that the blogger spell checker thinks the word "blog" is a misspelled word. Odd?
p.p.s. that picture is just for fun...don't try to figure me out.

I still love Facebook!

2006-09-06T07:23:00.000-07:00

There are over 500 new groups on Facebook centered around the premise that the new mini-feed= stalking.

Give me a break! It is somewhat tediously detailed but don't all you facebookers feel like stalkers already? I think this new mini-feed actually just highlights an already prevalent tendency of college students to learn little details about each other...and to spread gossip. It is like a facebook-wide rebuke. Relish it.

Don't lie- all of you use Facebook to see if that "so and so broke up" rumor is true and to see if one of your mentorees has been out partying over summer break. You may also use photo comments as a way to initiate some innocent internet flirting with your new crush.

The simple fact that you are on facebook and have the ability to look at all of these personal facts makes you a stalking candidate already. If you don't want people to see that you are in a "it's complicated" relationship then DON'T PUT IT ON THE INTERNET! If you don't want people to see whose group you just denied then let your request box fill up.

Personally, I love the new Facebook for a few of these reasons:

-You can now see what exactly has been recently updated on your friends' profiles instead of hunting to see if they added one more band or quote to their lists...meaning you would have had to have memorized their last lists.
-Everything is streamlined so you don't have to click all over facebook to see which of your friends are coming to Paradigm.
-You can locate trends in your commenting (and if you find that you just keep saying "you're hot" over and over again on picture comments then you can spice it up a bit)
-You can hide any mini-feed story you don't want people reading!

Consider the rant through.

Two of My favorites: Harry Potter and Star Wars!

2006-09-05T09:47:00.000-07:00

Crocodile Hunter

2006-09-03T22:45:00.000-07:00

I am so sad! Steve Irwin has died!

Get the full story here.

Stuff on Walls

2006-08-31T12:27:00.000-07:00

My addiction to "Stumble" continues. To those of you who work in Mozilla, you should consider downloading the extension called Stumble...it brings up the coolest sites ever and tailors to fit your wants. I dig it.

I was particularly inspired by a site dedicated to pictures of grafitti found on walls. Though some of it is vulgar, I enjoyed the rest.

Enjoy!

In other news, things are going well for me and Dan. Dan had 12 at Noonday yesterday at Seminole. That is a pretty big group for such a small campus. I get to go out there with him on Tuesdays.

We are playing some pretty cool songs at Paradigm tonight. The song by Weezer is one of my favorites. Hip Hip!

Update

2006-08-07T10:22:00.001-07:00

Thank you all so much for your kind words about my family situation. Just as a bit of an update: my grandma is home and doing okay with assistance. My grandfather is at home and not doing okay with assistance. My uncle looks better than he has and I am feeling very very hopeful about his situation.

Dan is in Glorieta. I miss him a lot and school in bearing down hard. Intercession is neat because it goes so fast but you barely get hold of the material and then the class is over.

Jenny is looking for a couch for the dorm if anyone has one they are willing to give up. Let me (or her) know!

That's about it. Here is another fun website for you. This one goes out to Allison Powell and Susanne Scott.

Amazing Machines!

2006-08-04T13:56:00.000-07:00

Okay, I admit I have watched this video like 10 times. I am just amazed. My mouth hangs open the whole time.

Hope you like it. Click here!

What else could happen?

2006-07-25T20:21:00.000-07:00

Just when we think we have weathered most of the storm another round beats down. Many of you know that Dan's dad died 5 days before our wedding in May. The last few weeks of May we traveled around for the memorials and dealt with things as they came.

This week, we got some terrible news from my uncle. I'll keep it private but there are a lot of emotions involved and we have been dealing with all of that this past week.

Today my mom called and said my grandfather was in the hospital following a collapse. He has neglected his health for years and is not in renal failure, has a suspicious mass in his chest and just looks downright terrible. My mom drove up from Corpus and as we headed back from the hospital my dad called to tell us that his mom, my sweet, sweet grandma from Del City (whom many of you have met) is also in the hospital and has been for the past ten days! No one called us! To top it off she was only four doors down from my Granddad and we didn't see her!

So, tomorrow morning we'll be up there rotating between two rooms with two loved grandparents struggling for health.

Please pray. It doesn't look good for either of them but only time will tell.

Thanks

Hmmm.

2006-07-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ten points to anyone but Debby, Rita or Dan who can tell me who these cats look like!

I want free stuff

2006-07-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, I think I am turning cheap. I WANT FREE STUFF!

I am signing up for all kinds of contests and coupons.

You all can help and I'll share my prizes. If any of you drink Coke Products, I would like to have your caps! They have codes inside that get points towards prizes. Soooo...maybe you could save the codes for me and we can all watch the movies I get to rent for free.

Okay? Sounds like a plan!

Enormous Savings!

2006-07-19T08:27:00.000-07:00

I am having a fantastic day! You know those days when you just get a lot of errands done and you feel free? I mean, I got paid on Friday, spent no money this weekend and am now broke because of my bill paying but I feel fabulous!

For those of you outside of Norman, it was 110 degrees yesterday. I felt my face literally melting off! Dan and I are housesitting at my Aunt Karen's and the pool water evaporated by 2 inches! That is huge! We still swim!

For other exciting news...since Monday I thought the wrought iron bars outside my office window were loose and clanging in the wind but in all actuality it was a skunk climbing up the window to try to escape the drain. He has been in there all week...who knows. Dan and I put a board down there to see if he would climb out of it. He sniffed the board and then went back to shimmy up the window and attempt to get on the ledge. What dumb, smelly animals.

We thought he was all alone but another skunk comes out from under the fence around the air conditioner to check on him every 20 minutes or so. Eww..I think Kels should take care of them old west style...if you know what I mean.

And now for my enormous savings. Okay...maybe I am an idiot but I have never been too good at finding the books I need for school online but today, after seeing the money I would need to buy my books from the University Bookstore I wanted to cry.

$165.00??? Yikes. For 5 books? Yikes! So I went to Amazon.com and got them all for $63.00!!! Yay. I saved $102.00!

I should take myself on a shopping spree! Or pay more bills! So, children, if you believe in father Christmas like your uncle billy, buy your festering turd of a bookload from Amazon and stickittotheman!

Ewww?

2006-07-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

Uh...this is cute or gross...or something odd. In Ohio there was a two faced kitten born with two noses and two mouths that meow at the same time. Weird.

Get the full story here.

More Stumbles

2006-07-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

These are some of my favorite stumbles!

A Japanese Show with a bunch of complex Intros. My jaw dropped!

Napoleon Sound Board!

A very new kind of paint brush!

Virtual Bubblewrap!

Have fun!

A fun Game...75 bands!

2006-07-11T21:09:00.000-07:00

Can you find 75 band names in this picture? Comment with your answers.

Click here for a bigger picture!

In love with Mozilla

2006-07-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

Okay...so I am in love with Mozilla Firefox! You all should get it! You can have multiple pages as your home page and if you click on the "getting started" button you can download a bunch of add ons that make Mozilla even more fun.

I have colored tabs witch helps me see my pages more clearly and a thing called "Stumble Upon" which is basically a button you push to take you to some top rated sights according to what you tell it interests you. I found some really weird stuff and some really fun stuff.

Here ya go.

Mysterious Game

I played with this for an Hour.

Learn your world geography.

I got a bunch more cool ones at work but it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Happy Independence Day!

More Wedding Pics

2006-06-23T20:08:00.000-07:00

If you're bored you can check out my bridal portraits.

Degree Check

2006-06-23T09:10:00.000-07:00

Well, I got my degree check today and it looks like I have put together a perfect schedule to graduate by December. Yay! I will even complete a history minor!
It is about time! I am so ready to have my diploma like all the other people my age. Sigh.

Dan is taking me on a date tonight. He also does the dishes after dinner. Isn't he great?

HUGS!

Amy Hay

Searching for Kristin Eidemiller

2006-06-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

I have become an internet stalker. Anyone with Google can become an expert on people they barely know. It is frightening really.

I mean, have you ever googled your name?

I have been looking for a friend I used to know in Seattle for months! I spend hours scrolling through Myspace browses for her or her siblings. For $24.95 I can look up her criminal history and see her credit rating along with her last four addresses but this, for me, is overstepping the bounds just a little bit.

Kristin, Where are you?

During this whole process though I have reconnected with a ton of friends from high school and some even from middle and elementary school. There is something therapeutic about forming a new mental image of people when they have been perpetually twelve in your mind.

I found a girl I used to know who became a swimmer in college and married a pro football player. Another of my friends, whom I adored at age 10, is an accomplished Ivy league graduate who has been published many times over. I am stunned! Some are married with kids already.

I just wonder if these new inventions like Myspace and Facebook will keep people interested enough in each other to actually have something to talk about at their 10 year reunions....Or even to show up at their 10 year reunions.

Okay...I think I am done. My new obsession is Myspace. You can find all sorts of people, blog, put up pictures and music and edit the html in any field. It is a thing of beauty.

I miss you friends. Please say hello.

Love from Amy Van Hizzle.

P.S. Irony of all ironies...I just spell checked this post and the checker didn't recognize the word "blog." Hello!

We're Home!

2006-05-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

We made it home safe! Honeymoons are great! I just never ever ever ever want to get married again!

I thought I would add a few pics so you could live the vacation with us!

Dan and I saw a Houston Astros Game!

Dan spent a few hours in a hammock on a private beach. Ahhhh...vacation!

Dan on Stateroom Balcony...the most common sight! He was fascinated with how the ship worked and he loved the water!

This was our dinner group. Meeting new people is fun! We ate every night in a formal dining room with fab food like steak, lobster, shrimp, etc. Coming home was very hard!

We met a pirate near Tortuga!

And we weren't the only ship in port. Imagine an extra 10 thousand people coming ashore from just these four boats! Go economy go!

We got a chance to swim with the StingRays! This was soooo cool. They were super soft on the bottom.

I even got to hold one!

Dan was keeping it real!

I was trying to get a self portrait but saltwater/sunscreen was burning Dan's eyes out of their sockets...sooo...this is what came out. I am sure my goggles in his eyeball really helped the situation.

All in all we had a great time! I hope you thought these were a laugh. I should really take a picture of the apartment that awaited us when we got home. Man O Man I thought we had a tornado in there.

Anyway...more later.

Love from the Hays

CRUISE! not like tom!

2006-05-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

Dan and I are on our balcony aboard our cruise ship in port at Key West Florida. While we are waiting to get back at sea we are mooching internet from a hotel rigt across the dock. 'Tis very funny. We are having a great time but also are eager to get back home and start our life in Norman...but not for long because we are leaving next weekend for Phoenix to attend Dan's dad's memorial service.

Thanks for all your prayers and for your support at our wedding! Hope everyone's summer is going well.

Love from Dan and Amy Hay!!

2006-05-01T13:33:00.000-07:00

There are so many things in my life that I don't understand...this is one of them.

1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction!!!

I told you so... And there is nothing you can do about it.

Uh...umm....shuh...?!

2006-04-25T13:08:00.000-07:00

What?!

2006-04-24T13:21:00.000-07:00

Nineteen days? That is less than 20 days which is less than 30 days. No wonder I am on the verge of insanity!

Will you guys please dance at my reception? It'll make me feel like a bit of a success.

A public apology

2006-04-20T06:44:00.000-07:00

The time comes in every blogger's life when a post turns sour and controversial. This is my public apology for writing misleading threads that make me seem like a hater.

I love reading all of your blogs. I really am just asking for more! Clayton says he will give a little more when he posts songs...that will make me smile.

Anway, I love you all. And melancholies are my favorite people in the world...that wasn't a slam. All of my best friends are melancholies and it is one of my future husband's most attractive features. Amy and Melancholies are like peas and carrots. They just have a tendency to be cryptic and happy go lucky, apt to be a bit dim-witted sanguines like myself need a little help understanding your meanings.

I wish I could just bake a cake of rainbows and sunshine and we can all eat and be happy like we were in junior high...

Happy Birthday Allison!

2006-04-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

Today is Allison's birthday. Consider this an official sanction to drive her to tears with positive attention! You should ask her about the geenie that gave her three wishes this morning...top that people.

Allison. I love you! You are the marshmallows in my lucky charms, the chocolate in my milk, the

whipped cream on my sundae.

Happy Birthday!

My Two Cents

2006-04-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

Okay. I have to put my two cents in. I gotta be honest pals....all the song lyrics as posts are beyond getting annoying.

I know music is important to all of you melancholies but it is like an ongoing mystery as to what the heck you mean by them.

Are you trying to be aloof? Do you want us to google the song and find out what the artist meant by it? Are we supposed to examine your life and guess at the correlations?

I am not trying to be a butt, I really want to know! Because to continue with the honesty thing I just skip right over the lyrics....especially if you put the chorus in over and over.

Maybe I am asking too much to desire to read your actual thoughts when I go to your blog. But I really do.

If this is asking too much maybe if there was just one lyric post per every 5 normal entries...that would be better.

Tell me what you really think or I'll send this guy after you...and nobody wants that!

Bad News

2006-04-12T07:07:00.000-07:00

Been getting some really bad news lately. But this makes me feel a little bit better or a little bit worse...depending on your perspective.

Rusty

Glorious!

2006-04-11T11:33:00.000-07:00

I love it when I see college students sleeping on thousand dollar leather couches all over campus.

I like how it smells of "my ridiculously high tuition paid for this thing!"

I like how there can be a complete stranger 2 feet away reading War and Peace and they don't care.

I want to be one of them. Random Before-I-Graduate-Goal: Take a nap in public on a really really nice couch.

I finally put my name on the Spring Banquet list. Get this...there will probably be pictures of me on the slideshow while I was in college before digital cameras were invented. I know you don't believe it...but it is true. They'll have to be, like, manually scanned in or something.

And yes, I did start my university work before the 21st century.

Sweet diploma- come to Mama!

Bongos

2006-04-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

This is a hilarious game. I played it for like 20 minutes.

Sleeeepy

2006-04-07T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Friends,

Life is pretty peachy. I am having a great time winding down towards the wedding. Me and Dan found a place to live and everything is falling into place.

I felt like Wanda Strappazon's message last night about being content in my circumstances was directed right at me. I am hoping to choose happiness and contentment in my life to come!

Meanwhile, I am struggling to sleep. What is wrong with me? Argh!

I try the whole counting sheep thing but sleep evades me for other reasons...That I won't go in to. I am just like a cranky two year old. I have even taken to despising myself.

Anyway, I am looking forward to my bridal shower tomorrow and some time with good friends.

Sigh. Life is beautiful.

Online Registry

2006-04-04T08:05:00.000-07:00

Okay, Soooo registering is not my favorite things. In some ways you feel like a kid again, making a Christmas list for Santa long after discovering he doesn't exist.

What does exist is your mom and your dad and their already-stretched checkbook...so you start gentle negotiations. The pony comes off of the list and something more reasonable goes on.

Dan and I registered at JC Penny and Target. Dan's tools are all at Sears (where we also scanned a $2,000 big screen... our modern day pony)

A quick note for you who read my blog...By reading this you are already assuring me that you are internet savvy. If you were thinking of getting me and Dan a present and you hate the mall...CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE REGISTRIES!

Actually my most favorite items are only available online...some of them are a lot cheaper than in store stuff too. So, there you go. If you don't get us anything, we'll be fine...we just thought you should know about it.

Love from Amy

The Simpsons!

2006-03-22T06:50:00.000-08:00

This is hilarious!

Feeling Better

2006-03-20T11:05:00.000-08:00

Feeling much better but still not completely better. I may not see you around the office but I'll try to be there as much as I can.

I miss you all. Hope things are going well.

Amy

Need your prayers

2006-03-16T21:40:00.000-08:00

Well, I felt like I was supposed to come home for the break and I am really glad that I did. I have a huge medical issue that is being taken care of by the team of doctors that my mom works with here in Corpus. I still haven't been diagnosed but have an appointment first thing Friday (tomorrow) morning.

Most of you will be heading back to Norman from Glorieta. Please be praying for me. My dad may have to drive me home and then fly back and I am in a lot of pain.

Thanks for all of your texts and calls this week as you are soaking up His goodness on Spring break. Love from me!

New Glasses on me

2006-03-09T11:30:00.000-08:00

Well...As you can probably see from my profile pick my glasses have arrived. To those of you who haven't seen them in person here ya go:

I am leaving this afternoon for Ft. Worth to stay with Ann and E.Hill (crashing more like) and then up at the crack of dawn to head to Corpus for a doctor's appointment. Pray for me. I am nervous.

Have a great trip to Glorieta, those of you who are going. I am praying especially for your travel that it is easy and accomodating. BE SAFE.

Amy

Johnny Cash

2006-03-08T07:45:00.000-08:00

This is one of my all time favorite videos. Johnny's voice stopped me in my tracks. How can you not watch the whole thing? Wow. It is particularly poignant if you know anything about his life even if your education was "walk the line."

Hope you like it. It makes me tear up every time.

Blessings!

2006-03-07T06:44:00.000-08:00

Okay. Thank you all for your kind words as I struggle clumsily through this week. It really means a whole lot to me.

I have made some pretty big decisions this week...including the one not to go with you guys to Glorieta. This was a killer because I have gone every year for the past 6 years and know unless you have a really really good excuse then God could probably use that time to really talk to you and bless you for giving your spring break to Him.

He, however, has told me that He wants to talk to me and bless me elsewhere. So. I am off to Corpus Christi to hinder the onset of a nervous breakdown (or the stem the flow of the current one)

I will miss you guys. Please feel free to bring me back a souvenir.

Amy

P.S. Mindy and Sophie really blessed me in my comments from yesterday by posting this:

(to the tune of My Heart Will Go On)
Every year before spring break,
you have them; they're stressful.
That is how you know break is near.
Every night, you study; till midnight or later.
That's the only way you'll be prepared.
Near! Far! where ever your classrooms are,
I believe that your semester will go on!
One, or four, we hope that you score,
And when it's over; Thank God that your life will go on and on.

Break a leg!
Posted by Mindy and Sophie 9:43 PM

AHHHHHH!

2006-03-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

Midterm : Today

Midterm: Tuesday

Midterm: Wednesday

Midterm: Friday.

It was sure nice knowing you.

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

2006-02-28T07:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Walk The Line Day!!!

Taking a huge fashion risk!

2006-02-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

So...I bought some new glasses. They are quite risky.

What do you think?

Dan is a total stud

2006-02-24T06:57:00.000-08:00

I know I have posted before about the totally awesome studliness that is Mr. Dan Hay but I just had to post it again. He's pretty much fabulous.

Last night he spoke at Vespers about decision making and knowing God's will. It was really fun and very helpful. I think God really had that talk planned for a lot of us to hear. Good times.

Life is peachy and glorious....and its Friday! But it is hard to get excited about Friday when you have to study all weekend.

Starbucks anyone?

Amy

P.S. Someone should really open up a mom and pop knock off starbucks so we can stick it to the man...but in the meantime I'll be a hypocrite.

Not so Blurry Line

2006-02-23T06:45:00.000-08:00

Okay...the line is not blurry. Those things are for my own good. I just have a pride problem. Sigh.

Wedding plans are looking up. We have a possible reception site pending and I picked up the dresses yesterday. All seven of them...and let me just say there is nothing closer to a girl's heart than new clothes for a fun event.

I never heard so much screaming in my life. It was glorious.

Getting married is really fun because you not only share it with your fiance but you share it with all of your friends and family. This is especially true in my case because everyone has really stepped up to the plate to donate gifts and services to give me a wedding I could never afford on my own. God is good. He knows our needs and longs to give them to us!

I will be really specific later in thanking them in a special way. This is starting to feel like everyone's wedding now which is neat because our lives are everyone's.

Soooo thanks for listening! And thanks for all of your offers to help!

Blurry Line

2006-02-21T13:16:00.000-08:00

Sometimes the line between a punishment and things being for my own good is really blurry to me.

Sorry to lie to you all but the blue chair is gone. Feel free to say hello.

Difficult Times Lie Ahead, Harry.

2006-02-14T06:47:00.000-08:00

Life is hard right now.

I need Jesus. I need to seek His comfort before His counsel.

Did you know that if you could travel the speed of light it would still take you 100, 000 years to travel to the Milky Way? That is just inside our galaxy! That is one big God. Yet, the Word says that he measures the heavens in the breadth of his hand! He is huge!

In team last night, Dick was talking about how to point people to God instead of to ourselves. My heart was totally convicted. Dan once called me the oracle...I would really classify it as available. He said this because of the constant influx of people into my office to talk.

Charlie Anne suggested I start charging for my services so I could raise a little money on the side! I just laughed at her. It is my joy!

However, I don't know how good I have been about pointing people to God instead of to my own advice. I would hope that the things I say would be "godly" but in all of those specifics the only One with answers is the One who created that huge galaxy.

Don't worry. I will still be here in my office and I am not going to burn the blue chair...but I hope you take my silence for more prayer and not a cold shoulder.

Difficult times do lie ahead though incredibly exciting! Please, I beg that you pray for us!

Thanks for listening.

28 Things Guys should Know About Girls

2006-02-08T12:57:00.000-08:00

I saw this today and thought I would pass the knowledge on to all of my guy friends. Dan does these things so well (or understands them) and it really blesses me! Soooo....Take note!

Written by a guy. After years of experience.
1. Whatever you do, don't just show up at their house...they run around in their underwear just like we do.
2. Don't cheat on them. It may seem foolproof, but girls tell each other everything about everything. Trust me, they WILL find out and you will be mud.
3. Never miss an opportunity to tell them they're beautiful.
4. Let them cry. They can't always handle you trying to fix them.
5. Don't refuse to kiss in front of your friends. If they laugh at you, it's because they're jealous.
6. If they slap you hard, you deserved it.
7. Don't be afraid to hug them if you want to. If they're going out with you in the first place, it's because they like being in your arms.
8. If you don't kiss them, do not tell your friends that you did.
9. If you DO kiss them, don't tell your friends that you did.
10. Not all of them eat like birds; a lot of them can eat like whales.
11. Most of them don't mind paying half of everything, but they do discuss these things with their friends. Realize that if you make your girlfriend pay half all the time, everyone will know about it and your friends will know you're cheap.
11.5. Do you honestly need all your money that much? Be a man, pay all the time!
12. Every girl should eventually get three things from her boyfriend- a stuffed animal, one of his sweatshirts, and a really pretty ring. Even if it's not a serious relationship.
13. Make sure she gets home safely as often as you can. If you're dropping her off, walk her to the door. If you aren't dropping her off, call to be sure she's home safely.
14. If a guy is bothering her, it is your right to kick him.
15. If you're talking to a female friend of yours, pull your girlfriend closer.
16. Never, ever slap her, even if it's just in a joking way. Even if she swats you first, and says, "Oh, you're so dumb" or something, never make any gestures back.
17. Go to a chick flick once in a while. She doesn't care whether you enjoy it or not, it just matters that you went.
18. You're dead meat if you can't get along with their pets, parents and best friends. Be prince charming to their friends, Mr. Polite to their parents, and make sure to be nice to their animals. 19. Don't flirt with their moms...that's just freaky.
20. Don't be freaked out by PMS. It's not gross, and it really does make them feel terrible, so be understanding.
21. If you don't like the way they drive, you do it.
22. If you're officially dating, and you're introducing her to your friends, you'd better introduce her as your girlfriend.
23. Don't stress where you go for every date. They really only want to be with you.
24. Girls are fragile. Even if you're play fighting be very gentle.
25. Memorize their birthdays. You forget her birthday and you're basically in trouble for life.
26. Don't marinade the cologne, but smell good.
27. Don't give her something stupid for her birthday or Christmas or Valentine's day. It doesn't have to be expensive, but it has to be meaningful. Jewelry is always nice.
28. If you think the relationship isn't going to last, don't wait to find out. It will only hurt you more if you draw it out.

Reception!

2006-02-08T07:47:00.000-08:00

Anyone got any creative ideas for a wedding reception site? No one wants to call us back here in Norman! The slackers....don't they know that we will refer to all of our soon to be married friends? They are sitting on a gold mine!

The best idea posted gets a special present from me (a real present...not something corny like 10 cool points.

Just a warning but...

2006-02-02T11:42:00.000-08:00

Whatever you do, DON'T CLICK ON THIS!!!

I am on Strike

2006-01-30T07:13:00.000-08:00

I am on Blog Strike for controversial reasons.

2006-01-27T06:51:00.000-08:00

Today's Post is in honor of a phenomenon I don't understand...that of icons.

Now, Back in "the Day" we used to have these tagged to our AIM names. It was always stressful for me. How do I pick one picture to represent me to all of the random folks out there I would talk to?

Nowadays I see these thingamajiggers everywhere..especially on high schooler's pages...which leads me to believe that they are the next wave of cool. Of course I saw them five minutes ago on high school pages so by the time my blog gets updated they have probably become a cheesy has-been. Oh well.

Most of these icons are pretty weird. Lots of models and stuff with pithy sayings attatched to them. I am also beginning to feel that the icons are responsible for the rise in profanity among high school students. I ran across one the other day on a good friend's sister's page and the language in her pretty icons literally melted my face. UGH!

Soooo. what do you guys think? If you read this and don't feel like commenting...at least put an icon on your page.

Later Taters