laughter

I was going to sleep-in really late today, but Max would not leave me alone! I guess it's my fault for letting him sleep with me, but he kept licking my face and clawing at my arm. So I'm mad at him for a while. This was such a fun weekend. Chloe came to visit for the weekend. I think that I laugh more with Chloe than with anyone else. We find the same things hilarious and when we get to laughing it takes us a while to stop. When I laugh with her I always end up crying because I'm laughing so hard. Andrew and Matthew find it a little annoying to be with the two of us, and I think it's because we're so much a like!! (Too much of a good thing I guess! ;) Anyway, we met Valerie for dinner that night. Then we watched The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants which is about the cutest movie I've ever seen! On Saturday we went shopping and layed out for a while (and I didn't spend all the money I had budgeted!! I am so proud of myself! So I'm going shopping today and I'll probably spend the rest:). Then Saturday night Chloe and I picked up Matthew and we met Kiley and his friends at Billy Bob's. I've never been there before but it was HUGE and so much fun!! Chris Cagle was performing so that made it even better. It's been ages since I've seen Kiley so it was fun catching up. Sunday we all went to church at Prestoncrest. I had never been there and I think I'll try it again. Then we had an old-fashioned game night. We used to do this all the time in high school and in college when we were all in town. We played some really fun games and had lots of good laughs. Sometimes I get sad because I don't have lots of good friends around here, but fun times like these make up for it. I have a really relaxing week ahead. I'm working a couple of days and I'm getting Max fixed. (then he'll be mad at me!!!) I'm going to try and get some school stuff done because the first day of school is really creeping up!! Enjoy your week!!

good job Rangers!!

This was another great weekend. I could really get used to this no-working lifestyle! I don't have to care about what I have to do on Monday!! On Friday night I went out to eat with my grandma and aunt. We had a great time eating and shopping at Goodwill and Central Market. We went to Goodwill on a whim, where I found a little kid's rocking chair (which I sanded and re-finished yesterday for my classroom!!!), a filing cabinet, and some other chairs for kids. Yay!! Last night I went to my fifth Ranger's game of the season. This is more baseball games than I've watched in my LIFE and I'm LOVING it!! It doesn't hurt that they did really well last night and beat the other team BIG TIME!!! (I can't remember who the other team was, though!!:) Oh, and Ven Diesel was there! This morning I went to church with Matthew. He's been to church with me several times, so he had asked if I wanted to go with him today. Church was very interesting, and not in a bad way at all. I've always known that Matthew and I are very similar in our beliefs, even though we grew up in completely different kinds of churches (he a Catholic church, me a Church of Christ). Although the worship service was different than what I am used to, they do basically the same things that we do (sing, pray, read scripture, take communion) and that was encouraging. Of course Matthew and I still have spritual things to work through, but it was good to see what kind of church he grew up in. I have faith that God will work within us, and that the outcome will be just what He wants for us. That's all for now! I have a conference at 8:00 in the morning so I better get to bed pretty soon!!! Enjoy your week!

it's the most wonderful time of the year

I love Christmas!!! I know you probably want to punch me right now and say "Amy, it's only JULY!!" I'm sorry, but I can't help but get excited! This weekend was our "Ornament Premiere" weekend at Hallmark (where I'm working this summer). That means that we got some of our Christmas ornaments in, we were serving Christmas cookies, we got to wear red and green, AND we are playing Christmas music all week in the store!! If you know me very well, then you know that I am pretty much obsessed with Christmas and everything about it. My brother even told me once that I get so excited about Christmas that it sucks the excitement from everyone else. (Don't worry, he apologized for that comment about two years later!!) Anyway, I was very happy to have a little Christmas in July this weekend. I also went to see Harry Potter and License to Wed this weekend. I'm not a huge Harry fan, but I did enjoy the movie. License to Wed was really cute, plus it had like 5 people from The Office in it!! This morning I decided that the church I've been going to is not right for me. I guess I'll go back to visiting around. Enjoy your week!

a year from now

I took Max for a nice walk tonight. I haven't done this in a very long time because of the rain! I don't want him to get wet because he starts to stink really bad after he's been in the rain. When he stinks I feel like everything in my apartment is tainted with the smell and I can't stand it!! So, since it was a clear night we ventured out to the path outside of the apartment. As we were walking, I started to reflect a little on my life. One year ago, I knew that I had a teaching job, but that was about it. I don't think I had found my apartment yet, I hadn't gotten to know the other teachers on my team, I hadn't gone to church anywhere...so I really didn't know what kind of experiences the upcoming year would bring. In some waysI am pleased with how my life has turned out in a year, and in others I'm really not. I'm very blessed to live in my apartment. Although it is a little expensive and eats up most of my paycheck, I feel safe every night and I've met some really sweet people here. I'm also happy with the relationships I have built so far. I have a really great 2nd grade team at school. They are so supportive and fun! I'm also so thankful that I met Matthew. I honestly do not know where I'd be without him! The one thing I am disappointed in is that I have not found a church to settle down in yet. I had such a wonderful support system at my church in Abilene and it is kind of a shock to go from that to absolutely nothing. I have really realized this year that I need Christian people around me to keep me on track. I wonder where I will be one year from now. Will I still be living in my cute little apartment? Will I have made some new friends at school? Where will Matthew and I be in our relationship? Will I be settled in a church? I hope and pray that I will only be stronger and wiser in one year.

Time to Start

I decided that I needed to start blogging so that I can keep up with my life. I feel like the days pass me by and I don't have a record of the funny and interesting things that happen! I don't journal very well, so I'm hoping I can keep up with this.