I am......

I am a peace-maker. I am one not to speak my mind just to keep the peace. I am one that tries to avoid confrontation as much as possible. I am one that cares way too much about what people think about me. I am one not to stand my ground. I am one that gets pushed around. I am one that bottles everything up inside and let's it just eat away at my insides instead of letting it out.

I have a very hot, short temper and when it goes off, people take me the wrong way. So because of fear of being "unliked" or "talked about", I bottle it all up and avoid all confrontations. I give in to a lot of things just to keep that peace. I avoid telling everyone everything about a situation just to keep that peace. This isn't a good thing to do!

I have learned several important lessons:


1) Words can be misread

2) Your writing and feelings may not come across the same way as hoped.

3) You have "friends" that are waiting and watching to stir up trouble.

4) Facebook can be evil

5) Don't always avoid confrontation. Sometimes it is needed!

6) Don't always give in.

7) Don't let yourself get walked all over. Speak up!

8) If they are true friends, they will listen, take note and forgive you!

9) Do what you feel is right.

10) You only have to answer for yourself.

Crazy Eights

My friend, Kim, had posted this fun little game on her blog. I decided that I wanted to play along. It's called "Crazy Eights." Basically, you put 8 answers down to the questions that follow. Hope you play along....It seems fun!

8 TV Shows that I watch:
1. One Tree Hill
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Army Wives
4. Law and Order: SVU
5. King of Queens
6. Everybody Loves Raymond
7. The Middle
8. Extreme Home Makeover


8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Mr. Gatti's
2. Olive Garden
3. Chick-fil-a
4. Slice of Life (Wilmington)
5. O'Charley's
6. The Bleu
7. Joe's Crabshack
8. Sticky Fingers


8 Things I look forward too:
1. Wilmington Vacation
2. Retirement
3. Disney World
4. Nights at home with my boys
5. Heaven
6. Having a baby (Lord willing)
7. Watching Logan and my nieces grow up
8. Growing old with Kyle


8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Went to church
2. Helped in Sunday School
3. Ate lunch with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and niece
4. Took a long nap
5. Visited my parents
6. Ate soup and a grilled cheese sandwich
7. Laughed
8. Facebooked


8 Things I like about Winter:
1. My birthday
2. Christmas time
3. Warm blankets
4. My logs
5. Flannel sheets (even though Kyle says NO)
6. More Starbuck's trips
7. My homemade Chili
8. Sweaters


8 Things I am Passionate about:
1. Jesus
2. Logan
3. Kyle
4. My family
5. Doing what is right
6. My testimony
7. My friends
8. My legacy


8 Words/Phrases I use often:
1. Whatever
2. Seriously?!?
3. This is Amanda, How can I help you?
4. Really?!?
5. Shut up!!
6. OH MY GOODNESS
7. I love you to the moon and back 1000 times
8. STOP SHAKING YOUR LEG!!!


8 Things I've learned from my past:
1. God makes NO mistakes
2. Summer camp really will change your life forever and it will give you friends for a lifetime!
3. My mother really did know what she was talking about!
4. That old speech that you always received before getting a spanking and you swore you would never say that to your children....You really will say it!
5. I never knew love until I had Logan.
6. I never knew pain/heartache until I lost a baby!
7. God does hear our lonely cries and He will answer them the way He sees fit.
8. Giving blood is a life-changing experience!! (I gave blood and passed out...was picked on at work and because of all of that....Kyle wanted to meet me!!)


8 Places I want to visit or see:
1. Poland (again)
2. Czech Republic (again)
3. Germany
4. Ireland
5. New York...The Statue of Liberty
6. Prince Edward Island
7. Alaska
8. Mall of America


8 Things I need or want:
1. A baby
2. A Honda Civic (get rid of my van)
3. A laptop
4. A massage
5. To be worry-free
6. To go on a cruise
7. A new puppy
8. A raise!!!


~This was so much fun!! Hope you enjoyed and hope to read your answers too!

PJ's, Pizza, Games and Crazy Girls!

My Sunday School class started a monthly activity for the "Diva's". Tonight the party is at my house and the theme is PJ, Pizza and Games!! The diva's are required to have their pj's on or they are not entering the party!

I am so excited...for many reasons but the main one is because I LOVE to play games! Also, over the past several months we have gotten new couples in our Sunday School class and I am looking so forward to getting to know some of them better! I have about 13 people signed up so I know this is going to be a blast!! They all better wear their pj's!!

Special Thanks to my babysitter's

This has been a busy week so far. Mom and Dad are on vacation so that means we had to find a babysitter each day for Logan. Lucky, for us we both had Monday off, so I actually only needed someone for 4 days. I hate asking people to set aside their daily routine or summer routine to help me out. I feel like a burden but I am very blessed to have willing people.

For the past several years when they go on vacation, my good friend Heather has kept Logan at least one day. Logan has so much fun with Eli and according to Heather, they play so well together. So Logan had requested that Mrs. Heather keep him again. I know that she is willing and I truly appreciate that but Heather has 3 little ones of her own so I hate adding 1 more to that total. But I called and asked anyways...And of course, the answer was yes!! So Tuesday morning, Logan packed up his baseball stuff and we headed to Heather's. Eli was excited because he wanted Logan to teach him some new soccer tricks and Logan was just excited to play with Eli. Logan spent the whole day over there. Heather said they played outside most of the day. Logan was so tired when we got home that he fell asleep very early. He had such a great day with the Burnette's...Heather, I want to give you a BIG THANK YOU for keeping my boy!!

Wednesday was my sister's turn to keep her sweet nephew :). Logan always enjoys staying with Aunt Christy and he loves playing with the girls. Logan has really gotten into baseball (thanks to Emma) so he was excited to take his glove and bat over there for the day. They played outside, played with Play-dough, watched TV and then my sister took them to the pool!! Logan really enjoyed himself with Aunt Christy! I am so blessed to have so many willing people! THANK YOU CHRISTY for keeping him!!!

Today the babysitter is Kyle! So I am sure there is a lot of fun things going on at home today!! Tomorrow will be Aunt Christy's day again!! YAY!! Logan is enjoying this week and I am just blessed to have wonderful friends!

Amazing Weekend

FRIDAY:

Friday was Logan's last day of school. He has been counting down the days for a while now. He was so ready to get out of school! He sure is going to Miss Nease but he was ready for a break! Friday was his Award's Day and Kyle and I both had decided to take the whole day off. Friday started out great because Kyle let me sleep in as he took Logan to school. I am very proud of Logan's grades this year. He did wonderful...He loved each class this year. He didn't get A/B Honor Roll because his grades kept jumping around when it came to Writing...He did wonderful in everything else. And, he did receive 3 trophies for Soccer this year. He was awarded MVP for the Light Blue Jets and 2 championship trophies for Blue Jets and Red Rockets. ~Logan, we are very proud of you!! You have accomplished alot this year and you have made us very proud!~

SATURDAY:

Saturday, was a "surprise day" for Kyle and Logan. They had no idea what I had planned. They knew I was taking them somewhere that they had never heard of and I was pretty sure we didn't know anyone that has been there. This had them stumped :)! I took them to Tiger World. It's in Rockwell, NC and it was really neat. Logan loves stuff like this. They had Tigers, Lions, White Tigers, Black Bears, Monkeys, Peacocks, Snakes, Ligers, Timber Wolves, Panthers...etc! It was an amazing place! I believe that it is just getting started because they were fixing it up, so if you go, don't go thinking it is going to look like the zoo because it will be a let-down for you, but I would suggest going. Logan loved that the one of the Monkeys copied everything that he would do. He has a very funny story to tell too...So you will have to ask him about "his mom's new boyfriend!"...he loves telling the story!

Tiger World was only about 20 mins from Concord Mills so I had planned to take them next to Nascar Speed Park. Logan has never gotten to drive a Go Kart himself, so I was very happy that he was tall enough this time. Logan cracked me up driving those cars...He is NOT ready to drive a real car!! He kept cutting people off and making them wreck...Afterwards, he said "Dad, it was a race and I did drive like a Nascar driver so that's why I won!" Logan did beat his dad!! That made his day!!

We then just came home and spent the rest of the day together!!

MONDAY:

Kyle and I had this day off as well for Memorial Day. We had decided together that it was going to be a lazy day! Lazy Day was supposed to consist of playing outside, riding bikes, playing in the sprinkler...etc, but instead it RAINED! What a bummer to see the beautiful weekend end with rain, but we were able to spend it together and we still had a wonderful time!! We did finish the night with milkshakes from Kernel Kustards and a little Wii baseball!

God has truly blessed me with a wonderful family who enjoys each other!!

And then came Old Age

My loving and dear family members like to say..."There is always something wrong with Amanda! If it is going to happen, it's going to happen to her!" So, here lately I try not to complain about anything...I don't care if I would cut my leg off...I WILL NOT COMPLAIN!

This past week my wrist had really been bothering me. Every time I moved it, I would get a sharp, shooting pain through my hand/arm. I still didn't complain. Friday, was Logan's award's day at school and Kyle and I both had decided to take the day off. My arm had been really swollen that morning and I just mentioned to Kyle about it. After the award's, Logan had picked to eat at Texas Roadhouse. By this time, my wrist was really swollen and it looked rather bruised. During lunch, I couldn't even cut my steak. Kyle finally said, "We are going to Prime Care!"

So, off to to Prime Care we went....Only to find out...I am getting OLD! Actually they told me that I was suffering from Tendinitis. They told me that I needed to wear a splint for 3 weeks and try not to use my hand alot. I don't think he realized that I am right-handed and that my job requires me to type for 8hrs!! (Not to mention, I love to text) Anyways, I have been trying to follow the rules but it has been rather hard. Today, has been really hard...Trying to type with 1 hand and write with my left hand! Let's just say, I am glad Miss Nease isn't grading me on my writing :).

I am really not liking the start to Old Age!!

The Things I Love...

My friend, Jessica, had done this on her blog. It looked rather fun so I thought I would play along!! It's called "Show Us Your Life"...you are supposed to list things that make you happy/or that you love! So here is my list, in random order of course:

1. My family time at home with just my guys!
2. Soccer
3. The River Walk in Downtown Wilmington
4. I love to sing...even though I can't carry a tune :)
5. Grocery Shop
6. DISNEY WORLD
7. Shoes...Pocketbooks....BIG rings...Jewelry
8. Duke Blue Devils
9. Arby's
10. Texting
11. Scary, Scary Movies
12. Bubble Baths
13. David Beckham :)
14. Dragonflies
15. Jumping on the trampoline with Logan
16. The color Purple
17. Pizza
18. Saved By The Bell
19. Nap time...my favorite time
20. Tanning
21. Board Games
22. King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond
23. Starbucks
24. Elliot Stabler on Law and Order SVU
25. Pedicures