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Amanda Cruse


Last Updated: 12/8/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 24
Sign: Sagittarius

City: SPRINGDALE
State: Arkansas
Country: US
Signup Date: 1/18/2006

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December 8, 2009 - Tuesday 

 

This past week was an extremely hard week for me. On Nov. 30th my aunt passed away from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia that she was diagnosed with only a few months before. When I found out she had passed I was dumbfounded. I didn't know what to think, to do, how to react... But once it all set it... I began fighting some really big demons. Me and my aunt hadn't really spoken in over three years... by my choice. We had a family "falling out" and I just wouldn't let it go. Then out of nowhere, 2 months before she was diagnosed she randomly showed up at my parents house apologizing for everything... especially to me... and not once did I tell her that I forgave her... because I didn't. After she was diagnosed... I had no emotions toward it. They moved her to UAMS for her treament and all she wanted was for us to go see her.... to spend time with her. And because I just couldn't let go of something that happened so long ago, I didn't... and now it's haunting me and probably will for the rest of my life. Because I'll never have that chance to tell her that I'm sorry for being so cold hearted and stupid for holding onto something so petty and that I do forgive her.

The only reason I'm posting this is because I don't want this to happen to someone else. People do stupid things to each other. They say stupid hurtful things to each other. It's a part of life... and 90% of the time they don't really mean what they day or do. If they apologize.... accept their apologies and forgive them. It's ten times harder for someone to admit they were wrong and apologize than it is for you to forgive them. So just forgive them and apologize for any wrong-doing on your part. If you don't, it's going to haunt you for the rest of your life. 

I'm never going to have that second chance to tell her and it's going to follow me everywhere. 


 



November 21, 2009 - Saturday 
I finally have something to write about that doesn't involve me wallowing in all the bad and asking God "Why me?" I now know why. I was doing it to myself. I let it happen to me. I have a shitty job because of me. I'm alone because of me. I have no money because of me. It's all on me. Now that I've finally learned to take the blame for everything that has gone wrong in my life instead of blaming it on someone else, I can finally let it go and fix it which is exactly what I've been doing. I don't know if most of you know but I finally got up off my ass and went back to school. Best thing I ever did. I couldn't be happier. I love my school. I love the classes. I love the instructors. I love my classmates. I love everything about it. The only thing I hate is that I didn't do it sooner! I'm obtaining my Associates in Applied Science and will be receiving training to become a medical assistant. Much better than what I'm doing now. Best part- if I want, the credits transfer to NWACC. I've never felt better... I have energy. I have stamina. I have a reason to wake up every single morning. 

And what do ya know! I've officially survived this thing called life for 23 years, 11 months and 29 days... exactly. So that means I must be doing something right, Right? 

I did have to endure one of the BIGGEST tests of faith in my life. A few months ago, Meghan got really sick. Mom getting sick - I can handle (barely) and have had to endure already. Dad getting sick - I can handle (barely). My baby sister?? Not so much, mainly because she's so young and has everything in this world going for her. But they found a mass in her abdomen. Of course the worse possible explanation ran rampent thru everyone's minds... I've never prayed so hard in all my life and our prayers were answered. It was just a cyst. A really really big cyst. The only way to explain it is...well just imagine something as big as a milk jug spread throughout her abdomen. They did surgery and of course the loss of her ovary was likely. Once again, God answered our prayers. It wasn't even attached to her ovary... it was attached to her fallopian tube and they just scraped it off. She's healing wonderfully and is on her way to being a 15 year old teenager again! YES! Oh and I'm sure she's happy to be back to normal :) 

I also decided to try my hand at being an AVON sales lady. It's kinda fun! I've only gotten like 3 orders (one of them being mine) but that's ok. It's still fun! There's GREAT Christmas ideas in it lol! Lame I know. But you can't say I didn't try!

Well, I actually have to start diggin' up clothes to go to the movies with Meghan tonight. I promised her sisterly time just me and her and we're going to go see New Moon at 4 :) Hope everyone has a good night, week, month, year... lol however long it takes me to finally post again!
 
August 5, 2009 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  enlightened
HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Try everything twice. On Madam’s tombstone (of Waylon and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: "Tried everything twice... loved it both times!"

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. "An idle mind is the devil’s workshop." And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s!

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.... And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER

6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive!!

7. Surround yourself with what you love: Friends, family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. REMEMBER: Your home is your refuge!

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, seek help. YOU ARE WORTH IT!

9. Don’t take guilt trips! Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT where the guilt is!!

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at EVERY opportunity.

11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might NOT get a second chance. LOST TIME CAN NEVER BE FOUND! SO MAKE SURE YOU FIND TIME TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY!!

***Once again, DID NOT WRITE THIS!!! Found it on a myspace friend's blog... loved every word... Gained great knowledge from it and wanted to share it. Who knows? This might be exactly what some of you were lookin' for :) I know I was.
August 3, 2009 - Monday 
I was browsing anothing myspace friend's profile and found this in her blog. I don't know if these are her words or not but I wanted to make sure everyone knew that I didn't write it. Don't want to take credit for someone else's work....


When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
Don't try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.

Let them go.

And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.

You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.

Let them go!!

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains .....

LET IT GO!!!

If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth.....

LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents

LET IT GO!!!

If you have a bad attitude.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......

LET IT GO!!!

If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him......

LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves......

LET IT GO!!!

If you're feeling depressed and stressed ........

LET IT GO!!!

If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to......

LET IT GO!!!

Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2009!!!


LET IT GO!!!

Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then .

LET IT GO!!!
July 30, 2009 - Thursday 

Current mood:  bitchy
Ok! So it's official! Orlando is psychotic! I literally had to take this man's heart, throw it in a blender and just ravage it to get my point across!!! Now before you go judging me on this wait! I TRIED my DAMNEDEST to let this man go with the up-most respect and gentleness that I possibly could! I sat him down. I looked him in the eyes. I explained to him that I DO love him and that I always will and that I will always care about him. I explained WHY I was breaking it off. I explained that I couldn't stay with someone I couldn't get along with for more than 6 seconds! I explained that we were totally and completely uncompatible and neither one of us were going to be happy if we stayed together and that if I stayed, in the end, I would end up hurting him more than he was hurting right now. I explained to him that he deserves to be happy and he deserves a good woman who will be able and willing to give him everything I wasn't! I never raised my voice! I never BLAMED him for any of it! I gave him a kiss on the forehead. I made sure to get all my stuff out before he came home so he didn't have to watch me pack up my stuff because to me that's cruel. I had to sit there bawling my eyes out BY MYSELF and watch Travis and his friends pack up his shit and leave never to be seen or heard from again! And I WAS NOT going to do that to him and I didn't!

But apparently, I was too gentle because the point NEVER GOT ACROSS TO HIM! It finally took me raising my voice. It took me being the lowest cut-throat bitch I could possibly be to SOMEWHAT drive my point home... And it's STILL NOT WORKING! I unfortunately had to call him when I got the blood test results because he deserved to know... And I started out being as nice and delicate as I could.... By the end of the phone call nice and delicate ended up turning into total fucking (as much as I hate this word!!) cunt to get him to stop calling me!!!!!!!!!! To my relief I thought it was finally done and over with! Had peace and quiet for a whole month!

Well the peace and quiet came to an abrupt HALT. I was standing outside, enjoying my cigarette when I look to my left to see who was outside of Burger King, cause there was a lot of comotion going on... and BAM! There he is in all his glory!!!! So I'm trying to forget that he's there... hoping he's too busy catching up with all his buddies at Burger King... and there it is! That damn whistle that always makes me think of that stupid cartoon coyote - you know like in Roger Rabbit when Jessica Rabbit walks on stage??? YEA! That one! So I ignored it! Hoping he'd go away!!!! Nope! He gets his food from Burger King and sure enough look over my should and he's standing at my fucking counter! So I treated him like he was a regular customer and he left! Nother sigh of relief!... That was quickly cut short! Because there goes my phone! Ignore! Ignore! Ignore! Ignore! 10! Count 'em! 10 missed calls from him in 10 minutes!!! and 5 voicemails! AHHHHHHHHH!!! Deleted them! Called him back! Told him if he didn't stop calling me I was going to report him for harassment! Finally silence! That was until 8:30 last night! I'm trying to sleep... my phone goes off like 7 times! I called him back on my way to work! He wants to talk to me... Ok, if it'll get u to leave me alone then get to talking... Oh no no no! He wants to talk to me in person! (The part I left out is that I was threatened by his drunk ass quite a few times in those voicemails) HELL FUCKING NO and hung up the phone. THE NEXT THING I KNOW HE HAS SOME STUPID BITCH CALLING ME TELLING ME TO QUIT CALLING HER MAN! BITCH! I DIDN'T CALL YOUR MAN! HE CALLED ME! So I hung up on her... SHE CALLS ME 20 TIMES!!!! Leaves 3 threatening voicemails. So I called Orlando and told him that if he didn't get this stupid bitch to quit calling me... I was going to make sure that all the RIGHT people knew he was back in the United States! (DON'T ASK! NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN!) So now, it's just a waiting game. And as much as I hate it, his stupidity isn't just going to hurt himself... it's going to hurt some innocent people too. Hopefully he'll keep that in mind. But I'm not going to sit here and be threatened and stalked! Been there! Done that! Ain't gonna lay down and hope it goes away on it's own!!!!
Currently listening:
The Woman in Me
By Shania Twain
Release date: 1995-02-07
July 24, 2009 - Friday 
That's all I pretty much have to say is Blah Blah BLAH! Nothing old, nothing new, nothing borrowed from anyone else and nothing blue... What a life I live!!!!!!!!  Would someone like to trade me lives for a week????????
May 30, 2009 - Saturday 
An engineering professor is treating her husband, a loan officer, to dinner for finally giving in to her to shave off the scraggly beard he grew on vacation. His favorite restaurant is a casual place where they both feel comfortable in slacks and cotton/polyester-blend golf shirts. But, as always, she wears the gold and pearl pendant he gave her the day her divorce decree was final. They're laughing over their menus because they know he always ends up diving into a giant plate of ribs but she won't be talked into anything more fattening than shrimp.

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Well, wives are supposed to be 'submissive' to their husbands (I Peter 3:1).
And all women are forbidden to teach men (I Timothy 2:12),
wear gold or pearls (I Timothy 2:9)
or dress in clothing that 'pertains to a man' (Deuteronomy 22:5).
Shellfish and pork are definitely out (Leviticus 11:7, 10)
as are usury (Deuteronomy 23:19),
shaving (Leviticus 19:27)
and clothes of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19).
And since the Bible rarely recognizes divorce, they're committing adultery, which carries the rather harsh penalty of death by stoning (Deuteronomy 22:22).

So why are they having such a good time? Probably because they wouldn't think of worrying about rules that seem absurd, anachronistic or - at best - unrealistic. Yet this same modern-day couple could easily be among the millions of Americans who never hesitate to lean on the Bible to justify their own anti-gay attitudes.
April 20, 2009 - Monday 
I have promised one of my kittens to a girl that I work with and was really excited about him going to a new loving home.... until the word "declawed" left her mouth. I don't think anybody really understand what "declawing" a cat consists of. And I hope that once you read this article you will change your mind about declawing your precious kittens!!!!!!!!
 
Written by Veterinarian, Dr. Christianne Schelling

"If you are considering declawing your cat, please read this. It will only take a moment, and it will give you valuable information to help you in your decision.
First, you should know that declawing is pretty much an American thing, it's something people do for their own convenience without realizing what actually happens to their beloved cat. In England declawing is termed "inhumane" and "unnecessary mutilation." I agree. In many European countries it is illegal. I applaud their attitude.
Before you make the decision to declaw your cat, there are some important facts you should know. Declawing is not like a manicure. It is serious surgery. Your cat's claw is not a toenail. It is actually closely adhered to the bone. So closely adhered that to remove the claw, the last bone of your the cat's claw has to be removed. Declawing is actually an amputation of the last joint of your cat's "toes". When you envision that, it becomes clear why declawing is not a humane act. It is a painful surgery, with a painful recovery period. And remember that during the time of recuperation from the surgery your cat would still have to use its feet to walk, jump, and scratch in its litter box regardless of the pain it is experiencing. Wheelchairs and bedpans are not an option for a cat.
No cat lover would doubt that cats--whose senses are much keener than ours--suffer pain. They may, however, hide it better. Not only are they proud, they instinctively know that they are at risk when in a weakened position, and by nature will attempt to hide it. But make no mistake. This is not a surgery to be taken lightly.
Your cat's body is perfectly designed to give it the grace, agility and beauty that is unique to felines. Its claws are an important part of this design. Amputating the important part of their anatomy that contains the claws drastically alters the conformation of their feet. The cat is also deprived of its primary means of defense, leaving it prey to predators if it ever escapes to the outdoors.
I have also had people tell me that their cat's personality changed after being declawed. Although, the medical community does not recognize this as potential side effect."
So please think twice about doing it!!!
Also I really don't want to give this precious kitten to this girl because she wants to do that to him. I understand that it is her choice but in the same sense these are the kittens of MY cat and it's also my choice on whether or not her home is good enough for MY cat's kittens! So please!! If there is anyone looking for a new addition to the family and is interested in an adorable kitten and is completely UNWILLING to declaw them please let me know!!! Please!
April 12, 2009 - Sunday 
I don't know what to do anymore. I'm so confused. I love him very much but I don't think it's going to be enough this time. All we do is fight and the fights are getting scary. The yelling, screaming... pushing, slapping (on my end, not his). I just can't do it anymore. I'm in a VERY fragile state right now (physically, mentally, and emotionally) and I can't risk it. I want to be with him. But there's a BOLD line between wanting something and actually doing it. This is a relationship that I'm going to end up walking out on. I've already tried soooo many times but something about him just keeps reeling me in. And not even an hour later I'm stomping and slamming out of the door again. And so much damage has already been done that I don't think there's anyway it can be fixed.  But what if it can be fixed and I walk out too soon?? I just don't know.. When is enough really enough? You know, you'd think I'd be a pro at walking out on someone after watching it done to me so many times. I, sometimes, wish I could be that "bitch" who has no problem walking away and never looking back. You'd think I'd have a heart of stone by now. This is one of those times I wish I didn't have a heart at all....
God. If you're listening please help me. You've made it very clear that him and I are not meant to be together. So please help me let him go. Help me walk away before anymore damage is done. I don't have the strength to do it without you. I don't want to hurt anymore. I don't want to hurt him anymore... Please.
March 4, 2009 - Wednesday 
I don't think we always realize how high of a price we actually pay for some of the decisions we make and unfortunately Lord knows I've paid some pretty steep prices for some of the stupid decisions I've made in the past few months. I put my trust into someone that every synapse in my body was telling me not to. The price: a 6 year friendship. And everyday - I wish there was someway I could turn back time and say that one little word that would of spared me of ALL of this.... that small little word "No." but unfortunately decisions don't come with a return policy. So I'm stuck living with the consequence of my decision and regretting every second of it.