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Last Updated: 11/24/2009

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Status: Married
Age: 21
State: Texas
Signup Date: 1/8/2006

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October 31, 2008 - Friday 

Current mood:  adventurous
Category: Life

100. One of my favorite quotes is "The difference between success and wannabees is grabbing opportunity when it comes."

99. When I was a little girl, I tried to run away one early morning during a weekend. I might have been in kindergarten but I remember I went three houses down and sat on the curb because that was as far as I was allowed to go.

98. When I first met Deanna Grissom, I couldn't STAND her. I thought she was a bitch. When I HAD to spend time with her I LOVED her.

97. I love taking baths. I rarely ever take showers unless I am in a hurry.

96. I love decorating and being creative. I cannot wait to start scrapbooking or decorate my own home someday.

95. I love hats but I think I look dumb in them.

94. I will second-guess myself until I am blue in the face. I have always been like that.

93. I love going to Astros' games. I think that is my new favorite thing about summer.

92. I love beer. Miller Light is my favorite.

91. I think kind of old fashioned. I think women should take care of the house and men should take care of the family. I wasn't raised like that, I just believe that.

90. I think I am in love with love. I can watch The Notebook 100 times in a row or Becoming Jane or Pride and Predjudice. Something about love stories and romance and passion is beautiful to me.

89. I'm really weird about doing things in even numbers. The TV volume can't be on 13, it has to be at 14; I can't eat 3 M&M's at once, I can only eat 2 or 4.

88. I LOVE polka dots. I don't know why but they are fun and cute and energetic!

87. Most of my best friends didn't happen until AFTER high school. Some have been there the whole time but I think who's around now is the most important.

86. I'm scared La Porte is going to turn ghetto. I want my children to go to school there but only if it's safe.

85. I love rustic stuff - rustic jewelry, rustic decorations, rustic furniture.

84. I have always been more country than anything.

83. Any Will Farrell, Superbad, Knocked Up, Dane Cook, Accepted, Liar,Liar, Sweetest Thing, Hope Floats, or Dumb and Dumber line or joke can be applied to any real life situation or comeback.

82. I hate cell phones. I can't not have one because of how important they are but they are such a pain in the ass.

81. I LOVE the professional pictures Jeff and I took. Looking at them makes me SO happy.

80. I love that the people I love keep my secrets and trust me enough to keep their's.

79. College is a lot harder than I thought. I really thought I was going to be able to fly by like I did in high school and now I'm kicking my ass for it.

78. I don't care spending all day in bed. I could stay in bed all day during the winter in sweats and a tshirt and socks and watch movies and veg out.

77. I love Chinese Food. I hate that Jeff won't eat it.

76. I usually put others needs before myself. I have always been like that and I don't know if that's something I will change.

75. I can spell. I don't always use perfect grammar but spelling is one of my biggest pet peeves. How did you get through grade school without spelling correctly?

74. I love to go out dancing. I miss it sometimes. If I had more friends that liked going out or could drink legally I think I would go more often just so I could dance but lately it hasn't been fun for me.

73. I eat a lot. I don't eat much when I do eat and it gets me in trouble.

72. Cara Gray got me to LOVE pickled okra. I always have a jar in the fridge now.

71. My mom used to let my sister and I sneak sips of her alcoholic drinks and because of that I love bloody mary's and margarita's and mixed drinks like those.

70. One of my favorite vacations was the Cayman Islands when I was a little girl. I went with just my sister and my mom and we had SO much fun.

69. Pigs are my favorite animals. After raising them for FFA for so long I know how they think and I know how they act and I love them like someone loves dogs. I have no shame if that's weird.

68. I really don't like Facebook. I read a lot of stuff on Facebook about the actual site and how it came about and it freaks me out.

67. I don't like talking about politics, the election, my thoughts on tough subjects like abortion or anything to that effect because you're never going to make people happy with your comments so why make them. I do have an opinion about all and if you really care, we can talk about it but I don't just talk about those things freely.

66. For Christmas 2006, I bought Jeff a James Avery 66 charm. He loved it. He wore it for a LONG time but when we went off to college I took it from him because I needed him to be with me all the time and that was as close as it got. 66 still means a lot to him and to me. I still wear his necklace everyday.

65. My great grandmother Amy was one of my favorite people on earth. She was so wise and funny and quiet. Me and her always got along and were close. I miss her.

64. My dad is my hero. When I was in 8th grade my parents split up because my mom had an affair. My dad, along with both my aunts, his sister's, helped me through it. They were there to tell me what my mom did wasn't right and that's not what a marriage is supposed to be. They were the ones to tell me that a marriage isn't 50/50 it's 100/100 because both people need to give it their all. They were all there when my mom hurt me the most and my dad was the one to promise on his life he would never hurt me. To this day my dad went to just about every varsity football game, taught me to drive, told me to get involved, was there to help me and push me with every pig, let me cry on his shoulder when Jeff and I got into fights, helped my sister and me get ready for Homecomings and Proms and banquets, and to this day calls me every day, asks about my day and is there for me to vent and cry and laugh and be happy.

63. I am not a girly girl. I don't own very many shoes or purses but I'm getting to be a little more girly.

62. I spend too much money.

61. I cannot wait to grow up. If I could, I would fast forward college so I can go work hard, get married, and have a lot of children.

60. I love old movies. I LOVE Gone with the Wind and Casablanca and Breakfast at Tiffany's. They all are AMAZING to me.

59. I love inspiration words - love, dream, laugh, grow, dance, faith.

58. Jeff's family is really and truly my second family. I love all the babies and his siblings and his Mama. His mom has been there for me, his sister used to intimidate me but I love her, and his brother is the biggest goof ball. When you get all of them together, they are the most loving, caring family.

57. My favorite time of the year is Fall. When I was a freshman, I went to National FFA Convention in Kentucky and seeing how beautiful the foliage was that time of year was amazing. I'll never forget.

56. I have a really keene sense of smell. I can smell something and recognize it back to when I was a little kid. Smells make me think of people and places and times. I love clean smells, seasonal smells, I love the smell of lavendar, and my favorite smell has to be the Wal Mart candle Mulled Cider.

55. I don't claim I'm from The Woodlands. When I was little, I loved it there because I grew up there. Now I can't imagine how different my life would've been if I had stayed and gone through The Woodlands High School.

54. I'm really and truly scared of A LOT of things.

53. I love the water. I love tubing and boats and being ouside. I think in the summer people should do nothing but vacation LOL.

52. I always have to know what time it is. If I don't know what time it is I can have a panic attack. I don't know why.

51. No desire to go to New York. I like the south. If I go, I want to just see the sites and history and leave.

50. I love my car. I talk to my car when I drive LOL. Her name is Juanita.

49. Bathrooms freak me out. I am a germophobe, I don't like touching anything, and I just get freaked out if I'm in there alone.

48. I think Huntsville is beautiful. I love that I can see the stars.

47. I would rather quiet nights in or nights out with the friends just sitting around drinking beer. If I wanted to hear loud music and see drama I'd go to the bar.

46. I really don't watch much tv.

45. I love the weather. My uncle is a meterologist and I think he is one of the smartest individuals I know and I love that I can ask him about what the weather is going to do and he knows. He's SO smart.

44. My family has a ranch in Winchester, Texas and it is one of the most relaxing places in the world. I love going out there and fishing. I have a lot of good memories as a kid there.

43. I remember as a little girl having a family Easter party at North Shore Park in The Woodlands and loving having me entire family there.

42. I think girls should always try to be classy. I don't understand why girls have no respect for themselves. What do you have to gain by the bad choices you make?

41. I LOVE pictures. They cover my walls.

40. When Jeff and I started dating I didn't think I deserved someone like him and that he was better than me.

39. When I was a junior in high school, I had a really wild year. I spent a lot of the year drinking and not caring. I went to school to have fun and on the weekends I would drink.

38. I don't regret anything and don't believe in regrets. To say you regret something means you didn't learn from it.

37. I want a lot of children. I've always been the nurturing type and as a kid I always played house and with barbie's and had babies. I love kids and I think I will make a good mom someday! I know what I would different than my mom and I can't wait. Well... I can!

36. I pray all the time.

35. I've kind of never seen snow. I saw some on a mountain in Wyoming but it was too far away, I saw some in Tennessee but it was melting and in only one small spot, and when it snowed here the Christmas of my Sophomore year. Technically, I've never seen snow covering the ground. I want to make a snow angel.

34. I love to read. I have to be in a mood to actually start a book but when I get into it, I get really into it.

33. I don't like scary movies. I really do get scared. I'm such a visual person that when I see a realistic killing or monster or scary stuff, I will really get it stuck in my head.

32. I've ridden an elephant. When I was little my grandparents would take my sister and I to Mardi Gras Galveston and Dickens on the Strand. I rode the elephant on Dickens on the Strand.

31. I don't know how to handle death. I know everyone handles it different but, again, because I'm so visual knowing someone has passed is different than the actual funeral. I don't usually cry until I go to funerals.

30. My roommate was my hero when I was in eighth grade. I desperately wanted to be like her LOL.

29. I don't like talking about my feelings because I believe I think differently than most people.

28. This sounds really stupid but I think people look so cute with sunburns and I think the prettiest or most handsome anyone looks is right when they get out of the shower.

27. I don't eat beans. When I was in daycare, the daycare used to make us finish our plates and I remember sitting there what felt like hours after everyone else because I would not eat my beans. I think it's a texture thing.

26. My family is going through some really strange "I'm not talking to you" time and I really don't understand what is going on. I hate that my family is so divided right now. The holidays are just not the same when no one is talking.

25. I hate the fact that I cannot cook. I can cook really simple things but I am not a good cook. It really bothers me because I want to be a good wife. I want to take some cooking classes.

24. 24 was Jeff's baseball number. Jeff is my world. When we started dating he was my best friend. The longer we were friends the more I started to fall for him. I love the story of how we got together; thinking about it always gives me goose bumps. I cannot wait to see what our future looks like!

23. Cassie Dunkin is one of my hero's. I don't know what I would do without her. We didn't even become friends until after high school but what little time me and her have been close has meant so much. She is always there for me to vent to, she tells me what's up, and she is one of the strongest individuals I have ever met. True story: when I heard Cassie was the person dying in Shattered Dreams, I didn't think anything of it. When I heard her testimonial, watched the video, and went to her "funeral", I wanted to get to know her!

22. I cannot go a day without caffeine. Without it, I have the worst caffeine headaches.

21. La Porte, Texas is my hometown. I want to live there for the rest of my life. I don't understand why people hate it so much. For me, I was raised in The Woodlands but didn't grow up until I lived in La Porte. I want my children to go to school there, I want my house to go there, I want to be around my best friends there forever, I want to retire in Lomax, I want to watch it grow and change and prosper. I love that town.

20. I love Jeff's boys. His boys are mine. I feel like I have to look after them and take care of them. They all look out for me and love Jeff and I can't imagine not having them!

19. I miss San Angelo sometimes. I miss the times I had with the friends I made, I miss Durinda, I wish I had gotten to know Whitney better faster, and I miss the good times I had with Katie. I miss playing flag football, I miss Graham's, and I hate that everything changed.

18. I think girls should get flowers for absolutely no reason. The little things mean more to me than anything. I would rather a text message letting me know you're thinking about me than some big ellaborate present or being ignored.

17. I could really and truly care less about myspace. I get on everyday, I do survey's, and I keep up with friends but if tomorrow they let me know it was shutting down I would find something else to pass the time.

16. My biggest pet peeve is when guys don't hold the door open for women. I don't care whether or not it looks stupid, if you're being left, or if you have a broken arm; any female that walks through a door should have it opened by an available male. I don't understand what happened to chivalry.

15. I really do like to clean. I clean often. There are times when I don't care about a dish in the sink or the blanket not folded but for the most part, I have to keep my space clean.

14. When I was a little girl I was chunky. I'll be honest. I was made fun of and I was always the biggest of my friends. I hated it but as I got older I got smaller. True story: I was taller than most in elementary and intermediate. It wasn't until about 6th or 7th grade that people started getting a lot taller than me.

13. I own a lot of orange clothes.

12. I have always wanted my own horse. When my dad was my age he owned horses and rode and I want to SO bad.

11. My daddy taught me how to put a ceiling fan up all by myself. I try to be mechanical as much as possible and I don't like asking for help when it comes to tools unless I am in need. I like tools.

10. Have you ever looked in a picture and seen a stranger and thought about how many people have pictures of you and you're the stranger?

9. I for some reason cannot sleep late anymore. I wake up on my own SO early now.

8. I really do not like fake people. If I don't like you, I can be civil but don't expect me to pretend to be your best friend. If you don't like me, don't worry; won't bother me.

7. One thing I think I miss the most about high school is musical. The best time I had in musical was sophomore year, My Fair Lady.

6. When I'm falling asleep, I cannot handle noise. I like to think and I like to pray and noise, even the littlest noise, annoys me!

5. When I was a junior, I almost went out for Miss Sylvan Beach... BAHAHA. Seriously. Can you imagine me in Miss Sylvan Beach? I would have been laughed off stage.

4. In junior high, I almost tried out for the dance team but I had a lot of leg problems since I broke my leg the year before.

3. My parents used to joke that I was the wild child. I had stitches about 4 times, broke my leg, and was a tom boy!

2. Blue jeans were the best thing ever created. I think a girl is prettiest in a cute pair of jeans.

1. I always thought when I was a little kid I was going to be famous someday. I banked on it and now I can't imagine my life being any different.

 

February 3, 2008 - Sunday 

Current mood:  satisfied

drive across the country & visit every state.
go skinny dipping with the person i love.
wear an outfit that costs more than i make.
go to vegas & gamble.
get married but only once.
have the perfect marriage ceremony (in my eyes).
have babies.
have a star named after me.
name a star after all my kids.
take my kids to the planetarium when they are young.
become an avid star-gazer.
go skiing in the mountains.
go snorkeling in the caribbean.
take my family to wyoming to my grandparents place.

spend a weekend reading tons of books.
take my kids to the greek festival.
buy a fixer upper house & complete renovate it.

have a vacation house in a warm climate.
go on a cruise.
go on a cruise to alaska.
meet a famous celebrity.
vacation to greece.
vacation to hawaii.
roadtrip with friends.
take photography classes.
get a tattoo.
plan & throw a good friend a HUGE suprise party.
for a year, have a party for any occasion; new years, superbowl, fourth of july, etc.
build up a perfect credit.
make straight a's in school.
have a HUGE easter celebration with my family & my significant other's
family for a few consecutive years.

remodel my house after my last child goes off to college.
buy my own house.
take an art class.
design & do my own piece of art to display in my house.
take way too many pictures.
spend a whole rainy weekend in bed.
karaoke night with friends.
become more tech savvy.
audition to be a news anchor just for fun.
get drunk & make way too many memories often.
become my ideal weight.
become more social.
make lasting friends.
build my kids a fort in the backyard.
have a farm or farm animals; i want horses & pigs.
cry over something i am completely happy about & something that breaks my heart.
honeymoon somewhere beautiful
go mudding!
own a truck.
not struggle to make ends meet & live decent.
be somebody's hero.
drive until i run out gas and stay there for a few days.
visit small towns in texas.
become a stronger christian.
drive a race car.
take forensic science classes.
pick a hobby & stick with it.
tell the person i love everyday how proud i am of them.
make sure my kids know everyday that their mom loves them more than anything.
have a marriage that lasts forever & live in the same home my kids grew up in until i have to be moved to a nursing home LOL
make sure my dad knows he's my hero.
punch someone i don't like in the face.
when married have sex everynight for a year straight [like the couple on oprah!]-- sorry family & mom's that read this LOL.
join the houston rodeo committee.
go to jail for something i laugh about later (drunken night, bar fight; anything that i would laugh about)
go through a haunted house.
overcome a huge fear.
camp for a week.
make snow angels.
be real involved with my kids extra-curricular activities.
save money for my children's college's.
fight & be real mad with the person i love just to laugh at it later.
make my dad proud.
tell my mom how i really feel.
have a complete makeover.
talk on the phone for hours.
go to disneyland & disney world.
go to legoland.
go to a superbowl.
have season tickets to the astros.
walk a breast cancer walk-a-thon.
donate a lot of money to a cancer cause.
make a huge scrapbook of something & enter it in a contest.
become a certified bartender.
go fishing & spend the night on the pier.
own a boat.
spend a week at a lakehouse during a summer.
drink so much i don't remember my 21st birthday.
take really stupid drunk pictures.
take every holiday very serious & show my kids the importance of christmas & easter & family.
teach my kids important values.
learn a valuable lesson about life & love.


that's all i can think of for now... i might add more someday... & hopefully i'll start marking things off...

love
amanda

 

 

 

Currently listening:
In a Different Light
By Doug Stone
Release date: 29 March, 2005
June 27, 2006 - Tuesday 

Current mood:  happy

Love is always patient and kind, It is never jealousLove is never boastful nor conceited, It is never rude or selfish, It does not take offense, It is not resentful, Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth, It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.

I LOVE THIS VERSE! IT MAKES ME HAPPY! NOT ONLY DOES GOD LOVE US LIKE THIS BUT PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP SHOULD BE LIKE THIS ON A DAILY BASIS!