What is your best habit? probably that I like to read.

What is your worst habit? Not managing my time well.

What is the most unique item in your wallet?  A  hunting license

What is your happy song? Right now: Yours to Hold by Skillet

What is your sad song? Yesterday - Switchfoot

What is your happy movie?  Singin'  in the Rain

What is your sad movie? Phantom of the Opera

What is your happy book?  The Practice of the  Presence of God  by Brother Lawrence

What is your sad book? The Picture of Dorian Gray

What word do you love? antikierkegardianism :)

What word do you hate? ....*thinkg* I think goodbye...yep, I'll keep that one Josh.

What sound do you love? harmony, wind, moving water, music :)

What sound do you hate? Chaos, fingernails on chalkboards... the beep on my cell phone when I lose signal.

What smell do you love? baking bread, the air after it rains,  freshly cut grass...babies :) - just after they have baths that is lol.

What smell do you hate? Popcorn in a car when it's really hot and I feel carsick.

If you could go anywhere, where would you go? *just grins* (<keeping that one to because it was probably the same grin) <-- keeping that one too cause knowing Josh, it would probably be similar :)

Where would you not go? Las Vegas

What is the greatest compliment you have ever received?... idk exactly.

What is the greatest insult you have ever received? lol idk, I usually don't get offended like that

What would you do if you could not fail? Know how to love - God & people perfectly

Are you a morning or night person? I'm not a morning person....for sure, so I'm thinking more night

Would you rather dress casual or formal? causal

How often are you caught singing in the shower? caught?....hmm, I'm not often caught, but I do sing now and then.

What famous person are you told you look like? nobody famous, but I've been mistaken for 3 or so other ppl before

If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree at one store what store would you go to and how long would it take you to spend the money? Ebay! <--- that's good,  so I'm keeping it...but I think I'd want more like 30 days.

How many days does it take you to change your calendar to the correct month? If I had a calender I might be able to tell you

What makes you most secure? Close friends...<---keeping Josh's

What makes you most insecure? not knowing what to do

What sound encapsulates violence? thuds, groans...idk, I don't think about it much

What sound encapsulates beauty? harmony - of notes, or voices

Have you ever drank milk/juice/etc. straight from the carton? Yes

How is the last person you held hands with? Probably Gracie

How is the last person you hugged? My Dad I think

How is the last person you kissed? My Dad

What song are you listening to? Lullaby by Josh Groban

What movie did you last watch? Calamity Jane

What TV show did you last watch? American Idol

What book did you last read? Eye of the Oracle...I can't remember the Author

What is the longest fight you’ve had with a friend? you'd have to define "fight"

Are you afraid of the dark? not unless I feel alone

Who can you always turn to? God

What do you want for Christmas? probably music

Have you ever flown a kite? yes :).. mostly with it attatched to the fishing line of a fishing pole

Have you ever been fishing? yes

Have you ever been camping? once....and it was, well maybe someday my idea of camping will be redeemed lol.

How many people are on the contacts list of your cell phone? 60 some I think.

How many CDs do you own? I have no idea

How many books do you own? I don't know.... a few hundred I'm thinking? - it depends how many my parents will let me "steal" when I leave home :)

How many DVDs do you own? our family probably has about 25-30?

Have you ever asked for a horse? I think so

What’s your middle name? Lee

When was the last time you told someone you loved them? Today

Have you ever been sent to the principle’s office? No

Have you ever eaten dog food? ....well now that you bring it up *cough*

What do you always bring with you? cell phone, wallet...keys if I'm driving

Do you have any scars? Yep

hey Everyone :)

How's it been going? I know I haven't been on here in ages, and chances are that I won't be again for awhile - sadly this is just how life seems to be going ( sad in respect to xangaing....cause of course life is not sad, it's just where God has me right now) for awhile lol.

Life is just whizzing (sp) by so fast..wow. A friend at church who is part of the yearbook committee for our homeschool group asked me last week about Sr. pictures and I was like.....huh? Ohhhh that's right. I'm graduating this year - very odd thing to think about.

Recently - I've been fascinated with the concept of Justification :) and love hearing songs that talk about our sins being covered and God being satisfied because of Jesus' work on the cross...love it love it! - It also prolly has something to do with reading a commentary on Galatians by Martin Luther

- I had my 1st debate round of the year...it was pretty funny considering I wasn't supposed to be debating in the first place, but the guy who was supposed to debate was sick. I went neg...neither of us really had evidence, but we had fun debating the ideas and trying to support examples - which is hard when you're dealing with the facts of foreign policy.

I've gotten to swing dance a little lately and have been obsessed with looking at the stars from our barn roof and going to bed early ( yeah I know, how weird is that?)....Jenna and I went to visit Hayley up at Southeastern this past week-end and had a blast.

So there is a little update if anyone was interested. I love you all, even though I might not get back to commenting on your site. God Bless - Love in Christ, Amy

man knows not his time...

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Yep, so this is the first thing that Luke came in and told me this morning....he has a habit of making sure I am aware of cheery things like that so I don't begin my day ignorant of what's going on in the world.  It's just as Robin and I keep saying "really sad" and not something that you would have expected to happen partly because of his age, partly because of what he does and also because of the way he died...it almost sounds like something from a movie - he was pierced in the heart by a stingray barb.....which is just very uncommon.

But what is even more sad to think about is where he is now.  I don't suppose any of us can really know... he was an evolutionist, but beyond that I really don't know. It's just a very real reminder that not only the people we see on the street every day, but worldwide personalities as  well.

The first time our family watched The Crocodile Hunter was when we were on vacation in the keys and Mom kept getting on our case to turn off the TV, but Dad and the rest of us just kept watching that "crazy" Austrailian guy.

So other than being depressed about that, I'm working on cutting interps, but I'm still really sad.

Hey everyone!

No, I'm not dead, I haven't been kidnapped by aliens and sadly *sigh* I haven't wandered into Narnia.

I've pretty much decided that I don't have much time this year - this I'm sure isn't new to most of you in your own lives - so I'm pretty much doing speech and debate along with school.

I've also really been trying to manage my time more wisely - which is probably a lot of the reason that I haven't been on here a whole lot lately. And it's been really good. I'll try to get on here again sometime this week and make a longer post. I've really liked this song lately...on several levels. It just reminds you - especially in relationships that you can only do as much as you can do, then you have to leave it up to God, because He ultimately is the only one who can save.

How To Save a Life - The Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life
How to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

                                 God Bless - Amy