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Name: Amy
State: Illinois
Metro: Wheaton
Birthday: 12/5/1985
Interests: God-school, God-camp, journaling, photography, procrastinating, talking, collecting soundtracks, crossword puzzles, Starbucks with Luce, cloudy days, making lists, organizing, childlike expressions, dark chocolate, crafts, coffee
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
10/22/2004
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| i always say i'm going to read more (especially over the summers). now that school is gone, i've had time to read my birthday gift from my brother - haha. he got me a series i LOVED when i was in grade school: the Enchanted Forest series, ex. Calling on Dragons is the first of four, about Princess (later Queen) Cimorene and Kazul the dragon and Morwen the witch and Telemain the magician (who is NOT a wizard, they are the bad guys). i think this is where i began to love "C" names - from the awesome princess who unites the books. she's not an ordinary "silly" princess who enjoys learning etiquette and embroidery only, she's odd cuz she wants to learn Latin and fencing and do things herself instead of having equally-silly pompous princes. anyway so she does to do cleaning for a dragon and learns to melt mischievous wizards and fire-proof herself. it's awesome. i had forgotten most of the story details (and the entire plot of the last 2 books) but as soon as i read them all the imagery from my first read-through so many years ago flooded my head exactly as they were when i was younger. this made me very happy.
now i've moved onto the next book, The Lovely Bones. it is still sad right now, and i feel like the characters should listen to my advice about what to do rather than making the bad choices they do. alas, i cannot control everything, go figure.
Oma bought me (the book) Pride & Prejudice which i'm trying really hard to save for vacation in August. i feel like that would be a great 2007 escape book to enjoy while i'm already escaping the normal routine. there are more on my list for inbetween this book and vacation, but i cannot recall them at the moment. i'll hafta find the list, wherever i saved it.
that's one recurring problem: i have alist for pretty much anything ... now where did i put it?
p.s. i found a 2nd job (since having limited hours at the hospital) at a daycare at a church my mom used to work at. i am there with Becky which is quite enjoyable. plus her mom keeps popping in to smile (i have get used to using her first name she told me - haha) so i get to see babies 5 days a week - though busy, this is a good thing
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| yesterday i saw Patrick's mommy!!! what a random and pleasant surprise to see her cell coming in on my phone. she was in town for a business trip and called to see if i wanted to meet up with her. she said "do you remember me? we cut down trees together?" and i laughed. of course i remember such a welcoming, loving woman. ::smiles:: so i met her at her hotel and we had a great long lunch at TGIFriday's and caught up on each other's family and jobs and schooling. then we walked around the MOA looking for a t-shirt kiosk she had seen. haha. it was delightful! i am glad i got to see her and let her know i don't forget her family, and to have a talk with a mom, and to forget about busy-ness at school to spend time personally. we left Patrick a long and giggly phone message too, which was fantastic! he'll rue the day he didn't answer his phone 4 times ::grins:: thank you God for that relief and blessing of seeing someone treasured ::waves:: | | |
| i am longing to slow down i've been particularly obsessed with the "olden days" lately - i mean the days where you could lay out in the sun with your skirts piled around you while you sew on the lawn and see if anyone comes calling so you both can have a delightful conversation with intricate vocabulary. they had no reality tv, no mcdonalds, no park rules about closing after dark, no florescent lights, no email (letters were beautifully penned and arrived on little trays with doilies on them), time to read, time to knit/sew/garden ... at this point ... mainly the skirts and vocabulary is what i'd appreciate  p.s. i'd be a horrible feminist and i'm completely ok with that | | |
| yesterday at Holden we sang a hymn i love ... there is a verse i want to sing to my children at night ... (it's #485 in the blue LW, and #880? in the maroon hymnal) Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow
My loved ones, rest securely,
For God this night will surely
Fromperil guard your heads.
Sweet slumbers may he send you
And bid his hosts attend you
And through the night watch o'er your beds. alas, i cannot hum over the internet, so here's the next best option:
http://www.lutheran-hymnal.com/lutheranworship/lw485.mid
it's not my favorite clip version, but at least it's got the tune :) | | |
| i certainly hope that my recent dreaming has no real-world implications. "what dreams may come must give us pause" - i do not have time to pause, and have a desire to avoid pausing over these unconscious scenarios but i am outside (even though doing immense amounts of homework) and cannot help but praise God for the sunshine, the fresh air, and peace which has been absent in recent colder times | | |
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