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in my 26 years of life...

...and the past 10 of them with a drivers license, i never once had a ticket. never been pulled over. never had a parking violation. never. until...today.

yep. i got one. i only had a little bit of change on me to put in the meter and under estimated the power of the meter patrol. with both of these combined, i got a beautiful yellow ticket.

but to solve this problem in the future, my dad gave me a bag of coins to keep in my car. how great is he? always be prepared.

love,

blast from the past

friends, brace yourself. what you are about to experience is out of this world.

this event happened on 6.9.1991.

and it totally shaped my world. a picture with light & lace barbie and friends.

i know. hot.

i know what you're thinking...

...'whoa, amber! two posts in two days!'

but really, i want to do a better job of updating this. so why not have two posts in two days?

this is the to-do list for the afternoon/evening:

- target

- at&t

- listen to pandora(i love bon iver and eddie vedder...or really anything acoustic. i just melt.)

- clean out my clothes for goodwill

- laundry(one load in the washer and one more to go in.)

-exercise

-painting my toe-nails(i love having painted nails.)

-reading

-watching 'you've got mail'(my favorite movie!)

so i recently came back from brazil(i will share on that in a few days...), and when i returned i realized how much i have. really all that i have just unnecessary. so i have started to go through my clothes. AND this means that i don't need to go shopping. so i am staying out of the stores for a month. i started on july 1st and don't plan to go shopping for clothes/shoes/purses/accessories for the next month...at least.

stay tuned for more to come.

back again

guess who's back?

back again.

it's me.

sorry to be so rude and neglect you on life.

so let me 'splain. the last post had flowers. well those flowers have since faded. and unfortunately so did the boy.

in the mean time, i am rebuilding life. figuring out the next stages. its good. a learning experience. and honestly, a breath of fresh air.

as for you in the mean time, come back and hopefully i can update more often and fill you in more on my life.

"splainin' to do"

so in "i love lucy", ricky would always tell lucy that she had some "splainin' to do".

and i have some "splainin' to do".

but i am going to leave you with this picture.

these are mine. given from a boy(who is great!). and in time, i will "splain" more. but in the mean time, just look at the flowers. and pray.

cold feet

and no, i am not talking about not showing up at the alter. trust me...i am about as far away from the alter one could possible be.

i digress.

recently, the temps here in the great state of MO have been ridiculous. (when i say ridiculous, i really mean it.) for example on my way to work this morning at 7:45am, the bank sign read '-1F'. for real. negative one.

so when it is time for bed, i crawl in bed (already half asleep) and try to fall asleep. but my feet are so cold, i have to get out of bed to grab a pair of socks because i can't fall asleep with cold feet! i just can't. it is impossible for me. weird, i know.

but this happens every night. and sometime in the middle of the night, my socks come off. but by the end of the week i have 15 socks in my bed(i know it is odd to have an 'odd' number of socks, but i really can't find the other one). but every night this happens.

but tonight, i am going to bed win the war with the socks. i am prepared! i already have them on and i will find them both in the morning!

oh taste and see

i have recently been thinking. and thinking a lot. so much that it is probably driving me crazy and i have to stop.
and these are things that have been driving me crazy:
1. the past year (job, relationships)
2. the two years before that. (my time in poland)

i really thought that i would be 'over' my time in poland. that i would have let it go. but i haven't. i have actually learned this past weekend after thinking about it, that i am bitter towards missions. i just have a nasty taste in my mouth of it. even though that is what i did in poland.(weird i know. i am planning on studying more about missions just to learn the history and purpose of it from the word.)

but i must move on from there. to let it go. and continue to seek Him through it all.

i heard a quote recently from momma t(mother theresa) that goes something like this "we are not called to be successful, but faithful." it has been ringing in my ears as i reflect on my time in poland. it wasn't all that often that i was told to be faithful while there....but i know that HE was so faithful to me. which is utterly amazing.

so anyways, my spiritual life has been a little interesting recently. but this is the one thing that i can cling to:
psalm 34:8
taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

hi, i'm amber

so since i have returned from being abroad, i feel like i have been introducing myself to everyone and their brother. geez. and frankly, sometimes it gets to be a little much. but i LOVE meeting new people so i can broaden my friendship circle.

anyways, like i mentioned above, it can get pretty tiring of constantly meeting new people and constantly pouring myself out and being available to meet new folk. but i read a blog post the other day and it really made me think. it said, "wherever you go in life, always pursue people, always initiate, always move toward others. don't ever wait to be pursued."

it would be so easy for me just to sit back and not pursue people, but i would get no where.

as i rebuild my life, i constantly need to be rebuilding my community.

this quote just encourages me to continue initiate community around me. to get to know more people. and to love people. just as much as i want to be loved and feel involved in community, there are others out there that need to feel love and community.

so i will continue to pursue:'hi, my name is amber. it's nice to meet you. we should go get coffee sometime!'

and they call it...

...puppy love.

so this weekend i am house/dog sitting. her name is sophie. a cutie for sure!

i just wrapped up a 4o hour week and i am feeling it! so sophie will help me relax this weekend.

in the next week i will:

-finish house/dog sitting

-work 26 hours

-go to a cardinals game for the first time since 2006

-breakfast with a friend from college in st. louis

-pick up my old roommate from poland(who is an american living in ohio) at the airport in st. louis

-road trip to arkansas with the old roommate to see our other third

-reunion with several different people in arkansas

it will be busy, but well worth it all!