I am back....again.

It seems this whole blogging thing has got the best of me. I knew it was time to start again when my rather....not young Professor said that she had started blogging and would like us all to start a blog for the semester about diversity. This is when I knew I should maybe start blogging again. After all this is a Professor that could barely figure out how to turn a television on last year, she has clearly improved immensely. So here we go again..again!!!!LOL. 

SO I got thinking the other day..

Where on earth do some of the saying/phrases come from?

So I decided to look up their origin, and here you have it:

Happy as a clam ---> an open clam looks like it is smiling

It's raining cats and dogs ---> back in the early 1800's cats and dogs would hide up in the rafters, when it rained or stormed they often fell down

Step over the threshold ---> this was tradition for the groom because it would bring good luck for the res of their marriage due to the extra step the new bride did NOT have to take (.............. jeepers.... well I guess every step counts)

Kettle of fish ---> in hopes of entertaining and befriending neighbours one would boil a kettle down by the river and throw in some salmon or commonly found fish to eat. 

Spill the beans ---> Beans were used a WAY back in the day of ancient Greece as a type of voting system. If the vote was negative then the black beans were spilled and if the voted was positive then the  white beans were spilled. BUT if any of the beans were spilled by accident before the vote has come to an end then the vote does not occur ( it was thought of to be bad luck)

*Some of these may be true and some just myths past down from generation to generation. There are TONS of these meanings/ origins available on the internet. 

Try a phrase!

Amanda

Christmas!

What is your favourite part of christmas? Definitely the fact that everyone has to be happy whether they like it or not!! NO hum bugs allowed! And of course seeing how blessed i am and blessing others! 

What is your favourite memory of Christmas? those cold nights when you are all snuggled up in a blanket sipping hot chocolate and talking with friends and family...getting all pumped for the season!! 

Have you ever had a white Christmas? You would think that since we live in Canada we get white Christmas's every year but sadly that is not always the case :( But yes over the last 20 years I have seen a quite a few white dec 25ths!

What is your fav holiday dish? I really don't know..I think  i just like the baking! yumm! 

What kind of Christmas tree do you have? A fake one and a fake tacky one PLUS i have a mini tree of my own I put in my room!

Do you go to Christmas parties? I sure do! All the regular ones but this year Jenna and I are having a TACKY CHRISTMAS PARTY! yay!

Fav song of the season? What child is this it is such a beautiful song!

Do you still get a stocking? sure do! 

Are you excited for Christmas? what kind of a question is this! I have been excited for it since December 26th of last year :)

Blah..

I have the blahs!!

Come on ladies, you know what i am talking about the days where you just don't want to do anything or talk to anyone- ignore all responsibility and obligations and just kinda vege around. 

That's me today! Well me all week actually!  

I know some of you are going to get mad with what I am about to say BUT...

I am dreading turning nineteen and i don't know why. It just doesn't matter to me. Wahoo I am legal, ,but who cares? Not this girl! Nope I don't care about alcohol that will just make me forget what i did that night, drugs that will kill many many valuable brain cells, or smoking that will send me to my grave that much earlier. NO THANK YOU!  I can't explain it I am just not looking forward to it, so no one mention it on Friday...it's not happening. :) :)

I am not getting older!

I am NOT nineteen!

I am just a kid, who has never been hurt, never experienced anything yet, I am not about to embarke on life on my own. NOPE !!.. YET sadly I am! But I know that without the experiences I have had thus far in life I would not be the person I am today, and I would not be going in the same direction I am today! And I have so much more to experience, and yes more hurt! yay..haha but lots of good stuff too! 

God has my life all mapped out and the mystery of not knowing the next turn is the way it is supposed to be. So even though I am complaining I am truly blessed and I going to take this next chapter of life positively!

Not a Clue

To be completely honest I have no idea what to write about. But as I logged on today for the first time in a looonnnngg time i was just depressed to read the last posted date as - March 3rd/08.

Sad, i know. I have completely broke my promise made in the first blog and for that I apologize to all my fellow bloggers.  :( 

Anyway I suppose I will just give a little update on life.....

- I just got back from Nova Scotia for my boyfriends sisters wedding

- I am working at Eden collection ( loving it )

- I am pretty psyched about my brother & my BEST friend's wedding!!!!!!

- I am planning crazy things revolving the wedding that i am psyched about

- I love my boyfriend to bits!! ( tonight he taught me how to play a game, made me dinner & dessert and then took me to a movie that I know he had no interest in seeing just too see the look on my face- truly the best) 

- I dyed my hair brown..but that happened awhile ago

That about sums up  the major parts! Hope everyone has a great week, I know I will! 

Amanda

Florida :)

I'm not Complaining

Hello my fellow bloggers!!

Well I just thought I would let you all know that I am going to be in Florida for 10 days so I shall return then!!! Sad, yes. But im not complaining I'm going to be havin some fun in the sun!!!I'll make sure to post lots of pictures and everything!!!!

Until then*

ROUND TWO!!!!

I hope this isn't putting myself too " out there" type-a- deal. Hopefully someone feels they can relate to this and it helps. We are all figuring out who we are, I don't think it stops at anytime or at any particular age!!! :)

It seems to me that everyone has moments in their lives that cause heart ache, pain, tears, joy and happiness. It’s inevitable, you feel all of these emotions and more throughout your short journey on earth. The real test is how you handle them. When you have cried all the tears you can cry for the moment do you just wait to cry again? When your happy, whether it be for yourself or for someone else, is it temporary? Or is it long lasting? I know we can’t be joyous all the time and that being depressed or upset for to long would be draining..so when is enough enough?  And when it is enough, what do you do with all of these left over emotions? 

Finally I have the answer to this question. I was shocked but really I shouldn’t have been, to find that the answer to this question is the exact same answer to every other “ in depth” or “ thought provoking” question I have ever had. It’s God. You give it all to God. It’s so simple and so predictable, yet not. 

At some point we just have to realize that we are not in control of our lives. We may think we are but we are far from it. By giving God our emotions, our fears, our thoughts, everything we are submitting to his amazing plans for us. For we could try and try but never get very far on our own. 

Sometimes when you have something you take it for granted. I am 100% guilty of taking advantage of my relationship with God. No ifs and or buts about it. 

God so desperately wants us befriend him. Just to spend time with him. Why we seclude him from the most important parts of our lives I will never know, because I do the exact same thing. I not only want God to be in my life, or to take part in my life but I want him to BE my life, my everything. And it’s hard. Remembering to say your verses and read your devotions, or pray every night can be difficult. But it’s not about the routine it’s about the heart. Is my heart in the right place? I am who I say I am?..... A child of God? Does it show in my everyday life? We need a lifestyle change not a crash diet. 

Set up good habits, make new friends, utilize your God given talents, be more positive. Honestly, it can’t hurt to try it out, what do you have to lose? You can only gain. And by trying you put a smile on God’s face.