Oh My Goodness My Sister.

Well. I am such a terrible blogger. I blog for almost a month straight and then quit cold turkey.
Sorry....
Well... lets kick of my re-blogging party with a little bit of a BANG! I'm going to take a moment and talk about my ridiculously ridiculous older sister. Ali. I mean you.

You suck.
Yep. pretty much.
You like to make fun of me. And then you know... i tease you...
But actually what I meant to say is...
I...

You suck.

HA! someone took over the keyboard.

I lo..

You suck.

Yeah... you do. Not my fault. Haha I'm just kidding. I'm actually overjoyed that you're home. I've missed you like crazy while you were gone, and there were so many occasions where I just sat down and thought to myself, "Man, I really wish Ali were here."
So yeah... I love you Ali. Even with all your... weirdness and mean teasing in front of your weirdo friends who listen to Hilary Duff over Skype.

Litte Demons.

A few days ago something extremely traumatic happened to me while I was in the kitchen of my own home. Can you guess what it was? You got it, I found a spider. Luckily my dad was in the kitchen so he started to go after it with a tissue. You know, the most reasonable thing to do when you see a spider half the size of your thumb with glowing blue eyes. (Aside from burning down the entire house...) But he couldn't get it! The little devil started to jump around like a little circus freak. I was seriously horrified that the thing was going to land on one of us, especially me.
After my dad finally got the spider into a tissue and squished it into an oblivion of satisfying guts the scariest thought popped into my head. And it got me thinking about how wonderful the world is.
This was the thought: I am so glad spiders don't have wings.

Oh. My. Gosh.
Can you imagine is spiders could fly? I would never leave my bedroom, or go anywhere without a bottle of pesticide. Gnats and flies annoy me when I'm inside or outside. I get freaked out when I see a hornet buzzing near me, but if a spider had wings... *Shudders* Lets just say I'm quite content with wingless spiders right now.Yes. We can all take a moment to be grateful that spiders cannot fly.
....
That was a nice moment.

Music while writing this post: Without Me by Eminem (Clean version of course)

Music?

When someone says the word music I kind of perk up a bit.

I don't have any pictures of me dancing... so I'm just going to use screenshots from a recent Skype conversation with yours truly and her weirdo sister Ali.

If you were going to ask me the last time I went an entire day without listening to any music... I would not even know. Music is in my soul. I'm pretty sure that it is what keeps the blood flowing inside of me.

So I've decided to share with you pretty much my everyday playlist. You know... the music I listen to while I... clean, read, write, relax, ect. Just my general first pick songs.

Okay so here it is. I hope that these songs go on to inspire your life in ways that no one can imagine.

• Bleeding Out - Imagine Dragons. Why? Because it is just beyond epic. Just the whole song in general grabs you right from the beginning and makes you want to scream the lyrics in your own personal jam session.
• Somewhere Only We Know - Keane. Why? Honestly... because it fits in perfectly with a certain situation in my book... And so whenever I listen to it, it makes me think of that certain situation and I smile because of it.
• We'll Be A Dream - We The Kings (feat. Demi Lovato). Why? 1. Because this song is just one of those songs where you just... jam... in a mellow not fast kind of way. 2. Demi is my home girl.
• C'mon - Panic! At The Disco (With Fun.) Why? This song makes me happy.
• Sooner Or Later - Mat Kearney. Why? Because its an uplifting song. You can get through those trials. And you can reach your dreams. Keep going.
• Plant Life - Owl City. Why? Because Adam Young's lyrics actually make me feel like a rainbow, despite the fact that most of the time they are super cheesy. That's what makes them so special.
• Float On - Modest Mouse. Why? Because The tune is uber awesome and the message in the song is good.

Okay so those are the songs I listen to on a regular basis. But if you ask me what kind of music I listen to while writing..? Well... my writing playlist in particular normally does include all of these songs. but recently I have found a new love for instrumental music. It leaves your mind to explore, and I like to pretend it is the score for my book. Even though most of the songs will never be anything close to what would appear on the actually score of my book if it actually does get sent into a publisher and accepted one day.
Okay Boys. Now you know. If you ever ask me to dance again. now you know what kind of music I like. because these genre(s) above are what I prefer.

P.S. Did you leave a writing prompt for me yet? Go on! You're running out of time before you can! (Plus you get some background info on my book characters that aren't actually in any of the books... I think.)

Anyone Else?

Am I the only one who ever zones out?
I often find myself in to trouble with family members because anyone who knows me at all knows that i am the worst listener in the entire world.  Not when it comes to being told a story, stories I like. But when it comes to receiving instructions on what to do when I'm cleaning a garage or ordering for everyone at a fast food restaurant... Nope. Normally it goes in one ear and out the other.
And then this happens on a daily basis: I will be sitting in the same room as a few of my siblings and I'll be messing with my phone or writing an idea in my notebook... or just staring at the wall like the mindless drone I can be sometimes... And, of course, me not paying attention to them talking about something ie. Frozen Custard. And literally right after they finish talking about it I will pipe up and say, "Is anyone else craving a chocolate and vanilla twist with chocolate jimmies?"
Everyone in the room will turn and stare at me and then someone will say, "Where where you when I just said this five seconds ago?"
Whoops.
The reason this is on my mind is that because I tend to zone out so much while someone is talking that when someone else does it... they say they have an Amber Moment. I found myself laughing hysterically at this... maybe just because i was so offended that I thought it was funny (which makes no sense at all...) or that i just laughed because it was a fitting name... perhaps both. either way I'm using this as an excuse to get me famous....
Whenever you have a moment like this just say, "Sorry, I was having an Amber Moment."
Seems like a good name right? Way more exciting than, "Sorry, I zoned out."

........

Never mind, I changed my mind. I don't really want to be famous for zoning out. Don't say that. Please and Thank you.

Filling the Furnace

Filling my family's wood burning furnace used to bug me to no end.... but then the fire went out. And I just considered saying, "Whatever, who needs warm air?!"
Dumb question, no one wants to be cold. Ever. SO, I put my hair up, put on a coat and my dirty sneakers(you know the ones I wear to cowtown and get all gross and greasy? yeah, those ones.) I bring a lighter that barely works, a few tealights and a bunch of cardboard and paper outside with me.
Hehe, after a few minutes of lighting the paper AND THEN throwing it into the furnace to burn... it made me feel a little better about the situation. (Sandi, it is my inner pyrokinesis calling...) no it isn't that, I just think it is interesting watching a piece of paper burn in front of you. Watching the fire eat every shred of color on the paper... It's quite mesmerizing...
I guess it's a good thing I got an idea that had to do with fire. Readers beware.

Belly Button =]

so, we are all aware (well most of us are anyways) of veggie-tales. the greatest animated bible videos in the world! Because today is Friday at seminary we watched The Ballad Of Little Joe. It is a western veggie-tales version of the bible Joseph and the coat of many colors. =]
A little background. Ali, Jenna and me. We are the only ones who watched Veggie-Tales as kids, so the rest of the seminary students (Lauren, Jessica and Alexis), all sat there with straight faces while Ali, Jenna and I laughed our heads off... =P  and then the silly song came on "Belly Button - Boyz In The Sink"

you cannot go through this video without doing one of two things 1: Laugh your head off, or 2: Stare at the screen and wonder why you wasted your time...
I don't doubt the creators of Veggie-Tales will be grateful for my promotions!
Thanks again for reading my blog =]
AMBer

Seminary

So, last night i forgot to set my alarm. Seminary starts at 6:15 and i woke up at six o'clock. which would have been okay if i lived ten minutes away from the church building.... but i live 15 minutes away. So i woke up with Ali's phone ringing to the theme song of Darkwing Duck =P

yeah, Jenna was calling her, wanting to find out what in the world was taking us so long. because we normally pick her up at 6:50.
Seminary mornings are never boring. One time Jenna was super tired so she was WAYYYY out of it. so she was talking quickly and babbling on and on about something i don't really remember, but i remember her doing something weird with her hands.... and then Brother Berry (my seminary teacher) tried to do it too.... it was an interesting morning.
oh an then we were talking about the plan of salvation and Bro. Berry asked us why we couldn't remember the war in heaven. i was really tired so i said "Because of the Veil of Forgetness." ermmm.... Everyone in seminary is not letting me live that one down.... Brother Berry called me the 'star student' for the rest of class.... =/
I'm still waiting for a good moment to use against ali for blackmail at any time. =]

Just Wanted To Share

So, I found this video of my little brother Albert... and i really would like somene to smile because of it. Actually at the moment i am thinking about how hard April Cleveland would laugh if she watched this. (you always say how much you love Albert. ;))
Anyways, it is really short. Enjoy =]

-AMBer

Pink

So I have recently found a new respect for pink. It is most definetly a femenine color, but it can also be masculine. take this pitcure for example, don't you like how the only one wearing pink is my Dad? And then me, my sisters and my mother are all wearing black, gray, and white?

This actually makes me thunk back to a blog post that my mom wrote maybe three months ago. It does help you come to undertsnad pink's importance in things.

So, those are my thoughts today... haha

-AMBer

9/11

It has been 10 years since so many people lost loved ones on that terrible september day in 2001. and if you want me to be fully honest, i completely forgot it was 9/11 until I was on my way to church and we passed a big huge event going on with a bunch of mini American flags posted in the grass only sixinches away from each other.
(just a side note. i know the pictures run off the edge of the posting bar, but i wanted to be as bis as possible for you to relly look at them.)


These are costom made flags to honor 9-11 (I didn't take this picture)



After that moment Ireally strated to think about all the people who lost a loved one, I have no doubt many of them are still grieving the loss(es) of loved ones. Over 1000 childred lost on or both parents that day...

 Keep those who lost someone in your prayers.

Las Vegas firefighter Capt. Eric Littmann walks in a parade commemorating the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nev.

 

A family member of one of the victims of the crash of United Flight 93 walks along a part of the Flight 93 National Memorial following its dedication. The names of the 40 victims of the crash are inscribed on the marble panels.

If you are someone who lost a loved one from 9-11, please know that I am praying for you.

I love all of you. I mean it. Let's make sure to NEVER let this happen again.

-AMBer

The things i need most.

A little while ago i was looking through a bunch of my pictures. I was staring at all the faces of people i see every day and thinking, "how on earth did i get so lucky to have such great people in my life?"

even with all their... quirks.

since then i have been thinking a lot about how much i love everyone, and how everyone needs to love and be loved. I thought about how much i love to document moments and create memories. Every picture has a story. even if they were taken five seconds after one another.

 take these two pictures for example. Jenna is doing two completely different things, but i took them only a few seconds after each other. Not only are these two pictures not quite the same, but they also show off just a little bit of the awesome personality of my neighbor, cousin, best friend, and non-biological sister. I still remember that night quite well. While Jenna and i were messing around taking pictures, my two little brothers were cleaning the dishes. The said they would give me a break since i did the the dishes earlier that day.

i could go on and on about all the different ways to document memories and then laugh about them later; but i promise you, you would probably get quite bored.
Well what i am really trying to say is, i am quite thankful for all my loved ones. You all brighten my day and make my burden lighter. Even if i don't talk to you very much, that doesn't mean I'm not thinking about your sweet spirit, because trust me, even thinking about my friends and family makes me laugh.
Anyways, be cool, stay strong, and don't let anyone wipe the smile off your face.
-Amber ;]