1. Would you prefer having people over for dinner or going to their house?
Having people over.
I am all about the home field advantage.
Even though socializing isn’t a game you can win.
Until it is.
2. Favorite Bible verse and why?
It would probably surprise people that I can even quote Bible verses.
However, I am a ministers daughter, and spent more hours in church in my first 18 years than most people do in their entire lives.
I also used to have a little Bible in my nightstand, like I lived in a hotel or something.
And, when I was learning to read, I did so by reading the Bible.
I can also recite all the books of the Old Testament in order.
Don’t ask.
Anyway, the first verse I memorized was Luke 24:25.
“Oh fools with hearts so slow, to believe everything the prophets have spoken…”
It’s much longer than that and what I had memorized was about a paragraph or two long.
They used to rent me out for parties to recite the Bible.
I kid. I kid.
Anyway, today, all I can remember is that line.
It’s when Jesus appears to some of his followers after he has been resurrected and he hasn’t yet revealed himself to be Jesus.
So, I don’t have a favorite Bible verse as I haven’t actually picked up a Bible in a very, very long time.
Yet, I’m going to guess that as a child, Luke 24:25 was my favorite verse.
3. What was the first concert you ever attended, and the most recent one?
Hmmm…my first concert was either the Steve Miller Band at, what was then called, the PNC Arts Center OR Billy Joel at Yankee Stadium. Steve Miller was a good concert, Billy Joel was a PHENOMENAL concert.
4. The year is 2025. What are you doing, and what have you done?
13 years from now.
Well, first of all, I’ll have a 24 year old, a 21 year old, a 19 year old and a 14 year old.
Unimaginable to me.
I will have been teaching for 29 years and will still be teaching. (I’ll actually have been teaching for 31 years at that point, but the pension system didn’t recognize my time at a private school.)
I’ll be 53 years fabulous.
I’ll be working on my third novel.
Over the summers we’ll be traveling with the kids to Europe and all kinds of cool places.
We’ll be happy and living a good life.
5. What’s your favorite Easter treat?
Nothing, anymore, but in the days where I could actually eat Easter treats, it was the Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs, hands down.
I could eat 10 of those puppies at a pop, without even batting an eye.
53 and fabulous – I’m going to remember that line for next year (I’m 52 and tired right now).
Comment by Tami McCoy — April 6, 2012 @ 9:16 am |
🙂 I bet you’re 52 and fabulous…just too tired to realize it! 🙂
Comment by abozza — April 6, 2012 @ 9:20 am |
Hi Amy
I have to give a shout out for peeps and black jelly beans. I remember sneaking jelly beans into church as a kid and it seemed like I’d always get caught. When I’d sneak them from my pocket, it seems like one or two would always drop from my pocket hit the floor and roll somewhere. This would always happen during one of those quiet moments when everyone can hear everything. It also took me far too long to remember if I ate jelly beans my teeth and tongue would turn black – that one always gave me away.
I didn’t realize your father was a minister. Would love to talk about that sometime and hear how that shaped (good and bad) your childhood.
Deep Peace
Comment by ouractsofkindness — April 6, 2012 @ 10:01 am |
You know, I never really got the allure of Peeps. My friends love them, but I never really understood them. The best part about them, in my opinion, was the little dab of chocolate for the eyes, but that wasn’t even enough chocolate to be considered chocolate! 🙂
Comment by abozza — April 6, 2012 @ 7:24 pm |
Are you a jelly bean fan? They’re another of my favorites – when I succumb to my sweet tooth, I am a pure sugar lover (remember the dip stick candy?)
Comment by ouractsofkindness — April 7, 2012 @ 9:52 am
I love jelly beans. Not the black, like you, but I love all the rest. Regular, gourmet, I don’t care…I love them. I also love the dip stick candy…FunDip. Patrick came home with one from a birthday party the other day and I was almost drooling. And the pixie sticks…pour that sugar right down your throat. My diabetes diagnosis put QUITE the crimp in my style.
Comment by abozza — April 7, 2012 @ 12:03 pm
Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, is a story of my diet if I could eat whatever I wanted!
Comment by ouractsofkindness — April 8, 2012 @ 8:21 am
First, I would LOVE to see Billy Joel! He is a favorite of mine! AND Reese’s PB eggs are THE BEST treat for any time of year. I actually love the Christmas trees, the hearts for Valentine’s Day and the eggs……too bad they don’t do flowers for Mother’s Day and starts for the fourth of july. That would almost get me through the whole year.! =) Nice to meet you!
Comment by Mindy — April 6, 2012 @ 8:52 pm |
Nice to meet you, as well! LOL on the flowers for Mothers Day and stars for the Fourth. Maybe a tie for Father’s Day? Flag for Memorial Day? Office chair for Labor Day? 🙂
Comment by abozza — April 6, 2012 @ 9:05 pm |
I agree about a Billy Joel concert…. I saw him in Winnipeg Manitoba and it was UNBELIEVABLE!!! If you get a chance to take your kids to Europe Amy …do it…I did and will NEVER regret it!
Comment by Debbie @ ouroldhomestead.blogspot.com — April 6, 2012 @ 8:53 pm |
I’m working on it, Debbie…one of these days!
Comment by abozza — April 6, 2012 @ 9:03 pm |