prayer

i'm going to be needing quite a bit of prayer over the next couple of days. today (wednesday) is my big presentation for strategic management which counts for 40% of my grade and i hate speaking in front of groups. tomorrow (thursday) is my knee surgery.




thanks to samar and sarah for the flowers, balloons, cake, and card. y'all are awesome!

23 years together!!

two of the coolest people i know:

On September 25th, 1984 at 12:34, 12:35, and 12:36, Jack and Kathy Van Cleave became the proud parents of Megan Ann, Amanda Marie, and Phillip Ryan; collectively known as MAP. okay, enough of that crap. Dear Meg and Phil,

HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY! I LOVE YOU!

abilene

since megan informed me she was too busy to see me and i have to finish my big presentation today, my five day birthday extravaganza turned into just going to abilene on saturday to see phil and haley.

haley and me before the football game (HSU won, but it wasn't pretty):


phil and i after the game- he looks so professional:

the cake (we had to minus the "m" since megan wasn't there):

this was the conversation before the gift giving:

Phil: "Just so you know, Amanda, you are about to get the greatest gift ever."

Haley: "Phil, you say that every year."

Phil: "That is because every year I out do myself."

so, what did i get?

pure greatness!

by the way, with their 31-24 win today over the chargers, the packers are now 3-0 and Favre has tied Dan Marino for career all-time touchdown passes with 420. GO PACK GO!

AMAZING SONG

this is Garth Brooks' new song, more than a memory. take a listen, you'll love it. promise.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/garth-brooks-more-than-a-memory/1308237432

happy birthday to me...

megan, phil, and i (that would be MAP) will turn 23 on tuesday. how am i celebrating? by giving a huge class presentation that is worth 40% of my grade in strategic management on wednesday and having knee surgery on thursday. good news is that the surgery is after my presentation and before my insurance runs out on the 30th. God is good!

this is my lucky lakers shirt. it is a shirt from my parents' high school and is probably older than i am. yes, that is a wave with fists. amazing! and i haven't taken a picture of myself in a while, so here i am:

just a reminder that i go to a nerd school...

came home from class tonight to find this posted on my door:


last week it said: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,?
gotta love utd!

thanks for the pic brooke

can you guess which one is my nephew? yup, he is the incredibly HUGE one! which means he should dominate. i'm so proud.

quote of the day:
"they say greatness can't be taught. maybe it just takes the right teachers."