twenty three.

i thought it would be fun posting about my life, since it’s my birthday and all .  i heart october 26th.

sometimes when i am caught up in the day-to-day i forget the blessed life i’ve been given.

i’ve lived in three states:

• o-h-i-o (my home turf).
• tennessee (so close to a degree).
• north carolina (not to mention the beach!).

early childhood memories:

• had major surgery as a six year old.
• deciding, as a two year old that it would be fun to be like my dad and shave my face….the next day was picture day…
• very early memory might have been a birthday party, but it was definatly halloween.  i was running around a car being chased by a guy in costume and about the third time around the car the guy had slid into the car and doned the mask that had been hanging in the window. being two years old you don’t think things through…scared the living day lights out of me.
• playdough was my favorite, as was gak, my little ponies and barbies.
• jump rope was my life.
• i met my best friend on the merry go round.
• bill ray cyrus was a favorite (these boot were made for walking) and love shack too.  oh and i guess when i was teeny i loved the song wild wild west (not the will smith version) and bad to the bone.
• my grandma loved to tell the story of me as a toddler in bob evans. i handed my grandpa a spoon and while he took the spoon i wrapped my lil fingers around his cole slaw and pulled it to me and started eating, replying, “amer’s”.
• one of my favorite pictures of all time is my current facebook picture
• i loved when my dad owned a go-cart.
• some of my favorite days period were when i would build houses out of cardboard boxes and watch nick jr (back when it was good…rugrats, gula gula island, EUREKA’S CASTLE, etc…)
• i loved imagination so entirely that as i got older i made the decision to never let it go.  i never wanted to grow up enough that i wouldn’t keep my imagination.  i still think of scenarios from time to time :].

i’ve had random experiences:

• a shattered windshield on the interstate (with awesome pictures to prove it).
• took out bushes at mcdonalds with my car.
• three oatmeal fights.
• spraining my ankle by tripping myself.
• my dorm room was yarned massivly by friends. when i opened the door i instantly thought BIG SPIDER and screamed.
• smashing my glasses while snowboarding for the first time.
• saw my boss at the coffee house in his wet suit IN the coffee shop…
• worked in a factory, grocery store, beach coffee house, movie theater, cleaning beach houses, a boutique, etc…
• lived a sitcom out in my living room on the beach (woo amy, phil, jason and sam!).

i’ve aquired multiple nicknames:

• ber.
• ber-ber.
• sug/sugar/baby (i miss my grandma).
• sis (i love my family).
• rambo (i love my dad).
• lynn (i hear this when i’m in trouble.)
• ambie.
• ambinator (oh casey…).
• the hulk (casey and sara).
• a-train (here’s to you amy and jason).
• amberger (i miss meghan!).
• etc…

random facts:

• i used to throw walnuts at my neighbor growing up, we had vicious fights.
• i love the smell of burning wood.
• i’m a strong believer in watching cartoons as an adult.
• i miss playing the flute and volleyball.
• i’m proud of my brother.
• i lived on the beach for over a year and never learned to surf, how sad am i??
• i thrive on creativity.
• my grandpa joe tormented me about coffee and zucchini as a child… oh the stories.
• i’m still best friends with my best friends from high school. brittany and ellie are like sisters to me.
• my minnesotian beauty is also a member of my family. i love you kimmie!
• my grandpa chuck loved to scare all us grandkids by having an imaginary dog, homer, in the basement. he loved to howl at us.
• i used to cook smarties on the top of lightbulbs when i was little.
• my parents bought me a green power ranger poster and signed it from “tommy” and put it in our mailbox. i still remember that day like it was yesterday.  i wish i still had that poster.
• there was also an easter that i saw what seemed to be a bunny looking in our window really late at night. i ran screaming into my parents room.
• i love the old pink panther movies.
• and being nostalgic.
• i’ve been single all twenty three years.
• tornadoes terrify me.
• abbott and costello will always make me laugh.  as will jerry lewis and dean martin.

i have a list of things i want to do before i die (here are just a few):

• ride in a hot air balloon
• own every pixar movie
• see damien rice live
• create my own tee’s
• hold a butterfly
• go on a treasure hunt
• mosaic a table out of purple shells i found on the outer banks
• buy a pair of TOMS
• see all of the smithsonian
• dance on bubble wrap

that’s a very small list.
here’s to life!

yay birthday. :]