2.10.10

Dear Blogger,

This is the face of a girl not yet introduced to the horrors of shoveling 3 ft worth of snow. I would show you an after shot, but she is lying dead on the floor.

So while everyone else is out of school....you were expecting me to say I STILL had to do school. Well, you're wrong! My planner didn't have anything scheduled on it :D So I was a bum throughout most of the day until...

.SHOVELING.

It was most definitely ridiculous out there!

I bundled myself up, layer after layer, trying so hard to not sweat while indoors. I grabbed the nearest shovel, and slowly opened the door. It felt like a wave of ice had been splashed up on my face. The torrential winds tore across the naked, white plain of a backyard that faced me. I shrugged up into my jacket, and tried to zipper it all the way up, it wasn't working. I had foolishly let my hair stay outside of hat and it was soon covered in ice. I crossed the Hoth like, frozen, exterior. My cheeks burned from being lashed at by the ever foreboding wind. I shoveled around the cars and sidewalk...only for another avalanche to cave in and cover the area again. Oh do I loathe snow when I have to shovel it...

Anyway! It was terrible.

The rest of the day was spent making a new youtube channel! I finally found something I'm good at HA. And this guy get's all the credit for helping me make the background! Oh wait, this one get's credit to because he made the template (: Boy do I love links!

Let me know what you think of the video and comment :D

Quirkingly, Mandy

P.S. It's kind of funny how easily we let down our guard and let people make us feel inferior or unimportant.

Fact of the Day: I enjoy going on online chat rooms (like Uno on facebook) just to talk to people and say things like "oh shucks" "hee haw" "poo" "fiddlesticks".

2.9.10

Dear Blogger,

Day number 40! How fantasmical!

How are you on this blustery day? Feeling blue? Maybe a little sick of snow? I sure am! After working at the barn today I just had to shovel and shovel...to NO AVAIL. Really, it was falling faster than we could shovel. My brother Jacob got a hernia from shoveling! It's death to us all!

On a less dramatic scale...today was a good day I suppose. Woke up early, had some amazing Jesus time (: Got school done and watched some Bachelor. I then tried to shovel a little bit before tonights snow came...I gave up soooo fast ha! Then it was off to work for me after watching some kid shows for my imagination to grow. (Or die..?)

I helped clean all the stalls, make dinner and bring in the horses and then my boss had to hurry and drive me home! The snow was falling so fast that even though I cleaned her car off 3 times it still looked the same by the time we left! It's like trying to cut grass with scissors..impossible.

I came home and helped mom make waffles with strawberries, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream on top (: Mmmmm....and then I had some white hot chocolate with whip cream. So good. Now let's just pray the power doesn't cut out.

So very cozy, Mandy

P.S. I made a snow angel in the road today...

P.P.S. I really think I'm a texting creeper. I need to stop with the tenacious texting of people I like talking to. I apologize if you have been a victim of this horrid condition.

2.8.10

Dear Blogger,

This is what my phone looks like because I fell while skating. -_- ASLDFJKsdkfjsdkfl. I can't stand to look at it, I just want to be done with this post so I can stop looking at it. Bleh. Ick. Mutated phone.

Alright so today I did almost absolutely nothing. Key word = ALMOST. I did some schooly school and then went up the street with my mom so she wouldn't get kidnapped by the guy who is estimating...yeah I won't explain.

After that unexplanatory thing I came back down and headed to Corey's house where Emily, Mom, and I took care of all his animals! Quite fun actually. Haha their cat Betty is so funny...

Nothing else much happened....I made a video... fail ...with Emily...it was horrible. But it's on facebook, because I'm not afraid to exploit my life.

I vacuumed today.

I think it was the most productive thing I did all day...nO WAIT! I made a little color-coded calendar of what I have to do with my English Research Paper this year. How's THAT for productive???? Yeah...didn't think so...

Bored to tears, Mandy

2.7.10

Blogger,

Why hello! So this chapter was such a FUN chapter to read. Seriously, oh my word...it was fun (:

A LIL INISIDE JOSHING-

• Rif Raf!
• Umbilical cord of Lovveee
• Vitamin J-unie and J-ulio

So tonight was just pretty crazy. As you can see above...

Well today church was canceled! ): So I went roller skating for Junie's birthday! Happy birthday Junie! He's 15 now, pretty cool kid. So, after a fun and jolly time skating we headed to KelLee's house and jammed for a bit, had a nice quiet conversation with KelLee and the guinea pigs (freaky guinea's...) And they always have pie when I'm over there! It's crazy, and the apple pie was gooooood.

We then headed to a superbowl party where Julio, KelLee, Junie and I pretty much played some really bad poker and were extremely tired and hyper...some craziness there. Then...(warning: bunny trail...)wow sorry if I'm so spaced out writing this...I'm in shock...I just found out a friend of mine is getting married O_O Crazy. Anyway!....So we then went downstairs and watched some of the superbowl (mostly commercials..:P ) And pretty much Junie and Julio were attached by an umbilical cord of love all night...and went to the bathroom attached.....it was so funny.

Smoothies were involved! Which made everything amazing.

Either way, it was awesome.

God, thanks for the awesome day (:

Rif raf, Mandy

P.S. I fell on my phone today and the front screen is cracked ): ah.

Me and Chris!! we're so white.

2.6.10

Dear Blogger,

This movie explains my day.

Singing about los pantalones and looking like a dead duck, Mandy

2.5.10

Dear Blogger,

Gearing up for snow! So apparently we're going to get about 15 inches starting now until...tomorrow! Possibly even Sunday as well. So I'm going to start of this chapter with a warning that there may be a chance I won't be able to post anything tomorrow...oh heavens why?! I'm glad you asked, let me explain.

My boss (at the poo job) was going to stay overnight at the barns clubhouse (used to be party central...) so that way she wouldn't have to try to drive to feed the horses in the morning. I suggested me and my friend KelLee stay with her (there are two bedrooms...I don't mind sharing with KelLee :P ) overnight to help her in the morning. However, if the snow continues tomorrow and is still not cleared up, I might be staying there until Sunday! O_O Crazy huh? Therefore, I shall be without internet for the rest of the day, and will be roughin it at the barn :D So I packed a lunch, lots of warm clothes, and after dinner at Brannigan's tonight I'm off to the glorious winter wonderland in the woods.

Back to business, so today was quite fun. I spent almost all morning on math. It seems no matter how hard I apply myself I can't seem to get good grades with my algebra 2. It's horridly frustrating. I did a few other subjects and then remembered, oh no! We're going to the mall and then the Innes today! So i scampered out of my PJ's into some regular clothes and straightened my hair (which is why the picture is facing the way it is...) I drove off the JCPenny's and walked around the mall, observing people, and oh I had the greatest experience!

DETOUR: So, we were out and about around lunch time and mom had told us to eat before we left...but I wasn't hungry then! I bought Subway. But it was all worth the $4.01 (he let me drop the second penny..it was supposed to be $4.02! How kind!) because I gave the man a tract about Jesus after I paid. He just sat there and stared at it with a smile, I knew he didn't know English very well, but his friend leaned over. And soon the line for making subs was stopped because the employee's were so engrossed with this pamphlet! I smiled and asked him to read it for me sometime and he smiled back and continued reading it over with his friend. As I walked away I looked back and he was smiling and waving at me. Either way, I'm staying positive and hoping the best. All I can do is pray for the guy! :RUOTED

Today I went through my facebook inbox. I had over...200 messages in there that I hadn't gone through before. Yeah, I'm really bad about deleting things. So I finally brought myself to it. There were a MILLION messages from my old boyfriend that I was reading through...each one. I didn't think it would effect me, but it did in a way I wasn't expecting. I was suddenly really angry at myself, why did I let myself get so emotionally involved with anything that young? I was naive, and I still am, just a lot more so then. Either way, I am never letting myself and my emotions go so far again. Not until I know that is my husband.

Anyway...so we went to the Innes, but I knew Caleb and Jeremy weren't home that day. So Emily and I walked to the Carvers and hung out with Austin and Asher. We roamed the woods and found random things...all the pictures are up on facebook if you want to see them (;

Now I'm packing, making food, you know... preparations for the weekend!

Today was a good day :D

So far....

Sad that my power cord was just taken away from me for my sister, Mandy

2.4.10

Dear Blogger,

So I waited until RIGHT before I go to bed to take my picture of the day...bad idea...I just kind of let my hair go, and voila. I look like an 80's music video! So i tucked it away fast before the picture...otherwise you'd be staring at a lion.

Enough about me. So today was quite the adventure! I woke up, did everything but math and headed out to our eye appointments! See how tightly knit my glasses are to my facial area? Yup. Adjusted! Plus I got good news! I don't need bifocals...YET. -_-

After being at Lenscrafters for nearly an hour and a half, Emily stealing my wallet and watching me freak out in Giant only to reveal it to me next to the nail polishes, she's a devious one. I saw this kid in Giant texting today, and before I could yell at him for texting while he was working, he put it away...danged whipper snappers.

So I traveled all the way to the pike because we were trying to find a certain pizza restaurant...unfortunately there was a little note on the door that said "Be back at 2pm" I sighed, not only was I not getting pizza...but it was 2:16pm. I suggested filing a missing persons report for the heck of it but instead of worrying over our lost pizzeria man we walked to Ross. I searched high and low for a hamper for my room, to no avail. We didn't have much time so we scooted out of there, and with the pizza man still not back from his travels we high-tailed it to Panera. We enjoyed some delicious meals and then mom and I ran (yes, we actually ran) to Target where I searched for a laundry basket there again. I wandered the halls, and after no luck with the basket I tried for a makeup bag (which I'm in desperate need of...mine is being held together with tape...I got it at a yard sale for 25 cents about 4 years ago...) We ran (yes, ran) back out of target to the car and took off down the road! I drove confidently for once, I could feel the blood of an aggressive driver pumping through my veins. I asked mom if I should tailgate...she said "not yet honey..." I am reassured that there is a day, one sweet day when I will get up on someone else's car, beep the horn, throw my fist........and then apologize profusely of course. Like I said, shenanigans is not my thing! I arrived at the barn before my boss, and 2 minutes late (score!). That's when an amazing surprise walked in! KelLee!! It made me so happy to have someone to talk to during work. We cleaned a bunch of sheds and did stall dances...well, I did stall dances, I finally got KelLee and Josh to join me (: If horses could talk...they would know way too much.

Well, I got home said hi to lil TJ and finished reviewing my whole math chapter + took the quiz. *cross fingers*

Today was a good day (:

My mind has been wandering lately......I really need to focus it more on what's important.

Absent-mindedly, Mandy

P.S. So when I pulled into one of the many parking lots today, I was going a little too fast into a parking spot and (I'm driving a station wagon mind you...it's HUGE) mom shouts "STOP!" right as I stop the car that I thought I hit jerks forward. My life flashed before my eyes. I finally realized that the woman had just slammed her door the same moment I braked...I was only....about an inch from her car...I need to watch my parking.................