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.................

2.3.10

Dear Blogger,

This picture is extremely bright just because I straightened my hair = sitting on the floor in front of my mirror/window watching hulu. Want to know something funny? My hair style changes like...23048 times a day. Like all the time, crazy.

So today! Yes, let's proceed with telling the events of today. I did like one subject of school and stopped. I had two more to do and....I never got to them. Nope, saving them for another day, I'm a horrible procrastinator.

I went to violin and had a decent practice, then I drove off with mom to the Innes house! Turns out Caleb was sick so mom was just going in fast. I sat down at the bottom of the steps and Caleb was at the top, and Jeremy was in the hallway and we discussed the horribleness of snow and what's going on with our volleyball team...*sigh*

After that we headed off to Barnes and Noble and I bought the soundtrack to (500) Days of Summer like MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER. And the soundtrack is amazing. It made my day because I thought I only had $15 on my gift card but turns out! I have $11 after buying it!!! YAY!

Then I walked over to Panera bread and talked to the manager...who completely told me that it was a no. *sigh* So I stopped into the restaurant I had applied at left a note there too! "(my number) Amanda S -I'm homeschooled! (; -" So hopefully they'll call back...

I headed back home to try to do school but just ended up talking to someone on skype *COUGH* ANDY *COUGH* the whole time and folding laundry, what jolly fun!

I had lunch with my mom at Arby's today by the way...I love my mommy (: She's a good one she is. Honestly, I take her for granted way to much, really. I do. Hey, I have a challenge for all you readers of this book out there, and I'll do it too. Do something special for your mom every day, just little somethings or big somethings if you want to do something extra special, try it out...you'll make her day (:

So after church today I realized I pretty much haven't been sticking to my commitments of getting up early and spending my mornings with my Creator. So I'm doing that from now on, with my Creator every morning. Help me stick to it :/ I want to be translucent. I want people to see straight through me, all of my so-called achievements and talents, I want them to all fade away and point to Him.

If only my flesh would let me...

Just a wee big distraught, Mandy

P.S. FAIL OF THE DAY.

2.2.10

Dear Blogger,

So...hi.

Tonight is bachelor night where I catch up on the bachelor (yesterday's episode) on hulu. However, I'm really tired and I think I'm going to skip part 2 and watch that tomorrow d:

Today was less of a bum day. I got up and did a boatload of school, then mom made some grilled cheese pizzas...so good :D

I went to work and got it all done in 2.5 hours. WOOHOO. Well, this means I get paid less...however, I made it to bible study on time! Which was a lot of fun, I really enjoy bible study, I learn a lot and it's good fellowship with teens who actually care about God and following Him (: We're trying to come up with something we can collaborate on and do as a group, like a missionary project...but no one can think of anything. We're praying about it, but your comments could help too (;

So I pretty much had a few fail sayings in bible study tonight...like "sexual revolution! oh wait...i meant..purity rebelution...." and "Serena Gomez!...i mean...Selena?" yeah. it was bad.

It's kind of funny, we let every day pass and we don't think much about it, we look forward to big things like parties and dates but we just let the little moments flash by. I don't want my life to be like that, a lot of times throughout the day I will think "I wish I could remember this moment forever..." but in 5 minutes it's gone. So fast. I need to start writing this stuff down.

Like a vapor, Mandy

2.1.10

Dear Blogger....

So that's what I did today^ along with another song that I'm NOT putting up on here because it turned out worse than this one!

Today was such a bum day. After completely school and stepping in eggs..ew....I went downstairs and watched iCarly and some other Nickelodeon shows! They make me feel like a kid, because I mostly never feel like one anyway, all of its wastefulness gives me a smile so I guess it's not wasted at all (:

I pretty much spent all my time today on youtube...I wanted to make a video all day today, but I really have no one to make one with...kind of sad. I need to go out and buy a bunch of mannequins...I'll have a whole cast!

.....just kidding.....although that would be really funny.

So this chapter is just a big fat....blah.

Oh and by the way...I'm really excited, because I might be possibly be going to Pensecola Christian College for college days!! And guess who I might be going with? Golden boys!!!

I'm excited :D

MKayyyy, BYE (:

Mandy

1.31.10

Dear Blogger,

Happy Sunday (: I love Sunday's, church pretty much all day! I woke up nice and early with enough time to get ready (with an actual pressurized shower...) and have some spiritual and physical food, both were absolutely delectable I might add.

Church was good, after playing in the orchestra I headed back to play piano for the Kids Klub. I LOVE playing for those kids...it's so fun, and I just feel like...I feel like I owe it to those kids to have a good Kids Klub, a good environment for them to hear about Jesus.

The message was again, about hoping through depression...which are great...after the 1st message...after the 5th one...it gets a little repetitive.

So I came home and worked on school...and SHOOT. I have...crap. I have school yet to do...that I have to get done before midnight tonight...*SIGH* I'll make this short.

Actually I'm stopping this right now.

1. Look up Ron Pope. I got introduced to him today and he's amazing.

2. Friends leave, don't get TOO attached...

3. TRY. Really, it's not that hard to TRY to be like Jesus. He can help you with that. Just ask...go ahead. Right now, ask to be like Him, ask Him to mold you. I do it every day.

Most annoyed...Mandy