i’d like to have a word with you
Posted by Manda in Uncategorized
wow, I don’t post for weeks, and all of a sudden, like 4 posts in two days. i’m bored, and in the mood to do memes. i found this over at mub.net a while ago, and it just was too much effort to do it then, but now i’m ready. hehe
Answer every question with only one word. I think I’ve done something similar to this before, but whatever. It’s my blog, and I’ll repeat memes if I want to. 
1. Where is your cell phone? nightstand
2. Your significant other? awesome
3. Your hair? long
4. Your mother? far-away (heh)
5. Your father? dead
6. Your favorite thing? yarn
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your favorite drink? soda
9. Your dream/goal? happiness
10. The room you’re in? living
11. Your ex? nice
12. Your fear? loss
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
14. Where were you last night? Chevy’s
15. What you’re not? extroverted
16. Muffins? blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? yarn
18. Where you grew up? Wisconsin
19. The last thing you did? blog
20. What are you wearing? pajamas
21. Your TV? off
22. Your pets? none
23. Your computer? Dell
24. Your life? happy
25. Your mood? grumblecakes
26. Missing someone? friends
29. Favorite store? LYS
30. Your summer? smokey!
31. Like someone? yes
32. Your favorite color? purple
33. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
34. Last time you cried? Saturday
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Stolen from kc, again. Check out the last one I stole from her.
Here’s a music meme to reflect how eclectic your music collection might be. Put your music library in alphabetical order by song, then take the first song for each letter of the alphabet. No repeat artists. Tag five people then let them know they’ve been tagged to do the meme themselves.
A - Addicted to Me - The Click Five
B - Bab’s Uvula Who? - Green Day
C - Cailin - Unwritten Law
D - Daisy - Switchfoot
E - Easier to Be - Lifehouse (It’s actually Easier then Love by Switchfoot, but I already used that band!)
F - Face Down - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
G - Galaxy - Jason Mraz
H - Half-Life - Duncan Shiek (Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley is 2nd! LOVE that song!)
I - I’ll Be Loving You Forever - New Kids on the Block (hahahaha)
J - Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
K - Karma - Alicia Keys
L - L.O.V.E - Ashlee Simpson
M - Mad as Rabbits - Panic! At the Disco
N - The Name of the Game - ABBA
O - O’Sailor - Fiona Apple
P - Paper Bag - Anna Nalick (Actually, Panic Song - Green Day, but I used them already!)
Q - Quicksand - Incubus
R - R-Evolve - 30 Seconds to Mars
S - Sad Songs - Matt Nathanson (Actually, S.O.S - ABBA, but I used them already!)
T - Tailor Made - Colbie Caillat
U - Under the Moonlight - Travis
V - Val Kilmer - Bowling for Soup
W - Waiting - The Rocket Summer
X - XO - Fall Out Boy
Y - Yes - Coldplay
Z - Zen - Miser
Alternately, I decided to alphabetize by Artist Name and pick the first artist & song name, which proved to be a bit more embarrassing.
A - a-ha - Take On Me
B - Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
C - Candlebox - Surrendering
D - Damian Giglio - Crush
E - Ehren Starks - Lines Build Walls
F - Fall Out Boy - The Carpal Tunnel of Love
G - Gavin DeGraw - In Love with a Girl
H - Haley James Scott - Halo (Album Version)
I - Incubus - Quicksand
J - Jack’s Mannequin - Holiday from Real
K - Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
L - The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You
M - Mandy Moore - Only Hope
N - Nada Surf - Popular
O - O.K Go - Here We Go Again (love this video!)
P - P!nk - Stupid Girls
Q - (none!)
R - R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
S - Santana f/Michelle Branch - I’m Feeling You
T - Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar (rofl. I’m such a loser!)
U - Unwritten Law - Cailin
V - Vanessa Carlton - Nolita Fairytale
W - Waylon Jennings - Amanda
X - (none!)
Y - Yael Naim - New Soul (the song from one of the iPod commercials, yes.)
Z - Zack Hexum - How Many Times
I’m tagging Dina, Teresa, April, Stacy, and Jenny, and anybody else who wants to play along (Mellypie? Jessabelle? Rorobean?)
Yes, I’m still alive. Barely.
Posted by Manda in A Day in the Life
Wow, I wish I had something to talk about, but my life literally consists of working, walking, and sleeping, and that is pretty much it. I don’t look forward to weekends because I know that I will be subjecting myself to some sort of torture that resembles walking. I like Thursdays. We knit on Thursdays, and while we still TALK about walking, we still get to KNIT.
Anyway.. it’s not all bad. I think I’m losing weight, even though it hasn’t reflected in the numbers on the scale. I don’t want to eat as much, even if I’m sometimes ravenous after walks. I don’t eat as much. Case in point: this evening. Unraveled walked approximately 12 San Francisco miles (which considering the hills and steps we walked is probably more like 15 or so Pleasanton miles, lol.) with the Warming Hut Hotties.
I am most definitely the caboose, but I’m okay with that. Every time I go out there and walk, especially now that we’re doing the longer distances, I surprise myself with what I’m capable. I’m really proud of myself.
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Joe was reading over my shoulder and annoying me, so I stopped posting. I’m picking up where I left off now.
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Yesterday on our walk, we tackled the Lyon Street Steps. There are 200-300 steps in this place, and one guy was running up and down like it was nothing. I barely made it to the top. When I did, there were people up there cheering me on, which was kind of embarrassing, but it really did help. After I did the stairs, everything else was easy.
I’ve decided that if we ever do another organized training walk, I will be plugging my ears and going “lalala, I can’t hear you! Lalalalalala” during the safety speech. Any walk we’ve attended where I’ve paid attention to the safety speech has involved me FALLING DOWN somehow. The first time, during the Expo Walk, was because I stepped funny on a rock. THIS time, it was because there was some metal circle thing in the road that none of us noticed until I fell on my ass with it hanging around my feet. WTF? Anyway… so I apparently do better when people don’t tell me to be safe. heheh
I met some cool people yesterday. Most of them are doing the Avon walk, which is in a couple of weeks. I wish them all the best of luck! 
It’s getting tough! If you haven’t donated yet (or even if you have! hehe), please consider making a donation. I’d appreciate it. 
My team and I have walked close to 200 miles in our training so far, and we still have a couple months to go!! I can’t even believe it. A couple months ago, 3 miles was TOUGH.
7 Deadly Questions?
Posted by Manda in Meme-ville
Stolen from kc!
Ask me seven questions. Not just any seven questions though. No, to keep it interesting, use the seven questions as per below - just copy and paste the following, replace the blanks with something you want to know/ask (e.g., 3. Donkeys or sandcastles and why?), anything you want, personal, silly, surreal or deep, comment away and I’ll answer honestly as I can! Then post this on your own blog and see what kind of things people want to ask you!
1. What do you think of _____________?
2. When did you last ____________?
3. __________ or ___________ and why?
4. What did you ______________?
5. What’s your favorite ______________?
6. How would you ______________?
7. Who would you most like to ________?
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I have another post in the works, but Joe was trying to read over my shoulder, and that was annoying me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by Manda in Birthdays
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIZZY!!!
(yes, I know it’s a few minutes late… I kept getting distracted and sidetracked when I came to post. lol)
Happy Birthday!!
Posted by Manda in Uncategorized
GO WINGS!!
Posted by Manda in Entertainment
GO WINGS!!!!!!!
I’m so glad at least someone from the same conference won the Stanley Cup. Honestly, this is as it should be. The Red Wings have had the best record all year, and now they have the trophy to prove it.
Congratulations!!
(TC - how ecstatic is your mom?? lol)
Project 365
Posted by Manda in 101 in 1001, A Day in the Life, Entertainment, Project 365, Reading, Through the Lens
I don’t even know how many times I have started this stupid project, but I am determined. I started on the 1st day of the month so it would be easier to keep track.
Day 1: The Chronic-what?-cles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Day 2: I finished half a pair of socks
Day 3: Lunch Break with a sammich from Safeway and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. In this picture, I had about half the book to go. Now? Only about 30 pages. I am so BUMMED that I have to wait until August for the next one. I thought it came out this month.
I am so bored.
Posted by Manda in Meme-ville
1. What was I doing ten years ago?
Starting the summer before my senior year. I believe it involved a lot of web-designing, blogging, and MUD-playing. I was also working at Winn Dixie as a grocery bagger.
2. What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:
Well, today is done, so I’ll do tomorrow’s list…
a) Make Dinner (either bbq pork chops or chicken parmesean)
b) Finish Sheldon #1
c) Take pictures of Sheldon #1
d) Mail my Netflix movies. I can’t believe I forgot all freaking week.
e) Find out if I can go to the spinning thing on Saturday.
3. Snacks I enjoy:
Pretzels with Cream Cheese, chips & salsa/queso, chocolate.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Donate to everyone on my team’s 3-day fundraising (so we all will be able to walk & not worry about it), get married, buy a house w/ at least one room just for yarn, buy more yarn, go to Europe, open up a yarn store, start college/trust funds for all of my friends’ kids, give to charity, travel
5. Places I have lived:
Neenah, WI… Menasha, WI… Garland, TX… Dallas, TX… Bay Area, CA
6. Jobs I have had:
Grocery bagger, grocery cashier, Front End Manager, Photo Lab Tech, Receptionist, Sales Assistant, Receptionist…
7. Peeps I want to know more about:
You, if you want to play along