08/18/2005
I'm such a POSER!
So I totally copied this off of Lily's blog. I am so unoriginal...
1. First name? Amanda
2. Were you named after anyone? The Barry Manilow song "Mandy" (apparently my mom was a Fanilow...)
3. Do you wish on stars? If I see a shooting star and am in the right mood...
4. When did you last cry? Last Tuesday
5. Do you like your handwriting? Usually. Especially with a sharpie...
6. What is your favorite lunch meat? oven roasted turkey breast
7. What is your birth date? July 14, 1976
8. What is your most embarrassing CD? John Denver. Sometimes a little "Sunshine on my Shoulders" is what gets me through my day...
9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? I think so. I'm pretty loyal, and usually lots of fun, too.
10. Do you have a journal? Just this blog.
11. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I totally do.
12. What are your nicknames? ABC (my initials), Mandy...
13. Would you bungee jump? If I didn't have a bad back, I totally would. I've been parasailing and sky diving, so bungee jumping sounds like something I'd enjoy.
14. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off ? Depends on how tired I am. Lately I've been "not into socks." That's been my motto all summer. So I've lived in my brown slides and Teva flip flops.
15. Do you think that you are strong? the last three years (but especially this summer) has taught me that I just might be.
16. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Coldstone Creamery's Strawberry Shortcake Serenade
17. Shoe Size? 8 1/2 or 9
18. Red or pink? usually red, but lately pink.
19. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? I let other people get to me too much.
20. Who do you miss most? My friend Melinda. I swear, she is the sister I was supposed to have.
21. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I actually might send this, so yes!
22. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Pink shorts and black flips (jammies, though. I just took the dog out to pee.)
23. What are you listening to right now? Some idiot is jackhammering.
24. Last thing you ate? A banana cream pie blizzard. for dinner last night. :)
25. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Probably Lime Green.
26. Last person you talked to on the phone? My friend Liz.
27. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes and height.
29. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I stole it from Lily's blog, so yes!
28. Alcohol? Margarita please. (I think I'm gonna stay with Lily on this, although when I go to Vegas on Saturday, I am planning on drinking all of the Malibu Rum and Diet Coke in the state of Nevada)
29. Hair Color? Until last week, ashy blond. Right now? Chocolate brown.
30. Favorite sport? College football.
31. Do you wear contacts? Yep. Just started. But I've got sassy red glasses, too.
32. Favorite Food? Sushi. Hamachi to be specific.
33. Last Movie You Watched? Wedding Crashers in the theater, and my brand new copy of Serendipity at home.
34. Favorite day Of the Year? The day before Thanksgiving Break, or New Years Day (bowl games, baby!).
35. Summer or winter? Fall.
36. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs.
37. What Is Your Favorite Dessert? Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake.
38. Most likely to respond? not sure!!
39. Least Likely To Respond? see #38
40. Living Arrangements? 2 story townhouse filled with CRAZY colors. I share it with a VERY NOISY little weinerdog.
41. What Books Are You Reading? Last Chance Saloon by Marilyn Keyes.
42. What’s On Your Mouse Pad? Red, Lime green, yellow and blue circles.
43. What Did You Watch Last Night? Part of The Upside of Anger.
44. Favorite Smells? Hyacinth and clean laundry.
45. Favorite Sounds? My puppy's big, deep "ok, now I'm comfortable" sigh right before she falls asleep.
46. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles--Penny Lane and Hello, Goodbye are 2 of my all time favorites.
47. What’s the farthest you’ve been from home? New York City.
48. Do you have a special talent? Not really.
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08/16/2005
I've got great friends...
So yesterday, Liz and I decided to paint my craft room. Now that ratbastard's shit is out, there is no reason why I can't have a girl house. So the room will be half arizona sunset, half rose geranium. Sounds kooky, but the orange already looks AWESOME. We went to Target and found a REALLY CUTE trash can
and then we also found a pink and orange lava lamp. Totally cool. And yesterday I decided to try the one over two bind-off on Lelah. It ended up WAY to little at the top. So Virginia came over (and brought beer!) and tore out the bind-off on my Lelah. I'm always such a chickenshit to do that.
So this picture is of my totally great friends at my house last night. I'm the luckiest girl ever.
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08/15/2005
Smiles all around!
So the rat bastard finally came and got his crap out of my house. THANK GOD. He was supposed to on Friday, so I took the puppy across the street to the neighbor's basement for the day. He calls like 3 hours after he was supposed to be moving his crap to tell me that his apartment wasn't ready. So my dog was locked in her crate in a strange place for a whole day for NOTHING. Then he proceeds to tell me he misses me and is really sad about this. Whatever, dude. Just come get your stuff, ok?
So then yesterday, MPC and I spent the day shopping and chopping down a tree that fell into his neighbor's yard. He is the sweetest man, and here is why: I've been wanting to own Serendipity for ever. I love that movie--it ALWAYS makes me cry. So we've been on the lookout for it. Yesterday at Wal-Mart, everytime we'd come to a DVD rounder, we'd look for it. Well, we didn't find it, or so I thought. But then right before bed, he pulls it out of one of the bags and gives it to me. Apparently, it appeared on his side of one of the rounders, and he hid it in the cart, and then put some other DVD in front of the others so I would think they just didn't have it.
How sweet is that??? He is great.
By the way, the pic is of Gunny, MPC's handsome dog.
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08/11/2005
Safe and sound...
I found it!! Yes!! Not where I remember putting it, so I guess it is possible I lost my mind (although more likely that I was being played). But I found it, and that is all that matters.
PS-look at Lelah!! She's almost done...
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I knew it would happen eventually...
So my friend Virginia and I went to our local Starbucks (or Mecca, as I often refer to it) yesterday to knit and drink Green Tea Frappucinos. We've been doing this at least 3 days a week for probably the last month. One week we drank our Starbucks out of the stuff, and the manager had to drive to another store to get more for us. So anyway, I'm sitting there knitting away on my Lelah (with my brandnew hair color and freshly waxed eyebrows), and who should walk throught the door? My soon to be ex-husband and the rest of the NIU soccer staff. I've not seen this man since mid May, when he told me that I forced him into marriage and wasn't sure how much he ever really loved me (to this, I replied "I understand how you feel. Lets get a divorce!"). Two days ago, I talked to him and he told me I was mean spirited, maniacal, diabolical, and childish. He went on to say he had been taking the high road throughout this experience. I certainly hope he was excluding the current conversation in this assessment of his behavior.
Anyway, back to the first face to face. HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME. Now, granted, last time he saw me, I was sporting my natural ashy blond color, and now my hair is more like melted chocolate bar brown. Lucky for me, I'd seen him coming, and got to do the "whole sick to my stomach, my heart is in my throat, my hands are shaking" thing before he walked in the door. So perhaps I had the element of surprise on my side. So he came over to talk to us (thanks, asshole. totally how I want to spend my freetime.) and tells me how great it is to see me, how good I look, how he knew this would happen sometime. He asked about the dog. He asked what I was making. He introduced himself to V, asked how I knew her. I think he was shook up because I was with someone he didn't know. He complimented me on my watch (not sure why he was looking at my wrist, but whatever). I sat there for like 15 minutes waiting for him to leave. He kept the conversation going. He looks unkempt and dirty. I don't miss him one bit.
Now, on to more fun and exciting things...
I got tagged by Lily:
5 CDs in your Player :
1. Maroon 5-Songs about Jane
2. John Mayer-Inside Wants Out
3. Doobie Brothers-Greatest Hits
4. Actual Tigers-Gravelled and Green
5. Gavin DeGraw-Chariot
5 Movies You've watched Recently:
1. Must Love Dogs
2. Serendipity
3. 1776
4. Old School
5. Under the Tuscan Sun
5 Nice Things That Happened To You Lately:
1. Josh bought me a chocolate cake shake for dinner on Monday.
2. My mom sent me a box with a fleece blanket and 3 table runners.
3. The lady at Starbucks gave us free cookies!
4. I got crazy new hair.
5. I got an email from someone I've not heard from in a while.
5 MP3s on your playlist:
1. Will Smith-Switch
2. Get to Me-Train
3. I'm Gonna Get You-Bizarre Inc.
4. Ben Folds-Landed
5. Gloria Gaynor-I Will Survive
5 Friends You're Passing This To:
Let me get back to this part in a bit...
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08/10/2005
Time to reinvent...
So, since today is the first day of the rest of my life, I decided to take a risk. Its just hair, right?
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08/08/2005
Not my IPod!!!
I think the rat bastard took my IPod. I've been hunting high and low, and that sucker is not in my house, I'm sure of it. Funny thing is this--I have all of the cords. I have the software loaded on my computer. I know how to run it. He doesn't. Idiot. Oh well. On the bright side-if he really DID take it, then of course I'll have to get another. And since I'm the sassy single girl, I can get the lime green or pink if I really want to. That kicks ass.
So puppygirl and I just got back from a sleepover at MPC's house. We went up yesterday, and he and I went CRAZY buying stuff for his house. I think I've talked him into painting the bottom half of his living room wall red. Yes!!! So we got a bunch of red candles, and then some sort of "world traveler" type stuff. I took him to Cost Plus (World Market) and he got all hopped up about the masks they had out. So we got one. It is great. Then we decided to look for patio sets. We went ALL over. Finally, like 10 minutes before EVERY store was closed, we found a kick ass set. So we bbq'd (he's good at it, he really is!) at like 10:00 and sat on the porch for dinner. It was awesome!
This morning, I drove home and started some laundry, then sat down to post. I realized I hadn't seen Zo in quite a while, so I figured she was napping in one of her usual spots. I peeked around, but no weinerdog!! Finally, I spotted a suspicious pile of blankets on the couch. I gently pulled the covers back, and here is what I found...
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08/07/2005
The Lelah! The Lelah! The Lelah!
I've started the Lelah!! I'm using cotton tots. Hmmm. I think it actually may be ok, though. It is displaying the lace nicely. I accidentally started on the smaller needles, and completed one lace repeat before I snapped out of it. Oh well. Good practice, right?? I'm thinking a chocolate brown or sage green ribbon for the accent...
I bought the yarn for my Big Sven yesterday. Well, the main color, that is. I won't need much for the fair isle part, so I am going to wait for scraps. This is a great fair isle sweater by Cottage Creations. I never thought I'd make it, but I was inspired. I'm doing the body in a pewter color, and my fair isle will be cream, chocolate brown, and a peanut butter color. Pretty much everyone at my LYS except for Liz the Wonderhooker and I knitted it last year. I think it will be a great September project.
So yesterday after Yarn Geeks (the Friday knit group at my LYS), crazy Virginia and I walked to the parking lot to discover one completely flat tire on my car, and another one that was REALLY low. Lucky for me, MPC was at my house taking a nap with the Zoebug. He came out, and laid in the parking lot under my car. He saved the day. He is great. Then when we got home, he hung a tennis ball from the ceiling of my garage so I know how far in I can park. What a megababe. He kicks ass.
So here is a pic of most of my Victoria tank. I truly thought I would never finish this project. I may still rip out the neckline and redo it, but I'll wait until it is too cold to wear it. I think the lace pattern is pretty cool.
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08/06/2005
5 things I miss from my childhood...
Ok, I'm SO lame--Melissa tagged me like FOREVER ago, and I'm just now writing this??? yuk.
1. Camp Winacka. From 2nd grade until like 11th grade, I went away to girl scout camp every summer. Sometimes 2 times a summer. In 2nd grade, I went to Camp Davidson, which was the Brownie camp. After that, I went to Camp Winacka every summer. It was up near Julian, Ca (like an hour from San Diego), and it was amazing. I remember being on the bus ride up and once we passed by Dudley's Bakery, I knew it wasn't far. The counselors were always SO cool. I'd always be excited to see who I'd remember from the year before. They always used camp names, and we would go INSANE trying to figure out what their "real" names were. We sang the CRAZIEST songs ever. When I first started going, I remember canoeing on the lake, and we ALWAYS got to do the ropes course. Parts of the camp were destroyed in the Cedar fire in 2003. I'm pretty sure that the equestrian facility was one of the places destroyed. It was so sad to hear that the camp had been affected by the fire, because it was such a major part of my childhood.
2. My great grandparents. My mom's grandparents were really my only relatives that lived close to us when I was growing up. They were about 25 minutes away, and we spent SO much time with them. When I was in elementary school and would get sick during the day, they were always the ones to come pick me up and take care of me. My grandmother always had those red and white starlight mints in her purse, and she'd give me one as soon as we got to the car. My grandfather had been a short order cook for YEARS, and used to make me American fried potatoes that I would SMOTHER in ketchup. My grandmother passed away when I was in eighth grade, and my grandfather was never really the same. When we moved to Oregon, we bought a house with a little house on the property, and he lived there until he couldn't take care of himself anymore. My first car was the car that he and my grandmother bought brand new the year I was born (a 1976 Ford Granada the color of banana cream pie).
3. The swing set in my back yard. When I was in preschool, my dad and I would swing every evening that the weather was good. Since we lived in San Diego then, that was pretty much every day. I would tell him about my day, and then I'd teach him the songs that we learned. I remember being so little, and feeling like my swingset was as big as the one at the park. I remember feeling like I was the most important thing in my dad's life, and there was nothing else I'd have to compete with for his attention at that time of day. Later, when my parents got divorced and we'd have our weekends together, he had so much going on in his life that we never REALLY spent quality time. But on the swingset? Nothing else exsisted.
4. My grandparents' backyard. My dad's parents, when I was young, lived in Mira Loma, up north of San Diego. They lived in a neighboorhood, but had a HUGE backyard. They always had a FRILLION animals-rabbits, sheep, chickens, probably horses at some point, and geese. Those geese were MEAN suckers, too. Whenever I wanted to get to the henhouse to collect eggs, I'd sprint from the door to the gate. I was so afraid of those damn geese. My grandpa would set me up in the grass with a couple of rabbits, and he'd put a circle of chickenwire around me so I could hang out without the geese being able to get to me. About a half a block away was a really cool park with a horse arena, and there would be 4H events sometimes when I was visiting. I loved watching the kids riding their horses in the ring. I remember it was always SO dusty at their house, but there were always a million things to do there.
5. Tap shoes. I took a few tap classes when I was a little girl, and boy did I love those shiny tap shoes. I loved the ribbon tie, I loved wearing them with tights and a leotard, and I LOVED making a huge clatter with my tap shoes. I always wanted to learn how to do double wings. Maybe I should. I'm probably not too old, right??
Well, since I am TOTALLY lame and only know one blogger, I'm going to have to tag Liz (once I figure out how...)
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08/05/2005
We've moved!!
So, I packed up my yarn and my dog, and we've decided to move to greener cyberpastures. I was so jealous of all the cool things everyone else was doing on their blogs, so my friend Liz (the wonderhooker) kicked me in the ass and said "Then move your blog!" That's our Liz: always the voice of reason. Anyway, so here we are. In case you'd like to see where we used to live, the address is: abcqueenbee.blogspot.com
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