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Which messed up Barbie would you be?

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If You Were A Barbie, Which Messed Up Version Would You Be?
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posted by ~Manda @ 4:00 PM 1 comments

Secrete Blog?!?

So yesterday I was trying all day long to enter a new post but I would get busy and forget or get kicked off and all was lost.. LOL
my mother in law found out that her father has colon cancer... They admitted him right away to the hospital so it doesn't sound good at all. We have been trying to call her to find out what hospital he is in and where we need to go but she has been up there with him, with no phone. We have no details of this what so ever and it has me worried to death that it has already spread to his liver and that he wont make it. He is 80 something years old so he has had a long life but he is still LIVING... He still gets around on his own and is as healthy as an 80 year can be. You wouldn't think that he was anywhere near 90 with the way he is... :( it's sooo SAD! Mark seems to be fine about it. IM not sure that he is very close with his grandparents on either side but he is more worried about his mom than anything.
My dad is going RIGHT NOW actually to the Dr. To have his colon checked for cancer. :( I hope everything turns out OK... This colon cancer thing, seems to be spreading like the PLAGUE! My uncle Howie died last year from it, robyns mom has it, papa Goeing has it, and now my dad COULD be on the list. How come "back in the day" no one was dying from cancer and now people are getting it right and left???? I guess from dying from the flu or a sinus infection people wasn't makin it that long huh? hmm... It's STILL SUCKS! Cancer is the flippin DEVIL!
ok ok enough of that, it's making me sad.
LOL so up until now my blog had been a secrete place... No one knew about it, cept me! So I was free to speak my mind and let OUT what I really feel! But I have been FOUND, and honestly I don't know FOR SURE that I have been found but I have a good idea that I have because my best friend now has a blog on blogger and when I comment to her blog she will be able to click on my name and see the blog that I have... :( I mean it's not a super BAD thing but I feel conscious about what I write on here since someone that I talk to regularly has the potential to read it... She hasn't said anythign to me about it yet and I haven't said anything to HER about it... But there is that potential... OH and my SISTER knows about it... LOL she was like, is there anything bad in there about me? I showed it to her and she was like... Oh, that's not bad! LOL is a secrete blog bad? I mean it's pretty much like an online journal for me and if I don't have that outlet what do I do? I don't keep one at home cause THERE I don't have time to write about my day, I just want to FORGET it, by the time I get to sit on my couch I have pretty much forgotten it anyway.
this blog is already different then the one I use to keep because I don't have anyone that reads it other than me... You can tell by the number comments left, and even if there is someone out there that is just reading and not leaving comments.... THEY DON'T KNOW ME! And if I called them a lazy bastard for not commenting to my blog they MAY get upset, but I wouldn't have any emotion toward it cause it's not someone CLOSE to me. ;) LOL there are things that I am able to say to my non existent readers that I can't just up and say to the people that I hang with everyday, without hurting someone's feelings and then having to have this BIG ordeal about it. I don't know.. I wish there was SOMEONE who read this that could give me advise regarding this subject.
~ IS THERE ANYONE WHO READS THIS THAT CAN HELP ~ ADVISE! ~
like for instants.... I wouldn't tell my daily friends that...
we went to the lake this weekend to play with our friends jet ski or wave runner, whatever you want to call it. it was too much fun... I wish me and mark could afford one of those. :) that'd be PIMP! Our other friends have a cabin that has been in their family forever and its pretty much right on the lake. We go with them almost everytime they go, last time we were all there, they were like " you all have to come down by yourself once, it's SOOO Nice!!" so we were like yeah that'd be nice. So this weekend came and we wanted to go - figuring since they said that last time, it wouldn't be a problem to go and hang out there without them. We asked if we could go down and use it cause we were gonna play on the water MOSTLY but we just wanted a place that we could chill for a minute when we got tired... And they say that, they don't want anyone there without them. Um.. WTF!?!!!? Ok whatever so we were just like ok we'll go to taylorsville lake instead. Well she called back and was like he has to work but if you want to come pick me up, I'll go with you. So it was like we had to have a babysitter or something before we could go somewhere that we go all the time.... kinda makes me feel like - ok are you jealous that we were going? Or do you not trust us or what? I don't know, all I know is that made me feel pretty shitty!
it's like me and mark have known this girl for 17 years pretty much grew up with her, when she wasn't running away! And all of the sudden WE aren't good enough to go to the cabin WITHOUT supervision. WHATEVER!
but for the 4th of July weekend we have planned for all of us to go there... Going down Friday and staying the night and then coming back Saturday night... I don't know if I even want to go.... Apparently IM not TRUSTED! I mean if they were just some people that we hung out with everynow and again, I could understand their not wanting us to use it by ourselves... But we are like family ( or so I thought) but then again I have some family that I wouldn't trust in my house by themselves.... LOL so I guess it's WHATEVER. I'll just keep my mouth shut about it, cause that's what the blog does, helps get it out - ;)
luvs ~A.

posted by ~Manda @ 11:58 AM 3 comments

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What Batman Character Are You?

posted by ~Manda @ 2:33 PM 1 comments

Getting to know ME!

this is one of those Q&A fwds that I got last week, thought it'd be a nice way to get to know someone... so if you feel compelled... copy it and put your answers in and comment or email with your answers. :)

1. What is your full name? Amanda Leigh Arms
>2. What color pants are you wearing? blue jeans my mommy got for me for christmas - they are alot tighter by now though. ;)
>3. What are you listening to right now? sfr old school (mostly southern) rock... terris big mouth, hee hee
>4. What was the last thing you ate? a ham sandwich that my hun had made me as soon as i got home from work. (he loves me ;)) he is soo good to me.
>5. Do you wish on stars? ALWAYS!
>6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? red, pink or purple. ;0) maybe jungle green!
>7. How is the weather right now? humid and getting hot
>8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? PAT! always pat, one he is my dad two he is my BOSS! bleh! ADDITION: i take that back, he just called and GAVE ME A RAISE!! whoo hoo!!! :D
>9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? of course...she is the one of the only VERY FEW people that has ever had any interest in me and my real dad having some sort of relationship. :) thanks AND she is the mother to my BROTHERS!
>>10. How old are you today? 25 only 2 and a half more months till im 25 AGAIN! hee hee this is the age i will stay FOREVER!
>11. Favorite drink? water
>12. Favorite sport? CHEERLEADING or dance
>13. Hair color? lots of BLONDE! its' summer time BABY!
>14. Do you wear contacts? sometimes... auqua blue when i do. *pretty*
>15. Siblings? 3 half brothers (2 from dad and 1 from mom), 1 half sister, and 1 step sister (she isn't wicked, either! - well not anymore! hee hee )
>16. Favorite month? july cause thats in between mine and marks birthdays and its our anniversary month AND we usually take vacations in that month!! BAHAMAS this year... WHOO HOO
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17. Favorite food? pretty much anything FAST! hee hee but chinese from china garden is the pimperest!
>18. What was the last movie you saw? the beginning of sin city... all the way through - would be shreke 2 TOOO CUTE! love "puss in boots" my fav!
>19. Favorite day of the year? july 12th our anniversary! i am hopelessly in love with his punk ass!
>>20. What do you do to prevent anger? get the hell away from whatever is pissing me off! lol and if i can't... I BLOW UP!
>21. What was your favorite toy as a child? hmmm... i would say my BIKE... it gave me freedom to get out of the house a bit! ;)
>22. Do you like Summer or winter better? absolutly summer
>23. Do u like Hugs or kisses? hugs
>24. Do u like Chocolate or vanilla ice cream? vanilla
>25. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? lol..what u think??
>>26. Who is most likely to respond? prolly robyn
>27. Who is least likely to respond? prolly my MOM or DAD!
>28. When was the last time you cried? hmm when robyns mother got out of surgery and the news wasnt that great! :(
>>29. What is under your bed? desk bunnies and a cat when it's scared
>30. Who is the friend you have had the longest? ROBYN! since 1989 and only a couple mins and days different from DEENA and MARK(my hunny)! ;)
>>31. What did you do last night? went to robyns to check out the new addition to the DURKIN family petting zoo went to cheerleading because i am now the assistant coach of my little sisters cheer team.. :) and the little hooker wasn't even there!
>32. What are you afraid of? loosing the people i care about!
>33. Do u like Plain buttered or salted popcorn? > lotsa buttah!
>34. Favorite car? beetle bug convertible
>>35. Favorite flower? roses and cala lillies
>36. Number of keys on your key ring? about 4
>37. How many years at your current job? since i was 14 but legally since march 2004
>38. Favorite day of the week? Friday, last day of the freakin WORK WEEK!
>39. What did you do on your last birthday? prolly NOTHING i remember that my mom cooked dinner for me all my FAVs hotdogs, hamburgers, mashed tats, HOMEMADE mac and pimpin cheese... done MOTHER STYLE! she is DA MAN!!
>40. how many states have you lived in? this one! (kentucky) we are planning a move to florida (short term goal)
>41. How many cities have you lived in? this one! (Louisville) i like it here but i would much rather be at the ocean!
>OK your turn? See how many you get back? ENJOY!!

posted by ~Manda @ 2:53 PM 0 comments

RAISES

ok so i wrote last time about my raise... which i will see on this weeks check.. whoo hoo! :)
my hubby got a job, they gave him an extra dollar on the hour so he is making 11 an hour and THEN he is going union this week which will give him 18.20 an hour and then the union is up for a raise soon for .40 on the hour! so he'll ALREADY be getting a raise. but i don't think that they get another one until their contract is up and that like a couple of years or so. anyway just wanted to let everyone know how excited we are! :)
we are going to washington d.c. this weekend... leaving thursday and getting there friday morning. yay i can't wait. we are going to see a SHIT load of stuff. i JUST now took the pics on my digital camera and put them on my computer to free up the memory cause it's FULL from going camping on memorial weekend. got some really good pics too! i have a potential for like 210 pics on my camera and i'll prolly use ALL of em on the first day in d. c. just cause i haven't ever been there and everything is going to be SOOO neat looking. hee hee im a FIEND when it comes to pictures... that's why i scrapbook so that i can get some freakin USE out of all the pics i take instead of them sitting in a box or picture book that gets looked like ONCE in a year! lol it's soo much fun too and for anyone who does scrap they know how much a scrapbook can mean!!! it's AWESOME! :)
k well i better do some work or something, i guess with this raise i SHOULD do something huh? :D heh heh

posted by ~Manda @ 12:35 PM 1 comments

This and that

So it's been a little bit since I have blogged. Maybe because instead of just sitting here at work being bored I have actually had work to do. My dad (boss) has gotten me doing newsletters for ALL the complexes that we do. That is a new chore ON TOP of what I already have to do. It'd be great if I just sat here all day and typed up newsletters for the complexes and for our company it's self. That'd be NICE! ;) but nope, it's just ADDED to the whole daily grind!
HOWEVER as much as I have been bitching about it, my good work or bitching one has gotten me ANOTHER RAISE! whoo hoo, that's pimp! I am now up to $12.75! Go me!! BUT I prolly wont get another one till like 2007 or something. LOL ;)
My hunny has gotten a job since last we spoke. :) IM so glad that has something to do during the day and on a daily basis. He is only making 10 an hour right now, which isn't bad but we know that he is worth much more than that! Tee hee in about a month he will go union so he'll be making scale pay which is 18.20 in the city, that's pretty dern good! Oh what's his job you ask? Tile Setter Helper. :) basically that's a nice way of saying he is just a laborer... But he says that it's easier work than what he did here (landscaping, mowing and spraying lawns) plus its a family business still, BUT HE ISN"T RELATED! hee hee so that'll help everyone get along and all. :)
I have begun helping my sisters cheerleading coach. Thursday was my first day and I think IM really gonna like doing it. But the first time at "all stars" (practice tumbles, safety and stunts) and my freaking little sister wasn't EVEN THERE!! You know where she was?? KENTUCKY KINGDOM!! (six flags) with her friend who is also a freaking cheerleader! LOL she is bad. FLIRTING with marks cousin Wade who is her age and they have already had their little fling but I guess since she is moving over close to where he lives and RIGHT ACROSS the street from his school - they will be talking again! She says no, but I say YES YOU WILL! ;) I think it's cute and I always thought they'd be cute together, but he is a little bad ass. (but then again aren't ALL teenage boys?) CAN I GET AN AMEN! hee hee
his father is an alcoholic and his step mother is the same and has even threatened to kill him. I just don't' see how a decent person can come from a family like that. But I guess you never know. I was from disfunction and IM pretty decent!! I just don't want her to start going down the same path that OUR cousin is going on....
she is getting better though I think. I think most the reason why everyone is flipped out over her is cause her boyfriend is black but at least if she is having sex it's just with HIM! And not like 4 other boys.... BEFORE lamont came she was handing out "favor" like left and right. But now she is just with him and I think it's GOOD! But they are twisted cause she says that he is going to marry her and that they are going to move to Cincinnati and he is going to the NBA~ uh huh... I mean I guess that's teenage bull that we all go through but they are SERIOUSLY thinking that all that is going to happen.
me and mark were teenage lovers but it's like we never even talked about getting married, cause it was just one of those things that we KNEW was going to happen. But it wasn't talked about until we were actually living together, on our own... hee hee I pretty much told him that if you are going to ask me to marry you, you should do it soon so that I can plan for a July 12 2003 wedding cause that's the year july12 falls on a Saturday! LOL (IM bad)
so me and mark have pretty much completed our bathroom makeover, we did marble floor and petalstool sink and a NEW toilet all new fixtures... It's looks FAB! But the back splash is still in process and our medicine cabinet/mirror needs to go up before it's COMPLETE! And we'll prolly get new shower fixtures too. We have gotten new furniture for the living room and a new TV. It's 42" plasma flat screen. We are going to hang it on the wall.. NEAT! :) now all we need is some new area rugs and tables.. MAYBE some lamps (Asian) our living room is done in Chinese things... MOSTLY Chinese.. a few are Japanese.
owell THE BOSS is here.. better go! :)

posted by ~Manda @ 11:48 AM 0 comments