tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62891418971583815262024-03-12T19:20:40.595-06:00A Night Owl's Ramblingsmanda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-12254452665856673532011-05-21T22:09:00.009-06:002011-05-23T01:16:35.279-06:00The Joys of My Hair!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBq26GIEIeGG1_Zpm-18IWb-StkndANCylun3_m-cCbD17x6TifgWv7lb_ZJI-qWSxp6Lcivi2a2Pr6l-bJ1fWwkMiOEqO3jLM90upCPPzBJExDQhlJfwhwnAum6S1n-dRxX2TZEg3DBG/s1600/DSCN1143_2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBq26GIEIeGG1_Zpm-18IWb-StkndANCylun3_m-cCbD17x6TifgWv7lb_ZJI-qWSxp6Lcivi2a2Pr6l-bJ1fWwkMiOEqO3jLM90upCPPzBJExDQhlJfwhwnAum6S1n-dRxX2TZEg3DBG/s320/DSCN1143_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609400668688188770" border="0" /></a><br />this is me... Or was me... I love my hair dark and this is how i looked for a long long time! But I have a tendency.... no an addiction to coloring my hair. I often go for dark colors like deep dark <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">brown</span></span> and I LOVE <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">black</span></span>! and occasionally I will add an awesome color like <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">RED</span></span>! Well for the summer i decided to switch things up a bit. and I wanted to go back to the color I had in September. I looked like this!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjgupm1tPhAEXymhcLCWimtk7noSPFgvepAmtS-YepKtl_jJxpKZZUY67G6MmGXKIwOILy8w4pstZw3qjLodt_iv1MjHhH6AswjIb3x59yRvq86t3-WrQ9Zyik4LY0JDzVcs7xoULqksb/s1600/IMG_7111_2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjgupm1tPhAEXymhcLCWimtk7noSPFgvepAmtS-YepKtl_jJxpKZZUY67G6MmGXKIwOILy8w4pstZw3qjLodt_iv1MjHhH6AswjIb3x59yRvq86t3-WrQ9Zyik4LY0JDzVcs7xoULqksb/s320/IMG_7111_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609389684614596962" border="0" /></a><br />SEE, not a bad a goal right!!! I didn't think so! and I remember I went through some mass hair trauma to get it here. I got this hair color on accident. I was on a trip to Colorado with some good friends of mine (Blaire, Kara, and Marisa) and we decided to have a hair dying night! and i decided i wanted to go<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> blonde</span></span>, which turned out ot be a copper color... so when i got home, i dyed it over and over to get a beautiful color that it was for my family pictures!!!! So here i am in May wanting to dye my hair to get this color....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Step 1:</span> Step one, Bleach my hair!!!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Outcome:</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHAfg8_Vc7W6acLZPOc_kwxCgv1CXp_YX53T_lyFSkykCbnjHPKkqzUGEmz3aE2OehJUCB3uPyZOo-0wTKd1mU-yHJSeSbKSRhY9ZyN74ykfTAjH82tpt5_yPRgon30mg8Z5r1BB9LPcE/s1600/2011-05-20+20.49.49.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHAfg8_Vc7W6acLZPOc_kwxCgv1CXp_YX53T_lyFSkykCbnjHPKkqzUGEmz3aE2OehJUCB3uPyZOo-0wTKd1mU-yHJSeSbKSRhY9ZyN74ykfTAjH82tpt5_yPRgon30mg8Z5r1BB9LPcE/s320/2011-05-20+20.49.49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609395956904507634" border="0" /></a><br />Why in the world my hair went <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">FIRECRACKER red </span></span>i have no idea. I was expecting a little copper, but not my entire head... so we are on to step 2......<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Step two... </span></span>dye it with a <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">green</span></span> based color to off set the <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">FIRECRACKER RED.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zIKWgmZEA8No2fkzi9H03HoKt8p1-hassP845GRjLsnsRlwexIMn0d3K-vsp2GqKIkTNShdlTYZhUQRii5-G0VWJy6gHibvGLjI0mdvPnPjltGo2pogJflWKGS9lMnv4hoiHCEhu9HXN/s1600/2011-05-20+19.44.01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zIKWgmZEA8No2fkzi9H03HoKt8p1-hassP845GRjLsnsRlwexIMn0d3K-vsp2GqKIkTNShdlTYZhUQRii5-G0VWJy6gHibvGLjI0mdvPnPjltGo2pogJflWKGS9lMnv4hoiHCEhu9HXN/s320/2011-05-20+19.44.01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609397587887696274" border="0" /></a>Blaire thought it was best to put a bag on my head!!! it definitely contains the mess. and here is my awesome cousin Makayla posing as a cartoon in this photo My cousin is so wonderful as she is so worried about the fried state of my hair and it potentially turning into mush!! Bag heads... It's the new rage! try it, Love it, Live it!!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Outcome:</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej2d9M3YH9PlxftRq64pONWOeLksGMIVJCcHfSwXhD7eNA4Q-U2mQm8Y9pKp2_kF9rw4ai3LxX02suCYwFNC1a0wL9AXjl815U7M09g1FJSQLfTOtvKFL_ygrKVuvxagOnLtd0CZH2sSP/s1600/2011-05-20+21.59.29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej2d9M3YH9PlxftRq64pONWOeLksGMIVJCcHfSwXhD7eNA4Q-U2mQm8Y9pKp2_kF9rw4ai3LxX02suCYwFNC1a0wL9AXjl815U7M09g1FJSQLfTOtvKFL_ygrKVuvxagOnLtd0CZH2sSP/s320/2011-05-20+21.59.29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609398491214253746" border="0" /></a>Now i can not convey to you how truly ginger i am at this point... I know it may look like a light caramel brown... but not it is a nice brassy<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"> ginger </span></span>color! I looked like i belonged to the Match family (which is not a bad thing, cause Hodie and Mason are my favorite gingers in exsistance!) But as Ben saw via skype, and all my poor co-worker can attest, that <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">ginger</span></span> is not the color for me!!! .... so after a long long day at work, waiting patiently for the '<span style="font-style: italic;">Zombie Apocalypse</span>" that never happened i got off work, and bought a darker,<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"> green</span></span> based color!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Step three: </span>dye my hair again with darker green based dye.....<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><br />Outcome: </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1hKjwtzLB2xqPTMfwL8Ri6uuCvfQ23RsBGENoRDbJTPe5NxD_c7-jYTbD83V-Mtmzg0Vau85xf1zlVEeRRmQfYyF8XggC78kYg2EN0u8qxxScDyjP7ZEiHpzE_c09E-5gOrF0Wglk4nl/s1600/2011-05-21+21.46.01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1hKjwtzLB2xqPTMfwL8Ri6uuCvfQ23RsBGENoRDbJTPe5NxD_c7-jYTbD83V-Mtmzg0Vau85xf1zlVEeRRmQfYyF8XggC78kYg2EN0u8qxxScDyjP7ZEiHpzE_c09E-5gOrF0Wglk4nl/s320/2011-05-21+21.46.01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609400263378685426" border="0" /></a><br />The color is very very very pleasing to mine eyes... but the damage to my hair, well is fatal! It will take many weeks of great conditioning treatments for it to look and feel healthy again, but that's okay because I am pretty dang close to my natural Color... And this is my adventure of dying my hair lighter!manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-7542498858815059292011-05-01T21:57:00.007-06:002011-05-01T22:38:10.798-06:00It's almost been a year!!!!!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia;">Well hello again,</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It has been almost a year since I last </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-family: georgia;">"blogged"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, and well I think that is far too long for someone to go without talking about their life! So I am back. I will admit that I completely forgot that I had a blog until I was talking to a friend and he said that he had </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">facebook"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> stalked</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> me, and on my </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">facebook </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">is the link to my blog, and he said that he read it! and wow it is out of date!!!! So here I am again and going to get into the habit of Blogging!</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's hard to start up again, so I thought I would give a quick recap/overview/briefing of the life of me now, in the past year!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Firstly a year ago, I talked about how I was single, I regret to inform you that that didn't last for long and that I got back with said ex boyfriend, but now we are done for good and have been for about 2.5 months! For all of you that I was a brat to, ditched out on, never talked to or told you to go to hell for this boy... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I AM VERY SORRY</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">! I give the biggest apology to my family that had to put up with me and my drama through that life chapter of mine!!! But thanks to them and to my true friends that have stuck around and love me all the same! I love you all dearly!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also I talked about how to approach me, and I talked about a self help program that I swore I would never go to it... </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">well I went!!!!</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and I loved it! the program is called Great Life, It is quite pricey but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I learned so much about myself and how I show up in the world, and I like to think I grew up a lot from this experience! I found out who I am, and I found purpose on a completely personal level. Who am I, you ask? </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am a pure, forgiving, creative woman! And I courageously inspire love, dedication, passion and power!</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Who are you? and what is your purpose??? Anyways I made many great friends in this training that I will always have a special place in my heart for!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">I still think that people need to slow down and enjoy life, and that I will always want to take a man camping with me to put up my tent! I just think that those are only natural things to want! I am not in school right now, but am in the process of enrolling for fall semester!!! I am really excited to be going back and to keep my mind busy again! so that no matter what I will always have something to do! So that will be exciting and I can't wait to get that rolling again. I will be going to </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">UVU </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.... and will be commuting... and spending tons of money on gas But I just can't see myself moving to happy valley! Just don't see that to be like a good fit! Nothing against you happy valley dwellers!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyways I will cut this blog a little short and will write another here shortly and have more of a theme behind the entry, basically this one is saying..... HONEY I'M HOME!!!!!</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-11565895429277044152010-06-05T00:24:00.005-06:002010-06-05T00:53:35.362-06:00There are reasons we have men!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtOc89UoQqA66XINGT12aVjxbgJyzXQZhdXjg5oE-dgReJpFdHYEMoRGC0FyG-vOduh23abHDvhcyj6njmTRsHRxn70bOVqRUpJ7NJu_IHPMZHi0JsEl1vc9quyCfeu1aurRzE4Pfa-f4/s1600/Photo0230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtOc89UoQqA66XINGT12aVjxbgJyzXQZhdXjg5oE-dgReJpFdHYEMoRGC0FyG-vOduh23abHDvhcyj6njmTRsHRxn70bOVqRUpJ7NJu_IHPMZHi0JsEl1vc9quyCfeu1aurRzE4Pfa-f4/s400/Photo0230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479175675622683522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Well firstly, I will be the first to admit that I am a little on the</span></span> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >FEMINIST</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">side. I believe that woman are very well capable of doing the same things that men can!!! But</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >sometimes there are reasons we have men around</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For instance, tonight... <span style="font-size:85%;">I had a lovely girls night in the wilderness... So there we</span> (<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">7 girls</span></span>) <span style="font-size:85%;">are for</span> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" >over an hour</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:85%;">trying to set up a tent... with not stakes to anchor it (so we substituted <span style="font-size:130%;">large rocks</span> that wouldn't stay on the tent to anchor it), and absolutely no idea as to where the poles go (<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">red </span>dotted ones, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">whited</span> dotted ones, and <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">yellow</span> dotted ones), and how it's meant to hold up the tent! </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">So i have provided a</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">picture</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>f<span style="font-size:85%;">or you so you may actually see, how the tent looked in the end... but let me give you description because</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">t<span style="font-weight: bold;">he picture makes it look fine</span></span>!! <span style="font-size:85%;">Firstly it's placed on the </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;">rockiest place</span></span>. <span style="font-size:85%;">Secondly the</span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">first bar</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">that you see, is</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">leaning</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">ever so nicely</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">on t</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">he middle bar</span></span></span>, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">not anchored</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">or anything, and there is one in the back of the tent just leaning as nicely as ever also... and the the </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">t<span style="font-size:180%;">ent isn't even center</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">on the middle bar... it's a good 5 inches to far to the right and completely bent down the side!!! </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">so that is why </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">we have men... to Put up our tents..</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">. because heaven knows that girls were not meant to do it!!! but We did have any awesome fire thanks to yours truly!!!</span></span></span>manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-47093077647321313722010-05-30T23:20:00.003-06:002010-05-30T23:28:26.495-06:00The Art of Being Single<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlkLIHTzbLaByVVimRWDQBZjrT8N3OtptaxYZV4vjgCPaZCr7cNeuiKJfGofvGet3e7CBMf4M2YRlBg1jysj0lkQdb6eMlheceV5e3FVac_6U0diHH4j2yHKnsZt73fThtp3a-kPSMdeT/s1600/dating-480.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlkLIHTzbLaByVVimRWDQBZjrT8N3OtptaxYZV4vjgCPaZCr7cNeuiKJfGofvGet3e7CBMf4M2YRlBg1jysj0lkQdb6eMlheceV5e3FVac_6U0diHH4j2yHKnsZt73fThtp3a-kPSMdeT/s400/dating-480.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477301603849383954" /></a><br />Well I have been in a relationship for roughly <span style="font-weight:bold;">2 YEARS</span>... Well just recently the relationship ended. And can I just <span style="font-weight:bold;">tell you what</span> an adjustment that is. It's the <span style="font-weight:bold;">small stuff</span> that you miss the most, or are the hardest not to do. So many things have to change now... <br /><br />I don't have someone to text constantly<br />I have to drive everywhere<br />No more good night calls, or good morning texts<br />No more plans after work every night. <br />No one to stay up late and discover cool shows with. <br />Not to mention the hugging and kissing that doesn't happen<br />You don't have a best friend anymore...<br /><br />I mean the list goes on and on... Being single has it's perks! Like <span style="font-weight:bold;">girls nights</span> anytime, and the option to date around (although I'm not nearly ready for that) Just take a moment and think how you're life would change if you became single... It's interesting, and makes you take for granted the small stuff!manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-25716094391715615322010-05-12T23:00:00.003-06:002010-05-12T23:14:06.136-06:00Life in the fast Lane<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxgRYyWSWaN3TF_qSWqCurqrKAh_wzD0yvnKoploQTTiUR6BRbOxM4RQTqR8syoqYfZgcPw28_6RJjG4gjRRlVkSNCjvZd6fy9tmqID5oMC_15tDLJyAPtiP4hNj9w2UezStpFMIfnhms/s1600/life+in+the+fast+lane.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxgRYyWSWaN3TF_qSWqCurqrKAh_wzD0yvnKoploQTTiUR6BRbOxM4RQTqR8syoqYfZgcPw28_6RJjG4gjRRlVkSNCjvZd6fy9tmqID5oMC_15tDLJyAPtiP4hNj9w2UezStpFMIfnhms/s400/life+in+the+fast+lane.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470618545105159442" /></a><br /><br /><br />So many times people get caught up in the "fast lane" mode. They are constantly going going going, rushing to work, back home to do bills, back to school, then home for some homework. Not often these days do people slow down. They speed through life forgetting to look around. <br /><br />This weekend I have the opportunity to spend it with my Great Aunt Delores, and my Grandmother's Husband Claire. Both of which are in their 80's and still very alive, but life moves slower for them. Today I help cook a dinner. I haven't done that in ages. I also sat down to read a frivolous book. One that wasn't required for work or school. I even took a cat nap. At first it was frustrating to slow down, to not have anything to do, but then with a different look I'm learning to love it. I can't wait for the relaxation and adventures that are to come over the next couple of days. Because life needs a refresher course and this is mine!manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-16367381104583691242010-05-09T12:55:00.001-06:002010-05-09T12:55:58.220-06:00MOM<span style="font-weight:bold;">HAPPY MOM'S DAY</span> <br /><br />My mom is better than all of yoursmanda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-33296487969114492322010-05-09T01:27:00.003-06:002010-05-09T02:04:06.214-06:00My Attitude.I know that I have an attitude. It is something that I have always had and I don't see going away anytime soon. I also believe in standing up for what I believe in; and one thing I believe in is <span style="font-weight:bold;">ME</span>. I know how to take constructive criticism, But DO NOT throw me under the bus.... <br /><br />Some things people should know when confronting me. <br /><br />... Don't throw me under the bus...<br />... Do Not expect me to react in a certain way... <br />... Don't ever tell me that i can't do something... <br />... Be logical...<br />...Don't get emotional, Keep this professional, I am...<br />... Don't tell me that my moral beliefs are wrong (i.e. I believe in standing up for my staff and their rights regardless of if they made a mistake, because we all make mistakes and learn from them; so don't ask me to throw them under the bus)<br />... Do Not tell me to be like somebody else, because I am nobody but MYSELF... <br /><br />And <br /><br />... Don't try and sell me some SELF HELP program that cost thousands of dollars...<br /><br />I believe that i can be pretty reasonable. I also believe that i can make a difference, and any task that I'm given can be done 150% of what is expected. I have an attitude and I like to keep it positive. If there is a problem show me. But until you can show me, don't attack me! I don't appreciate it.manda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289141897158381526.post-60648837938259464862010-05-05T21:50:00.001-06:002010-05-05T22:07:19.632-06:00BloggingIt seems that everyone these days are blogging. I love to read peoples blogs, I find them quite entertaining to see how people want the world to perceive them. So I have decided to start blogging. I am curious to see if there will be a theme in my posts... for now I have no idea why I am doing this, but it could be fun. Who knows maybe this will just turn into a rather public diary!! We'll seemanda lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656447215479990507noreply@blogger.com0