hello, lovely

HI, all….
it’s me.. your disappearing hostess, Manda.

I’m serious.. I swear you’ll forget my name.

I haven’t been posting much because the only time I think of stuff to post is at work, and, well, I have a pretty strict rule against posting from work. Well, that, and I’ve been way, way, way, way too busy this week to even attempt it. After work, I end up talking to Joe most of the way home, or starting when I walk in the door, and then I don’t really get to post because I’m busy talking to him. Hmm.. I forgot that I can post to here through email though. Maybe I’ll have to start doing that & editing them when I get home.

SO yeah, that’s why I’ve been dead.
I’ll post more when he goes back to school or something. *lol*

I do have a ton to post about, even though I can’t think of a thing right now - but I know there’s a lot.

Most importantly, I’m taking a trip in the near future to see Joe! It’s an unplanned trip, but one I’m happy to be able to make. It’ll only be for a weekend, so I won’t be there too long, but it’ll be something. It was kind of a surprise because I brought it up while he was half asleep, and he thought he dreamed it until he checked his email. *rofl*

I’ve been having a craptastic movie selection from Netflix lately, which is my own fault.. but I just haven’t been happy with much of what I’ve been getting. It’s disappointing, because I’ve been excited to see the last few movies from my list, but have sent them back nearly unwatched because I was just like… I really don’t want to watch this right now. My television series rentals are the only things that have saved the day.. right now I’m on the 1st season of Charmed. I don’t know why I didn’t watch that show when it first started. Ohh, I think it was because I pretty much worked every single Sunday & missed it by the time I got home. Maybe that was it. I’m getting Million Dollar Baby, A Very Long Engagement, and Charmed, Season 1, Disc 3 this week/end, so maybe these will have some redeaming qualities. If I can get through them.

I ordered some yarn off ebay about three weeks ago and never received it.. but I found out that the buyer didn’t put my complete address on it, and they just got around to returning it to her. LOL She said she’s shipping it priority, so I should get it tomorrow or Saturday. that’s awesome. I’m very excited about this. Not that I have any idea what I’m going to do with it, but it’s pink (bubblegum) cotton ease to add to my stash of almost every other color (that I could find).

I’m knitting on a bunch of projects, for those of you who don’t read my knitting blog. Lots of washcloths, the Charlotte’s web shawl, and a couple other things for charity items. I started my Christmas knitting list, and I’ve completed one item already. I have 25 people, not including coworkers, that I want to knit for. I’ve decided that I”m just going to knit a whole bunch of washcloths in different colors, then pick out two or three for each person so I can give them as a set. They’re easy, I can get about 2 out of a ball of yarn, and they take almost NO time.

I’m getting Harry Potter on Saturday!! I’m so excited. I hope it comes with the regular mail - I got an email from Amazon.com that says to give them until 7pm before we start calling customer service. I hope I’m not one of those people who needs to wait until 7. LOL I’m planning my day around getting the mail, because I know they won’t leave it, and I really don’t want to have to sit here all day and not do anything or get anything done because they don’t show up until 7pm. I have library books to take back and a fine to pay because they didn’t renew a book i thought renewed & it’s a big mess that’s all my fault, but considering the amount of books i have out, the fine isn’t that much. LOL

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyway… I’ve rambled on far too long, but I think I’ve caught you up.
My apartment’s a mess. I suppose I could *clean* while I wait for Harry Potter to get here. eheheh