hello, lovely

sooo. yeah. hi.
i spent yesterday at my mom’s house & i came home with 95% of the yarn she had. i’ll be going through & doing inventory on it & then figuring out what to donate to whom & what to keep for myself. fun stuff. i just got back from the store (was getting my rent + bus pass (hehe i almost typed pus bass. ew)), and it’s hot. why can’t it be those couple of days last week when it was almost cold compared to now? at least it’s not in the 100s and stuff.

time to go knit or something, i have a bunch of things to get started on.

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

So… hi.
My name is Manda… y’know, just in case you forgot, because I haven’t been around much except to post Blogthings quizzes.

What have I been up to?
Well, let’s see..

Friday
Day from HELL, as are most Fridays for me. I need the weekend after Fridays. *lol* I was pretty much work-raped all day Friday. I get so abused on Fridays, and Fridays are the one day I need to have time to do stuff. It’s really frustrating, but the people who abuse me the most are getting their very own assistants very soon, so pretty soon I’ll be whining about how bored I am at work. I hope so, anyway.

Saturday
Alex’s birthday party. We took over TC & Alex’s apt complex pool. It was pretty fun. I went with Jenny & we didn’t plan on staying for the whole thing, but ended up staying the whole time. She had to pack for her trip tomorrow, and my plan was to clean the apartment for next weekend. I know I won’t get anything done during the week. So far I’ve only managed in handwashing dishes.. because my dishwasher’s being a freak. I’m either overloading it or putting too dirty dishes in it, because all the stuff on the top never gets cleaned. So I’m handwashing everything that needs to be washed & letting the dishwasher run empty a couple times. Hopefully that’ll clean it out a little. Anyway.. off on a tangent. Alex’s birthday party = Fun! I got the FUNNIEST card, which I’ll post a picture of after I upload pics the next time. *lol* Seriously.. it’s so gross.. hehehehe

Today
Cleaning & going over to mom’s for belated father’s day.

I’ve also been doing a LOT of knitting, which you can read about over at my knitting blog. I’ve been doing more knitting than anything exciting, so I’ve been posting over there more than here. Highlights? I’m almost finished with the shirt I’m knitting.. I’ve joined a lace knit-along and a baby-stuff knit-along, plus a charity project, and I have more things that I want to accomplish than.. than I don’t know what. So, go read all about it.

I am so exhausted.
I got about 5 hours of sleep last night, and we spent all day shopping. We went to one Walmart where I bought a copy of In Good Company that I owed to my sister plus a radio clock for at work.

Then we went to JoAnn’s where I bought a zillion dollars worth of LB Cotton-Ease yarn. For any DFW-area knitters, I bought it at the Preston/Forest location, and yes, I did leave some.

We went to lunch then to the ‘regular’ walmart for grocery shopping and stuff. I bought Coldplay’s newest cd and Oasis’ newest cd, plus some blanks so I can burn my Jason Mraz show for myself + Jenny + Megan. And some groceries so I can eat next week. Eating is cool.

I’m gonna get going. Byebye!