Crawfish, Coke, & Cake!!

My birthday was awesome!! As you can tell by the title, I got some very tasty treats...

I hate to admit it, but I pigged out! Spicy crawfish, real coke, and chocolate cake!...And a chick flick on the side. (I love you Branson)

But in light of all that pigging out, I have decided to once again go on a diet...I'm sure you will read much complaining in the near future...lol

I didn't cheat too bad today...Just a glass of sweet tea. I probably should have had water. I'll drink water next. There are no more cokes in the house and the cake is gone too. So, if there are no temptations, hopefully I will succeed. Anyways, enough for now...

Have a fabulous Friday!!

Rent house

Here is a picture that I got of the house we are renting. Sorry it can't zoom in any closer. The lovely yellow arrow and words are my doing in "Paint". I outlined the backyard so you can see the shape...kinda funky shaped but it beats the heck out of the yard we don't have now!! Enjoy!

Pre-Birthday!

About American Idol... I was half right since Lil did go home. Anoop went home too...I wasn't too surprised since I predicted he would be in the bottom three. What I wasn't expecting was Allison to be in jeopardy. I think Matt will be the next to go though.

On a different note, I had a wonderful pre-birthday celebration in Ruston with Branson and Maggie. (Love yall) We went to Monjuni's and then went back to Mag's apartment to watch some tv. And she got me the cutest sewing/craft bag. It's black & white with red! How perfect is that?!

Branson's gift to me came early too. Here is a link to the picture he drew. Isn't it awesome!?

Well, tomorrow is my real b-day. I'll post all about it later. Everyone have a good my birthday!

American Idol 4-21

This is going to be a light-hearted post. Nothing to complain about, nothing to gripe about, nothing to whine about...Just my thoughts.

Last night was Disco night on American Idol and I was really concerned that it wasn't going to be that good. I'm not a huge Disco fan. I'm more of a country girl (which country night on Idol let me down) but Disco night last night was actually pretty cool...go figure

Here are my top favorites from last night:

I think by far the best performance was by Kris...very cool version of his song

Second best: Danny. Not his best performance ever but still very, very good and better than everyone else

Even though he did good last night, I can't bring my self to admit that I am rating Adam this high so moving on...

Allison: Good singer for her age!!... I think she is gonna be safe. Her best performance I still think was "Alone"

Ok, now for the people that I think is gonna be in the bottom three:
- Lil
- Matt
- Anoop

I didn't like Lil or Matt's performace, and since they were the bottom two last week, they will probably be again...and since two are going home this week, I think it will be them...Anoop won't go home but I dont think he did well enough to stay out of the bottom three.

These are just my guesses. Hopefully I'm right...We'll see.

Yes, I Want My Garlic Sauce!

I have got to be one of the strangest people I know. When it comes to getting a job and helping provide for my future, I get so scared that I can't even think straight...BUT when it comes to my dinner, I'm ready to fight for what I want! How messed up is that?

Yesterday, B and I ordered pizza. We did it through the online website because we got a free coupon for five dollars off and every little bit helps. Well, online there is no place to order garlic sauce. (Which I think is stupid not to have on the website) There was, however, a place to add additional comments for driver. We put "Please bring 3 Garlic sauces" See, we even said "please".

Now, my thinking was that he would bring the pizza which we had already purchased online via credit card and we would pay cash for the 3 sauces which were .50 cents a piece (but so very worth it). But Oh No! Home dude didnt want to bother bringing my sauce!!

Let me recount for you the history of what I have gone through in the past to get this sauce. I have made a personal trip up to the store once. I have called ahead of time and requested the sauce be brought which was a mess because they had to run it as two different orders. And then this time, thinking all would be much easier, I flat out didn't receive it.

The driver told us "She wouldn't let me leave the store with the sauce because they are 50 cents a piece". I was mad!! I would have paid for them!! So, I called to tell "her" that "she" just lost my business over $1.50.

Long story short...they didn't lose my business and another driver brought out ten sauces for free. I was happy and thrilled that I was able to speak my mind and get what I wanted.

It gives me hope for the job search. Maybe, when the time comes, I will be able to get what I want then too. (Still, keep praying for me...I'm still scared)

The Job Hunt Score

Hospitals: 1... Mandy: 0

I Almost Died!

Ok, so by now you know about the tornado and how it went over the bridge five minutes after we did, and how I could have been sucked up by the tornado and killed if God hadn't saved us from it by having Mom call me and tell us to hurry up! Pretty cool huh?

Well, I've been thinking... Without stepping on my baby's toes and preaching too much, here are my thoughts...

After I "almost died" I wanted to tell everyone. I wanted to share the story with all my friends so they could go "Oh wow...You came close!"

Without Jesus, I didn't just come close to being condemned to hell but I was! He saved me from "the tornado on the bridge of eternal life" ... Why aren't I as eager to share that? :-/

God put that on my heart...A little conviction is a good thing... :-)

Have a fabulous day everyone!

Last Night Was Crazy

Ok, so Spring Break had officially begun and we were heading into S'port. School was out, we were on vacation...no worries, right?! Let me set the stage for you...

Thirty minutes outside of my parent's house, my mom calls me. In a concerned voice, "Mandy, where are yall?" I told her. "Well, don't fiddle fart around, ok? There is a tornado in Harrison County." My response was "WHAT? AHHHH Branson, hit the gas!"

So, I'm scared of all the lightning that is flashing around me. I cover my eyes so that I don't gasp everytime it flashes. Then about 15 minutes later, Mom calls again. This time I know it must really be bad.

I answer the phone hysterically, "OMG, WHAT'S WRONG NOW?" She says again "WHERE are yall?" I replied, "Where is the storm now?!" She says, "Just Hurry!!!"

At that point I am almost in tears. I'm crying and praying and shaking. "God, I dont wanna die, I don't wanna die."

So, we are going as fast as we can without risk of getting a ticket. (I told Branson that the policeofficer could follow us home and hide in the hall with us!)

About 10:07 we were going over the I-220 bridge. Loooooongest bridge of my life. Loooooongest 15 minute car ride of my life. About 10:10 we pulled up into my parents house. They were standing in the carport hurriedly rushing us to get into the house.

I'm nearly hyperventilating and trying to breath into my hands so I dont pass out. I get to the hall and I scoot to the nearest corner.

Momma and Dad had a radio or tv going in another room but all the doors were closed so I couldn't hear all of it really well. What I did hear at 10:15 was "tornado heading from downtown s'port over the red river close to I-220 going due north".

I'm like, "What?! I was just on that bridge! I was just on that bridge....like 5-10 minutes ago!"

That is the closest thing to a near death experience that I have ever had. The adrenaline in it all was intense and I was so tired when I went to lay down at 12:00. But I couldn't sleep...

I layed awake with my thoughts of the events replaying in my head, over and over. It was crazy.

I'll write more later... I still have lots to say about this.

I Feel Better

IT'S OFFICIALLY SPRING BREAK!!!

Need to Vent

Ok, this is not gonna be the nicest "feel-good" post ever! I'm mad! Since the only person that probably reads this is my husband, I'm just gonna vent.

Just because you are a professor doesn't give you the right to be a butthole!! English teachers especially seem to have some kind of god complex that sucks! Its one of those subjects where its so subjective anyway. If some one doesn't capitalize a letter, it doesn't mean that the whole dag-gum paper deserves a D-! Seriously?

The way that woman acted ticked me off!! She does not realize the implications of what she did and said. And it makes me wonder if she did know, would she care? May she should find a heart and join the human race! Revenge is not good...its not right but it sounds so good right now!

God, change my heart. Heal the hurts that came from today...

So, this is a reminder to HER and everyone else that reads this, if anyone else reads this... BE KIND TO PEOPLE because you don't ever know what they are going through!! (I'm speaking to myself too)

Have a fabulous day!

Of Course I'm Blogging

Well, I'm trying this whole "posting" thing again. I haven't done it in years...literally years! Awww, I remember those Xanga days. Probably, if I am completely honest, the reason I was so ready to set this up is because I have a chronic and severe case of procrastination... and right now I should be working on an online assignment. Oh well, its not due till midnight! Enjoy my thoughts on life!!