Tuesday, December 7, 2010

talk about forever

wow......its been four months since I've logged on. I'd like to say it was because for once in my life i had nothing to talk about. so wrong. in the past four months I've been going to school and working a couple jobs, moved into my own place, had a few more fights with you know who, and met the most wonderful man. yes i said it i now have a serious man. if you are wondering about the one i was gaga over in august forget it. it didn't pan out and i should have known better, he would never change from high school. so i took my best friends advice and went outside my circle or been there done that's and met a new guy. so all said and done I'm writing again and it happens to be my second to class day of finals for the semester. intro to business exam tonight......here comes writer's cramp. wish me luck and I'll try to keep ya in mind.

love,
Mandi

Thursday, August 12, 2010

AUGUST 12, 2010

wow i am seriously lacking at keeping up this blog.

well here is the update. i went to the chiropractor because my back pain was unbearable. found out i'm in phase 2 degeneration. now i have to go three times weekly for nintey days. apparently its been occuring for years.

we finally got me a helper at the tawas inn resort, however i have to go in tomorrow on my day off because she cant handle 5 cabins on her own. should only take 2 1/2 to 3 hours tops. my next appointment for my back is tomorrow at 4.

oh and on monday i start a second job. i will be taking over karyn's hostess spot at hsing's. i really didnt want the job, but it got pushed on me. karyn doesnt seem to realize that in two weeks school starts, and so does my work study job. my days are going to be
mon: resort, work study, class
tues; resort, work study, class
wed: resort, work study, class
thur: resort, work study, class
fri: resort, restraunt
sat: resort restraunt
sun: resort

of course these are all subject to change.

<3 mandi

Monday, August 9, 2010

AUGUST 9, 2010

well today wasnt too long at work. julie sent me home after two cabins and the office.

i went to the chiropractor today and got my x-rays done and a quick adjustment.  i have to go back tomorrow for a detailed review of my x-rays and another adjustment. but i do have to say that i feel a bit better already...at least i can bend hahahaha. from the little i did see of my xray there is a huge curve to my spine. it looks my sine is a crazy straw or something.

tomorrow is going to be a loooooong day at work. i have 7 cabins two of which were stripped bayviews. i'm suppose to be to work at 9:30. but i think i'll get there earlier just to get a head start. bayviews take a while. we are also training my helper...who has no work experience what-so-ever. i hope she is good becasue until we straighten out my back completely i know somethings will be limited.

okay now its bath time and off to an early bed so i can get up early.
<3 mandi

Sunday, August 8, 2010

AUGUST 8, 2010

sorry yesterday was long and by the time i got home i was too tired and hurt to write. i cleaned 10 cabins out of  15 myself because brenda decided not to show up or even call. that plus my progressively getting worse back problem equals emense pain and fatigue.

but my special friend is finally opening up to me more again. he text me at 1 am to ask if i love him. what a silly question. i've loved him since jounior year of high school even though he pisses me off sometimes. lol.

today was much of the same. cleaned nine cabins. stripped 3 to clean tomorrow. still no brenda and no extra help. i will be calling around to get chiropractor prices. so far it looks like dr. horne at life family chiropractic is the best way to go.

here is a new bitch fest about my sister....she says she's not having sex til she goes out to see jay in hawaii in about 5/6 months. and that she doesnt go after younger guys. well josh was over today. about an hour ago i went and soaked in a hot bath to relieve some muscle pressure in my back and they were watching a movie. i come out of the tub and the house is dark so i'm thinking cool he left and karyn went to bed, but i look aout the window and his car is still here. and now i hear moaning and i'm just disgusted. wow the whispers around town about my sister are really true.

i'm going to bed.after i put on some icy hot and pull up a hulu show. night
<3 mandi

Friday, August 6, 2010

AUGUST 6, 2010

sorry yesterday i didn't have much to say.
i went to work i came home. we had a cook out with our new downstairs neighbor joe and his daughter alana.

then today i went to work, i came home i watched savannah and i bought a futon which joe helped me get home and was even nice enough to set it up for me.

now i'm going to bed because i have a long day at work tomorrow 10 cabins, 5 for me and 5 for brenda but i know we will be helping each other because weeklys dont always leave right away.

my bras should be in tomorrow. my sex toys next week.

i still need to finish my unemployment paperwork and my special friend seems to be avoiding me.
<3 mandi

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

AUGUST 4, 2010

Today was a slow day. i got up, i showered, i dressed, i went to the craft store for supplies, i made a necklace which my friend heather is buying on monday, leveled up twice on market street, babysat savannah, and now i'm writing my blog.

told you it was uneventful. now i'm going to go soak in a tub then get some zzz's getting up at 7:30 to get dressed and walk the 15-20mintues to work. hopefully trilium is open when i pass by so i can pick up time cards and sign any papers necessary.
<3 mandi

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

AUGUST 3, 2010

so today was a great day.
after filing my unemployment yesterday i get a call today about a part time job. yippie!!!!! i start back at tawas inn resort thursday morning at 9:30. not looking forward to the earliness, but it will be good to see julie vliet again. a few hours a week for some extra cahs never hurt either.

would have gone in today for a refresher course bbut i was babysitting from 10am to 4pm and surprisingly it was not my niece i was babysitting. however, when karyn found out i got this job and that would mean i couldnt watch savannah weekend mornings andymore, she hit the roof.

i did not cave though and she found a new babysitter until my jobs ends sometime in october!!!!!

now i'm trying to get savannah to go to sleep and she is not a happy camper. i've already sung the irish lullabye to her which usually works, i've even tried an italian lost love i sang in high school...which i can only remember the alto part.

now back to my research for my business and then my market street and hopefully more conversations with odin, he has become a good friend.
<3 mandi

Monday, August 2, 2010

AUGUST 2, 2010

WHAT A DAY
i really didnt do much but it feels like i did
got my unemployment claim setup, now tomorrow i must go back to michigan works and update my already updated resume, but its worth it.

went and got savannah went to store went and bought dinner. found the cutest cd for savannah its kids songs and they say her name in every song its so funny to see her expression when the tv says her name lol.

got hooked on a new fb game called market street....my store is doing very well, i think i like it better than cafe world.

talked to my friend odin about his networking business then told him about my business idea. i'm going to open a specialty lingerie shop.

FLYNN'S FINER FITS
necessities for women of all sizes

all my frineds know i'm overly ample and i constantly complain about the prices of the garments i have to specailly order. i compromise alot of times for something that doesnt fit well because its cheaper. well i want to save other women that hassel. compromising is unsightly and nerve racking. especially when walmart only goes up to 48 or 50 DD but you wear a 42L.

so now i'm doing all my research and of course still in school for my small business management associates degree.

good night for now
<3 mandi

Sunday, August 1, 2010

AUGUST 1, 2010 AGAIN

OOOOOOOOOOO WOW!!!!!


my mother happens to live in one of the two bottom apartments below the one my sister and i are in. well my mother has this boyfriend/fiancee/guy she lives with.....needless to say i don't care for him much.


he is a complete ass who thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread, he is ex-military and has come up with this absurd story on how he was the best sniper around and at any given moment the government will break down the door to snatch him ack up into action. this is from the same guy that wont get a straight talk phone because he's afraid it has a GPS locater in it allowing the government to find him. he also drinks a lot when he does drink. he convinced my mom to get me to move out and move my heavy cedar wood hope chest up a flight f stairs at 11pm be cause she was moving a deep freezer in where the hope chest was because it was in the way......no deep freezer came but his stuff did. he also for three days straight decided that my books (which were hidden in a cupboard) were also in the way and he would through them outside at night. he threw a bitch fit when my mom took a picture of him, broke up with her then begged her back. same man I'm convinced has had an affair with some one else while my mom was at work (i heard him talking to someone else...and no he doesn't have a phoneand the door was locked - he wouldn't even open it to talk to me, very unusual).


anyways today we discovered him putting trash in our outside container leaving no room for our trash. so we told him and mom they needed to remove their trash from our container and buy their own. he came storming up our stairs banged so loud It sounded like he was using a two-by-four, and said:


i removed my trash from the trash bin, oh and by the way that is Melissa's trash can.


Melissa was our downstairs neighbor that moved out last month. i told mom there was no reason for him to be rude, and i was with Karyn when she bought it for $20 at walmart. the next thing you know he is screaming outside at the guy that mows our lawn, because he didn't want to pay him the $20 they pay him everyweek. talk about anger issues.


on top of this my mother still owes me $240 from when i gave her money to bail him out of jail. it was $290 but she paid $50 once....and never paid again.


Still my mother sees nothing wrong with this guy.


<3 Mandi

AUGUST 1, 2010

okay i'm back.

yesterday was..........not what i expected. i had finally finished cleanning the house, only leaving the dishes for my sister which still aren't done, and was expecting to babysit my niece again even while my company was over.

then her "daddy" shows up and offers to take savannah all day. yay!!!!! a brake for me :) dont get me wrong i love my niece but i should not be the one playing mommy.

then my company came over and we started watching 2012 but never go very far because we decided to go look at new vehicles. my company wants to get a truck y winter time and is thinking of getting rid of their sports car.

when we got back we went to track down money that was owed to me. but he wasnt home so i came back barrowed money from my sister and my company and i went to dinner.

came home to finish the movie but my company left so i watched it alone. pretty good movie. then i put together my a rocker, and crunched out a few reps until the srew in the head rest fell out and now wont stay in.

this morning i awoke to karyn gone to wrk and savannah destroying the house after getting into candy that karyn has stashed in a not to hidden hiding place.

so take a guess as to what my day will consist of,,,,,,yep more cleaning and more babysitting, ttyl.
<3 mandi

Friday, July 30, 2010

JULY 31, 2010

my legs that look like you can play connect the dots and then come out with a piccaso masterpiece.

 i'm highly sensitive to bug bites, and with it being summer time and my sister spends lots of time at the beach but doesnt take a shower as soon as she gets home and the cat decides to be an indoor/outdoor cat now i'm fighting flea/mite bites. now i'm vacuuming, and spraying everything down but it doesnt seem to be working. yuck!!!!! big time!!!!!

thanks alot sis for being concerned not. her daughter is just like me, highly sensitive to bug bites, but the first thing my sister did when we walked in the house knowing we needed to finish cleaning and i'm tired of doing her share.....was to get on her laptop and then start talking on her phone. wonderful.

well its now after 1 am and i need to finish cleaning the house so i can spray everything down. oh yeah looks like i'll be making a third trip to laundry mat so i can throw in my blanket and pillowcases and pillows. oh the joys of sleeping on a couch :(
<3 mandi

JULY 30, 2010 UPDATE

so i had decided not to do the house work because my sister was going to do it when she got home and i was tired of doing her chores as it was.

that so did not work.

now i'm either staying up way late tonight or getting up way early tomorrow to finish cleaning.

i enjoy being someone's bitch but this is not the fun happy kind.

oh hopefully i'll find my camera soon so i can post pictures of my recently made jewelry

also another highlight of my day is that i bought an ab rocker for $20 yay!!!1 maybe now i can motivate myself to use it and lose weight
<3 mandi

JULY 30, 2010

Ughhhh..... 8:30a is way too early for me, especially after staying up past 1:00a.

So agenda for the day:
    dropped off savannah at daycare and karyn at her first job
  clean apartment again
  do laundry again
  pick up savannah
  help her clean up her room
  pick up karyn and drive her the 1/2 block to her other job
  cook dinner
  give savannah a bath
  pick up karyn from work
  then come home and have my time
  oh track down my money that was due to me for the car i just sold

alot of my days look like this ;( but before i do any of this i need to wake up


oh i need to start a simple diet to fit in with busy days like today....any suggestions? keep in mind limited funds.

i'll probably be on later....if i find time. ttyl,
mandi <3

Thursday, July 29, 2010

JULY 29, 2010 BLOG NUMBER 1

Seeing as this is my first blog, I should probably introduce myself.
My name is Amanda, i go by Mandi.
I'm 23 (will be 24 next month), a full time college student, i make jewelry and abstract paintings in my free time.
That is when I have free time. I watch my 2 year old niece most of the time, because my sister works 2 jobs and my temporary job with the census just ended.
Anyways, this blog is meant as away for me to reduce and release stress, any type of writing is known to do that. so here goes:

I'm rather depressed lately, and i don't know if its because my brain is under stimulated while i await for the fall semester to begin, or because home life sucks the big one lately. I'm going to go with the latter.

Right now I currently reside with my sister (who is two years younger) and her 2 year old daughter. And I know that doesn't sound horrible....but it does get worse. My job ended last week, it was just a temporary one with the census, but it was something in this downward spiraling economy. And I have been beating the streets looking for one. I've gone to trillium and Michigan works, i look in the paper every week, and i even look online with no luck. I don't really want to leave the area because of school, and once i finish school i want to open my own business. maybe an indoor laser tag and arcade or an all inclusive religious gift store.

Anyways it occurred to me the other day that i do an awful lot for my sister, but I'm highly under appreciated. I watch her daughter when she goes to work and doesn't feel like paying for extra daycare, i go to the store for her and plan meals and cook and make sure laundry is done and i do the house work when its my turn (we have this one day i do it the next day she does it rule). yet lately, i clean, my sister takes credit in front of her friends, I'm told to clean when its her turn and if not i get the "30 days to find a new place because you cant follow the rules" talk from my little sister!!! Talk about rude! So I've gone on strike.... the house is a mess, my stress level is through the roof, and i don't know what to do.

On top of all this, people in town are talking about my sister behind her back. She honestly deserves the whispers and sideways glances, but I'm afraid that her actions are going to hurt her daughter more in the long run. Lets put it this way...... just two nights ago she went out to the bar with friends (all guys), brought one home to "sleep", and then tonight she went out with another guy. all this while saving up money to go see another guy in Hawaii. in high school i stuck up for her because of this same reputation that unfolded, but she is no longer a child, and i cant protect her anymore. i have tried to talk to her about this, and so has our birth mother, i have yet to tell our father and stepmother. I'm afraid of what will happen to my niece further down the road.

well that's all my ranting for now, I've got jewelry to work on to match renaissance costumes. ttyl,

Mandi <3