Why Bless Your Heart?

First, all good southern women know that you can basically say anything that you want about anybody or anything as long as you follow it up with “bless his/her heart”. I figured if I named my blog this, then whatever I say here will be covered with a big ol’ bless your heart at the top!

Second, the whole reason I started this blog in the first place was to share a bit of myself with my friends. Humor is one of my favorite things to share with loved ones and since it is so valuable to me, I hope that the things I write here, both serious and humorous, will in some way bless your heart.

My New Blog Design...

… is finally here! I am so excited to have it up and running!

So, it’s taken me two weeks to finally make all the decisions needed for Kristi to work her magic. You guys know me and you know how amazingly anal and picky I am, so this should be no surprise. She was extremely patient with me and my indecisiveness and if you are looking for a change to your blog, you should definitely visit her site!

Now, I’m just waiting for inspiration to hit. My birthday is this weekend… that should inspire me! :)

My Blog Name Decision

So, I didn't really give anyone much chance to respond (except Heather who has WAY too much time on her hands... heh heh), but I had to make a decision quick quick so that Kristi could get going with her fabulous design. I am home today with ANOTHER headache (no need to go into all the details --- my doctor is now treating them as migraines... fingers crossed!) and finally got inspired...

And the winner is.... well, I'm not telling you now! It will debut along with my new blog design sometime in the near future! I'll leave you with a tiny hint: Adam may or may not really understand my blog title... hmmmmm???

Here's hoping that my new design will inspire me to post much more often! I know you want it!

My Conundrum

What a great word!

So, I'm in the process of having Kristi give my blog a makeover. Ever since I saw Brooke's, I've been itching to have her do mine as well. It took me weeks to decide on a design theme and now I need to email her more specifics.

I AM STUCK!

I don't want my new pretty blog to be titled Amanda Has a Blog?!? Any suggestions???

(I know full well I'll get no responses because everyone has given up hope that I'll ever even update this thing again... :)

Addendum (another good word): I had dreams last night about naming my blog. I had decided that I needed to continue the whole "My ______" trend I had started with the post titles (a tribute to Scrubs) and came up with the following, which in my dream, I was CONVINCED were amazingly good names that I wanted to use: My Hope is Built (yeah, that's it, nothing else) and My Piddlin' Pad. I'm not even kidding. (I believe this came from churches that have little notepads for the kids to color on -- I'm pretty sure either the one at my church or another one I have visited said "Little Methodist's Piddlin' Pad")

There has to be better ideas than this! Why am I stumped???

My "Filler Post"

I haven't posted in ages, so I thought I'd post SOMETHING to fill in the gap a little more until I am inspired to post something else.

So, I absolutely love this commercial. It makes me giggle everytime I see it.



Bonus points to anyone who knows who that chick is. I recognized her right away, but I'm a pop culture nerd after all. :)

My Tag

My dear friend Brooke tagged me on her blog like a month ago, and I'm finally getting around to writing my list. I'm not sure how interesting it is, but maybe you'll learn something about me you didn't know. Or be reminded of just how quirky I am. :)


1) I have an unreasonable fear of bowling and have never actually done it. It's really not so much a fear of bowling as a fear of not being good at something and people watching me stink at it. I know, I know, most people aren't good at bowling. But I'm not most people. :)


2) My biggest dream is to be in a Broadway musical. And also that dream would have to include a) being good enough to do it and b) not being completely terrified to be on stage! Details, details...


2a) Considering my number 2, this one shouldn't be a huge surprise and therefore I'm making it 2a instead of 3 -- I love musicals!! Movies or plays, makes no difference to me. I haven't seen nearly as many live shows I would like to but I have seen Phantom of the Opera, On the Town, Miss Saigon, Ragtime... sadly that may be it. Then there are shows that I haven't seen, but know the soundtrack by heart -- Wicked, Les Miserables, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Then there are the movie musicals that I love, both those that were previously broadway shows and those that are just good ol' movie musicals -- Mamma Mia, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Hairspray, Rent, Grease, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Calamity Jane... I'm sure there are others that I'm leaving out, but you get the idea. I love em and quite frankly, I wish my life was a musical. Everything is better/more dramatic/more bearable when music is involved.

3) I am a lesson drop-out. I took dance lessons for about 4 years in elementary school taking tap, jazz, and ballet, but dropped out mostly because I was chubby and felt really insecure in my leotard. Sad, huh? I wasn't outstanding or anything, but I remember being decent (and the tallest girl in my class!). Then in high school I took voice lessons for three years, singing Italian arias and showtunes. I would love to be taking them now that my voice is so much more mature. I miss singing (other than in my car and in the shower...)

4) I am addicted to lotion. I have to put it on right before I got to bed, after I wash my hands, after baths, and any other time I feel my hands getting the slightest bit dry. When I was little, I remember waking up and feeling that my hands were dry and not knowing what else to do, I licked them so they would feel better and then went back to sleep. Now a bottle of lotion by my bed does the trick in these situations.

5) I believe that the reason I work so well with autistic kids is that I'm a touch autistic myself. I have major sensory issues... I don't like certain noises in the car or other closed in places(whistling, loud music, anything shrill). There are certain fabrics that I absolutely cannot stand to touch (yet I do it anyway then shudder). And there are several foods I don't like simply because of their texture (mushrooms and pears come to mind).

6) Speaking of food -- my absolute least favorite food in the world is a food that you might find to be pretty mind, but I absolutely hate it and almost cry if I accidentally get some in my mouth. RAW CELERY. UGH. I hate it with a passion!!!!

7) I would love to have a job as a professional organizer or planner of some sort. Maybe an event planner or event coordinator for a location. Or going in and organizing people's homes. I really enjoy this type of work. I guess that's why I'm getting my masters in administration -- it's the job in education that involves the most of that type of thing.

I'm sure there are more interesting things I could have included, but there you go for now. I'll probably add more to it later as I think of things.

So, I'm supposed to tag 7 people? Hmmm.... who hasn't been tagged? Oh well...

Lee

Heather

Jayme

Jen

Briana

Beth

Dawn

My Thanksgiving Games

In preparation for a gathering of friends over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I have been asked to develop some sort of game for everyone to participate in. I thought I would share the two I came up with with my blog readers.

Elementary Cafeteria: Along the same lines as Iron Chef... but not. Leftover foods are randomly combined in the same fashion as the gross boys at your elementary school cafeteria table. Milk and ketchup are added at random for extra grossness. Participants are blindfolded and fed the combinations. Each identified ingredient earns a point.

Bachelor Grab: Seeing as there is only one singleton involved in this extravaganza, this game completely revolves around ME. Each participant has 30 minutes to go out in Greensboro and find a bachelor to bring in to be interviewed.

Points are awarded based on the following criteria:
* Creativity of location bachelor was found
* Score on Bible Trivia test (not too low... but not too high...)
* Height (the taller than me, the better)
* Sense of humor (points for his ability to be funny, more points if he thinks I am funny)
* Job (apparently I am a job snob. May as well embrace it)
* Ability to do odd jobs around the house (plumbing, carpentry, car stuff, etc.)
*** Bonus points if Josh Mullins can wear his clothes
*** Bonus points if he can provide substantial proof that is mother isn't a wack-a-doo

Points will be subtracted from the total for the following:
* Owning an inside dog (even more subtracted if said dog would fit in my purse)
* Pleated pants (if coupled with a short sleeve dress shirt, automatic disqualification)
* Cologne (soap or aftershave are acceptable)
* Overall wimpiness (enough said)
* Gum chewing (more points subtracted for spearmint and wintergreen)
* Crippling cheapness (I'm okay with the dollar movie... but not ALL THE TIME!)

*****In case of a tie, a wrestling match will occur. Each bachelor will receive coaching from the Joshes on how to wrestle and not look too... you know. The winner will be whoever comes off looking the least ridiculous and inappropriate, not necessarily who wins the match.