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Mandi

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..redThis is me...I love taking walks in the rain, and the smell of Michigan basements. I love surprises and spontaneity. I want to travel the world, and live in France for a year. I want to learn to surf, and water ski, and snowboard. I can't wait to go skydiving someday. I would love to learn to cook, and be that girl who always has dinner ready for her man when he comes home from a hard days work. I want to be that girl who looks just as cute in jeans and a sweatshirt as in that perfect 'little black dress'. I love going sledding and making snow men and snow angels. I love hot chocolate and my mama's homemade macaroni and cheese. I could spend an entire day laying in the sun and reading a good book. I want to learn to play the guitar, and mountain bike on rugged trails. I love camping in tents and sleeping bags, and looking up at the stars. I used to hate getting flowers, but somehow this time around it makes me feel like I'm on top of the world. I love dogs and treat mine like my son. More than anything else in the world, I am afraid of falling in love, and at the same time want nothing but just that. I love lots of pillows on my bed, and lots of candles in every room. I love pictures, but somehow always forget to take them. I love to bake cookies, any kind you want. I could eat fresh fruit at every meal for the rest of my life and not get sick of it. I eat chocolate when I'm depressed. I want to dance until I can no longer walk, and perform on stage for as long as I can. I love to color and fly kites and build sand castles. I want to be a kid at heart forever.UPDATE 5/5/08: So I have to say that I feel completely fucking lost lately. I don't know what to do with myself somedays. I am always completely exhausted because I lay awake for hours almost nightly trying to figure out what the hell I did wrong and why I am not where I thought I would at 23. I thought for sure I would be married by now, and not still waiting for 5 more years of college to pass by. I feel like I am stuck here with no way to turn. I have this amazing guy who means the world to me but I'm pretty sure our dreams come nowhere close to meshing. I want to move away from Michigan; I want to have a nice house together with flowers in the front; I want a nice quiet wedding on a beach somewhere with only a few of our close family; I want to have babies and be a mom only half as good as mine. Does anybody else feel completely lost and alone and absolutely depressed about their current place in life, or am I the only one?Myspace Backgrounds


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Life is not measured by the breath's we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Don't have much time for fun right now w/ work and school. But when I have free time I am game for (just about) anything!


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To the UNITED STATES Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines:!THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM!If the Red shirt thing is new to you, read below, the first part is something you probably have seen before.Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together.After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home.No, he responded.Heading out I asked?No. I'm escorting a soldier home.Going to pick him up?No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq, I'm taking him home to his family.The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few days.I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom."Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us on this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be an American.So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what you do so we can live the way we do.Red Fridays.Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority." We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -- and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that ... every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar, will wear something red.By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is. "We need your support and your prayers." Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.

Music:

All of it!!! There really isn't much that I don't like, and I'll try it all at least once.

Movies:

Lots of movies...not a huge fan of Sci Fi though.

Television:

Gilmore Girls...reminds me of me and my mama. And I really dig CSI.

Books:

I love to read, right now I am really into David Sedaris.

Heroes:

Each and every one of my patients who work their asses off each day in therapy, regardless of how hard it is.

My Blog

The unexpected

It's true what they say......The one person who can make you feel like there is not a care in the world is the one person who can make you feel like your heart has been broken into a thousand little p...
Posted by Mandi on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:03:00 PST