Does anyone else feel like even looking at a bathing suit is out of the question right now?
Does anyone else have neighbors who feed them dinner? (I’m never moving.)
Does anyone else claim to loathe leggings as pants but secretly wish they could pull that off?
Does anyone else think Jennifer Hudson is the opposite of a good actress? (I know she won an Oscar, and I know she’s a wonderful singer who has been through hell and back, but I’m just sayin‘. Did you see Sex and the City the movie? Have you seen those Weight Watchers Commercials? I rest my case.)
Does anyone else own an iPhone (well, work gave it to me) and not know how to work it?
Does anyone else feel like they’ve accomplished something major when they straighten their hair in the morning?
Does anyone else want to go to NYC and stalk Regis with me?
Does anyone else think they would be more productive if they could wear pajamas to work?
Does anyone else think those Jersey Shore kids look like washed up 45-year-olds?
Does anyone else share their bed with a greedy dog? (He is 18 pounds and takes up 3/4 of the surface area.)
Does anyone else dream about what they would do if they won the lottery, but not play the lottery?
Does anyone else have a friend who got engaged this week? (Congratulations, Staci!)
Does anyone else have an artist alert for Luther Vandross?
I'm just Mandi, not Amanda. It's spelled with an "i" because my mom doesn't like to write the letter "y" - and no, I'm not kidding. I grew up in a funeral home. Like, we lived there. All the time. No, I wasn't scared of dead people (as my dad says, "it's the live ones that will get ya") and yes, it was exactly like that girl on My Girl (sans an adorable Macaulay Culkin best friend and weird hypochondriac behavior). I have one husband (he's my favorite person) and two beautiful step-daughters. I lead a sugar free life, because sugar makes my thighs the size of Hulk Hogan's. I am frequently late and I typically wear a lot of eyeliner. I love every kind of animal. I was raised in a small town, and when I say small, I mean it - unlike my other friends who call their town "small" and it has a Walmart in it. I love Diet Coke and peanut butter. I do not eat anything with an orange flavor or raw mushrooms because both of those things are, well, disgusting. I don't like getting my hair cut, and I attribute this to my mom cutting it all off when I was four. (I looked like a boy.) Charleston is my favorite city on Earth, but New York comes in second. I like politics and writing and fashion and reality television (I think this makes me well-rounded, thankyouverymuch).
"The Tightrope" began in 2008 (over on Blogger), and the name sprung from some good ole country music lyrics that fit my life.
Who doesn't love Luther?
Jennifer Hudson……..terrible actress.