Monthly Archives: November 2010

Should I blame God…?

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Today is my day in “Ladies Week.” And I have the TOUGH privilege of following behind my dear friend Alece, who shared some powerful thoughts on living a life devastated by infidelity.

Like I said earlier, I previewed this video and couldn’t believe some of the words coming out of my own mouth. I’ve never shared some of these insights about our infertility. Stuff about the spiritual struggle and wanting God to take this away from us. Anyway, if you’re interested in knowing my take on whether or not God is to blame for this infertility crap, clickity click right HERE.

I’m a horror board game character. No. REALLY.

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I found another one the other day. (Long story. And no, googling myself is not a favorite pastime of mine.)

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Apparently I’m a character in the Arkham Horror Board game. I can’t even wrap my mind around anyone would want to make me into a board game character. Namely, an investigator. Yes I ask a lot of questions, but there’s more to Mandy that makes this really strange:

  • She works with university professors: True. In college I was a T.A. and also staff in the Sociology/Anthropology office.
  • She has a sanity level of 5: um… nobody who’s spent any time reading this blog will argue my degree of sanity is much higher than that.
  • Stamina level of 5: I concur, Doctor. I often fall down when doing YogaX.
  • Her home? The Library: Unfortunately, I’ve worked in two different libraries in my lifetime. And felt that I spent more time there than I wanted. So, big yes on this one.
  • Fixed Possessions? $6: Big fat honking YES on this one. If it wasn’t for my man, I’d be a textbook starving artist.
  • Random Possessions? 1 skill: True as well. Creativity. Period.
  • “While reading an old book of prophecies:” You mean the Bible??
  • “Mandy has decided to see if she can defy fate:” There’s no better description of me…

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The best halloween costume in the history of my halloween costumes.

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Every town has “THE” neighborhood to drive through for Christmas lights, right? Well, we managed to move into “THE” neighborhood for Trick-or-Treating.  Apparently, it’s a big deal here. And, by “a big deal” I mean we gave away about 100 pcs of candy in an hr. 1 pc per kid.

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So, in the spirit of being all things to all people (but mainly because a lot of our friends have mini’s who were stopping by for candy), The Thompsons were in it to win it. This year, we headed over to our friend’s house just down the street for a pre-trickortreat cookout. And, yes, the Thompsons dressed up. And, by “dressed up” I mean that cute/annoying “couple’s” way to dress up. And… well… I’ll give you one hint: we were both diseases (Drew’s was too lame to even document).