My best friend Mandy.
I'm sad we wern't in the same type pose, but switched spots, tender enough!
Once when I was living in Park Place our shower was unavailable, so Eric and Mandy were so nice to let me come over and bathe myself. I think this was the first time I noticed how neat and clean she is. There was just enough shampoo/cleaning supplies for what she needed and nothing extra. The sink had soap and Eric's favorite Gold Bond lotion (I made a link for this because I want to make sure that everyone knows that it is indeed an awesome lotion for your skin.) I am and was so impressed with how she keeps her home.
I thought of this today in the shower when I counted how many bottles of things I have and Jack has in there. 4 bottles for hair care, Shaving creme, body wash, loofah , razor, wash cloth and then 1 hair and 1 body bottle +loofah. I thought "Mandy's shower doesn't look like this."
The more I thought about Mandy and her cleanliness, the more I thought of all the extra things I have vs. her. The amount of clothes, makecup, hair stuff; I guess stuff in general. Then I thought of her simple personality as well. How she doesn't seem to complain, and she is very good about keeping her business to herself or just those that she feels she should know.
Once I made a big mistake and gave her a skunk streak when highlighting her hair. She was very forgiving, especially since we really weren't best friends then.
And now a list of things that I like about Mandy:
Her love for pink
Her simple, direct and effective parenting style
Her ability to look at a situation for the pros and cons
also to deduce the next best solution
Her efficientcy on the phone
Her talent in quickly solving problems
Her taste in music, clothes, baby clothes and kitchen untencils
How she likes gilmore girls and our discussions we have about the show
Her googling ability (saved me a few times)
Her williness to jump to help when needed
Midnight Harry Potter movies
Her smile
Her family (it's not her, but I do like them)
Her collection of flip flops
Her need to use a lot of pillows-in conjunction the way she sleeps (or slept, it's been a while) on them
The way she rolls her eyes
The way she celebrates "whoot-whoot"
The way she cooks
How she gives directions
Our matching movie popcorn shirts
How she was the only one (and eric) to give me real bystander advice when it came to a few decisions I've made in the past couple of years
How she still cared about me just as much when I gave her the immature "I know what I'm doing"
How she let me live with her for like a year
How she fed me durring that time too
Her name
I especially like how much I like being her friend
so this ode to Mandy, the bestest best friend I have had. Happy Birthday!
3 comments:
Tender.
thanks amanda! you are the best! but you should know my shower only looked like that because you were coming, right now there are like 4 shampoos, 2 conditioners, face wash, body wash, 2 loofahs and a razor. also, should we do midnight harry potter across the country?
I've met Mandy a few times. I'll ode to the ode too. Amanda! I've blogged twice in a week! That's the fastest I've ever blogged! You'd be so proud of me. I feel so empowered.
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