About
In order to keep up with my friends & family and also have them keep up with me … it’s come to this – this blog.
I never knew that my best friend got letterhead from Quarker Oats to draw on as a child, that my sister’s had the same checking account for 16 years, that another best friend could paint such cool canvas pictures or another carries a book around with her everywhere. I never knew that Miss Cindy got her first microwave in 1977 or that Nora got curious george panties for her birthday … I never knew any of this (about my best friends & family) until I read these blogs.
So this is what it’s come to … in order to keep up with everyone else & everyone keep up with me (assuming I actually keep up with this) … then it’s come to this – this blog!
I live in the Atlanta area with my husband and two young children. My husband isn’t into all “this”. He thinks blogs, facebook & twitter are all crazy because “who really cares” & if they do actually care, then they’re probably stalking me & I’m giving them too much information. It’s fine by me. This way, I don’t have to worry about him reading anything I post or tweet!! He has music, sports & fishing and I have blogs & tweets … it’s a perfect 10-year match! But out of respect I actually rarely mention his name & more times than not I won’t include posts about him. He’s not even looking & I still won’t spill any bad beans!!
You will catch me blogging about my little ones – they consume my life, so without them there’s not much to talk about. Evan is 4 & Megan is one. She made her entrance into the world on our 9th wedding anniversary.
In my former life (not reincarnated, but just before kids), I earned a Business Marketing Degree & worked for a User-Research Firm out of Atlanta. I really enjoyed the company I worked with & the line of work so I’m doing my best to get involved with Product Reviews & Campaigns. It at least fuels my brain in between dirty diapers & play time.
I love Jesus with all my heart & love a good political discussion, but I promise I won’t preach or open an all out debate on here unless it’s something I’m super passionate about. Unless you spell it out just perfectly, important things like this may not be read how I’d like for them to be read. So I prefer to keep it light instead!
And you’ll definitely hear about my Sisterchicks. We’re a group of six girls that have basically grown up together. We get together as much as we can and between the six of us, one of us is bound to be blogging about US!
That’s probably me in a nutshell for now. It’s unfortunate, I couldn’t make myself sound any better than this!! Hopefully you’ll catch something that’s worth coming back for & if not, wlll I’ll work on spinning myself a little better!







about 1 year ago
I love your “about me” section. I will definitely be coming back to read more
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about 1 year ago
I’m so glad you weren’t reincarnated from Research Firm employee to mommy. That would make for an odd move up in the (next) world.
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about 8 months ago
Mandi,
Can’t wait to meet you at Blissdom! Email me and I’ll give you my cell number so I can meet up with you there—-or just look for me—-I’ll be the one hugging and kissing everyone with the Tammy Faye eyes and far too many accessories!
hugs,
edie (see, I’m huggin’ already)
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about 7 months ago
LOVE it, Mandi! And your little mini-bio at the top: IT IS SO GOOD.
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about 7 months ago
LOVE the new site and the “About” you!!!!!! I KNOW you guys are going to have a great time this weekend; so, relax, forget about home and ENJOY!!!!! Love ya, mom
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about 7 months ago
I love the new website and I love the bio!
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about 7 months ago
(ps…my blog link is wrong…)
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about 5 months ago
Love your bio! I seriously laughed out loud at “I used to be a good Mother before I had kids”! HA!
Stupid question… is there a way to subscribe to your blog via a Reader? Thanks! Blessings!
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mandi Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Sadly it’s so true!!
Not a stupid question at all, that’s actually one of the things on my to-do list. The icon is hidden badly, but you should see the orange icon in the top right corner next to my twitter icon. If you select the orange one the Reader option comes up for bloglines, google, etc. If you’re not finding it or it’s not working though … let me know!
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Catie Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
OK! Thanks! I actually did click on that, and that signs me up for the RSS feed thingy, not my Google Reader.. but I did figure out how to put in my reader!
In case someone else asks.. you just put your URL in the Add Subscription button in Google Reader!
Thanks for getting back to me!
Love your blog!
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about 5 months ago
I just stumbled upon your site and I love it. Your bio is great and I’m looking forward to reading more.
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mandi Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Thanks so much! So sweet of you to say:)
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about 5 months ago
Found your site through the blog party. Love it!
I went to Jr. High with a boy named Pepper…. never knew there were others!
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about 5 months ago
Hi there Mandi! Whoot from the UBP 2010! I so get the “it’s come to this” comment. I know more about my bloggy friends than most of my family! So blog I do, and encourage them to catch the wave. Nice to meet you and fun playing the word game, so clever!!! Joy!
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about 1 month ago
“I used to be a really good mother before I had kids” is now officially one of my all time favorite tag lines! LOVE IT! I feel like I need it on some kind of card I can hand over to people without kids who give whole long lists of annoyingly obvious and totally unfolloweable child rearing advice.
Thanks for the chuckles and for visiting!
Lisa-Jo
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mandi (mandi@itscome2this.com) Reply:
July 17th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
So true! And thanks for the fun carnival – a great idea & I’ve already met some ladies I’ll be following!
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