Hello bloggers my new FRIENDS

I've been seriously slacking in my blogging lately. I'm so sorry. I was sick then I was away and then I was just to BUSY here at work to blog. I blogged but not very much, and mainly i did it out of fear. Fear that someone would go "forget this girl". i doubt that would happen, because I'm so crazy cool.

Well the wonderful Diane gave me an award the other week (sorry) and I'm just finally getting to posting about it. Again i was sick, deathbed, started willing my stuff to people SICK. So now that I'm feeling all Peachy Kean Jelly Bean (I just threw up in my mouth). So now I shall pass it on to some other friends. Friends I have meant here in bloggyland and a few I've known longer. If I don't pass it to you....well....get a clue. I must not like you. Hey what can I say.....I'm KIDDING.

First off I'm giving it to Kitty because she is...well my real life best friend, so if i didn't give it to her she would more then likely not get anything COOL for me for my birthday.

To Rachel because she is my first bloggy friend and she cracks me up. If you haven't you have to check out her blog, she posts the coolest pictures of her little boy and she's a pretty funny mommy. I hope I'm a cool mom like her someday.

La Pixie is such a sweet heart. I love reading her blog and living vicariously through her life. Plus we both share a love for baking/cooking and she's always cooking up something yummy.

Melissa oh Melissa. Your strength over the last few months and your honesty amaze me. I don't think I could have held up the way you have. I would have been a huge blubbering (not so) hot mess. I hope that when i need to be strong in life I am able to be half as strong as you are. You are truly amazing. and you have a cute little family. total package

Darcie I've known since college. She took me to my first frat party, did shots of vodka with me until i vomited all over our friends rug, and introduced me (the new kid) to her closest friends. She is also strong and when life gave her lemons she threw those fuckers in life's face. GO DARCIE!!

I could keep going but i wont. I'll stop. I'll leave some love for someone else to pass around. Oh and Thanks Diane for passing this to me! you're a DOLL!

Prelude to the big 100

Ok people. guess what. this is post number 99! post number 99. I'm surprised, impressed and a little proud I've made it this far. Ahhh it seems like only yesterday I started blogging about my exciting life on here. At that time I had NO FOLLOWERS! Now I'm rolling 7 deep with some really great bloggy friends. I might never win an Oscar, an Emmy, or really anything of any monetary value so I've decided to take this moment to thank the people who helped me reach post 100. I know I know this is a little premature. It's like planning the wedding date before the proposal or spending the prize money before the heavy weight fight. I get that. But I'm having a hard enough time coming up with my 100th post and I didn't want too forget to sent out some bloggy love.

So to all the people who visit me on a daily bases....get a life, invest in some hobbies, explore your surroundings, I really have nothing to offer you. Reading my mindless dribble is the equivalent of spending eight hours a day slaving away for "the man". Yes my friends I'm just that rewarding. I kid I kid. I'm so thrilled you all choose me to follow. I'm just glad "following" means you read my insanity because if you were following me any other way that would just be down right creepy. i.e. following me to my house, to work, in my dreams, off a cliff, in a cult group, or really even my advice. That would be cause for alarm.

To all the people who stop by and read me on the occasion....please. really. just follow me. You know as well as I do that you have nothing else better to do with your time. After all I'm funny, I'm smart, and my mom says I'm a real catch (this is my way of hooking new people). So come on you know you want to. And rest assured that you wont be breaking any MAJOR laws by becoming one of my bloggy friends.

So to Sam who shares my love for the Steelers, La Pixie who's love for all things Mickey Mouse is refreshing, Diane who I hope to grow up to be like someday, Kitty who is stuck with me, Rachel who was one of my first followers and who has the cutest little boy, Melissa who was also one of the first people to follow me and who's (from her blogs since I've never meant her) strength amazes me, and to Wifey desert who is my newest reader. THANK YOU!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I would also like to give shout outs to all my favorite blogs. check them out they rock. Actually they rock way more then me (not really good with selling myself). :) So in true Sally Field style I'll leave you with this......
YOU LIKE ME, YOU REALLY LIKE ME!!!!

Tune in for my 100th post coming soon to an IMAX near you, oh gosh could you imagine!

Buffalo or BUST!

I'm going to Buffalo at the end of the month. For a few reasons. But mainly because I CAN. I want to go. I haven't been there in 3 months. I know that's not that long. But I want to go. I'm flying up. I'm trying to make this as easy for me as I can. You might remember (depending on how long you've been reading my dribble) that on my way home from Buffalo in October I was rear ended by a FREIGHT LINER. So I'll fly this time. I'm taking a direct flight from BWI to Buffalo about an hour flight. Much better then a 6 hour drive. I'm stoked! I can't wait to see my Buffalo family (who aren't family at all) and relax. Hopefully this will be a good trip. Soccremom and Mr. Soccermom have big plans for me. THEIR plans and the plans of the rest of my Buffalo family (Mr. Soccermom's parents, sister, and GRANDPARENTS, what can i say they are very invested in my life) think I should MOVE there. Get a job, met a nice guy (who they plan to introduce me to that weekend) and get married and live happily ever after in Buffalo. That is THEIR plan. My mom feels the need to remind me before i leave for Buffalo EVERY TIME that I LIVE in YORK and that is not near BUFFALO. and that I NEED to come HOME to YORK not BUFFALO.


So I'm heading north in January. To a place that got 20 inches of snow the other week. I hate snow. I hate cold. Major deters for moving there. Soccermom reminds me that it only snows in the winter there. Fantastic. She leaves out that winter lasts 4-5 months. This is strictly a visit. I'm interested to meet the mystery man (in their defense they have wanted me to meet him since their wedding and I've only been up once since then and he was away) and see what all the fuse is about. Mr. Soccermom's mom Moma Smith, thinks mystery man and i would make "such a cute couple". She just wants me to move to Buffalo so she has more kids to worry about :) Love you Moma Smith! apparently Soccermom knew it was destiny when she saw the insane amount of Ketchup he uses. She called me and said and i quote "He puts the ketchup right on his fires. All over them like you do. He uses so much kethcup I thought he was you! I'm totally buying you guys a huge vat of ketchup for a wedding gift." GREAT. We shall see. He might not even be around this time. He better I can't fly up every few months. I'm not made of money.


I'm not saying I wouldn't move there. I've thought about it. It's not to far away from Home. only 2 more hours then college. flights aren't to bad. I'm not saying I would NEVER do it. I have thought about it. It could be fun. a new place. new people. But at the same time i know people. I have a family foundation. An open invite to Sunday brunch at Moma Smith's house and all other family functions. that's nice. Comforting. but moving there? I don't know. We shall see. Maybe mystery man and i will hit it off. fall madly in love and then we shall see. More then likely The same old same old will happen and that'll be it. That's my luck.

I'll have the honesty....a la mode please

Sam over at http://samiamland.blogspot.com/ bestowed this wonderful honesty award on me. So I'm supposed to be honest. List 10 HONEST things. Me. Amy. McMean. Must be honest. About myself. I feel years of pent up should have gone ot therapey issues bubbling to the surface here. Honest. About me. Oh boy. Here goes.

1. I always worry about being late. I show up 3o minutes early to functions and sit in my car and wait for it to be time. I don't want to be that person. The late person. the person everyone talks about while they are waiting for them to get there. No thank you.



2. I'm PAINFULLY shy. That's why I love blogging. I can SEEM open and friendly but I'm not. I'm painfully shy. I swear to whatever religoiuse icon you believe in. PAINFULLY SHY.



3. I go out to dinner and the moives alone all the time. I'll go to sit down places and stay as long as I want and don't worry about someone in the restuarant is going "Oh look at that girl all alone". I don't care. I need to eat to. For some reason this doesn't bother me. But PLEASE don't ask me to talk to anyone else sitting at the bar.



4. I'm jelouse of my friends. I'm jelouse of their lives, relationships, the money they have, the things they do, that their skinnier, less shy, smarter, and just all around better then me. I want to know when it's going ot be my turn.



5. I know that it's not so much love that draws me to Mr. Ship as it is desperation. I can't help but wonder what if no one ever cares about me again. What if this is the best I'll ever have and I miss it.



6. I want to be more like my best friend. I want to be strong enough to pack up and move across the country just because thats what I want. I want to be strong enough to try.



7. I think about sex all the time. Unfortunetly it usually involves Mr. Ship. I watch way to much porn for a normal person, but I don't really care.



8. I think that if i smile more, pay closer attention, dress sexier, laugh at his jokes, and sleep with him that one day he'll finally realize that I'm good enough for him. I use that logic to convince myself that theres hope with Mr. Ship.



9. I worry that what makes me happy might make other people mad and maybe it's easier to please the masses then please myself.



10. I'm too afraid I'll SUCCEED to actually try. What if it works, what if i get a new job and move, and make more money. And I can't handle it. I'll just stay at whats comfortable so I don't have to worry about it.

Now I'm to name a seven people who i think should do this also. I pick

• Darcie


• Kitty


• Rachel


• La Pixie


• Melissa
• and you! Be honest. I'll be readin these and I ahve my awesome new honesty decoder watch on.

Insanely awesome randomness that is ME

So Sam over at http://samiamland.blogspot.com/ tagged me today in her 50th post!!!! Hooray for her! You're good Sam, I was in desperate need of something to post today. Thank you so much for spurring my post. Which Is #60 for me!!!

The rules:
1. Link to the person where you received it

2. Share 7 random/weird facts about yourself

3. Tag 7 Random people at the end of your post and include links

4. Let 'em know they were tagged.

So 7 random facts about me?? I wow, where to start. Is 7 enough? hum? I'm a pretty random person.

1. I have trouble sleeping at someone else house. This is not something that bothered me when I was younger, we always had sleepovers at friends but sometime after college it got really bad. I also have trouble sleeping when there's someone else in the bed, led to some very long nights of being awake when I had a boyfriend. (not in that way guys)

2. I can fit my fist in my mouth. Stupid person trick. Don't ask how I found that out, I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a sleepover and some not so pg-13 talking.

3. My first name should have been Amylee but the hospital messed up (I think it was an act of God) and put Lee as my middle name.

4. I hate the snow. It might have something to do with the horrific sledding accident I had when I as in 6th grade. It involved ice, me and some serious damage to one side of my face. Lucky for me no major marks. Words you never want to hear, "Look at all that blood" in reference to you.

5. I pick my nose. and I'm not sorry about it.

6. I use all the hot water EVERY morning. Yes I understand I could save gallons of water if I shortened my shower time, but I could also save gallons of water, tons of food and space, if I shortened your life expectancy. which sounds like the more green option. you have your morning coffee I have my morning shower. Bug off.

7. I went through a phase (roughly 7 years) when I wouldn't drink anything I couldn't see through. don't ask. No clue.

Those are only a few of the totally random things about me. Maybe you'll get more when I hit the magic 100! which I'm sure will be around March. So it's tough to tag people because I still don't have many bloggy friends, and the ones I do have were tagged by the great and wonderful Steelers Fan SAM! how about our boy Troy Sunday night, yeah interception. Wow totally off track, stay focused Amy.

I'll tag Kitty because she is my real life bestest friend. and she just loves when i do this stuff. You should check out her No me Monday post from yesterday.

http://norwegianrefugee.blogspot.com/

Darcie over at Mom on the Edge because our girl could use a little love and encouragement right now. Plus I have to show love to the girl who introduced me to my first frat party!

http://cavedweller1019.blogspot.com/

La Pixie gets tagged because her blogs crack me up. http://chroll.blogspot.com/

So there you go. 3 people. I'm not one for conformity, I'm a rule breaker, a rebel, I'm blazing this trail by posting 3 instead of 7. So if you read this, leave me some love and feel free to post the tag yourself. If you do let me know so I can read about your random awesomeness!