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About Amanda Broyles

Amanda is amazing. Amanda is spectacular. Amanda is humble. Amanda is also a full time college student so take pity on her and don't complain when her TV reviews aren't up immediately following an episode.

I am the apple

and this is the tree. She loves getting comments… get to it!

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Helsinki Complaints Choir This is great. I love the one about the tramline always smelling like pee.

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I am so freaking excited.

It is the most fabulous time of year again.  We’ve still got baseball (Cards, not so great but my lord- Go Rays!) and now we add the most wonderful of wonderful- college football. More importantly- Alabama college football. I’m especially … Continue reading

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I feel like I am in the minority

that doesn’t think the Sarah Palin pick is pandering to women. If I was going to vote for Hillary Clinton before, I sure as hell am not going to vote for McCain/Palin. I think it would take more than a … Continue reading

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I baptize you, Quest Diagnostics Lastname

in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy spirit. Congrats- I just gave you a glimpse into the future.

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The untold pain…

So I’ve got a couple of hobbies. I enjoy backpacking, hiking, camping, fishing (more truthfully, watching my husband throw a line out in the water repeatedly to no avail), playing board games, and playing video games. In recent years I’ve … Continue reading

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May I have your attention please?

My reputation as a giver is well known so it shouldn’t come as any surprise to you that I will go out of my way to make sure you are up to date on all important current events. Which brings … Continue reading

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RISTLTMB

So I haven’t had many RISTLTMB posts because they’ve been pretty much all dog sex, I WANT TO BE PREGNANT NOW!!!!1!!, or dumbest yahoo answers type of searches. But yesterday we had a fun one. Wait for it. icanhasacheezeburger + … Continue reading

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I see your OEW and raise you a…

(That would be On Eagle’s Wings-this song is sung so freaking often that most choirs-especially funeral choirs- would automatically know what was coming up from only OEW) So as a music director I really can’t cry at songs (unless you’ve … Continue reading

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I <3 Rod Stewart

ROD STEWART-I’M SAILING I have loved this song since I was little and can not remember if I’ve ever seen the video. Of course who could forget that hair! Programming note- I’m guessing youtube saves videos that don’t make it … Continue reading

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Bahrain Watch ’08- Part Deux

They husband is headed back to the middle east.  Yippee! Actually he is a little bit more relaxed about this trip.  Rightfully so- he actually has been doing the job for more than three hours; he has a general idea … Continue reading

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Dear Target Pharmacy;

I just wanted to take a moment and recognize you for your great service. For years I had Walgreen’s taking care of my every pharmaceutical need.  They were good.  They were really good.  One could say they were pretty damn … Continue reading

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Cooter beans likely in my future.

We have to see if we can get my fuucking ovaries to ovulate first. So I got my second p4 test back.  Improvement.  Well not really- it was 1.5 this time.  That is up from the 0.6 before.  Great, just … Continue reading

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My poor arms.

They are so not doing well to all this blood drawing. Last friday I did the first progesterone draw.  Drum roll please.. a 0.6- that’s nice. Then yesterday I went and did the glucose tolerance test.  A good time was … Continue reading

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Should have temped…

So I’ve been on a charting hiatus for the last couple of months.  Have many excuses: the husband works nights, no consistency in sleep patterns, moving again, this and that, lost another thermometer. But of course I really needed to … Continue reading

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Basic Keelboat Sailor

That would be me! I can come about and jibe with the best of them! Okay maybe not with the best of them, but I can still do it! And I can make an educated attempt to save your drowning … Continue reading

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All clear

I have very clear and open fallopian tubes. Awwww, how sweet. It wasn’t that bad during the actual HSG.  It was afterwards as I’m hot footing it to the bathroom as the hoover dam has broken and a flood is … Continue reading

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We interrupt scheduled programming to bring you

Progress!!!!!! Amazingly enough, I have made progress. Had an RE appointment this afternoon.  Finally got past the initial conversation with an RE.  It’s about time. Well we did the let’s sit down and chat portion of the visit and then … Continue reading

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In other news

that has nothing to do with moving or the expansion of our family- we are learning to sail! The husband and I have our first ASA class at the end of the month and I am beyond excited for it.  … Continue reading

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