<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531</id><updated>2011-08-30T15:47:22.321-05:00</updated><title type='text'>wait and see</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>158</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-1690630778742086105</id><published>2008-01-28T14:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T23:07:28.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>CONGRATULATIONS TO LAUREN FARRINGTON AND JUSTIN STAGNER ON THEIR IMPENDING NUPTUALS!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/1690630778742086105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=1690630778742086105' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1690630778742086105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1690630778742086105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2008/01/congratulations-to-lauren-farrington.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R56vD2b4HZI/AAAAAAAAABY/YVh22hyV1a4/s72-c/Engagement.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-1869315375869023993</id><published>2007-11-30T23:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-30T23:13:23.765-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>An Apple store is coming to Friendly Center next year! Wee!Maybe we'll get to see the 25-foot tractor beam.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/1869315375869023993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=1869315375869023993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1869315375869023993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1869315375869023993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/11/apple-store-is-coming-to-friendly.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-4028841684246757996</id><published>2007-11-29T11:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T11:17:47.485-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>If your connection is fast enough, this is pretty awesome. It's an interactive flash music video for The Arcade Fire's "Neon Bible."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/4028841684246757996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=4028841684246757996' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/4028841684246757996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/4028841684246757996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/11/if-your-connection-is-fast-enough-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6997443591511608531</id><published>2007-11-25T15:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T15:29:21.574-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>According to Pitchfork, Radiohead fans look forward to new albums more than the birth of their firstborn. My firstborn is so far down the road, I'll discuss In Rainbows instead.It's the Radiohead album I've always secretly wanted. It's not scary like Hail to the Thief. It's not mechanical like Amnesiac. It is, dare I say it, pretty. I really don't care that it's not groundbreaking or experimental</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6997443591511608531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6997443591511608531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6997443591511608531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6997443591511608531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/11/according-to-pitchfork-radiohead-fans.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6522552120911834909</id><published>2007-09-21T21:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-21T21:26:54.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Last weekend I became a new woman. I became a model. The Boone Mall has never seen such beauty.  Check out this awesome edited version of the fashion show. Look for me in hiking and tennis ensembles.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6522552120911834909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6522552120911834909' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6522552120911834909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6522552120911834909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/09/last-weekend-i-became-new-woman.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3776502848421451578</id><published>2007-09-15T23:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-15T23:39:03.104-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You can only wish you were this awesome.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3776502848421451578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3776502848421451578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3776502848421451578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3776502848421451578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/09/you-can-only-wish-you-were-this-awesome.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3752403107690242029</id><published>2007-09-04T22:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T23:07:29.337-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>IT'S A POCKETTE!Allison and Josh McDevitt have a baby! K-R-A-Z-Y! Ava Truth McDevitt was born on August 13, I think.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3752403107690242029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3752403107690242029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3752403107690242029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3752403107690242029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-pockette-allison-and-josh-mcdevitt.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/Rt4mGeTq2tI/AAAAAAAAAA8/iC5uhBsPeMc/s72-c/Ava+being+cute+018.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-8242984753646530060</id><published>2007-08-28T13:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-28T13:17:15.415-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I pray to the Lord above that I turn out exactly like this lady.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/8242984753646530060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=8242984753646530060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/8242984753646530060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/8242984753646530060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-pray-to-lord-above-that-i-turn-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-5827904697399755451</id><published>2007-08-07T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T12:14:47.804-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My dad called me on his way back home and asked me if I wanted anything from Wendy's. I like Spicy Chicken Sandwiches. I asked for a Spicy Chicken Sandwich.His interpretation of my request: Icey Candle.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/5827904697399755451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=5827904697399755451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/5827904697399755451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/5827904697399755451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-dad-called-me-on-his-way-back-home.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-2637261770846076649</id><published>2007-08-02T10:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T10:25:33.853-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Party!My House!Krispy Kreme Sundaes for All!Tonight, at 12:01 AM, I am ordering my MacBook Pro!Wee!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/2637261770846076649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=2637261770846076649' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/2637261770846076649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/2637261770846076649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/08/party-my-house-krispy-kreme-sundaes-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-873551705328413282</id><published>2007-07-30T20:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T23:07:29.616-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My birthday is this Saturday. I will be ridiculously old. To celebrate, you can buy me a cat present of your choice. I've long been a small, but the baby needs a little extra room, so I'm gonna need a medium in that pink tee.Option AOption B</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/873551705328413282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=873551705328413282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/873551705328413282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/873551705328413282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-birthday-is-this-saturday.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/Rq6Ycsi65XI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ZPIg3SjpgV0/s72-c/2788_4474.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-2885975260050146881</id><published>2007-07-21T17:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T17:20:23.967-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>God's calling on my life is to wear Rocawear, to indiscriminately date, and to end up with a nice Mennenite boy.I am longcat. Find out what lolcat you are here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/2885975260050146881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=2885975260050146881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/2885975260050146881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/2885975260050146881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/07/gods-calling-on-my-life-is-to-wear.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-1990801297535932361</id><published>2007-04-27T13:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T23:07:29.776-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Reason #95 That I Wish Jim Halpert Really Existed(Double-click the image to read it)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/1990801297535932361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=1990801297535932361' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1990801297535932361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1990801297535932361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/reason-95-that-i-wish-jim-halpert.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/RjI8fG-y1UI/AAAAAAAAAAc/zdLX3Yydt_E/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-479857269308737623</id><published>2007-04-10T15:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-10T15:21:04.952-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>FINALLY!We know who Anna Nicole's babydaddy is! Larry Birkhead!Justin Helms and I have been waiting for this revelation for just about forever.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/479857269308737623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=479857269308737623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/479857269308737623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/479857269308737623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/finally-we-know-who-anna-nicoles.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3869843033343370882</id><published>2007-04-09T20:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T20:21:08.208-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Three post in one day and still no sign of a finished review.It's common knowledge that, in my book, no Mac equals no marriage potential.Now I can officially marry John Krasinski. Not only is he the voice in the new appletv commercials, he's a Mac owner too.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3869843033343370882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3869843033343370882' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3869843033343370882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3869843033343370882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/three-post-in-one-day-and-still-no-sign.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-7000823167410594396</id><published>2007-04-09T14:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T15:05:26.878-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Now I'm only mini-procrastinating.My computer chose to shut down itself down and I lost a lot of my review. Remember children, Apple-S often.Some random boy at Espresso News gave me an origami flower! It could be a smallpox-covered flower for all I care. How nice!Also in this weeks news, I am wearing my first pair of green shoes. GREEN! SHINY! FLATS! WITH UBER TOE AND SIDE OF FOOT CLEAVAGE!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/7000823167410594396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=7000823167410594396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7000823167410594396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7000823167410594396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/now-im-only-mini-procrastinating.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3956630749332300216</id><published>2007-04-09T13:51:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T14:26:09.958-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Right now, I should be writing a review of U&amp;lc: influencing design and typography by John Berry for my graphic design history class. Instead, I'm updating my blog. That's usually how it happens. The only time I write a post is when I am procrastinating.I've gotten into the habit of exclusively listening to an album or two for months at a time. If that wasn't bad, or good, enough (I haven't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3956630749332300216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3956630749332300216' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3956630749332300216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3956630749332300216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/right-now-i-should-be-writing-review-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3912024673114552454</id><published>2007-04-04T11:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-04T11:08:38.992-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I've yet to see 300. It is on my priority list.From the previews, however, it seems like it lacks just one thing: kitties.Good thing someone though to take care of that.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3912024673114552454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3912024673114552454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3912024673114552454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3912024673114552454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/04/ive-yet-to-see-300.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-3487714032300488213</id><published>2007-03-14T18:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T19:14:18.739-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Random Couple of the Week:Paul Adelstein (Agent Paul Kellerman of Prison Break) and Liza Weil (Paris Geller of Gilmore Girls) recently got married.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/3487714032300488213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=3487714032300488213' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3487714032300488213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/3487714032300488213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/03/random-couple-of-week-paul-adelstein.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-7647518832096495044</id><published>2007-03-12T12:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T12:43:46.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Whenever someone tells me I look like someone famous, 90% of the time it's Anne Frank. Today, I am channeling my inner Anne Frank. I look like a 13-year-old girl that spends every second of every day inside. Among other things, I am actually wearing my mom's grey sweater, size L, and red opaque tights. I could totally fit in at a Belle and Sebastian concert.I'm in Greensboro for the week, and I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/7647518832096495044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=7647518832096495044' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7647518832096495044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7647518832096495044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/03/whenever-someone-tells-me-i-look-like.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-499345012506488087</id><published>2007-03-09T00:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T00:31:13.450-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>God bless YouTube.Even though we are star-crossed lovers, I can still feel embarrassed for John Krasinski for this fine appearance on CSI.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/499345012506488087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=499345012506488087' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/499345012506488087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/499345012506488087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/03/god-bless-youtube.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-8525305196126644497</id><published>2007-02-26T11:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T11:54:30.227-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I was going to limit myself to 2 cat videos, but someone's gone and made a montage of cats doing cat things to "It's Oh So Quiet."Sorry.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/8525305196126644497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=8525305196126644497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/8525305196126644497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/8525305196126644497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-was-going-to-limit-myself-to-2-cat.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6429694625569551147</id><published>2007-02-25T23:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T23:46:36.637-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Can you tell what keyword I've been looking up on YouTube?(Go ahead and turn the sound off for this one. It's Fatboy Slim's cover of "The Joker")</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6429694625569551147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6429694625569551147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6429694625569551147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6429694625569551147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/can-you-tell-what-keyword-ive-been.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-1170063564317374623</id><published>2007-02-25T23:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T23:32:20.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm pretty sure it doesn't get any better than this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/1170063564317374623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=1170063564317374623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1170063564317374623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/1170063564317374623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-pretty-sure-it-doesnt-get-any-better.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-7220786954271170408</id><published>2007-02-22T16:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T23:07:30.098-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Doug drew an amazing picture today, so amazing I had to show it to the world.My favorite part is the breast augmentation he gave me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/7220786954271170408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=7220786954271170408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7220786954271170408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/7220786954271170408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/doug-drew-amazing-picture-today-so.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/Rd4NzMFUMlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/AINDifNgjDc/s72-c/drawing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-4546600148620568098</id><published>2007-02-21T12:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-22T14:54:02.211-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oh.My.God.John Krasinski will be filming a movie (with George Clooney and Renee Zellweger, no less) in North Carolina. Greensboro is on the list of cities to be filmed in March 5.The Pam kiss is in my grasp! Sorry Lauren, Alisa, and Bonnie, but lifetime love beats friendship.Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/4546600148620568098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=4546600148620568098' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/4546600148620568098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/4546600148620568098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/oh.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6278848406808454951</id><published>2007-02-08T13:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T14:59:13.022-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Annie's prego!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6278848406808454951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6278848406808454951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6278848406808454951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6278848406808454951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/annies-prego.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6022486898164088066</id><published>2007-01-30T11:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T11:54:52.302-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Annie, a friend of mine from the Art Department, and her husband are trying to get pregnant. She'll find out on Valentine's Day if they were successful this time 'round. If they are, she plans to send him a card that says:Roses are red.Violets are blue.Somebody knocked me up,so I guess it was you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6022486898164088066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6022486898164088066' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6022486898164088066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6022486898164088066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/annie-friend-of-mine-from-art.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-9045968446532720246</id><published>2007-01-28T23:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T23:54:23.936-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>When I learn new facts, I share them with Bonnie. Since she's asleep, I will share this new fact with you:Right now, it is 10 degrees in Boone. According to accuweather.com, the wind makes it feel like -18 degrees. I don't know how to make the degree sign in html.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/9045968446532720246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=9045968446532720246' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/9045968446532720246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/9045968446532720246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/right-now-it-is-10-degrees-in-boone.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-6759381267228571600</id><published>2007-01-27T17:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T17:22:19.613-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Every boy wants to be a tender warrior when he grows up, especially Coy, Jonathan Drake, and Dickson. I emphasize tender.I know I've seen it before, but it just never gets old. I want to say, "Oh, this is my favorite part" or "Oh, that's my favorite part." But really, it's all my favorite part.Go see it for yourself at Dickson's blog. Scroll down to "Fight Club, Nyala, South Darfur Style."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/6759381267228571600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=6759381267228571600' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6759381267228571600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/6759381267228571600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/every-boy-wants-to-be-tender-warrior.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-5223088322971221993</id><published>2007-01-26T22:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T22:52:28.451-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Alright, Dickson. Here's a peak into my surreal personality.This week, this very week, the H88 household welcomed a new member: NEUTRAFACE and NEUTRAFACE CONDENSED! After 3 long, long years, it finally resides in my computer. The bestest, most wonderful, most beautiful font ever. It's all there. Light. Light Alternate. Drafting. Display. Book. And more.Hmm, what else . . .After falling, open, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/5223088322971221993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=5223088322971221993' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/5223088322971221993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/5223088322971221993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/alright-dickson.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-116389648481901572</id><published>2006-11-18T18:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T19:36:20.496-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My photography professor and I don't exactly get along. Among other things, she's called me into the hall and asked if I needed to be on medicine or go to counseling. Not because I was sad or depressed, but because she thought I was so defiant there must be something psychologically wrong with me. I can be stubborn but I asked every kid in the class if they thought I was defiant and the general </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/116389648481901572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=116389648481901572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/116389648481901572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/116389648481901572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-photography-professor-and-i-dont.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-116285852071338160</id><published>2006-11-06T18:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T19:15:21.120-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmm . . . today I had a excellent embarrassing experience.For my photo project, I'm required to take pictures of subjects sitting by a window. I thought, "Espresso News has windows. Espresso News has coffee. Espresso News, I will go." I recruited Bonnie to be the stunning blonde, deep in thought about world hunger and the plight of Ethiopian widows. You know, pictures Facebook style.It is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/116285852071338160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=116285852071338160' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/116285852071338160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/116285852071338160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/11/hmm.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-115716867683336378</id><published>2006-09-01T22:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T22:44:36.846-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>John Mayer and Jessica Simpson are a couple.He also used to date Jennifer Love Hewitt. Oh, John-boy . . .</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/115716867683336378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=115716867683336378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115716867683336378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115716867683336378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/09/john-mayer-and-jessica-simpson-are.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-115465067498573726</id><published>2006-08-03T18:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T19:17:55.433-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tomorrow is my 22nd birthday, or as Bonnie would say, birfday. Since my last, I have made an amazing four posts. I really am trying, I promise. It's not even August 4th yet and folks have been especially celebratory this year. Church (notice I am referring to the body of Christ, not a building, Jonathan Y.) threw Felicia and I a little get-together at Horn in the West. Everyone is back in town, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/115465067498573726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=115465067498573726' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115465067498573726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115465067498573726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/08/tomorrow-is-my-22nd-birthday-or-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-115430741794359408</id><published>2006-07-30T19:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-30T19:56:57.986-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have been a rebellion lately. Not a rebel, mind you, but a rebellion.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/115430741794359408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=115430741794359408' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115430741794359408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115430741794359408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-have-been-rebellion-lately.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-115083808660499688</id><published>2006-06-20T16:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-20T16:14:46.616-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Except from an actual conversation that took place on Father's Day:  (Kate sees pumpkin cutting supplies on Daddy's couch)    Kate: Are you going to cut a pumpkin?(Hard of hearing Daddy quizically looks at Kate)Daddy: Am going to cut and paste McGuiness?Who knew aging could be so fun?Forecast for Next Post: I'm Having a Baby</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/115083808660499688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=115083808660499688' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115083808660499688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/115083808660499688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/06/except-from-actual-conversation-that.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-114947756143322675</id><published>2006-06-04T21:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T22:19:21.446-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I started this great, insightful post about the ridiculous rational of keeping things as they are, despite the inconvenience or harm it causes. Somehow, it is argued that upsetting the present state of things in order to create something better will actually bring disaster to the very people it helps.Instead, I would like to announce the following:I purchased a teensy grey hoodie sweatshirt for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/114947756143322675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=114947756143322675' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/114947756143322675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/114947756143322675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-started-this-great-insightful-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-114797347415688310</id><published>2006-05-18T12:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T12:31:14.173-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok, ok, ok.My thoughts are worthwhile.*I am a treasure.I will update . . . soon.(By worthwhile, I am speaking comparatively. After all, I'm not in Darfur, East Asia, England or a lone road in Missouri. I am in Boone. You must grade on a curve.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/114797347415688310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=114797347415688310' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/114797347415688310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/114797347415688310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2006/05/ok-ok-ok.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-112320997433916250</id><published>2005-08-04T21:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T22:41:07.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm the birthday, I'm the birthday, I'm the birthday boy or girl!This evening was my twenty-first birthday and I celebrated with my Ma and Pa at M'Couls.  I explained to the bartender that I was one of the five people in the world that actually had not had alcohol before they were legally of age.  He gave me a sampling of his goods and a plastic shot glass on a string.  Before my fish and chips </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/112320997433916250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=112320997433916250' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/112320997433916250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/112320997433916250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/08/im-birthday-im-birthday-im-birthday.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-112230379751308522</id><published>2005-07-25T09:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T10:03:17.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Long time, no blog.At my house in Greensboro, I am sitting on the couch because I mistakenly came home for an eye appointment that isn't until Wednesday.  Oh, well.  I should be writing a paper or designing one of the million things I've promised to do for somebody . .  but I'm not.Instead, Sufjan Stevens is currently capturing my attention.  KCRW has video from his in-studio performance from a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/112230379751308522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=112230379751308522' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/112230379751308522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/112230379751308522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/07/long-time-no-blog_25.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111932332422791882</id><published>2005-06-20T22:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-20T22:13:24.693-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bug Eyed Baby has some new competition.  Click  here.  Marge just pepper-sprayed Ralph on the Simpsons I'm watching.  Ralph responded, "Even my boogers are spicy."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ratemykitten.com/ratemy/kitten?image=58374' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111932332422791882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111932332422791882' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111932332422791882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111932332422791882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/bug-eyed-baby-has-some-new-competition.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111914194305868832</id><published>2005-06-18T19:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-18T19:45:43.063-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>1.  Do not post pictures of yourself and your cat on ratemykitten.com.  Only cat pictures are allowed.2.  Do not order fresh-to-order lemonade.  It will take a long time and you will like Coke just as well.3.  Do not use Comic Sans or Chalkboard for children-related graphics.4.  Do not wear any version of the "Life is full of choices . . ." shirt.5.  Do not refer to any drink as a "mocha."  It is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111914194305868832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111914194305868832' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111914194305868832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111914194305868832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/1.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111888029263099647</id><published>2005-06-15T18:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T19:04:52.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Same ole', same ole'.  Running and shopping for bridesmaid dresses.I found a big brown spider in my room AND under a leaf on my basil plant.  I sucked the first one up with the vaccum and Allison smashed the second one with her shoe.  Today, well actually yesterday, KCRW played the new Sufjan Stevens single!  I couldn't help but flick my fingers around.  You can go to KCRW's website and listen to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111888029263099647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111888029263099647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111888029263099647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111888029263099647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/same-ole-same-ole.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111877994962362607</id><published>2005-06-14T14:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-14T15:12:29.626-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>No running equals no blogging.  Let me tell you, skipping a day (or a weekend) is never ever a good idea.  Ouch.Senor Mortgage, also known as Stuart, walked past me today.  He has green shoes for skateboarding.  We chitted and chatted about all sorts of things, especially cats.Pocket and I went to a wedding dress store and I got to try on bridesmaid dresses.  Woe is me, strapless dress just don't</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111877994962362607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111877994962362607' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111877994962362607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111877994962362607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/no-running-equals-no-blogging.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111834762386298392</id><published>2005-06-09T15:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-09T15:07:03.866-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Some one comment, please!  I was derided during all those months of not posting.  I'm posting now!  Comment to encourage me to continue!  It's positive reinforcement!  Exclamation mark!Yesterday was my first day of Pilates with Lauren and it was interesting.  There are lots of things to do on equipment with such engmatic names as "The Reformer" and "The Cadillac."  I just mostly wish I could have</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111834762386298392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111834762386298392' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111834762386298392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111834762386298392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/some-one-comment-please-i-was-derided.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111820399682323692</id><published>2005-06-07T22:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T23:13:16.830-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today was a day of little kids. This afternoon, Andrew (of Espresso News) and I Double Dutched with this smart little kid named Drew.  He was quite a determined boy.  Drew wanted to try all the possible ways there were to Double Dutch, even the ways that were impossible.  He's the owner of Espresso News's kid and it was just too dang cute to see them jumprope together.This evening, I had my first</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111820399682323692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111820399682323692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111820399682323692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111820399682323692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/today-was-day-of-little-kids.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111810623370620568</id><published>2005-06-06T19:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T20:03:53.710-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I think I was passed the music baton by Alisa.  I think.  If I answered the questions tomorrow, I'm sure my answers would be totally different.Amount of music on your computer?If any one can beat this, I will give them a prize: 12 songs, 46.2 minutes, 42.8 MB.  I deleted all the music off my computer to help Illustrator do it's job better.Currently listening to?Nothing.  Earlier today, I heard </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111810623370620568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111810623370620568' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111810623370620568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111810623370620568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-think-i-was-passed-music-baton-by.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111785462469814391</id><published>2005-06-03T21:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-03T22:10:24.703-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Woosters!  What a long day.  Daddy and I left Greensboro around 4:30 AM and didn't finish setting up the stage until 3.  I know it's rude to say, but there are just some people who were not made to make decisions.  It took 4 hours to put the stage up and it normally only takes 1.   Needless to say, we were not responsible for the delay.Afterwards, Ikea was our goal.  We decided to go to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111785462469814391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111785462469814391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111785462469814391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111785462469814391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/woosters-what-long-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111773651789192284</id><published>2005-06-02T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-02T13:21:57.906-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rain, rain, rain.Tomorrow I'm going to South Riding, VA (outside of DC) with my Pappa.  We will stage-a-saur for a bit and then see what IKEA and Washington have to offer.It looks like I'll be working at Kilwin's, home of the Petoski (sp?) stone.  Starting Monday, come by and see me in my khaki skirt or pants.  I'll give you extra sprinkles, I promise.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111773651789192284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111773651789192284' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111773651789192284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111773651789192284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/rain-rain-rain.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111766314762248518</id><published>2005-06-01T16:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T16:59:07.626-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmm.  Rain was a popular choice today.Allison and I went to go look at a couch at someone's house.Jesus is kindly.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111766314762248518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111766314762248518' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111766314762248518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111766314762248518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/06/hmm.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111759043745094790</id><published>2005-05-31T20:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-31T20:47:17.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Currently, I am writing a paper that connects Aristotle's Rhetoric and typography.  For English 1000.  I guess I miss Vanderbilt.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111759043745094790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111759043745094790' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111759043745094790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111759043745094790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/currently-i-am-writing-paper-that.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111750588836153791</id><published>2005-05-30T21:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-30T21:18:08.366-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Little was done today.  I bought a plant or three with my mommy and sent her on her way back to Greensboro.  Tonight, Allison and I went to Double Dutch.  It was not as enjoyable as usual.  The boys decided to play Wall Ball, a game Pocket and I were not talented enough to play.  Harry was there though, which was a happy surprise.  He mastered Double Dutch quite quickly and had no problem </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111750588836153791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111750588836153791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111750588836153791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111750588836153791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/little-was-done-today.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111741209097100854</id><published>2005-05-29T18:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-29T19:14:50.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The day started with a delightful breakfast at Ye' Ole' Slammer Hostel.  I remarked to my mom that the only thing that could make the meal perfect would be little cat to sit at our table.  Sure enough, the lady next to us brought with her a one week old black kitten.While there I saw Double Dutchers, being both employees and customers.  For those that don't know, a group of folks get together </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111741209097100854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111741209097100854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111741209097100854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111741209097100854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/day-started-with-delightful-breakfast.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111731145558973776</id><published>2005-05-28T15:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-28T15:17:35.593-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Little Jean-o and I are sitting in Espresso News, enjoying the lovely day provided by Old Man Winter's arrest.  We've visited the Parkway, Blowing Rock, and A PET ADOPTION FAIR.  There was a little white kitten there.  Oh, little kitty.It appears that of all the places I've applied, only TCBY is willing to hire me.  That's just a little blow to the ego.  I think I might just work for my daddy's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111731145558973776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111731145558973776' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111731145558973776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111731145558973776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/little-jean-o-and-i-are-sitting-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111722325503040940</id><published>2005-05-27T14:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T14:47:35.040-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It has been a good day, but there is little to write about.Pocket and I saw Andrew (of Espresso News fame) at Our Daily Bread and he shared with us news perhaps we would have been better off without.  Then we went to the Candy Barrels at Mast General.Jean-o is coming to see me today!OOH!  THEY MAKE MINIATURE CATS!  For instance, my kitty's breed, manx, comes in miniature and they are called minx.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111722325503040940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111722325503040940' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111722325503040940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111722325503040940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-has-been-good-day-but-there-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111712799120302109</id><published>2005-05-26T12:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T12:20:52.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Allison and I went to Greensboro yesterday, intending to stay only a few hours, but ending up spending the night.  We went out for a lovely dinner with Little Jean-o and all watched Lost/American Idol together.  Other than Penelope bitting my hand viciously, a grand ole' time, a high flying time was had by all. This morning Pocket and I drove back to Boonetown and had a really great, really long </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111712799120302109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111712799120302109' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111712799120302109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111712799120302109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/allison-and-i-went-to-greensboro.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111704121603972558</id><published>2005-05-25T11:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T12:13:36.043-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Since I ran yesterday, even though it was cold, I refuse to run today.  Old Man Winter is a codgy dodger and I am boycotting his stupid season.Right now, Allison is seranading me on my mandolin, substituting her own sounds for the sounds that should come out of the mandolin.  Thus far she has covered two Nickel Creek songs, sort of.  Oh wait, Allison is now dancing like a robot to "Big Pimpin"' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111704121603972558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111704121603972558' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111704121603972558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111704121603972558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/since-i-ran-yesterday-even-though-it.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111695310253267453</id><published>2005-05-24T11:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T11:45:02.536-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>OH. MY. COLDASAUR.  COME ON, BOONE!  MAKE UP YOUR MIND!  IS IT WINTER OR SPRING?I went to class for real real today and it was pretty ok, besides the galeforce winds.  It looks like it will be a good first semester in English 1000.  My professor is really into basketball and The Simpsons, which is a combination I am not familiar with.  In class, we had to interview another student and the boy I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111695310253267453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111695310253267453' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111695310253267453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111695310253267453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/oh.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111685985418163609</id><published>2005-05-23T09:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T09:51:13.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am such a good girl. Today was the first day of summer school, so I made sure to get up a little early.  Lateness is not a virtue, so my outfit was already laid out and I kept my cell phone close by to keep track of the time.  I painfully made my way to class (I've decided to take up running/walking) and arrived a few minutes early.  Strange thing was the room was locked . . . and I hadn't seen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111685985418163609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111685985418163609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111685985418163609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111685985418163609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-am-such-good-girl.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111671591129989522</id><published>2005-05-21T17:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T17:51:51.303-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Obviously, Mr. Blog is under construction.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111671591129989522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111671591129989522' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111671591129989522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111671591129989522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/obviously-mr.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111635272524870315</id><published>2005-05-17T12:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T12:58:45.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I love my cat.  Meow, meow, meow.  She's a little treatasaur.Today, I ate ice cream for breakfast, which is a very Lauren Farrington move.Yesterday, I went on a grand tour of Boone in search of a job.  After giving my resume to nine different stores, hopefully one of them will work out.  So far, I've gotten one job and two interviews.  Boone was cold!  When will spring finally come?Alisa, Jason's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111635272524870315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111635272524870315' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111635272524870315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111635272524870315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-love-my-cat.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-111595355976688376</id><published>2005-05-12T22:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T22:05:59.770-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  Phoenix played this year at Vanderbilt's Rites of Spring Festival . . . and they weren't even the headliners!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/111595355976688376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=111595355976688376' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111595355976688376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/111595355976688376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2005/05/are-you-kidding-me-phoenix-played-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-109716775851964009</id><published>2004-10-07T12:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-10-07T11:49:18.520-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Currently, I am sitting in my Jean-appointed room, listening to the sounds of : the dryer, the washer, the dish washer, and my keyboard.  The apartment smells like steak and burnt cookies.  As you well know, I've never been one to procrastinate.  Nonetheless, it is what I find myself doing.  I have no motivation to write a paper concerning the Epic of Gilgamesh.  I will therefore try to prime my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/109716775851964009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=109716775851964009' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109716775851964009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109716775851964009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/10/currently-i-am-sitting-in-my-jean.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-109651952985593165</id><published>2004-09-29T23:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-29T23:45:29.856-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm tired but I can't sleep.  I thought of two great names for bands: Bennie the Swindler and Brandish Thy Swords.  Now that that is off my chest, I'll try to sleep.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/109651952985593165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=109651952985593165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109651952985593165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109651952985593165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/09/im-tired-but-i-cant-sleep.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-109589955989832629</id><published>2004-09-22T19:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-22T19:35:36.660-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today was not such a great day.  Thankfully, Jesus knows it too and provides some encouragement.  Namely, Stuart and this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/109589955989832629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=109589955989832629' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109589955989832629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109589955989832629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/09/today-was-not-such-great-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-109517967081407940</id><published>2004-09-14T11:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T11:34:30.813-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sure, I miss Nashville, but I'd like to list a few reasons Boone ain't so bad after all.1. There is a great coffee shop on my way to class.2. I walk most everywhere.3. The mountains are always beautiful . . . even on cloudy days.4. I feel more stylish.5. I feel smarter.6. I have free time.7. I have multiple friends.8. My baby boy is 2 minutes away.I envy John's decision to stop </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/109517967081407940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=109517967081407940' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109517967081407940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109517967081407940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/09/sure-i-miss-nashville-but-id-like-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-109337206963016430</id><published>2004-08-24T13:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-08-24T13:27:49.630-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's a hot, muggy day at my new home.  Water Street, the address of my apartment, is certainly living up to it's name.  My roommate is really, really great.  Her name is Allison and she made me a sign today today wishing me a good first day of school.  That was nice.  Jesus certainly knew what he was doing.Other than the humidity, App is looking like it will be a good time.  I woke up at 7:30 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/109337206963016430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=109337206963016430' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109337206963016430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/109337206963016430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/08/its-hot-muggy-day-at-my-new-home.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108865156570683296</id><published>2004-06-30T21:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-30T22:12:45.706-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I've never been particularly good at allowing people I enjoy to enjoy themselves without me.  Therefore, I was especially surprised to find that I was not only willing for Stuart to spend the day without me, but that I was encouraging him to do so.  The program from Dave and Rachel Byers' wedding is posted on my fridge and it says "There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear . . .</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108865156570683296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108865156570683296' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108865156570683296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108865156570683296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/06/ive-never-been-particularly-good-at.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108836420269779613</id><published>2004-06-27T14:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-27T14:23:22.696-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My new blog looks like chocolate.  This is unfortunate, as I am not particularly fond of chocolate.  Slim Jims, yes.  Chocolate, no.  I should change my theme from brown and white to red and yellow and meat juice to better suit my personality. That can be saved for another time.  It took me 7 months to change my blog the first time 'round.  Oh, well.  Let's see . . . what to write about.  I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108836420269779613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108836420269779613' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108836420269779613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108836420269779613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/06/my-new-blog-looks-like-chocolate.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108794954961369959</id><published>2004-06-22T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-22T19:12:29.613-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Updated blogs are better.  Un-updated blogs are best.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108794954961369959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108794954961369959' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108794954961369959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108794954961369959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/06/updated-blogs-are-better.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108648366781085090</id><published>2004-06-05T19:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-05T20:01:07.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hello from a cold and rainy Chantilly, Virginia.  "Chantilly," you ask?  Let me explain the origins of this name.Kate: Chantilly? Daddy: I don't think I know what that means.Kate: I don't know either.Daddy: I know Chantilly lace . . . Chantilly lace . . . doot doot doot . . . you have a pony tail.Kate:  What does Chantilly lace mean?Daddy:  I think it's some kind of fancy lace.  Chantilly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108648366781085090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108648366781085090' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108648366781085090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108648366781085090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/06/hello-from-cold-and-rainy-chantilly.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108627653055678873</id><published>2004-06-03T10:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-03T10:28:50.556-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Harry Connick Jr. wore Paper Denim and Cloth jeans yesterday on Ellen.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108627653055678873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108627653055678873' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108627653055678873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108627653055678873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/06/harry-connick-jr.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108601627402701729</id><published>2004-05-31T08:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-31T10:11:14.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Dawson's wireless internet allows me to greet you from a dry porch on a rainy day.  Dakota, the terrier (Terrier! for you Best in Show fans), is having a grand ole' time scurring in the front yard.  She seems sorely disappointed that I am not a 7-year-old boy.  Today is Memorial Day.  I was not looking forward to today, but it's looking like it'll be quality.  My mom and Monique spent the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108601627402701729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108601627402701729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108601627402701729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108601627402701729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/05/dawsons-wireless-internet-allows-me-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108575811417985035</id><published>2004-05-28T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-28T10:28:34.180-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Greetings from 11:16.I's a watchin' television and talking to Lauren online.Today is me and Stuart's 3 month-a-versary.  I don't think either of us would have remembered if his phone did not remind him monthly.Tomorrow I begin housesitting for the Dawson's.  They have pets!  6 of them!  I can't wait!  I imagine that during the time I am there, I will update my blog much more.  There's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108575811417985035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108575811417985035' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108575811417985035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108575811417985035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/05/greetings-from-1116.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108497670260288667</id><published>2004-05-19T09:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-19T09:25:02.603-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmm . . . I sincerely apologize for the absolute lack of blog updating.School is over.  PTL THE LORD.   I still haven't heard from App, but hopefully by the end of the week, I will have.I think I need a job.  Maybe I'll figure something out today.  Probably not, but you never know.Anybody want a Gmail account?  Please buy Stuart Clark's.I love my guitar.  I LOVE IT.   Today, Stuart and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108497670260288667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108497670260288667' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108497670260288667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108497670260288667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/05/hmm.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108345737830291984</id><published>2004-05-01T19:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-01T19:27:18.670-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today I saw a great thing.  A boy was in my dorm wearing the following outfit:  loafers/boat shoes, blue chinos that were the right size, a belt, a wife beater, and a red bandana around his head like Tupac.  Bottom-half pure Vandy.  Top-half pure gangsta.Twister is currently on.  I am watching it.  It is a movie I really enjoy.As I left the library today, saw a wedding at Benton Chapel.  That</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108345737830291984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108345737830291984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108345737830291984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108345737830291984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/05/today-i-saw-great-thing.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108286168509990413</id><published>2004-04-24T21:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-24T21:58:55.483-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>When I feel out of control, I clean my room.  Today, I cleaned my room for 5 hours.This evening, while eating at Bread and Co., Sudi announced, "John Mayer is a pimp."  Good. quiet, little Sudi said that.Cabin Waltz is currently playing on my itunes.  I really like it.  It's sad.  It's simple.  It's good.  Walking by the University Club tonight, I saw a great old car that was waiting for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108286168509990413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108286168509990413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108286168509990413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108286168509990413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/when-i-feel-out-of-control-i-clean-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108243173557084075</id><published>2004-04-19T22:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-19T22:32:59.560-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>There is lots of school to be done.My stomach feels bad.I will have a dance party soon.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108243173557084075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108243173557084075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108243173557084075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108243173557084075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/there-is-lots-of-school-to-be-done.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108208511336238458</id><published>2004-04-15T22:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-15T22:15:52.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have a new obsession.  Car makeover shows.  Pimp My Ride.  Overhaulin'.  I don't know why I like them so much.  I don't want anyone to change my car like that.  But it's just so great to watch other people's cars get all dolled up.  And the owners like it so much.  I will never ever swim a major body of water like the English Channel or the Bering Strait.  I am sleepy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108208511336238458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108208511336238458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108208511336238458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108208511336238458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/i-have-new-obsession.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108189348600937759</id><published>2004-04-13T16:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-13T17:02:00.920-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Doot doot doot . . . doot doot doot.Well, I'd be a liar if I said my weekend wasn't great.  It was great!  Do you hear me?  GREAT!  I am so thankful to have someone who allows me to physically fight them.  Stuart and I have officially reached the point in our relationship that all couples long for.  Yes, Stuart is now comfortable enough around me to poot poot poot with freedom.  I'm thinking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108189348600937759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108189348600937759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108189348600937759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108189348600937759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/doot-doot-doot.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108153394902019636</id><published>2004-04-09T13:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-09T13:09:38.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Qdoba burritos are great.  And by that I mean they are better than McDonald's, not as good as Chez Joes.  They are also huge.  Currently, a huge Qdoba burrito resides in my belly.  Sleep calls to me for this very reason.  I will, however, right this urge, as a home makeover show is on the television and I cannot deny it's power to keep me awake.Big things are going down this weekend.  I'm going</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108153394902019636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108153394902019636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108153394902019636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108153394902019636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/qdoba-burritos-are-great.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108121360589153875</id><published>2004-04-05T20:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-05T20:10:30.733-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, well, well . . .  Yesterday was fantastic.  Friends are fun.  I should remember that.  Sudi and I went for Starbucks and discussed things that brought out giggle or two.  Sudi's great fun.  She's going to India this summer to work with the those that have HIV/AIDS and those that at risk to be infected.  I think it's just so great that God creates a 5 billion different kinds of folks, each</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108121360589153875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108121360589153875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108121360589153875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108121360589153875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/well-well-well.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108110317791110064</id><published>2004-04-04T13:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-04T13:30:00.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Greetings from sunny Nashville!Despite the chilly winds that blow, the weather is quite fantastic here today.  It's enough to make a girl go read her Faulkner.  I will hopefully be that girl today.I just love my church.  If I go to App next year, it will be greatly missed.  For lunch, I had some fantastic reheated Pad Thai.  If food is still quality after reheating, it's a sign of an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108110317791110064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108110317791110064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108110317791110064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108110317791110064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/04/greetings-from-sunny-nashville-despite.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108079262112187485</id><published>2004-03-31T23:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-31T23:16:01.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I want to say good things.  I really do.  People ask me to update my blog, but I just don't got nothing good to say.School is . . . hard.  These last few months have definitely been the hardest, most frustrating, and most defeating I can remember.  I don't want to post complaints but it's all I'm good for these days.  Funny how those same days can simultaneously be the best in totally different</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108079262112187485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108079262112187485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108079262112187485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108079262112187485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/i-want-to-say-good-things.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-108070858927409470</id><published>2004-03-30T23:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-30T23:54:57.153-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is me updating my blog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/108070858927409470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=108070858927409470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108070858927409470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/108070858927409470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/this-is-me-updating-my-blog.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107974932107007869</id><published>2004-03-19T21:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-19T21:25:22.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I don't want to be that girl that only updates her blog once a week but . . . well . . . This evening I decided that I am officially too emotionally invested in ballet flats.  When I have free time, I google "ballet flats" or go see if Saks or Nordstrom has any new pairs.  No one I know likes my ballet flats, so I certainly am not choosing them to gain acceptance.  If I had money, I would own a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107974932107007869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107974932107007869' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107974932107007869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107974932107007869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/i-dont-want-to-be-that-girl-that-only.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107947164362352594</id><published>2004-03-16T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-16T16:17:50.123-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have not written lately.  My apologies.  So much and so little has been going on, but here are my thoughts.School:  You may (or may not) know that I am deciding whether or not to go back to school this week.  Yesterday, the only option I seemed able to take was to leave.  It didn't seem like a great choice, but it was the only one I could make work.  Today I think I will stay.  Stuart: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107947164362352594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107947164362352594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107947164362352594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107947164362352594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/i-have-not-written-lately.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107912854288195907</id><published>2004-03-12T16:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-12T16:58:53.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Stuart Clark will be home in . . . 8 hours.  PTL the Lord.  I know France is great, but . . . . yeah . . . 8 hours.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107912854288195907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107912854288195907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107912854288195907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107912854288195907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/stuart-clark-will-be-home-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107905482790024647</id><published>2004-03-11T20:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-11T20:30:18.140-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>He's glad for the crop, but it's me that He loves.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107905482790024647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107905482790024647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107905482790024647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107905482790024647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/hes-glad-for-crop-but-its-me-that-he.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107896228926132784</id><published>2004-03-10T18:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-10T18:47:57.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So, would you love me just as much if I was just your stupid kid?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107896228926132784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107896228926132784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107896228926132784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107896228926132784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/so-would-you-love-me-just-as-much-if-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107871746790522641</id><published>2004-03-07T22:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-07T22:47:32.560-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Saturday nights with Garrison Keillor are a fond memory.  Needing a little encouragement, I went to see who was on this week and instead found GK's Travel Blog.  He's in London right now and getting along in a splendidly awkward manner.I always thought I could listen to him talk forever.  I think I could read him for pretty close to that.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107871746790522641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107871746790522641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107871746790522641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107871746790522641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/saturday-nights-with-garrison-keillor.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107825325280220811</id><published>2004-03-02T13:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-02T13:56:13.170-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have become empowered, literally speaking.My "I" key is broken.  I have to stab it to make it work.  There was once a book written that did not once use the letter "I".  Or was it "E"?  Either way . . . I am listening to Kid A right now (the album and the song, but I'm referring to the album in general).  It pays to discover . . . and to have full rights to Stuart's musicial collection as a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107825325280220811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107825325280220811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107825325280220811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107825325280220811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/03/i-have-become-empowered-literally.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107801239373546479</id><published>2004-02-28T18:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-02T13:56:24.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Reece-Rocca wedding scheduled for Tuesday is cancelled.  I apologize to those that have already purchased gifts.Well, I'd be remiss if I didn't alter my blog a bit.  For some crazy reason, I thought Stuart wouldn't approve of me mentioning such things, so I tried to be subtle about it.  I was wrong wrong wrong, so:Stuart Clark is dating someone!  That someone is me!  WEEOOWEEOOWEEOO!  May</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107801239373546479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107801239373546479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107801239373546479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107801239373546479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/reece-rocca-wedding-scheduled-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107800469525463064</id><published>2004-02-28T16:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-28T16:47:48.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What a wonderful wonderful wonderful day!I feel that patrotic songs are in order.Thank you, Jesus.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107800469525463064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107800469525463064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107800469525463064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107800469525463064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/what-wonderful-wonderful-wonderful-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107781587440717597</id><published>2004-02-26T12:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-26T12:20:45.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I prayed last night that God would clearly show me whether or not I should go to my first class today at 10:00, since I didn't finish the paper that was due.  I woke up at 10:50.  I think thats a pretty good sign of "No."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107781587440717597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107781587440717597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107781587440717597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107781587440717597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/i-prayed-last-night-that-god-would.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107777488543636286</id><published>2004-02-26T00:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-26T00:57:34.936-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, well, well.  : )</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107777488543636286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107777488543636286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107777488543636286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107777488543636286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/well-well-well.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107765919189908055</id><published>2004-02-24T16:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-24T16:49:19.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>IF I HAD PRESSES, I WOULD BE STOPPING THEM!MO ROCCA IS SPEAKING AT VANDERBILT ON MONDAY!  (Expect wedding invitations no later than Tuesday evening.)WEEOOWEEOOWEEOO!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107765919189908055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107765919189908055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107765919189908055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107765919189908055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/if-i-had-presses-i-would-be-stopping.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107759521179919661</id><published>2004-02-23T23:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-23T23:02:59.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My pirate name is Mad Dog Cash.Find out yours.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107759521179919661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107759521179919661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107759521179919661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107759521179919661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-pirate-name-is-mad-dog-cash.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155531.post-107755903706695410</id><published>2004-02-23T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-23T13:00:03.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i am still runningi am still runningrunning from the knowledgethat eye, that lovei am still runningrunning from the knowledgefrom which there's no refugefor you meant only love and loveand I felt only fear and painso once in israel love cameand we were all afraid</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/feeds/107755903706695410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6155531&amp;postID=107755903706695410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107755903706695410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6155531/posts/default/107755903706695410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mandolinmama.blogspot.com/2004/02/i-am-still-running-i-am-still-running.html' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02426515519902245301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ILyFXg4PvKQ/R1DjXICtHgI/AAAAAAAAABQ/88lPvk7wpwk/S220/kate.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
