Love... Love... Love...

I'm sitting next to the love of my life... he is trying out new xbox games and I am working on school work and blogging.  I often am amazed at the fact he is sitting next to me.  Ours is an interesting love story...  It all started way back in 1995... My sister had a date with a guy that worked at the local pizza joint.  She had asked if she could bring me along.  It seems her date asked my love to join to keep me company so he could more actively pursue my sister (I'm sure it sounded more like "man she's hot! she's bringing her friend too... please come along and keep the other one distracted... I'll owe you one). LOL.  Anyway,  sometime before the date we were at the Dr. office that occupied the same strip as the pizza joint.  Lola was chatting with her date when he returned from a delivery.  (keep in mind... I had no idea any of these events were going down) Anyway,  he pulled into the parking lot... our eyes met... and I knew!.  It sounds so cliche but it's the absolute truth.  he pulled up beside me as i was next to his friend and he said..."hey there, how you doin'"  Later that evening we went to the club, drank a little and danced.  after that we were together all the time. 

Him and my adorable son way back then.

Let's bring in the twist now.  He and his ex had been apart for a few months but she was expecting their baby.  He decided that he wanted to make his family work so we parted ways.  I was heart broken but understood that family always comes first.  We lost touch a few months after that and moved about our lives the way the people often do.  I never stopped thinking about him.  Everyone I dated was unconsciously compared to him and never measured up.  I often searched for him... and more times than not found him.  But i never had the courage to contact him... "what if he doesn't remember me?" "what if he is in a relationship?" "What if he hates me?" these thoughts would always roll through my head. 

Skip ahead 14 years....

As i never ended my search for this wonderful man I decided to look him up on facebook.  although i had done this many times before... but the definition of insanity is always asking the same question and expecting a different answer right.  I am insane after all. 

This time it worked!!!!  He was there!!! He was in a relationship but he was there.  Its so much easier to face rejection in email so I did it... I sent a facebook message... It took weeks to get a response (he doesn't do the FB thing often).  He remembered me... and fondly it seemed.  Maybe we could be friends.  We only exchanged a couple of messages but I always went to his profile and looked at his pictures...

One day it happened... He was not in a relationship any longer... I sent him my phone number...

Weeks passed...

Then out of the blue I get a mysterious txt message... "I am someone from your past... I am 6ft tall with hazel eyes, Who am I?"... how mysterious.... we bantered back and forth for about an hour with questions and answers until I no longer could guess.  he reveled himself to me and I jumped for joy.  I immediately invited him over and we talked for hours....

We have been virtually inseparable ever since.  We are now cohabitating and talking about the big M word.

I couldn't be happier... 

The world is mysterious and God works in mysterious ways... All I can do is thank God everyday...

Family Holiday Party

Last night was the 2nd annual family holiday party hosted by me.  We used to meet every year at my uncles house but since his passing last Feb I took over the hosting of the gathering.  It is really a lot of fun.  missing my uncles son and grandson though this year.  It felt really good to hear the laughter and the fellowship of not only my family but my friends... The family I wasn't given but I hand picked.  I wish i would have thought to take some pics of the spread... WOW... what a feast we had.  My sis made the best ham with a sweet fruit braise... to die for...

The white elephant gift exchange was a riot!  Dad told the story of when he experienced his invisibility.... He was amazing.  I wish I would have video taped the chaos.  presents were flying everywhere.... I think there were 30 people in the house.  We converted the garage into a media room and kicked all the kids in there.  Beatles rock band was going full swing and we celebrated my youngest brothers birthday...  complete with live guitar accompaniment (played by my (younger) brother (I'm the oldest ). 

 

The peeps... Back row are my brothers

Middle me and dad

Front my boy

This one is me and my adopted sister at my company holiday party... She and I have been sisters since we met in high school. 



I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season which ever holiday you celebrate.  And that you find the peace and love that hopefully you can find in the mix of the hustle and bustle of the season.

It's In the Air

Looks like I'm not the only one having the focus issue in the office today...  Look at this wonderful whiteboard artwork drawn by one of the guys...

So I'm blogging,  catching up on facebook, writing an essay and developing proper KPI's for reporting and others are creating beautiful artwork. 



What's work got to do with it?

Ok so I am finding it difficult to focus on work today.  Funny thing is if I itemize the activities it would look like a good portion of work has been accomplished but it just feels unproductive.  Honestly, I have not wanted to be here for quite some time.  My boss is a passive aggressive micro manager… who if you don’t have to work with him is a hellova nice guy.  I like him as a person but as a manager….. UGGGG!  I have been acting in the roll of supervisor with all of the duties it encompasses as well as some extra for more than a year clinging to the hope they would be promoting me along with a salary increase just as they promised many many many times… Now I’m told at least your still working (I’m in aerospace… a lot of my friends have lost their jobs thanks to the new administration).  So the fact is… I am burned out!  I don’t want to work for liars or micromanagers any more.  What’s the point really? 

So I’m looking into my school assignment and writing a post for my blog…  My assignment consists of listing the different elements of the forms of business then recommending which one would be best for the individual in the scenario given.  I am truly learning quite a bit.  This class has come along just when I was beginning to put together my business plan of the service I’d like to provide so it’s helping quite a bit. 

I wonder who is on facebook right now?

blogger for android

another blog post test.... the email seems to not have worked

Sent from my mobile phone

My first sms post.... loving this :)

Operation Brain Dump Starts

Oh what a busy life I lead....  Now to empty my brain and prepare to fill it with many wonderful things...  Which is why Operation Brain Dump is so important...  Sometimes I just need to vent out all of the things that are going on so that I can release and move on.  Not to say all are bad or frustrating... just that I'm a thoughts horder and need to clean house :)

I am a full time working SINGLE mother, a daughter, a girlfriend, a girl scout leader, a booster club secretary, a full time student and a hobbyist. 

Looking at that list in black and white really makes me realize just how much personal time I am missing. 

My son is an active thespian in his high school drama department.  Last year before I added girl friend and booster club I thought my life to be busy.  Skipping from one hobby to the next.... lots of fun.  When I was in toastmasters My introduction speech was about my Hobby attention deficit disorder... (well that's in every aspect of my life).  I sewed, jewelry crafted, crocheted, played with photography and had a pretty hefty addiction to facebook... Now if it were not for my phone I'd never log into facebook to keep up with all my facebook friends...

I wonder if I'll get some personal time this holiday season.  Hopefully I will make some wonderful blogging friends like the last time I blogged.  I really enjoyed my online community....

What's your favorite Yo Momma Joke?