Back At It

Well needless to say it has been quit a week.  My Grandfather passed away and is at peace, so that makes me at peace.  For at least 8 years he has been slowly declining with the things that he enjoyed the most and ultimately was in a nursing home where he could do nothing and gave up.  He was a great man and served our country. He was in Pearl Harbor, was on the Ringness and rescued the survivors from the Indianapolis when it was sunk, he designed Memorial for Pearl Harbor Survivors across the US, he helped with the renovations of the White House and made memorabilia from the original materials from the White House for our family as well as for the actual White House (which remain there today).  He was married to my sweet Grandmother for 63 years (who is still alive). He will be greatly missed and left his mark on my heart as well as stories in the Library of Congress for his time served. 

So I am back on the dating scene.  The Realtor had said that he wanted "to think" about what he wanted after he arrived at my house with Roses and a note that was undecipherable:


So I thought..."well this is a step in the possible right direction, "maybe just maybe this could work".  Maybe he just needed a little shake up and to think about what he wants.  Then he says in text " I got you YELLOW roses because they mean new beginnings"...ummm he left WHITE Roses.  Anyway, it goes to show how little to detail men pay to things.  Well, so as I am thinking that we will maybe give this dating each other thing another thought I look on the dating site (which he had removed himself from when we were seeing each other) and see..

EWWWWW!! Is that a hooker or a stripper??  Either way I am completely disgusted that (1) he has pics and does things like either of those and (2) That he would post it! And on a dating site.  What girl would look at this picture and think "hmmm...he looks desirable and I want to date someone like that!"  I think that this was the deal sealer with all the other things, so happy to be looking for greener pastures!

So with my new excitement (not really) of back on the dating scene I make my profile viewable again.  One of my first emails was from this guy:

and his email says "lamest profile ever".  ABOUT ME.. My profile is far from awful!  He got a nice email from me saying that I was not sure why he would even respond AND it was because of men like him that I have been in "hiding" so as to not get emails from losers like him.  After the email was sent, he was immediately blocked!! It feels so good :)

While I was in hiding, it allowed me to be the person to seek out men that I was interested in. I will say that I did come across a few good possibilities and we have been corresponding. They are both attractive, can put together a sentence that is decipherable, we seem to have common interests, and well...they seem kinda normal. But don't they all??

 



So I am feeling pretty good about this second (or 100th) go at dating, because it is all about timing! THEN I come across profiles like this..

Here is what his profile reads:
HEY YALL,CHANGEING THIS AGAIN...IM A 37 YRS.OLD,GARAGE OWNER,I STAY DIRTY MOST OF THE TIME,BUT
IVE BEEN TOLD I CLEAN UP PRETTY GOOD.. IM A STRAIT UP GUY THAT WILL NOT DEAL WITH LIES...THATS WHY IM SINGLE NOW..I LOVE DRAG RACEING,CAMPING,DIRTBIKE RIDEING,PLAYING GUITAR,BUT MOST OF ALL ILOVE SPENDING TIME WITH SOS. IF YOUR HONEST SINCIRE, AND READY FOR SOMEONE TOO, SHOWER YOU WITH EFFECTION...HOLLER AT ME!

IF YOU HAVE OR NEED MENTAL PAPERS, KEEP ON GITTN ON!

LADYS, IM SIMPLE...BUT VERY SINCIRE,IM ON HERE FOR YHE REASON THIS SITE WAS INTENDED FOR. I LIKE TO PLAY,BUT I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS. SO IF YOUR JUST WANTIN TO PLAY, AND NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP PLEASE SAVE ME THE DIGNITY

So I say...Happy Dating!

I have started my Spring Garden of broccoli, spinach and Romaine Lettuce.  I am very excited for spring and working in the yard.  I was not excited about the small snake I found (and BTW I live in the CITY) and killed in fear it COULD be poisonous and harm my dogs. In the back is my compost bin that I am starting this year and excited for great soil it will bring me!!

With Spring and the approach of Summer comes thunder storms and with that comes panic attacks for Grace.  Lets say this past week has been rough for her AND me, more so her though. I just lost sleep trying to console her, she thought that the house was going to cave in on her and freaked out.  Fortunately I have gotten her Xanax refilled and we should be good to go!

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!!

Week in Review!!

So even though I have had great intentions of keepingmore on top of my blog...I have not :( So where to start?

Thursday night the Realtor came over to eat home made lasagna (yes that I made) and watch movies.  I continue to remain really cautious as he had said he was coming off the dating site, and has NOT. So as one of my guy friends suggested..."maybe he is checking to see if you are on still".  We  perhaps.  But as DSS has said, "leave all options open you have only known him a little over a week". So I will!!

Friday night the Realtor took me to dinner at my favorite restaurant, Carlos'!  We had a great time followed by an AWFUL movie.  Alice in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp.  Now I will say we were kinda chatting throughout the movie however; I was lost, and when I was finally able to piece it all together thought it could have been better only if the movie flowed better. I dont want to ruin it for those of you who have not seen it. But the Realtor and I had another  nice evening!

Saturday...Masquerade Ball!! We had a suite at the Hotel and a big Pre-Party.  Everyone was dressed up and looked fabulous!  It was great to see all of my friends enjoying themselves!  Here is a pic of some of my gals and I. 

Saturday night the Realtor wanted to meet downtown after the Ball as he did not go.  We had a great evening and spent the day together on Sunday watching movies and football.

The rest of the week has been busy, and I am not really sure what all I have done.  We thought it was going to snow and I prepared Chili for a snow party that unfortunately did not happen leaving me with a lot of chili!

The Realtor came over last night and we watched Robin Hood with Russell Crow.  It had a lot of action, but I was not really a fan of the movie itself.  We have plans for Sunday to go to the movies. I think I have seen more movies in the past week than in than combined in three months.  And that is fine :)

Some friends and I are getting together to try a Fondue night Saturday night. This should be interesting and fun! 

DOGS:
Daisy is still having problems with her respirations.  They are still about 60/minute and should be 20.  I am going to put her back on the low protein diet.  Her respirations seemed to be lower when she was on it.  And no additional word from my Vet on if there have been any other responses to her post on the Vet on line site.  Grace is of course still needy and just a sweetie!!  The Realtor loves on them so much that they now smell like him!


DATING:
As mentioned earlier I have remained open on my site and have had to delete a lot of users and block probably even more.  Some I dont even bother to respond to but some obviously don't read my profile or they would know NOT to send me a one line or worse yet two word email with no punctuation.  Those users get a smart ass return email and then are blocked.  The email reads something to the effect of:
"You obviously did not take the time to read my profile and decided to just send me an email based on my picture. Best of luck in your search."  I have had a few requests for dates, and will probably go but need to find the time.  Next week is really busy and not even with anything scheduled with the Realtor. So we will see!

Have a great weekend!!

Once a Taurus...Always a Taurus

Every morning I start my day by watching our local news and then watch the Today show to get my news for the day.  I realize there is probably just 8 minutes or so of "real" news.  The rest of the show is filler with lots of good useless information that I can always amaze my friends with.  HOWEVER...this morning my world was rocked...I found out that I am no longer a Taurus?!!?  Apparently... Thanks to Earth's wobble, astrological signs are, well, bunk. (Or even more bunk than you thought.) Astrological signs are determined by the position of the sun relative to certain constellations on a person's day of birth. The problem is, the positions were determined more than 2,000 years ago. Nowadays, the stars have shifted in the night sky so much that horoscope signs are nearly a month off.

Now I am a Taurus to a "T".  Here was the description of Taurus/Me...

TAURUS - The Enduring One (April 20 - May 20)
Charming but aggressive. Can come off as boring, but they are not. Hard workers. Warm-hearted. Strong, has endurance.. Solid beings that are stable and secure in their ways. Not looking for shortcuts.. Patient and reliable. Make great friends and give good advice. Loving and kind. Loves hard -- passionate. Expresses themselves emotionally. Prone to ferocious temper-tantrums. Determined.. Indulges themselves often. Very generous.

   

Now apparently...I am an Aries? 

Aries (April 18-May 13)  is the first of the twelve Western zodiacal signs. And although it comes first, it is often thought of as the baby of the family. Aries respond to stimuli in an impulsive and headstrong manner. The complexities of cunning, deceit and duplicity don't appeal to Aries. The Aries person likes to operate out of righteousness (self- and the other kind), wherein he feels safe. The danger is that he can also feel a mite too complacent.

I guess both are close to my personality however; I have always been a Taurus.  And what about the new sign Ophiuchus?  Im glad I am just switching to a knew known sign and not some unknown new sign.

The vet has called about little Daisy.  She tested negative for the Toxoplasmosis test and so now we are just waiting.  The vet is posting all (and I mean ALL) of her lab tests, results, bloodwork, xrays, ultrasounds etc on this Vet web site to get other opinions.  Here is the best part...IT IS FREE!!  So we are going to see what we get from that.  She has been eating her tasty homemade dog food I made for her all week 4-5 times a day (tires me out how much she has to eat).  Next week she will go get weighed.  Next step if no responses from other Vets.....Sonogram of her liver. Sigh.  Otherwise she seems to be doing well.

This is actually my Grace sleeping....of course under the covers!!

Sweet Daisy,ready for bed and not feeling 100%

This week I hosted our Cooking Class.  Two of my Fav girlfriends, DSS and Marilyn, and I have cooking class on Wednesdays.  It always includes wine and some sort of delish food.  This week we made BIG Spicy Meatballs!! Here are some Pics to document our fun!

Anyway!  I have a lunch date with the Piranha aka. the Realtor.  Throughout my dating on line my friends keep up with these matches by nicknames, I guess it is easier!  This one happens to have two depending on which friend you ask.  So we have been chatting this week and will meet today for the first time!  Then off to Game Night at my friend Barbie's house.  Yippee! 

Cheers to a great weekend!!

To Sum Up

When i decided to start a blog I knew it would be diffcult to keep up with it.  But I figure if i just get into the habit, it is not any different than anything else!   I wish I had the same luck with the gym!

Family:
Over the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) I was very thankful to be able to spend both with my family in Virginia Beach.  My sister was not able to make Thanksgiving but was able to on Christmas.  On Christmas my godparents sons (which I am close with) were able to make it in from Arizona and Portland but ha difficulty making it back due to the unexpected 14 inches of snow.  I had a difficult time getting out as well!  For Christmas I got a fireproof safe.  I have stangely asked for one for a while and finally got one!! And have I put anythng in it yet...NOPE.  I got a camera to replace the one that was stolen from me which was awesome!!  And I got a gnome, his name is Avery.  Well his passport says his name is Cedric but we all got one for christmas and I wanted mine to have a different name! 

You can find them at : http://www.amazon.com/Gnome-Away-Andrews-McMeel-Publishing/dp/0740757237/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1294528987&sr=8-3

What a cute gift for friends who travel, getting married...or graduating!

My Grandfather is almost 90 and his health is failing quickly.  He is in a rehab center and probably not going to return home.  It has been really tough on my mom and my grandmother.

Dogs:
Daisy suddenly lost roughly 5 lbs and they diagnosed her initially with roundworms, so the fix was an easy $22 dewormer.(Gross I know).  But her breathing has become really labored and ends up that she has an enlarged liver.  We are waiting for the results on the last test, Toxoplasmosis.  Sadly to say, I have my fingers crossed she is positive because if not Im afraid that the problem is bigger and a larger expense.  Fortunately enough my ex (their dad) has paid ALL the vet bills to the tune of $700 thus so far. 

my sick little Daisy, I worked from home for a few hours to make sure she was fine!

She felt awful during the cocktail swap. all of her favs kittie and her blanket

Grace hoping to catch any crumbs at the cocktail swap

Grace is great! Her problems are in the Summer with the thunder storms.  I think that I may have found a solution other than Xanax.

It is called a thundershirt...Ever heard of it?  Im curious if it works? http://www.thundershirt.com/

Friends:
I am so fortunate to have the best friends ever!!  DSS, Marilyn, and I have a cooking group.  We are pretty good about doing i every Wednesday.  It is a nice break in the week and we all take turns cooking and exchanging recipes.  We have cooked a little bit of everything and sometimes have theme nights, which makes it a little more fun!

I hosted New Year New Cocktail, my 2nd Annual Cocktail Swap.  We had a great time, and got some good and not so good new recipes (mine was AWFUL).

these are the monogrammed glasses and recipe books for each girl!

Group of 2nd Annual Cocktail Swap!!

Love Life:

Well...I think based on my previous blog about my on line dating responses you can see how that is going.  I will say this past week I met Mr. Broker for coffee and this week will meet the Realtor for lunch on Friday.  We will see how it goes.  It is almost like just going through the motions, but I guess you dont know what is out there unless you look around, and maybe try a few on.

Have a great rest of the weekend!!