This past week's catches..

So here are a few of the lovelies of the week.

These are all men that have contacted me.  Minus the lower right, all sent one line emails.  Some probably were posted in the previous post on dating.  And yes, Mr. Abs has no picture of his face, and I am scared what other pictures he would send if contact continued between us. There were a few others I wanted to add but ended up bocking them before I got their pictures because they called me a Bi**h because I responded to their pathetic email with the response: " Im assuming that you did not take the time to read my profile or maybe you just didnt respect my wishes and sent me a one line email anyway.  Best of luck in your search!".  This is my standard response and I did actually get a nice man who responded "you totally called me out!  I did not read your profile until after I got your email.  I know better for future searching.  Thank you foryour response!"  I of course had to respond and thank him for not calling me awful names and again...best of luck!
So for those of you fortunate to have a significant other (either husband or boyfriend) be thankful that you are not in the dating pool!!  Because THIS is what you have to look forward to!!

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!!

So Heres to a new year and New People to Meet

As discussed before, I am on this dating web site.  Why do men think that we want to see their profile picture of them taking a self portrait (1) in bed (2) in the bathroom mirror (3) with their shirt off (and/or other clothes off).  These pictures say to me that they do nothing that people would take their picture in public.  Now maybe thats because I have plenty of friends who are taking pictures all the time.  In my profile for my dating site I specifically say "please don't send me a one line or worse yet a one line email".  And yet, I still do. Now here are a few.  Unfortunately in the last month I have deleted most but here is a recent sampling of the worst initial emails sent:

Nice hat...o thats a tree. Hi I'm Doug...what's your name?
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Hey sweetie!!
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I have read your profile and I think you are very attractive.
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Im a clean cut type guy, have a good job, come from a good family, nice guy, easy going, laid back,athletic type person.
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My other request was to spell words and use some sort of semi-accurate punctuation (because I am honestly not the best).  Here is a recent one:

actually u r spot on...i am literally absolutely new to this and navigating the features has been something that i have done very quickly and without alot of...conviction i guess u cud say..i thought i was responding to a simple hello from you..dont ask me why..just thought thats wat i saw..lol sorry! i wish you the best of blessings in finding someone here as i wish the same for myself! sorry to come off as ignorant..i assure u im not..jus learnin as i go :)
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And the smart ass to my profile description...Mr. Soccer, I will say that this is the first line of his first email to me and who knows where this will go..( I just thought the intro was funny and wanted to post):

Well then. I will try to spell everything corectly....ha-ha (correctly).
And so its a New Year and who knows who New I will meet! Who knew I would actually have time to do this today afterall...I am off to meet my cooking class gals (PLU Group) for dinner out tonight and hopefully to hear from my Vet about my little Daisy who has been sick for a month or more.  FINGERS CROSSED we have it figured out.  More on that later :)

New Year New Resolution

Yes, Yes...with the holidays and all of its craziness I have taken off a little over a month and have promised myself that I will blog at least weekly!  Unfortunately with work deadlines of today there will not be a blog today!!  Check back and I hope to see you soon!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Muttly Monday (however posted on Tuesday)

Well oh well, what an interesting past few days it has been.  It is really unfortunate that bad things sometimes have to happen to have a new outlook on life.  On Nov. 18 I helped to organize a Little Black Dress party at a local restaurant/bar.  With the help of a few other girls the event was planned with almost 30 different donated auction items.  It was a huge success.  Still waiting to hear back on the numbers but it looked to be a great success!!  I would post some pictures however two low life girls stole my purse.  My purse was on the bar about 12 inches from me and they pushed their way towards the bar and took off with it. I knew immediately there was something strange about them and when I looked I knew why.  We called the police and watched the surveillance video and sure enough...just as I said.  I have had to cancel my credit, debit and our YPO Credit cards.  I will have to get a new id.  I have changed the locks to my house (am hoping they don't steal my car), need to replace my phone, and camera.  All in all it will be about $300.  And what really bothers me is that I know they saw I had no cash and just threw the rest in the trashcan.  I just feel like it is a complete invasion of my privacy in addition to bring back old memories and just wondering if someone will just show up at my house one day.

The remainder of my weekend was good. My BESTEST neighbors had a birthday party which DSS came was also invited and attended with me.  She made a cute little cupcake cake that she said "was the best yet"!

Sunday was LAZY DAYS in PJ's!!

I am trying to catch up with the Detective for my case as I have since met with the security people at the local bar where my purse was stolen (I have obviously written this post over a few days).  They have the two girls on camera taking my purse...but better yet, using what we believe and hope is her credit/debit card.  Because it was not mine!  The Detective was complimentary of my sleuth skills and is going to pick up that information today!  Fingers crossed he can catch her and punish her!

Wowzers!!

A LOT has happened since my last post!  I hosted a "pre Halloween" small gathering at my house. Halloween was AWESOME!  Had a great time with my friends and such.  Doc met me out later and we had a great time hanging out.  We spent the next afternoon together looking for sofa's (for him) and had a nice lunch at a local Thai place (I LOVE THAI!!). Since Halloween we have hung out a few times and I'm just on the fence. He seems really interested in me and came to meet my friends at a recent "Don't Fall Down before we Fall Back" party and most all of my favs.  He has met my friends in different stages and still wants to hang out. But I am not sure if it is his schedule, or if he is trying to juggle too many "dates" or if he is a dating retard.  He does things like makes plans, but then had a family emergency arise and then I didn't hear from him at all until MUCH later in the evening.  Then is super concerned that I am mad at him and what he can do to make me not mad.  The Cheerleader seems to think that he is just a dating retard and that it does not sound like he is trying to be a man whore...WHO KNOWS!!  I am honestly keeping my options open however; disappointed when things fall through with him or when I don't hear from him.  I am definitely NOT sitting around waiting for him to do...I AM SCHEDULED OUT until Sunday when I consider it my time!! 

I have been on a few other dates.  I went out with the Professor, who was interesting, but I just don't think my type.  And I have gone out with another young man.  But as luck has it, he also has a schedule that does not permit him being available during the week to hang out as he is often not in town at all.  Story of my Life!!

So I reverted back to the Ol Internet Dating Pool to see what new and interesting prospects await my attention...OH MY GOSH... I think it just keeps getting worse!!  If the guys are not hugged up on some other chicks in their profile picture, they are doing stupid things like: striking a GQ pose by a car (or truck I am not discriminating); kissing babies; holding up some sort of dead animal that they are proud of ranging from dead fish to dead deer, and bear.  I will say the all time favorite is the guys posing with their shirt off in their bathroom mirror.  These profile pictures say to me, this is NOT my car, but I wish it was. Yeah!!  I can procreate.  Look at me I am manly and can put food on the table (only if the woman prepares it and brings it to my lazyboy while I drink beer and watch Nascar). Or I have nothing better to do than work out and I have no friends to take pictures of me so I do it myself in the bathroom.  None of the above are what I am interested in dating unfortunately so I am at a standstill!!

Last weekend DSS and I went to see Charlotte!  We had a great weekend and danced, laughed, and hung out with new people.  Of course we always make friends along the way!  We watched the Hokies win against UNC at a place called Blackfinn and had a great time! 

My babies went to stay with the Ex and apparently had a great time.  But there is concern on the horizon.  There is some signs of diabetes with Daisy, so she has an appointment Friday with the Vet.  Fingers and toes crossed she is ok!!

This month is always particularly difficult for me.  It was the month my father was always the sickest, the month of his birthday as well as the month of his passing.  Yesterday was his birthday.  He would have been 60 years old.  It made me reflect on how my life has changed a lot in three years....I lost my father, six months later my sister (best friend) moved 5+ hours from me and in that same month my ex (my other bff) and I broke up.  It has been tough to swallow, and I still struggle with it.  But Cheers to my life, my friends, my family both those here and not!  I love you all!!

Now I am off to work on yet another event that is two days away!  I will be wearing a hot little dress that DSS says I can pull off (I am a skeptic) and maybe meet a nice man that is not from the Internet pool!!

Tow up Thursday!

Well it is that time again to prepare for the weekend...and this weekend is HALLOWEEN of course.  So today's post name comes to me for several reasons....

I have a person who covers after hours and writes notes nightly regarding the updates on the people we are working with.  This note was regarding one of our residents apartments being a mess.  Read beneath the heart....

Apartment is TOW UP!! I love my job, it makes me realize how fortunate I am to have the people I have in my life and to have had the opportunities I have had.  And not to say I have lots of money or anything, but am fortunate in many other ways.  Like the other day when I was helping someone study for his drivers exam and he asked "What makes you a better driver? If you can make quick reactions or have sound judgement?" I asked him what he thought the answer was and he said "quick reactions".  So after a quick discussion and a drawn scenario I said that having sound judgement was better, his response was "oh so you have to be a good listener to be a good driver".  As a little background I work with adults who are slow learners and did not have have the support that I had growing up and need a little more help.

Every morning I talk with DSS on our way to work. This morning after we hung up the phone I looked out my window at work and saw one motorized wheel chair being towed by another.  It just made me chuckle.  I mean what is one to do if your chair breaks down while you are out and about?? OF COURSE...call your friend for a tow. 

So my dating web site seems to be giving me more options than I had previously.  I tried this on line dating thing two years ago and had the worst luck!  I think this time I am a little more open to the possibilities.  Not that I am lowering my standards for what I want, but being more open and realizing that looks are important, but not everything.  So I am still receiving messages from Bob the Builder as well as Doc.  My most recent match has been with the Professor.  He is from Greece and is a Professor locally, and just moved here a month ago!  He is going to Singapore here in a week or so and said..."did you know...you cannot chew gum in Singapore".  The City is known to be the cleanest city in the world.  They banned chewing gum as people were leaving their gum everywhere.  It was unsightly but also was causing delays with their mass transit trains as gum would get in the tracks of the doors and could not close hence causing train delays and costly repairs.  IF caught chewing gum and its you first offense you can face fines from $500-$1000 US dollars AND have to clean public places which is often televised. You learn something new everyday!

Last night was monthly Bunko with the girls.  Always a good time, the group changes often with of course the standard girls.  I was neither a winner or a loser meaning I went home with having had good food, wine and good times with my girls.

Have a great weekend!!