my pleasure

yesterday morning the man came to me and said .."are we spending the day together? seeing as how you missed me all week..." squuueeee! so we did. it was filled with some mundane things - pick up suit, blood draw, bank deposit...but then some fun stuff as well...see's candies, lunch out, mall walking and a movie! woot!

we viewed 'couples retreat' -- i really wanted to like this movie. i really did. but you can just pass on that one. you don't even have to rent it. wait until it comes out on tv. and the only reason even remotely possible that you would want to watch it is because it might be a topic starter between you and your other regarding the status of your marriage.

having said that. i would totally go visit where ever it was filmed.

it was just very nice to spend a whole day with my man.

still keeping up with the artwork! yeah me!

let's just say that if you ever plan a trip to england you can completely skip sherwood forrest.


but york was pretty fab


oh. and the time change jacked me up. at least i gained an hour.

peace love and bobby sherman.

even steven

kids just have to have equality. probably something in our brokenness that cries for justice. and at that age - why not? they have plenty of years to learn that life isn't fair...probably already have...in fact i know they have. they are very aware of their life these days. the good and the not so good.

my exercise yesterday was shoveling snow. guess who misses her men? and the fair headed one doesn't get asked to do such things. her coach's nickname for her is princess. lol. yeah. again. why not? she's had some hard days. she takes a full load at college. works hard. is trying. so why not treat her as a princess when possible? besides. some day she'll get married and have kids and then...well...you know.

thank you to my 6 subscribed readers. i heart you.

crushed

somewhere deep inside i have dreams of being a great blog writer. places where people come to get to know me and hear (read?) of my deep wisdom. so i contacted my friend annieology who is a blog stat monger and asked her how i could track my visitors. information gathered - stats thingeymajig installed - via google analytics -- waited with baited breath for my first report --- no visitors.

waaaaaaaaahhhhh....

haven't decided what i want to do about that. while surfing blogs yesterday i noticed i don't have any blog favs of women who are middle life empty nesters ex homeschooling i don't know what the heck to do with my life blog. have i found my niche?

(oh. and yes, another england page! woot!)

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so the man is settling in at the new job. he feels overwhelmed at the moment. "they're throwing everything except the kitchen sink at me". i know he'll be okay tho - he is pretty brilliant at what he does.

me? um...haven't settled into much yet. except i'm not digging waking up this early. i was all used to 6:30ish 7:00...now he's up at 4:30 - which because we don't sleep in separate rooms i'm waking up, too. fortunately for me i can still nap.

anyone thinking about the holidays yet?

the lottery

today i will participate in the accidental mommy's too true tuesday.

"What is the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery?"

i think i'm getting old. i'm not allowed to be altruistic (big word) but i can't help myself. maybe it's because i've dreamed often about winning the lottery. maybe because i've watched shows on how it ruins people's lives...or how a few handful completely mastered it.

so. i'm tellin you jackson. the first thing i would do is hire an attorney. then i'd probably book a nice long cruise for the man and myself. we didn't have much of a honeymoon (on either marriage) so i'd really like to do that. massages. i'd have lots of massages while i'm on my cruise.

the other thing - it really depends on what you win these days. a million dollars doesn't do what it used to do. don't get me wrong - i'd take it in a heart beat but i wouldn't check out of life on a million dollars. first there are lots 'o taxes to be paid on that bad boy. like half. then i'd be giving alot away. i am a tither. (although i hear tell that Jesus never tithed). then i would be making plans to secure a better life for my babies. and the babies to come.

oh! i would totally look into someone making sure i ate well. i'd figure out how to stop grocery shopping and cooking meals. but i don't like eating out all the time. i'd totally figure that one out. someone to clean as well. no more toilets for me.

well lookey there

tah dah! it's official. i contacted the customer service at the museum in kings lynn - of course my dad had the missing bit ..."some town with king in it"... which sounds vague to most but incredibly helpful when you know the area in which you were that day.

so i'm on a mini quest to scrap photo from england. (let's see how long that lasts shall we? lol)

i was awake at 3:30 am. what is up with that???? but the good thing is that i was up to see the man off for his first day of work. so cute.

and handsome in his new suit get up. i asked him last night if it was going to be difficult retraining himself not to salute to officers. he said no but he was going to have to fight the urge to put his hat on every time he gets out of the car or out of a building.

we showed the house last night to prospective renters. i have happened to build a business relationship with the sprint salesman. 4 new phones - of which 3 have already had to be replaced due to blackberry glitches -- and other bits here and there -- i've seen more of this guy than just about everyone else in the past 3 months. anywho, we've created a working relationship. his dad was in the military and retired here - he gets the whole moving around every 3 years things - and he also used to be in the title business, loan business and had his own rentals for awhile. he got out at the high end - good for him. so - he's looking for a bigger place for his family and isn't ready to buy again. and of course we can't sell - so there ya go.

having said all that....oooo...that stirred up some emotions. i don't want to move. i don't want to be a landlord. i don't want the responsibility. but, i'm pretty sure the job in the Springs is what we're suppose to be about (seeing as he started today...durrr...) i guess i get to work through all that fun stuff. yeah, me.

and now i am officially...well..not much. it will just be me banging around in this house all by my weee self. that'll work for a few days.

peace.

the old grey mare

i think i need to get to scrappin my photos of england (not to mention germany). my memory is already fading or completely shot. i've pushed this photo out around the web and with help from my dad i 'think' it's in Kings Lynn. i hope to have confirmation of this soon. you may be seeing more photos that i can no longer identify. *sigh*



this one was pretty easy tho - that big honkin billboard helps. note to self - use landmarks in photos. had a fabulous evening. although i thoroughly enjoyed the evening i can look back now and embrace the fullness of it. it was a full production in premiere season. a couple of years back a ensemble came through virginia and the man took the girl. very downsized - less grandeur. of course she couldn't tell but he could. truly was a fantastic time.