9 Months

Nine Months ago today a man walked into my life. (Or rather I walked into his since he was the first one there. :-)

That first date was filled with all kinds of awkward moments I wouldn't change for anything. I was nervous and probably over shared WAY more than I should. He in turn was trying to overcompensate and ended up giving me the impression I was on a date with Chris Farley.

However, before I knew it, dinner was over and I found myself not sure if I wanted the night to end. So off to the lake we went. I called a friend on the way, explained to her my concerns with the fact that he didn't "look" exactly like anyone I had ever dated and that the obnoxious joke telling might drive me over the edge.

She encouraged me to stay, told me that he might be nervous, that I had been emailing and texting him for a month and I just needed to give it a little time. I will be forever grateful for that phone call and the fact that I continued to follow him to the lake.

We got out of the car and I was wearing new shoes. Chunky high heal sandals. Cute to look at, awful to walk in as evidenced by the fact that I almost fell within the first 10 steps of our walk. As I was stumbling, trying not to completely fall down I could do nothing else but laugh. We still talk about that moment. The moment that broke the ice. The rest of the walk (without my shoes) was wonderful. We laughed, we talked and by the time we made it all the way around the lake, I knew I was no where close to wanting the night to end.

Nine months later that obnoxious sense of humor is one of the many things I love about him. The fact that no matter what is happening in my life I know I can laugh with him. I know he will be there to hold me up if I fall (although I try to wear better shoes) and to bring me out of any "funk" or bad mood I might find myself in.

This week has been long, hard and stressful, yet at the end of each day I knew, if I needed him, he would be there to make me laugh or to listen to me cry.

Nine months ago, I felt all alone and today I know that I may never be alone again. Nine months ago, happiness was just something that existed in fairy tales and today I know that when I opened myself up to something new it was waiting there for me too.

Today, I am truly happy.

And it feels good.....

Still Alive

Buried under a mountain of tax returns....

Send chocolate....

And Mt. Dew....

WW: Winter Wonderland

Tuesday Talks

He's sitting in the chair holding his baseball.

Zack what are u doing?

I'm waiting. It's not baseball time yet.

When will it be baseball time?

Ummmm..... thirty eleven.

Unless they have revamped the clock I'm thinking telling time might be a skill that still needs a bit of work.

Dinner

This is what I had for dinner last night. This and some salad consisting of tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, oil, vinegar, garlic, & basil. Unfortunately (or fortunately for me) there are no pictures of said salad because I was too busy eating it to take any pictures. It was like heaven in a bowl!!

It is entirely possible that I keep this man around simply because he can cook like this. Because really, lets face it. I once burned grilled cheese.

NOTHING this good is coming out of my kitchen without some SERIOUS assistance!!

Feel Like Dancing?

There's a good possibility that I laughed at this until I had tears streaming down my face. I'm not even sure why. I mean it's funny, I'm just not sure it's that funny.

I think I just had such a long week this week that when M pulled this out last night it was just the comic release I needed.


Just for good measure he pulled it out again this morning after I got out of the shower.


For the record... it was still funny then.

Storm Damage

This is the largest, oldest tree on my property and now, it is firewood. This makes me sad. This was Zack's tree swing tree.

On top of the mess that it will be cleaning it up, it is blocking the entrance to my house. See that little door there through the tree... that's where I go in. So, to get into my house I have to walk all the way around through the yard. The frozen tundra of a yard.

I fell twice, my body hurts, it sucked a lot.

Is it spring yet??