Who Knew?!

.... that Facebook was SO official and powerful?!

All I did was change my "status" from "widowed" to "in a relationship" and you'd think I'd snuck off and got married!! I had no idea how serious a change that was!

But I have to admit .... I'm pleased by all the well-wishers and the people who are really excited and happy for me, even if it feels like I should have had bigger news than that. :)

It's been a good week ... I was able to play tennis three times, in spite of the weather.

I've had no squirrels running through the house .... yay for that.

The kids are all doing well ... double yay for that.

Daughter #2 sent in her application to the Peace Corps .... I'm trying to not have a stroke at the thought of her being gone for 2 years. We shall see.

One of the sons stepped up to the plate to help his mother this week. I was expecting a delivery of wine one day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. (don't get me started) and an adult had to sign for it.

I finally decided that I needed to get in the shower around 5:00 p.m. and jokingly told him that if the UPS man came I needed him to look 21.

When I came out of my bedroom I was a bit stunned to see him sitting in the family room, wearing dress slacks, a dress shirt and a suit vest. I asked him what the occasion was and he said that he couldn't look 21 wearing his gym shorts and a t-shirt. He was right ..... and he did, indeed, look 21!

Fortunately, the UPS man did not come to test the legality of the situation.

OK, Peeps .... enough about my week and on to the questions ......

southeastcountrywife said...

So with the changes on Facebook in the last group of hours, I'm wondering if this means you can start handing out some more specific info yet? ;)

Dear SECW,

Why, whatever are you referring to? ;-)

Actually, continue reading and you'll see that my sister asked the same thing (only not as politely as you did).

W said...

Yes, now with the child who wasn't so happy about you dating, has he/she come around?

Dear W,

Yes, he is. Slowly. We had a long talk and he's been great ever since.

Gail said...

My Ask Me Wednesday question is (and you did say "ask any question you want") is why you feel you can't write as freely now? Maybe you can't answer that for "various reasons" and of course I respect that.

Dear Gail,

This is a very difficult question.

Now that I'm in a relationship it's hard to let my feelings pour forth on the blog as freely. I don't want people reading what I feel and then reporting back to him. He wants to know (rightly so) how I'm feeling before everyone else does. It's difficult because sometimes I'm not aware of my feelings until I start writing. Then they just come out on the computer. So I feel that I have to rein that in now.

He's also very, very private and uncomfortable with the whole "blog thing" so I want to respect that. He knows that the blog is important to me .... and that all of you are also important to me and he's trying to understand that.

kdawnmartin said...

Ok, for all the chickens out there that wanted to ask and did not....What's the scoop on the dating scene? And if you don't want to answer...answer anyway because you said ask ANYTHING.. And if you don't want to post the question...don't and I will understand..I know there are boundries. Love you tons sis!

Dear Sis .... Here's as much scoop as I will give on the blog:

He's a wonderful man who's been widowed for several years. He has two amazing teenage daughters whom I love spending time with.

We met at church, though we've known who each other were for quite some time.

He's supportive and encouraging and understanding and loving and funny. He makes me smile.

A lot.

There ya go. :)

susan said...

how is s2 doing?

Hi Susan,

S#2 is doing well, thanks for asking. He's hanging in there with school and his attitude is still mostly great. He, of course, has his days .... like the rest of us, but he's doing much better than he was a year ago. Much.

OK, that's all for this week.

Thanks for asking, Peeps.

: )