Wanderlust

I am aching to take a trip.

And I don't have any specific requirements. I just want to GO, somewhere, anywhere....

I'm thinking warm and cheap. Warm because I'm ready to feel the sun on my skin and cheap because my bank balance needs me to be gentle. Buying a house will do that to you.

My BIG 3-0 birthday is coming this spring (May 7th for those who need reminding) and I want to "treat" myself to something fun and memorable.

Any Suggestions? Any at all? Let me know.

I want to see something cool, go somewhere new, eat great food, interact with fun people, dance until my feet hurt, make some memories, and laugh.

A Home of My Own*

I've done it. I've bought a house, after talking about it for FIVE years. I did it.

I'm an extrovert - yes, I can talk to people easily - BUT that's not what that means, being an extrovert means I process my thoughts outloud, usually to others. Therefor, when I'm considering something, I have to talk about it (ALOT) before I'm able to do it. Rarely are people surprised by my actions. Mainly because I've been talking about it too much.

But enough about me. Here's my house. I close on the 12th so it's not officially mine yet but we're pretty darn close. So I'm getting really excited. The past couple of weeks, I've been really nervous but now, I'm excited and picking out paint colors.

It's a great old house with hardwood floors, crown moldings, and chair rails. It also has a 1970's laminate floor kitchen, an unfinished attic, and a back door that won't latch without a lock. And I love it.

This isn't all my pictures and I obviously have some work to do but I'm excited and I'm sure my posts will start to have a DIY home improvement vibe to them. But I promise, no Toolman Taylors around here.

*or to steal from a friend, "The Most Adult Thing I've Ever Done"

Quote of the Day

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quote of the Day

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

~Ivern Ball

Quote of the Day

"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done."

~Author Unknown



In other words, people, be the change you want to see.

Quote of the Day

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

- Elizabeth Taylor

Quote of the Day

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Quote of the Day

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

Ben Stein

C'est la vie

Just to update those who sent me good wishes about last weekend with the DLS.

We talked, we discussed, we defined, we argued semantics - neither of us could change our position so we're friends, we've talked some more this week and while we both think some things are good between us, not everything is. And even me, who loves to beat a dead horse, doesn't want to talk about it anymore. We've had this ongoing conversation about what we were to one another for the past 6 weeks, give or take. And he's tired and I'm tired. So we're friends.

And I actually think we'll be friends. Call me naive but the best thing about our relationship was our friendship and the conversations we had.

(Don't get me wrong, other "stuff" was good too. This was just the best).

I do appreciate the concern that was shown to me and the emails of support, I have some of the best friends in the world. Whenever one of us is down, the rest of us rally around to bolster them and it's because of that that makes it all ok.

But life goes on and I will too.

Quote of the Day

Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go.
- Sylvia Robinson

Letting Go

I did not have a good weekend.

Have you ever had a moment in life that you aren't certain how it happened? You look at the start of the conversation and the end of the conversation and you can't figure out how you got from one end to the other?

That was my weekend with the DLS...
Going into the weekend, I was excited to spend it with him. No big plans, no expectations but he left this morning for a long term project in Maryland so we knew we wouldn't see each other for a while. Therefor, the weekend was supposed to be fun and relaxing. No pressure, no conversations, and no expectations.

Wow, were we waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off.

Major conversations, two ugly fights and I ended up coming home on Saturday night. He texted me last night and we're going to talk some more tonight but I hate to think this might be the last time we're together, that our fun ended so badly and that we weren't able to enjoy being together and saying goodbye gracefully.

Quote of the Day

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

- Mark Twain

Quote of the Day

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
- William Davis

Have a Heart...

I'm actually not a big fan of this holiday. But you can't deny that it's going on so what do you do? I've got the DLS a card and that's going to have to do. We don't have any crazy plans - I'm not certain we'll do anything at all.

I do admire one restuarant that you normally wouldn't turn to for a romantic dinner cashing in on all the hype. I admire out of the box thinking!

Valentine's at Waffle House? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29139016/) Now, this may be a valentine's tradition that I can get behind.

Whatever you do, whomever you're with, enjoy the day. And name this song, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with!"

Love Quote of the Day

"It's so easy,
To think about Love,
To Talk about Love,
To wish for Love,
But it's not always easy,
To recognize Love,
Even when we hold it.... In our hands."
--Jaka

Love Quote of the Day

"She walks in Beauty,
like the night
Of cloudness climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes..."
--Lord Byron

Love Quote of the Day

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.

- Captain Corelli's Mandolin6. "Love is the beauty of the soul."

Love Quote of the Day

"A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous."
--Ingrid Bergmen

Because it makes my life easier*

25 random things Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.


1. Pickles are my favorite food (I'm not pregnant!)
2. I love to read. I have a hard time putting down a book until I've finished it.
3. I talk out loud to myself all the time
4. I love the color red, I pick it everytime over anything else
5. I can eat Mexican food everyday of the week
6. I have visited 48 of the 50 states, only Alaska & Hawaii to go
7. My idea of heaven is a bubble bath
8. I always cry at movies
9. I have a girl crush on Heidi Klum
10. I am completely tone deaf
11. I love meeting new people
12. I took 8 years of ballet, 2 of tap, 5 years of cotillion and I still CAN'T dance
13. People amaze me everyday
14. Cookies and Cream is my favorite ice cream
15. I like beer in the summertime but wine in the winter
16. Getting a pedicure is a requirement for life for me
17. I will wear my jeans until they can walk on their own
18. I can't stand silence - I have to have the radio or the tv on at all times
19. I can play in the ocean waves for hours.
20. My feet are ALWAYS cold
21. I think about things way too much
22. I hate it when people assume that I'm messed up for being the "Middle Child"
23. I can't wait for either of my sisters to have another baby
24. I'm not certain I want to be an adult
25. All I need in life is chapstick and a ponytail holder

*Yes, I stole this from facebook but really, why should I have to reinvent the wheel every time?

Love Quote of the Day

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
- Alan Watts

Quote of the Day

"When people ask me if these stories are true, I prefer to say that they are true enough."
- David Sedaris

Quote of the Day

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

- Sir Winston Churchill