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Nothing Here
I am setting up my site and the first thing I see is a large title that says ‘Nothing Here’ and I feel that is a fairly appropriate title. I am a single mom of two girls – a tween and teen. It is 1+...
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Social Media Blackout Breathalyzer (SMBB)
I think I have a hot idea that would sell like crazy. The SMBB (Social Media Blackout Breathalyzer). Here’s how it works: You begin your evening logical and sober. As the evening progresses you have...
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Woah, there -
This is an actual post on eHarmony. Nevermind how I know: The one thing I am most passionate about: This is a warning to anyone who gets matched with a guy on here named Kenneth. He is from XXXXXXXXXX...
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So, First Date..
So, I went on my first date in about 20 years. Literally. I was really nervous until the day of it, then I was like this is going to happen so I may as well just go with it. And it was really nice. Not...
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When Your Best Effort is Nowhere Good Enough
For those of you out there who have children you will understand what kind of week it has been. My youngest had a birthday Monday, we have recital this weekend, we have the end of school year drama...
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F+ – Report cards are in..I fail
Today was a wonderful Mother’s Day. One daughter made me a ‘coupon’ book, the other a pretty cross stitch. We walked two and a half miles on the green way and went to Maggie Moo’s for ice cream. For...
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The Thrills, The Chills, The Very Strong Wills
Note found in my daughter’s room the day after her sleepover. After several days of very little sleep preparing for my 10 year old’s birthday sleepover, the day finally arrives. My thought all along...
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Lamentations
The end of the school year is here and for the first time since my oldest child was three I will not be spending the summer with my children. I feel in many ways I am letting them down and abandoning...
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Five Questions To Romance
It has been a very busy week with the end of the school year but a very uneventful week on the other personal front. I did receive a call from my ex earlier this week. He wanted to whine about the...
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Don’t Ask Questions You Don’t Want The Answer To
My older daughter and I have started walking several times a week on the local green way. It is a good time for us to catch up, see nature, joke around and generally enjoy each others company. We...
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Dear eHarmony – Thanks for Nothing. – With regard,
Dear eHarmony, Thank you for sending an apology regarding the fact your website was down for three days. I actually had no idea but appreciate the gesture. With regard, redwhiteandlittleblackdress It...
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When will I learn?
You know, you would think I would learn after all these years my ex is not to be trusted. But, being the ADD masochist that I am, I had slowly been letting my guard down over the last several months....
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Ostritch-ality
Another weekend has flown by and the girls are at their fathers house. It was another weekend of firsts. My ex had a meeting a couple of hours away for work so he left Catey, 16, alone at his house all...
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Another First Date – At the Waffle House!! – and other BS
I know my postings on here are erratic at best, but so is my life. I am ashamed to say not only have I joined eHarmony but I have also PAID for a matchmaker. Money I can’t afford, really, but it was...
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Name 3 Good Things
So, as a part of this dating service I am supposed to call the “coordinator” and give them an assessment of the date. Did you meet X? Where did you meet X? Name 3 good things about X, and the evening....
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Today Is Not That Day
It hit me this week. I could feel it approaching like a dense, wet, fog. Depression. How I hate it when this happens. I know if I didn’t have a job it would be so easy for me to just hide away and...
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Is the Bloom Off the Rose?
It’s funny how, when you think you can’t press on further, life gives and there is relief. Last week would have been my 20th wedding anniversary. Ironically, my ex wanted to get together for drinks but...
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My Halloween – More Tricks Than Treats
Last week was not only Halloween, it was the end of a really strange week. Because of the weather, Halloween was spread out over three days, depending on what city/subdivision you lived in. It was so...
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Oh, The Shame
Oh, the shame, I am back on eHarmony. It has been good practice on what not to do and what I don’t want and certainly I needed to refine my technique. I think I am using it all wrong. I see people...
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What’s Next?
Before I was married I attended university and embraced the life of city living. I had a group of friends and we met frequently to discuss life, politics, philosophy and religion and I went to many...
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