Which are you?!?!

A friend shared this link with me. I was 5/5 as the 'secure' person, 9/1 as the 'pursuer', and 5/5 as the 'avoider'...not surprising. To dispel the belief that I can NEVER be pleased, I want to share an experience that pleases me greatly--in fact, I've received a phone call three times this evening concerning the issue, one just now.

My son just called--one of those phone calls I receive now and then from both of my kids when they are at the grocery store with some 'family recipe' in hand that they need to question. Generally, like tonight, they are preparing a meal for a 'special occasion' for someone they value, and I love it that the perfect 'gift' to them is to share a traditional meal they prepare themselves. What makes this even more 'valuable' is that the recipes are 'secret' to 'non-family' members, according to 'Granny' or whomever passed them along to us. Tonight my son was going over the ingredients and instructions for spaghetti sauce from his Italian side of the family. He's thinking of tackling homemade ravioli himself. Today is his roommate's birthday, so he's doing the cooking in his honor.

At Thanksgiving, my daughter called from the grocery holding family recipes and kept me on the line while she chose a turkey and selected all the other indgredients, like sweet potatoes, for her feast--the first time for her to prepare this meal on her own. She even kept me on speaker phone while she and I cooked together that day. We took *pics and traded them online so that we felt as though we truly 'shared' our respective meals (*note to Di--share the pics).

Times such as these DO touch my heart and mean more than the kids can imagine. So, while I may primarily be the 'pursuer', there are some things in life that make me abundantly happy!!!

And meet David Saw....

Carly and the fam...

Great music to have playing....

...in the background of your life...that's how I feel about James Taylor...how fortunate for this generation to have the music of his son!!!








Carly has a great new album out also which I'll include later. Ben and Carly discovered a British guy, David Saw, and I believe he's the guy performing with Ben in this video. He's an exceptional talent on his own, but a perfect blend with their voices. He's written two songs featured on Carly's new CD 'Into White'. Check out each of them when you have an opportunity.

With A Lil Help From My Friends...

~~~Happy Valentine's Day~~~

:)) I hope your day is special!!! :))

Snow at last!!!

Follow the tracks...

A lil bird told me...

I just loooove this song.....

It is my Official/Unofficial Theme Song!!!!

I'm STILL looking for the humor...

...in the jokes my ex used to tell at MY expense. Is this a 'universal' thing (go figure, my ex is Italian too), for philanderers to make a joke of it as they flirt in the presence of their spouse? Sheesh, I guess they just can't miss an opportunity when they see another beautiful woman, so they think, 'Hey, let's downplay the flirtation with a joke'?!? Or better still they decide, 'Let's bring the wife into it (as if she's too stupid to realize what he's doing) and make her the brunt of a joke'!! I say good for her for calling him out!!!!

Hindsight--I would have done the same thing!! I say, too, for those women who 'flirt' back--I think it's time women place themselves in the other woman's/wife's place--it takes 'two to tango', and I'm still appalled at women who have no problem getting involved in another woman's/man's marriage. I've heard all the lame excuses why they do so, but the bottom line is--he is married to another woman!! Is there NO respect for this at all?! Not to mention--self-respect (on BOTH sides)!! I think that is a character trait that has no value these days.

Granted, I'm not one to make a scene, obviously, I stayed in my marriage and suffered lots of this type of humiliation, and as noted in the previous post, I accepted his lies on top of it all. But we truly become victims whenever we discover the truth and remain silent about it. So again, I say good for this woman for claiming her self-worth in whatever manner works for her. He did not mind publicly humiliating her, so it seems 'turnabout IS fair play'!!!!