So here I am

Week without Internet I didn't survive seven days. I decided a work week was good enough. I discovered I really, really miss Blogger and Google, but Facebook wasn't too hard to live without. I was surprised though at how often a random (and trivial) thought would pop into my head and I would find myself with the urge to log into facebook and share it or make it into a quick blog post. It's weird how social networking makes us feel the need to broadcast mundane aspects of our lives. Anyways, I have been inspired to try to keep my Facebooking time to a minimum from here on out because it really wasn't that hard. Isaac Is pretty much the most hilarious kid on the planet and I am in denial that we have about a month left in the year of being four. Four has definitely been my favorite age to date. Three was very volatile but four is just independence and personality. We will see what five brings. =) Today he and I were laying on my bed and he picked up a hairbrush and started reinacting this scene... Clearly he was Glenda and I was Elphaba. I guess I have had the soundtrack on heavier rotation than I realized in preparation for next weekend. Oh yeah I guess I should come clean on my blog about the fact that I am dating someone now. :-) I don't plan on making him a regular topic on the blog but I'll address what I anticipate are the FAQ's... * How did you meet him? E-harmony. Way better than LDS dating websites. Yeah, I said it. * Tell us about him? He's 31. from central PA, went to PSU (oh the horror for a Pitt alum such as myself!), lives in North Wales. He works in a retirement home overseeing all of their foodservice stuff. I don't understand the details really, but he wears a shirt and tie to work and is not a lunchlady. We have pretty much nothing in common, but we get along very well. * Is he Mormon? Nope. Lapsed Catholic. * Are you okay with that? Yup. I live in the middle of no where on the East Coast, I attend a family ward, and have probably met every single LDS guy in the tri-state area. I'm unwilling to relocate to Utah or some other Mormon Mecca. I'm a ripe old 28 which we all know is Mormon old-maid-menace-to-society-territory and throw in the fact that I am an (unmarried!) mom to a mixed race child and it's not like LDS guys are lining up to date me. I'm fine with dating someone who is not LDS. * When did you meet him? E-mailed back and forth all summer, met for the first time in August. Started dating "for real" in like, mid-September. * Do you have any pictures of him? Not ones where he doesn't look terrifying. But he looks sort of like the guy from Hitch, Kevin James. * Can we get a name? How about initials? PDH. New Years Goals Update: Ride my bike to work at least once Organize office, craft, sewing and scrapbook supplies and start using the office as a functional craft space Finish painting the rest of the house ------>my brother is coming Monday to repaint the Barney purple bathroom and hopefully the living room. Make a loaf of bread from scratch Go one week without the internet I'm counting it. --->Completed 1/15 Take at least one mural tour in Philly Fly a kite Scrapbook 3 pages a month Work out twice a week ---->Yeah... ummm... Start composting Take Isaac camping Drink 8 glasses of water a day ------>Doing pretty well with this one actually Take a class on something hobby related Make progress towards getting my elementary certification (right now I am highly qualified in elementary ed, but it is more desirable to be dually certified) Floss daily I have yet to floss in 2010. Read three books before I head to the beach ----->I did finish the Time Traveler's Wife today. Although I started it last year, so I dunno if it should count. Eat more homemade meals and less frozen stuff and fast food Grow something edible and eat it Write a blog post when each of these is completed What's new in your world??