Park Guy meets Girl with man fear.

I said I would post about park guy, but I should warn you in advance. There's not much of a story to share. It was meaningful for me. But you should be reminded that I'm the girl who has dated two men in her whole lifetime, who hasn't dated in over 8 years, and who still has some lingering "man fear" issues. Anytime I even talk to a potentially available man, it's a milestone.

Sunday evening, after dropping my daughter off at bible study, my 8 year old son begged to go to the park. Being the fabulous mom that I am, I assented. I even promised him a lightsabre rematch. For his birthday, he purchased a second lightsabre, and now it's our favorite mother/son bonding experience. I can totally wipe the floor with him. Who would have thought I'd make an awesome clone trooper? (I really don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to star wars, but I still try to fake it!)

Anyhow, back to the story. So there we were, with our lightsabres in hand, attracting an audience. This man and his son come over and just watch us for what felt like a good five minutes. I, being the weirdo that I am, wish that they would just move along. Can't they see that I'm trying to bond with my son? If I'm being completely honest, I would tell you that I was just a little scared at the prospect of conversing with this man who it seemed might be ringless. Finally, I offer my lightsabre to his son when I realize they aren't moving on. Pure joy for the kids, but me...not so much.

Have I mentioned how awkward I am around men? Especially potentially available men? I keep saying potentially available because I'm not sure that he isn't married. I'm not very good at reading the signs and knowing if someone is truly interested in me. Remember the crush?? Totally read that one wrong!

Anyhow park guy introduced himself and we ended up talking off and on for a while since our kids were playing together. Come to find out, we have some mutual friends, he's familiar with the americorps program I serve in, and he teaches at school where our program serves. Small world.

That's really the extent of it. I really thought he might ask for my number, but he didn't and I didn't offer it. In fact, at the time, I wasn't interested that much. But now, I can't stop thinking about the whole deal. I can't stop thinking about him. Probably because things like this never happen to me. Men never approach me. I've been told I put off a "stay away" vibe. It's like they can sense my fear and unease.

So this is a big deal for me even if nothing ever comes of it. I faced a fear and came out unharmed. And for today, that is enough.

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Write well, or just write crap. Whatever.

Hello there.

I always want to come back with something clever when I've been gone so long. But...honestly. I feel as if my brain has transformed to mush. As if I am incapable of writing well...

It's not as if I am lacking in ideas for posts. I just can't seem to transfer my thoughts very well right now.

My subconscious philsophy recently has been "Write well, or don't write at all." This should explain the lack of posting.

But I decided just now to adopt a new writing philisophy that goes a little something like this:

"Write well, or just write crap. Whatever. Just write something."

Maybe if I write something everyday, I will eventually write something good.

So I think that will be all I write for tonight.

Tomorrow I will write about how I met a man at the park. Unless I chicken out first.

Are you wearing your green?

I am. This is just about the only green thing that I own!

Grace and Caleb had to wear their uniforms today so we had to be creative...

Caleb is wearing a green tshirt under his uniform shirt while Grace is sporting a lovely green ponytail and clip!

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Kidsview

We've got a new favorite park in a town about 30 miles down the road. We try to get over there every chance we get. This park was built by an all-volunteer workforce in 5 days! It's amazing really...you can read more about it HERE. Besides the park, there is a $1 movie theater just 5 minutes down the road. We've seen Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Bedtime Stories, Inkheart, and Bolt all for just a dollar apiece! Woo Hoo! That's almost as good as free...

The kids and I love playing "Flush out the Fox", or Hide and Seek, for all of you who are uninformed. I swear my kids could play here for hours and hours. It's huge!

Just a portion of the park

My monkey boy

The only down side: the bathrooms have had to be closed due to vandalism.

They have port-a-potties, but ewww!

How cute are these glasses?

I'm a little excited about my new Ikean glasses...I scored a set of six for $6.99! I especially love the ones with the mushrooms.

Sibling Love

We went to this amazing park last weekend. (It was windy and freezing, but we're headed back there today with a much better forecast)...and I decided I wanted a sweet brother/sister picture. I've decided I'm just gonna start clicking until I get the one I want. This was the natural progression of things.

Get your stinky hands off me!!

Are you putting bunny ears on me?? Stop it!! Okay, we gotta take a good one, or Mom's never going to let us go play!

Catching Up

Okay, enough with the bloggy break...I have no excuses...
I've wanted to start posts, but it seems that once I haven't written in a while it's so hard to get back in the swing of things.

So what have I been up to...

I've lost 14 pounds!! Working out and eating right has completely consumed my time lately. I'm finding that I can only focus really well on one thing at a time, and my health has been the focus lately.

Cooking at home really takes some time, especially when you go the healthy route. So between homework, dinner, and working out there's been no time left for blogging. I suppose there is. But there's also LOST, 24, and Prison Break (which I'm still working my way through in anticipation of the premiere in April).

I've been struggling lately with church. There's been a tugging in my heart to go back to Green Acres, where we left last year. Green Acres is a humongous monster church with over 12,000 members. We left because I needed a change to take place in my heart. I wrote about it here. Look in the tags labeled Body Journey. I believe God has truly changed my heart I don't feel obligated to go anymore. But I do think Green Acres may be the place we need to be right now. Mainly because my daughter is going to middle school next year. She has so many friends and connections at GA, and I feel that she would connect well there. Especially headed off to the student department.

With all that said, I'm not making any hasty decisions...still praying it through.

Oh, and I guess it's obvious that I have a new blog layout...I thought I'd try this one out for a while... LeeLou Blogs has the cutest FREE blog layouts! Check her out!

I have this new Iphone, and let me tell you, I don't know how I've lived without it! I LOVE it! I can keep all my appointments, track my WW points, listen to FREE internet radio, keep track of my grocery list, EVERYTHING.

For my kids' birthdays, they decided to forego the traditional parties in favor of getting a bigger present from me. So for both of their birthdays I got them a Wii! So much fun...I totally dominate on Wii Golf. Well, for the four times I've played it so far...

So I guess that's it for now. Rest assured it will not be a month before I post again. I'm back this time. I hope.