Men Suck!

Okay!

Well then isn't this embarrasing, I guess Markie and I will not be moving forward with a relationship...

no suprise...I guess he really is just like other guys...

one discussion and a little silence and everything changes...

:-(

(I was going to completely delete that last post but I want to remember...the good and the bad)

Great start to 2012

WOW! I have been a horrible blogger lately!!

I promise to step it up!!!

On the weight loss front, after starting to really watch two weeks ago, I have lost 7 lbs so far!!

YIPPEE- it was time to get serious and I got serious!!

Also, spent New Years eve with a great old friend...it was really unexpected but actually a really nice time! WARNING: long post!

Markie and I have known each other for MANY years!

We met about 12 years ago when I was working at USBank ATM division and he was one of the techs responsible for filling the ATM's with money in Oklahoma. After the techs put the money in they called us to reboot the ATM machines. He would call multiple times, daily and we just established a great friendship and connection even though he was in OK and I was in PA.

After a few years, he found other emploment and we kept in touch via email and phone calls.

A few years later he was moved for a short time for his work to a location in PA that was about 3 hours from where I live so we decided to get together in person...it was a great weekend that I will never forget. We toured battlefields and walked and talked and really connected! I believe to this day that we are soul mates. We feel the same way about sooo many things!

Unfortunately, he was then sent back to the south to work and we continued to stay really good friends at a distance. He flew up to PA to visit a few times and even came with me to spend Christmas at my parents house that year but there was one thing we are completely opposite in and it felt like a really big obstacle at the time (not to mention the distance). I knew in my heart that we were not moving forward as he became more and more distant and I needed to move forward with my life.

About this time I started dating Waliacha and then after a year of dating he moved in with me. After Waliacha moved in, I got an email from Markie saying that his job was bringing him to PA again...only this time for an indefinite period...WOW! What a dilemma! I have always felt such a connection to Markie however, we do have a few differences that are pretty big things to work through (nothing is impossible but I wont go into detail about this on the blog) and Waliacha and I really seemed to be on track to building a future.

Without going into massive details, I still kept in touch with Markie on a friendship level only by email (with a little purposeful distance-as I know how I fell when I get around Markie).

As my blog readers know, this past September I finally made the decision to end things with Waliacha...too many chances and too many broken promises basically sums it all up.

So, I get an email in November that Markie wanted to get together sometime over the holiday in person to catch up. WOW!!! And the rest is history!

I have NO DOUBT that we are soul mates! We are soooo alike in so many aspects (organized, structured, morals, both work really hard to have good credit and help others, etc.) and there are only a few things that need to be worked through over time...I am game if he is. We had an amazing New years eve day exploring Punxatawney (yes, the home of Punxatawney Phil) and he took me to see his job sites, etc. We talked, and talked and talked and it was like we were never apart! You all also know that I don't drink and he completely supports me in this....imagine he wanted to spend New years eve with someone that did not drink! We have a great time and it was really hard to leave! Waiting to see when we will get together next...

Time will tell.........but......so far.......2012 is looking pretty amazing!

PS-thanks for sticking with me through that LONG post and thanks for all your support all year round - you know I will keep you posted!

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU ALL - I WISH YOU ALL NOTHING BUT AWESOME AND AMAZING MEMORIES FOR 2012!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my blogger friends!!

I wish you all a day filled with peace, love and laughter with family and friends!!

Happy birthday Jesus!

Merry Awkward Christmas

I found this website and I have been cracking up all day looking through it!

It has awkward Christmas cards and they are sooo funny that I am at my desk at work laughing so hard I am crying...

Just sharing the best with you all...ENJOY!!!


As if it wasn't enough that Joey learned the tree wasn't real......



Check out this pose...classic?!?!?!?

And finally.....gotta have one with the family pet!!!

GREAT AREN'T THEY?? I hope you got as much joy as I did from them!!!

Happy Hump Day!

Weekend Catch-up

Here are a few pics from my weekend at Mom and Dad's...
I ran up this weekend to get a jump-start on present delivery. I got all my presents wrapped and delivered under my parents tree and it feels soooo good to just sit back and enjoy the next week without stress. :-)

Here is my new favorite picture of me! I never take good photos and I actually like this one...I am using this for EVERYTHING!!

My niece Kyleigh got me this for my car!! This is my awesome, new Rudolph car for the holidays! Apparently they were driving and saw it on someone else's car and Kyleigh told her mom "We have to get this for Aunt Annie - she will love it!"

And, she was right - I do love it! It makes me giggle everytime I look at my car!!! Awesome!





And, this is my other niece, Aly! We actually pierced her ears this past weekend with a home piercing gun we got at Sally Beauty. We got it to do Kyleigh's a long time ago and she does not want them done but Aly ran over and was sooooo excited. After the first ear, it was A LOT of bribery to get her to let us do the other one....lesson learned.....

Next time, have two people use the guns and do them both at the same time......doesn't she look adorable though!!!????

Happy Monday to all!!!!


Oh, and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STEELERS!!!!!

Cant We All Just Get Along?!?!?!

I think I will never understand a humans need to bring others down!

Should we all not just be respectful?!?!?
Should we all not just be supportive????

A friend of mine got nasty comments on her blog (very negative) and instead of ignoring it as I should have I actually went to the "nasty bloggers" level and made a comment back to her just as nasty as the one she left for my bloggy friend...what makes my comment any better than hers?

I do not know, but it sure felt good!!!

Please forgive me and help me respond (or not respond) better in the future! I do love my bloggy friends though!

15 Year Anniversary

Today is OUR 15 year anniversary!!!

Thank you to all of you that have ever attended, sat in or spoke at a meeting or written a blog post at all!!!!! Whether positive or negative or happy or sad!!!!

I love my life today sooooooo much and it is only possible because of all you!!!!!!

On 12/9/1996 I entered (what I hope is by the grace of God) my final stint at a rehab (after years in and out) and everyday since has gotten just a little bit better!!! I look back now and do not even recognize that person I was - I do not think, see, feel or act the same at all!!!!!!!!!!
Life is such an amazing journey and thanks to all of you here on blog land because (along with real life meetings) reading your thoughts and inspirations have all added a little piece to who I am today!!!

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo grateful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you everyone that supports me in ANY way! Thanks you Bill and Bob! Thank you GOD!