Many hours of difficult decision-making went into creating this blog. Everything from background layout to the name of the actual blog. I was torn between the wood planks and the vintage TV (which I decided to go with). I almost went with the wood since I love the smell of a lumber yard, but leaned a little more towards the TV, seeing that my life is more like a sitcom!
The last time I was on here was March of 2009! Eeesshhh! That's way too long! Alot has happened since then, I think. Let's see now...Baby Jamison was born to my cousin, Shannon, who also happened to be my last entry of my old blog, Frankie was born to my other cousin, Heather and her wonderful hubby, Frank, I've since moved to Winston-Salem for a new job (still doing the property management gig), Hillary and Cole continue to grow taller by the day and more hilarious by the hour, they have started attending a new daycare in Archdale, started writing a book and most importantly....I officially became a "Born Again Single Lady" last summer, compliments of the divorce paperwork that I finally filed! That was a breath of fresh air once that was completed and I didn't have to wait any longer.
Since the divorce, I have had many fun and interesting adventures on the dating circuit, some even a lil koo-koo!!! Knowing that I wanted to do things completely different this go around, I shifted over to online dating. I know...."How could you swoop that low Stef?!? Online dating for real?!? Can't you just go out and meet guys around town?!?" These are the responses I am used to hearing on the whole online dating topic. Yes, I could go out and meet a guy! He would be just that though, just A guy! I learned from my marriage! I want and need more than just "A guy"! I need someone who knows how to treat his girlfriend/wife, someone who lives for his family, someone who I trust whole heartedly, someone who understands the simple things of a relationship (like date night at least once a week for the married couple), someone who has the same morals, beliefs, goals, and outlook on life, and someone who I truely consider my BEST FRIEND! That list is in no specific order! Being a young, single (with kids), Latter Day Saint on the East coast leaves the options of dating other Latter Day Saints a little, well....hmmmm....how do I say this without offending? Let's just say, that the odds of meeting someone were SLIM TO NONE!! The outlook of dating someone with the same beliefs locally wasn't looking too promising, hence the online Tour De Romance! The chances of passing a talking polar bear in Miami were higher than mine. Online dating has it's pros and cons, just like regular dating. Some of the pros being-you really get to know a person for who they really are, getting to spend hours on the phone discussing everyday life, if you don't "click" with someone, you on't have to worry about running into them around town and....well, that's all I can think of right now. The cons are as follows-no personal interaction, spending hours on the phone discussing everyday life (I'm not a HUGE fan of the phone, however, if you have held my attention via phone for that long, there must be something grand and wonderful about ya), disappointment when meeting that tall, strapping man in the pictures that you have seen to only find out he's a puney, mama's boy, dork! Thank goodness for the webcam!!!!!! I didn't have a computer with a cam in my early days of "online hunting" but stepped it up real fast after meeting several of these guys who I had only seen pictures of! Come on!!!! Don't even say, "I can't believe she's being so shallow!" You WOULD be saying the exact same thing if you were in my shoes! I can honestly say that the guys whom I have met after talking to them on webcam, have been more true to how they described themselves and I know what I'm getting myself into! Attraction is not a bad thing to ask for! It has to be there! Shoot, maybe some of them felt that way about me! Who knows?!?
Life is overall GRAND!! I love my beautiful babies, enjoy my job and the people that I work with, I have the best friends a gal could ask for, family that puts up with me, and things are lookin' like "wear your sunglasses" BRIGHT!
~"Life is yet another adventure which is homeward bound"
XOXO
