Wonderful events

I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything here but I thought I would take a few moments and bring you up to date on my life.

First of all, Gordon and I are doing great. He is the best friend I have always wanted. We share everything. Lately our lives have had some major uproots.

I started working part time at a Elderly Care Facility and then was hired at Longs Drugs part time. Sunday, 2 weeks ago, our assistant Pastor Josh told me about a full time position at the place where he works. I asked him to see if there was any openings. Monday night at my E. C. F. job, I got a phone call from Josh and he told me that he talked to his supervisor and was told to have me there the next morning for training class.

My hours of work are horrible. I work from 11:30 am to 8:00 pm until the 19 of November. Then my hours will change and so will my days. I will be working 12:30 pm to 9:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday, off Friday, work Saturday and off on Sunday. In addition to this, I am still attending online College to get my Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration and Management with a special focus on Human Resources. That alone takes 21 hours of studying and homework per week, plus my commute time of 1 hour BOTH WAYS and then working for the 8 hours, coming home, cooking dinner (even though someone else is home before me but we won't name names), cleaning the kitchen up and finally relaxing for 1/2 hour before it's time to take a shower and go to bed. Now realize that I am a 45 year old woman!

I am trying to figure out when I am going to get time to spend with my Darling Gordon. I know now and have known for a while that he IS the man that God wants me to be with. I just hope that Gordon will figure that out too. He's been single for over 10 years and of course has dated but no other woman has ever been asked to "Move In" as his Mom has told me. All I know is that I do love him with all my heart and soul. He is my everything.

On a lighter note: I was in my training class the other day and of course we have to have our phones in either silent mode or shut off. I had mine in silent mode and missed a call from my Beloved Daughter and Grand kids however, Brooklyn left "Ga-ga" a message: "I you you" meaning "I love you". She told me "Hi Ga-ga, I you you!" and I cried. I turned around and told the class that I had something to share with them. I told them about the call and everyone was all in awe.

Between Gordon and I, we have 7 beautiful Grandchildren. We do not get to see them as often as we would like but our Children do have their own lives and we understand that.

Gordon and I went to Nevada on vacation last month and had a wonderful time. We took the toy hauler, my quad and his sand rail out to Lovelock and went on a 180 mile ride in the sand rail. We took my quad and his sand rail out on another long ride along with several others in our group. It was so much fun...until!!!

One morning our group was waking up and having coffee when one of the guys said that there was a rattlesnake. I went over there and was looking at it. One of our friends, Don, got his gun and shot it (took him several shots but he finally killed the dang thing). I had told the guys that if we found and killed a decent size rattlesnake that I would cook it up for them to try. This one was way to thin but long but I told them it was too small.

Anyway, I left and went for a ride on my quad. Atti (my chihuahua) aka Puppy Pie was back at the camp site with the group when I rode up. I had to head up to the toy hauler to get something cold to drink and Atti was on the leash. I was walking up to the toy hauler when I noticed a coiled up HUGE rattlesnake by the step. I was so scared because Atti was right there. I called her and she came to me and then I kind of screamed a little and then Danny one of our other friends came running up out of no where and grabbed the dang thing by the head and flung it.

The stupid snake had it's mouth open and I was so scared that I didn't notice that it wasn't moving or shaking it's rattles. Well needless to say...I was the butt of the joke. Oh my gosh, I should have kicked all of the butts! I wasn't scared for me but for Atti because she's a "City Girl don't ya know" and doesn't know to stay away from snakes. Anyway, they all had a great laugh at my expense so I have to come up with something really really good for them next year. I'll have to think of something that's believable though. Some help here!

Anyway, I need to close and get ready to leave for work but I just wanted to bring you up to speed.

With Love,

Mom aka Ga-ga

Happiness is...

Happiness is knowing that in just 11 short days my Daughter and Grand kids will be here visiting with Gordon and I. Only a Mother whose child has grown, left home, married and had children of their own would understand the joy I have in my heart.

Gordon and I have been working really hard on the house getting things settled since I have moved in officially. Officially, all of my stuff is here now. Problem is, trying to find a spot for it all and combining 2 grown adults belongings into a house that is completely furnished but with all of his stuff. He has been so awesome though. I have moved stuff around in the kitchen, pulled out a set of Bachelors pots and pans, glasses and miscellaneous other stuff. I have tried to keep my needs simple but it just seems to be a lot nicer now that we actually have a set of pots and pans and bake ware to use.

The heat here has been terrible. Our A/C went out and bless Gordon's heart, he comes home from work and relaxes for a few minutes and then goes right out into the garage and works on it some more. He can get it to kick on and then it blows a fuse and kicks off. What has been the worst though is that it has not been cooling down at night. Thank goodness for the whole house fan, that has really saved our bacon. I told Gordon that I was going to go out and fill the hot tub and use it as a pool which would make it a cold tub. He agreed and said that we would just hook it up to 110 amps and that would be enough to run the jets to circulate the chlorine to keep it clean. I don't care, I just want someplace that we can jump into and cool off when it gets so blooming hot you get sweaty drying off when you get out of the shower. Forget trying to blow dry your hair and fixing it.

Senses of humor...oh my gosh. You would think that we are two high schoolers. He is finally learning that it takes a lot to get me going. No matter what he does to try and get my goat, I just either a., ignore him or b., say, "Whatever". I know how much people dislike that word but it works so well! Maybe next time I will try the line from The Devil Wears Prada and say, "That's all!"

It seems hard to me to believe that I have known Gordon for 9 months and have been dating for 3 months seriously. We didn't actually start talking until the end of March but we have been together ever since and it looks good for a future together. We will just take it one day at a time and be happy sharing each and everyday.

Good things come to those Getting Older

Wouldn't you know, I just start posting and get a call from none other than yep you guessed it, my baby girl.

As we get older (all of us already know this) our lives just seem to keep changing. Well, I'm not immune to this either.

I'm in a very amazing relationship. Gordon is such a wonderful man. We're the same age beside the fact that I'm 2 days older than he is. Yes I said 2 days. He's amazing and we're so much alike.

So far in the last week I've registered to go back to college. Yep, at 46 years old I'm a college student yet again. This time though I'm going for the gusto. I've registered with Kaplan University and I'm going for my Bachelor's Degree for Business Administration.

I'm so very happy.

Also, today I am testing for a job at the Police Department as a Dispatch/CSO. It's a 3 hour long test and I'm nervous but excited. I'll be sure to post and let you know how it went if I don't talk to you before.