Here's some music to brighten your day :)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A Cinderella Story-- Well, kinda
Our story, like an increasing amount of stories being lived these days, began on-- you guessed it-- the internet. Yes, I know. The internet. (I would feel ashamed, but what are you doing right now as your read our story? Connecting via the internet. These days we shop online, read online, make friends online, even attend church online-- why not date that way too? Granted there are morons online, but statistically speaking, aren't there bound to be a few winners, too? Anywho...)
I won't bore you with the details, but we went from one date to two dates to three dates to committed relationship (it's a lesbian thing.) And then... to break up, and then to back together, and then to break up again.... (definitely a lesbian thing) and finally, back together without an end in sight :).
Someone, *cough* Mimi *cough*, had a kind of Cinderella life... inattentive father, over-focused mother, step-siblings (some disguised as friends), and spent virtually all her time "cleaning up" after everyone else. Anywho, apparently I didn't deserve to have to endure all of that drama, so I got left... a couple times. But if the shoe fits, it fits, and back she came :). It has been... an adventure since. After Cinderella snuck away from the dungeon they sent out the cavalry to find her and it wasn't pretty. We played hide-and-seek from the internet and life, even ran away to Ohio for a few days to wait until the dogs were called off. But, as most fairy tales do, this one seems to be headed towards a happy ending. (I've even met with the mother and lived to tell about it!)
But the great thing about my Cinderella, is I think I'm her Cinderella too :). I'll have to leave her to tell that story, but maybe that's what's been missing in the fairy tale all along... maybe Cinderella was really just waiting for her princess :).
There's a line, from "I Can't Think Straight" (which you should check out if you haven't seen it already) that I've always thought was beautiful, but never really understood-- "I want to be with someone ten years from now makes my heart jump when I hear her key in the door." I understand now.
And just for fun: My Cinderella fitting a white polar bear-slipper on my stubborn foot :)
JoJo
I won't bore you with the details, but we went from one date to two dates to three dates to committed relationship (it's a lesbian thing.) And then... to break up, and then to back together, and then to break up again.... (definitely a lesbian thing) and finally, back together without an end in sight :).
Someone, *cough* Mimi *cough*, had a kind of Cinderella life... inattentive father, over-focused mother, step-siblings (some disguised as friends), and spent virtually all her time "cleaning up" after everyone else. Anywho, apparently I didn't deserve to have to endure all of that drama, so I got left... a couple times. But if the shoe fits, it fits, and back she came :). It has been... an adventure since. After Cinderella snuck away from the dungeon they sent out the cavalry to find her and it wasn't pretty. We played hide-and-seek from the internet and life, even ran away to Ohio for a few days to wait until the dogs were called off. But, as most fairy tales do, this one seems to be headed towards a happy ending. (I've even met with the mother and lived to tell about it!)
But the great thing about my Cinderella, is I think I'm her Cinderella too :). I'll have to leave her to tell that story, but maybe that's what's been missing in the fairy tale all along... maybe Cinderella was really just waiting for her princess :).
There's a line, from "I Can't Think Straight" (which you should check out if you haven't seen it already) that I've always thought was beautiful, but never really understood-- "I want to be with someone ten years from now makes my heart jump when I hear her key in the door." I understand now.
And just for fun: My Cinderella fitting a white polar bear-slipper on my stubborn foot :)
Monday, November 28, 2011
It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!!!
What's a late-November post without a little Christmas cheer. After an adventure of a time leading up to Thanksgiving (police reports, family drama, crazy friends, we can go into it later), we were relieved to be welcomed with open arms to my parents home in Cincinnati for Thanksgiving. After eating until I thought we would die all day Thursday and all day Friday, Saturday was for Christmas decoration shopping!
Lots of coffee and lots of Christmas-cheer later, we were ready to head back to Indianapolis with enough Christmas to choke a snowman :). (Actually, quite a few snowmen, or snowpeople rather... we went with a very snow theme... hehe, you'll see!)
Just tonight, before commencing this post we concluded our decorating! Just in time to share with you all, of course. (We are Christmas-crazy. In fact, as I started writing this post, my beloved Mimi chimed in with: "sometimes I wished I lived in Whoville..."... I don't know if we quite replicated Whoville... but we did what we could!)
Tehe... we have stockings! Our first Christmas... I'm so excited. Well, that's enough rambling for now, but stay tuned! More firsts and such to come and post really soon!
P.S. In case you were wondering... that is Sophia in the background. What's a cold night without some Golden Girls love!
JoJo
Lots of coffee and lots of Christmas-cheer later, we were ready to head back to Indianapolis with enough Christmas to choke a snowman :). (Actually, quite a few snowmen, or snowpeople rather... we went with a very snow theme... hehe, you'll see!)
Just tonight, before commencing this post we concluded our decorating! Just in time to share with you all, of course. (We are Christmas-crazy. In fact, as I started writing this post, my beloved Mimi chimed in with: "sometimes I wished I lived in Whoville..."... I don't know if we quite replicated Whoville... but we did what we could!)
P.S. In case you were wondering... that is Sophia in the background. What's a cold night without some Golden Girls love!
JoJo
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