Familial Research and Development

I said, "I guess if we go here on this date, that means we won't be able to go on our standing date on that same day." He said, "Yeah." So each day this week I've asked, "Which lawn are you going to mow tonight?" He's volunteered one each time I've asked. Had he said, "What if we go on our standing date this night and the following night I will do the other lawn," then I would have said, "What a great idea!" And when he was still on his way home from work I would have done the last lawn. You snooze, you lose. So I went alone on our standing date and it was okay. It's a segregated audience anyway. :)

I think he did it! Yes, I do believe so. I asked her and she said no. I asked her if she thought they did it. She said no, she was certain of it. Therefore, I believe he moved my froggies! We now have a fun game to play. Which reminds me. The person I was when we first married is not the person I am today. Yesterday's event is a case in point. It was his mess. He made it. It's his jurisdiction. However, I have to look at it and when the door is open, so does all the world. So I violated his personal space and scooped all the usable items (and maybe some that weren't but they weren't obviously refuse either) into boxes and swept the surface clean. Was I angry about having to do this for him (although he may think it was to him)? Absolutely not! Several decades ago I had the reasoning of 'this is a reflection (and therefore an embarrassment to ) both of us.' However, yesterday all I could think of as I picked up each item was he has used these things to make our l...

Everyone ought to have preferences, right? I mean, we're individuals and so we have individual likes and dislikes and we rank them according to our intrinsic valuations. So for me a high preference is solitude. Yes, I think so. I like to work alone, I like to play on my computer (quiet simplistic games like solitaire) and I like to clean or garden alone. I've long wondered why I've felt this way and have come to a realization (taken a few decades). At one point I even believed I was a loner because I enjoy doing so many things alone. Now I realize I do them alone so I can process, meditate, ponder, and think. Yes a good think has always been of great value to me. Sometimes I like to think out loud-people call this talking to yourself. Mom always said it was okay as long as you weren't answering yourself. So what's my next preference? Being with people I love being around and playing simple games with them, or just visiting, or reminiscing, or going to a movie (but t...

We were at the store and on a whim (with a pocket book that would momentarily support it) I bought a frog shower curtain, frog rugs, frog toothbrush holder, frog soap dish, frog cup and a set of frog towels. She said she had seen little frogs with suction cups to be used in place of a mat-once-and so we looked, and looked but could find none. Oh, this whim took more than one stop at a store. We shopped 3 different Wal-Marts in one day to find the complete set. A month later...she found them! Now my shower has five little froggies with suction cups on their back sides. Oh, they're much too cute for stepping on. I put them on the shower walls. Every day I rearrange them. I keep waiting for him to realize that I'm playing a game with them, with him. I don't know if he knows this or not, but it's about as playful as I get! I love my froggies! They are precious to me. Not just the five that are on the shower wall-but all six that survived, the two that didn't and the add...