Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I had a nice afternoon lunch with my date. Corned Beef & Cabbage.

Everyone at our house wore green, because it's just what we do. We'll be having our Corned Beef & Cabbage another night for dinner with Irish Soda Bread.

What do you do to celebrate St. Paddy's Day?

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Relationship signs...

I was online this morning and saw this on Yahoo: 6 Signs You're In A Healthy Relationship - Yahoo and it got me to thinking. Especially in my current situation.

So what relationship traits or signs are important to you? Some others that aren't on the list?

What have you done when a friend or partner is lacking in those traits or signs? Or what do you do when your friend or partner (spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, or significant other) relationship changes or evolves and some of those traits or signs are missing?

How do you handle it when your friend or partner crosses the line? Or crosses a boundary?

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Monday Mayhem

Welcome to Monday Mayhem.

You know the schpiel…

Simply answer the prompts as you feel best.
Don’t forget to be cute and or sassy and of course, comment your friends.

The Something Meme

Name something you do every day

Shower.

Name something someone else calls you

Mom.

Name something that irritates the heck out of you online.

Entrecard. Nuf said.

Name something that bugs the stuff out of you at a restaurant.

Screaming kids.

Name something you cannot tolerate at a store.

Non-existent customer service.

Name something you’d like to call your co-worker.

Nothing. I don't work.

Name something that you hate about someone close to you.

Refusing to go out and play when the weather is mild out.

Name something you don’t like about your sibling.

Visiting. She doesn't get that just making it into Illinois is not enough. I should not have to drive an hour to meet her. (No, I'm not being unreasonable, for years I drove out on an almost monthly basis, directly to her.)

Name something you like about yourself.

I'm doing pretty ok.

Name something you would rather be doing right now.

Resting on the beach with an umbrella drink and...

Name something that you’ll be doing next week at this time.

Same stuff I’m doing right now no doubt.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Sunday Stealing

1. What were doing 10 years ago? 10 years ago was about the time I "came out".

2. Five snacks that you enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world. Popcorn, ice cream, pistachio nuts, chips & salsa, kettle chips.

3. Five things you would do if you were a billionaire: Donate to food banks, take a gay cruise (hopefully with someone special), take a family vacation, open a real diner, not worry about expenses.

4. Three of your habits: insomnia (is that a habit?), blogging, jumping to conclusions.

5. Five jobs that you've have had: Gas station attendant, Woolworth cashier, bookkeeper for a small accounting firm, accounting assistant for an insurance company, accountant for a local government.

6. Five places that you've lived: A suburb of Milwaukee, Chicago - Boystown, Chicago - west of Wrigley Field, Chicago - Devon & Western, Chicago - West of Andersonville (not my current location.)

7. Five things that you did yesterday: Showered, got dressed up (which for me is a nice blouse and slacks), went out to dinner, watched Grey Gardens (2009), had another awesome evening.

8. Five people you would want to get to know more about: I have no idea.

9. Abortion: for or against it? I think abortion is a personal decision for each individual and not something that is appropriate discussion for my blog.

10. Do you think the world would fail with a female president? Nope! I think a heck of a lot more would get done!

11. Do you believe in the death penalty? Not something that is appropriate discussion for my blog.

12. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? Yes.

13. Are you for or against premarital sex? I'm a lesbian. It's the only kind we have. Lol!

14. Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? Yes. Gays and lesbians should have the same benefits of marriage that heterosexual couples have. When we make a commitment to each other, it should have the same legal benefits as a committed heterosexual couple.

15. Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA? Not something that is appropriate discussion for my blog.

16. Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? Perhaps it would lessen binge drinking by underage teens, but I think it should be combined with a graduated drivers license.

17. Should the war in Iraq be called off? Duh!

18. Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? Not something that is appropriate discussion for my blog.

19. Do you believe in spanking your children? No.

20. Do you worry that others will judge you from reading some of your answers? No, because I refuse to address certain issues on my blog. It is my blog and I just don't feel it is appropriate.

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Random Tuesday Thoughts

My daughter had her sports award ceremony last night for being on the bowling team. She got a "Good Sportsperson" Award. She was very excited. I kind of figured she was going to get some kind of an award because the coach was very insistent that I make sure she was there and the coach had been saying all along how my daughter was so focused and tried so hard. She was learning and she really took it seriously. A lot of the other girls just goofed off a lot of the time.

My son said he was trying out for Volleyball today, but then didn't have the required forms and ended up going to play video games at a friend's house. When I went to pick him up to go to the awards event he smelled like he doused himself in his friend's Dad's aftershave. It wasn't his scent. I could tell. It was kind of funny.

Immersing myself into the online world of dating. So far it is an adventure.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Review - CSN Stores

CSN Stores approached me to do a review. I selected an item from their over 200 websites. I checked out Accent Furniture and Home Decor, kids beds, bar stools, dining rooms and cookware. You know Lola picked cookware!

I selected the following item:
The Kitchen Aid Cookware Gourmet Distinctions Stainless Steel 16.5" Roast With Rack. Isn't it a beauty? The prices are excellent. This particular item was normally $99.95, on sale for $49.95!

Ordering online was fast and easy. The product was delivered ontime and in excellent condition.
I will definitely check them out the next time I'm shopping for cookware.

Lola's Diner Disclaimer: I was given product to review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010

Blackberry girl...

Jen @ Redhead Ranting suggested to me that my forays into the lesbian dating world would make great blog fodder. While I tend to agree, I don't know that I would even feel comfortable sharing even the most G rated details. I wouldn't want my blog to interfere with my dating life, nor would I want it to jeopardize any possible relationships. That being said, I feel perfectly comfortable to share my solo excursions to the gay clubs. If you are a blog pally you're a friend, and you're probably already getting the details, (whether you're really interested or not). If you are a blog pally and you want an update, just email me. I'm not comfortable broadcasting on my blog, but confiding in a friend I believe is ok.

That being said, I thought I would share this weeks and last weeks experiences at the gay club. Always great fodder for the blog and awesome people watching.

First...last weekend I went to the club on Saturday. There was a group event for a group that I belong to, but I failed to contact them to get a cell phone number to meet up with the group. It was a last minute decision to hit the club, so I was pretty much on my own. The club wasn't very crowded. It just seemed like it was couples, transgendered people and senior night. The couples were bumping and grinding. The transgendered all had bad wigs and the worst fashion sense. Most of the seniors were coupled off and dancing old fashioned dances. All the bartenders were falling out of their apparently regulation low cut tank tops. I got a flirty smile from a transgendered person (MTF, my guess) and a senior who was old enough to be my grandmother.

This weekend I went and several women talked to me. Sure, they mostly wanted me to watch their stuff while they played pool or danced, but hey, that's something, right? The bartender recognized me from last week and fake flirted with me saying she was happy to see me in her section again. No doubt my tips last week were more than acceptable? Then this blonde woman, who looked like a cross between Melissa Etheridge and Anne Ramsay introduced herself and started chatting with me. Chatting, in between texting on her Blackberry. It was her 35th birthday. When she sat next to me, she practically sat on my lap, and constantly touched me as she conversed. She was texting with her roommate's ex-girlfriend who she is crushing on. She was very friendly, but clearly not interested in anything but friendship. She was very friendly and it was nice for once to have conversation while I sipped my Coke. She told me if I go to the club next week solo for their St. Patrick's Day Party, she will make it her mission to find me a woman. So, you can't beat that, can you? Well, you can, I guess, if I had met someone interested in me...but still, I'd say that's pretty awesome! We talked nearly the entire time I was there and she gave me some tips on dating sites and encouraged me to "work it". (Goodness knows in this situation we all need some support and encouragement!) The club was 3 times as crowded as last week. Perhaps because the word is getting out that this club recently re-opened. The same transgendered people where there, and one other. I'm guessing an MTF who had Nurse Diesel boobage, Tootsie eyeglasses and 70's big hair. She was bar dancing. (Dancing while standing against the bar.) It was a real hoot to watch, and hard not to be fixated on that particular display. Other than that, the crowd was quite varied, though, it was real difficult to determine who, was with who. Perhaps Blackberry girl can help me with that next week?

Lola's Diner
©2008-2010