Angles are everything

I took my son to see Disney on Ice last night. I took a bunch of pictures of him there and took a final picture when we arrived home to commemorate the night.

He was wearing the fairy flower hat and holding his sword. He was a fairy warrior! He then wanted to take my picture wearing the hat and holding the sword....

I decided that I would kind of crouch down---hoping that the angle would hide my 5 chins (ok, I only have 3 but you know what I mean). It may have slightly minimized my chins but he got my entire body.

I look like we had been in a battle and he had cut off my leg. In reality, when I see this picture I have to laugh because I see a bonbon on a stick...

I guess I really need to get serious about my weight loss. This is NOT the first time I have looked like a bonbon, and unfortunately I will probably look like one again....

The weirdest thing about this? Whenever I say "bonbon on a stick" (which is a lot today because it makes me laugh) I say it in a Mexican accent -yes, even in my head right now- because for some reason it reminds me of Jeff Dunham's Jose the jalapeño on a stick. Weird right???

Call me Mrs Robinson

Why do I say that? No, I'm NOT having an affair with a college graduate or anyone else....I am however on a dating Internet site and I'm a little scared!

The last time I tried this (this past fall) I met a couple of nice guys. I liked them both (even the one who compared me to his old Subaru. Lol) it just didn't work out. I closed my account because I had second and third thoughts about meeting people online. I also didn't feel right because I wasn't divorced. I know my ex was in another relationship at that point and we had been separated 2&1/2 years, and I wasn't hoping to get back together with him- but for me it didn't really sit right putting myself out there when I wasn't completely free and clear to be with someone else.

My divorce was final on January 4, 2013. So I decided to try again....I put up a profile on Plenty of Fish. Let me say, so far it is not going well....

I had one guy tell me he was compelled to talk to me and get to know me. We started IM'ing and he immediately started calling me "sweetie" and "baby" (made my ass twitch...excuse the language, but it did) in less than 24 hours he told me he was working in Nigeria and asked me to send him $200. He has been blocked.

I then had a very nice (seems like) message me, things seemed to be going well but he stopped talking to me. Sigh...

The next guy wanted to IM. I gave him my yahoo name. We started chatting, it was going so well......until.....it became a job interview. How is it a middle aged man thinks it is a good idea during the FIRST talk to start asking "what's your socioeconomic background?" "Are you intelligent?" Then proceed to tell me how intelligent he is- taking college courses in high school and graduating top of his class of 8 kids. His next question was "do you have good verbal skills?" I'll be honest, I didn't even know how to respond so I said "well, I can speak..." When I didn't get a response right away I followed that up with "goodly too." I thought it was funny... He came back with how fantastic his verbal and written skills are and how he needs to have a partner who can have intelligent conversations on a variety of subjects. (This from the man whose profile says he finished "some college" and works in a grocery distribution center). He was not amused or impressed with my humor. I don't know if he has a sense of humor. {and again, my ass was twitching...}. And so we are moving on.....

The next (and I'm sure wont be the last -if I stay on the site-) guy to show any interest was 18. Yes, you read that right.....eighteen years old!!! Wow! I have no idea why an 18 yr old would be interested in a fat older woman, maybe he was joking? Anyway, he kept sending all these messages and I tried to be nice but let him know I wasn't interested. I mean, I'm more than twice his age! He wouldn't take no for an answer. A friend was encouraging me to go for it. I told him he made me feel like Mrs Robinson. He said "that's nice, who's she? Hope it makes you smile." Wow, that made me feel really old, and made him look really young. [it also made my ass twitch!] He couldn't believe I wouldn't want him over some saggy old guy.

I really don't know if I should laugh or cry... I will stick this out for a while longer if for no other reason than to have more fodder for this blog. I will keep you updated if I find any more winners! Happy fishing everyone.

And here's to you Mrs Robinson....

In case of fire, hot odor or smoke...

What is a hot odor? I really want to know... I can't think of an example. When I asked the receptionist at the IV therapy office (where this picture was taken) she seemed very confused and offered up the smell of burnt popcorn as a possible example. I explained that I didn't think odors had a temperature. She seemed confused, shrugged and just walked away. Which still leads me to wonder....can anyone tell me what a hot odor is? It's printed on a sign....it must be real right?