Last night was volleyball and I had a great time. There were 8 of us there so it was wonderful to have 2 teams and get a lot of volleying in! I forgot to mention that I actually made 2 baskets last week at volleyball, but last night was a no basket night for us! :o) Guess I should not be aiming for the basketball net huh? But, I am one of those that has no control over where her ball is being hit, so the baskets from last week were quite the hit! :o) Our new volleyball is the absolute best, nice and soft and NO bruising!! Yes, we are weenies, but we prefer the no bruising!
One of the moms had the great idea of playing the rest of our time together and for the very last game invite our husbands and play against them. Which I think is a great idea. It would be interesting to see how the hubbies do against us awesome moms! They would not have a chance!!
The kids only have a half day today and then we are off to the library to get some more books. The kids have enjoyed going to the library so I am hoping that I can make it a once a week or couple of week deal for us. Plus they have off for the rest of the week and it will be great to give them something to do, like READ!! Tomorrow is Parent/Teacher conferences for all the kids. It will be great to see how much my kiddos have progressed and have really taken on their own identities in school. Even the youngest has really come to his own and has really become his own individual self. There was other news of our principal retiring at the end of this school year. I have really enjoyed having her as the principal and will be sad to see her go. From the rumors going around the assistant principal wants her job. A girlfriend of mine that is a teacher at another school would love to see him become our principal. So it will be interesting to see what happens at the end of the year. Then to see how smooth the transition is next year. All 4 of my kiddos will be at the school next year so I will be spending time up at the school and involved with what is going on.
OK, on to other things... I was going to check my email and an article caught my eye... What Makes Men Fall in Love? I thought that it was an interesting article. Some of the stuff I thought was just a given, and some stuff I found interesting. The part where they want an independent woman, I think that is very important. Who wants to have someone clinging to them 24/7 with no interests of their own? I personally love my hobby times and the times that I get out to be "one of the girls". Which is completely different for me. Before, I was one of the guys! During high school and right afterwards 99% of my friends were guys!! One of my very best friends, Matt, was getting ready to go into the Marines and we spent all our time together, partying, and just hanging out and being "one of the guys". Our group of friends were guys, other than me as the exception, and we did everything together. I did not date any of the guys that I hung out with (ewww) and really did not date (the guys were a wee bit protective) anybody else. So after I finally got into a serious relationship (and married that serious relationship) I had to readjust to being a girl!! Which took quite a bit of doing. I am not the shopping, makeup, gotta have 200 pairs of shoes type of girl, nor will I ever be! So I had to find a happy medium and found scrapbooking and stamping. Which is now one of my passions. So I can appreciate a man wanting a woman who loves to do her own thing. But I also have to say that as a woman I appreciate the same. I want my man to have interests, to have a hobby and get out and do things. But, as a side note, I also enjoy being a part of my hubbies interests and enjoy him having an interest in my hobbies!!
A man that wants to have GUY time is something else. Of course he wants to have guy time, just like us women want to have girl time. There are times that I just want to hang out with my best friend and do not want there to be a purpose other than just to hang out. Out to lunch, scrapbook shopping, pedicures, whatever... everyone needs time to themselves and it should be enjoyed thoroughly!
Now the next one is interesting to me... a woman with a strut... huh... this is one that I have never heard! I do not pay attention to the way that I walk, let alone "strut". Nor have I ever watched how others strut! I guess that is something that I will have to pay attention to next time I am out!
And the last one... a Woman who has a good taste in ties... that is very interesting!! I have this thing for ties. I absolutely LOVE picking out ties. I have probably picked out 90% of my husbands ties and generally pick out the shirts to go with them. He generally picks out his suits, but I have always given my opinion as to which one I like. I just love, love, LOVE ties though. My hubby probably has 50 ties and there are times that I just look at ties to see what is out there and once in a while will pick one up, though I prefer him to be there, since his taste does differ from mine from time to time.
So, I guess most of the article just made sense to me, I do not wait on my husband hand and foot but there are times that I will do things like bring him his dinner plate, or make him something that he wants or bring him a drink. But in return he does the same for me. There are times that he will stop by Starbucks and pick up my favorite drink or pick up dinner for the 2 of us and surprise me with something that I love. I will iron his work clothes and he will iron mine on occasion. But I think that all goes with a relationship. It is a give and take on both ends and has to be to be successful.