Intro to Me

My goal with this blog is to find something good every day. Maybe one big thing; maybe lots of little things. Maybe they will have happened to other people. But they will have happened nonetheless. They are out there to find. And I'm gonna...

My husband sometimes thinks I'm a pollyanna for this viewpoint, but this is half the reason I was so attractive to him, I think. The yin to his often "glass half-empty" yang. Ha.

Perhaps you would like to get to know me. I mean, you are reading this, so I'm guessing you are either bored at work and surfing, or are a close relative and said you would read this - but either way - you want to see what I'm writing and get to know me better, right?! There are lots of adjectives I could use to describe myself - I'm a Mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a manager at work, a singer in my church choir, a donator of food to a local food pantry, an avid reader, a theater buff... and each of those brings a vastly different list of descriptions. I'll list the ones that I think really seem to define me at the core:

• Loving
• Creative
• Controlling (you thought they'd all be flattering, didn't you?)
• Interested/Curious - are they the same? I'll wiki and find out (also, does that count as 1 or 2? I'm curious, but not interested.)
• Happy
• Optimistic
• Faithful

I think those sum me up pretty well. I have plenty of faults, but frankly they have NO PLACE on a blog about silver linings, correct? And really, you'll see them, I'm sure, if you read this more than a few days in a row anyway, so why be redundant.

I'm married to the love of my life, Chris, (42), and we have been together for 14 years (married for 9) as of 2008. I have 2 wonderfully smart and sweet children, Madison (7), and Ryan (3), and a dear step-daughter, Kristan (21). There are stories of soap opera legend that could tell of the road Chris and I have been down with Kristan, but as of right now, suffice it to say, we are sadly, not speaking. I hope for the day when that is mended. That is a silver lining of dreams. Not that I'm not still totally angry about many things - but the love is never gone. Or the missing her. Ever.

But staying positive... we are all alive and healthy. I hope that isn't my only lining for the day.

I work as a Manager of other Project Managers, and really like my job (oop - another SL - that will be my notation for Silver Linings, you dig?). I work with a team of 3 other women who share the same position, all with varying experience and styles of management. Very interesting.

SL for Tara - She is heading to the Bahamas/Bermuda for her first vacation since the 10th grade with her new man and 2 friends in January!

SL for Jayne - She is having her third, and long-awaited last, baby in Feb!

SL for my big brother David and his wife Valerie - they are having their second baby together - a girl - also in Feb!

SL for me - My Dad is coming to visit for Thanksgiving!

SL for me - My Mom will be home in 2 days after being away for 5 darn weeks! Yeay!!!!!

I'll sign off now so I can go find some more SL's.

Thanks for reading!