Weekends are so promising, aren't they? We, at the Hibshman Household, have a long list of things we'd like to do before leaving the Des Moines area. I'm sure my list is longer than Jon's, but since he has to put up with me, they're basically the same thing, right? Anyway, Ledges, pumpkin patches, apple orchards, Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, St. Louis, Kansas City, Mall of America, Field of Dreams, and the list goes on and on. Unfortunately, good intentions and talk don't get things checked off very well. Due to time and monetary restrictions, I'm pretty certain we're going to leave without checking very many off. Oh well. It's all good thoughts and that's what counts. Maybe someday....good thing that's easy to say. Someday. I sure say it alot.
I recently joined Facebook and it's been interesting to browse around and see who I can find. Unfortunately, I'm not brave enough to contact the majority of the people I do find. I always thought it was strange in college when some person from my high school (who I rarely talked with when we saw each other regularly) would come up and ask how I'd been and say it'd been forever. So, now that I'm finding people, I find it kinda random of me to suddenly contact them. What do I say? Hi, I know it's been 7 years, but how've ya been?! Strange. If it were me, I'm not sure how I'd feel about it. I guess it'd depend on the person. There's another problem...what if they didn't really care to hear from me? It hasn't been all second-guessing and questions though. I did find some great friends that we've been wondering about and it is fantastic to see that they're doing so well. (They are even bloggers! WAHOO! Somewhere else to spend my time! :)) It's interesting how much smaller the world seems when so much information is at your fingertips. I sometimes wonder how much different life would be without it. I also realized lately that the Hibshman Household will probably never have dial-up again. Now that we've had fast internet for so long, I can't imagine going back. How would I survive? So, pathetically enough, that is getting figured into our potential bills and we look at Salaries and costs of living. I know, I know...wants and needs, wants and needs. What do you do?
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This is so me. I get so excited when I find someone (from my past) but I am such a WIMP when it comes to saying hello. I always fear they will be like, "Who?" or "Ya, I remember you and well, it's better this way." So, I rarely make the first contact.
We are getting highspeed tomorrow! I am seriously SO CHEAP that I have just "dealt" with dial-up for like 5 years now! Every time my husband uses our computer he gets so irritated and asks, "How on earth do you do this?" So we broke down and are getting it first thing tomorrow morning. He tells me (as do countless others) how much I will love it and won't have to dedicate half my day just to download a single picture!
I also saw that article about the HUGE baby from Russia! Ouch! Thank goodness she survived! And it was a baby girl too!
OH I could never go back to dial up - I don't care the cost. If I am going to be staying at home, there are some sacrifices we make, but that cannot be one of them. You really should go to Minneapolis - it's fun - and all those places!
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