Facebook Phenomenon

I have had several friends tell me to join Facebook. I have not done it, until today... mostly because I just haven't had time to sit down and try to figure it out. Of course the lack of internet proved to be a reason too.
Now that I have joined the "cult" as one friend said, I have found a few things to be true:

• It is fun to be able to be in contact with many friends from many stages of life.
• I have been able to reconnect with people I haven't spoken with in years... and I have only been apart of this since about 1:00 this afternoon.
• The trouble with it is that I don't want to leave the computer... I want to know how many friends I have (I am up to 20 so far) and I want to see who is leaving comments.
• I think people comment more on Facebook than on blogs!
• Like anything new, it is addicting at the start.

But can anyone tell me what a "poke" is?

Friends

As I sit here cooped up all day with a sick child, I begin to think of things I wish I could do. Here is the start of my list:

• feel the warmth of sunshine (and 75 degrees!)
• feel warm sand between my toes as I hear the crashing of waves upon the seashore (Can you tell I miss California?)
• drink a good cup of coffee while laughing with a friend (not drinking my boring coffee while sitting at my computer)
• get back to my scrap booking... never mind, that sounds like too much work :-)
• hang out with my CA buddies (did I mention I miss CA?)

I guess what I really wish I could do is take a trip to CA. I really enjoying living here and I have made some great friends here. But there will always be a spot in my heart for California. Today as Anna is laying in bed sick, I too am feeling sick... homesick, that is.

I think what really got me feeling this way was something that happened this weekend. So let me back up...

Dave recently got an email from an old college friend of his. Somehow, An found Dave's email address. Turns out he lives in Illinois and has a brother in Fishers. This weekend he and his family (his wife and two girls) were making a trip to Fishers to see his brother. So we made plans to connect. An and Michelle came to our house Sunday. We hadn't seen them since their wedding December of '95... 12 years ago. It was great to reconnect and to meet their girls. Dave and An talked about college days and it made me miss my college friends. It was great to have friends we knew in CA sitting in our living room in Indiana.

Then yesterday I got a call from one of my college friends. (It was great talking to you, Melissa!) I love having friends that when you talk, you can simply pick up where you left off, even if it has been a long time between conversations!

I am not trying to minimize any of my friendships that I have here. I have made some great friends here in the last 5 1/2 years. I can't imagine living anywhere else and if I did, I would deeply miss my friends here. I wish all the people I love could be in the same place at the same time. :-) Then I wouldn't have to miss any of you!

For all of you in CA that are reading, know that I miss you.

For those reading here in IN, know that I am thankful for you.

I don't know how I did it...

BUT I GOT THE INTERNET FROM MY OWN HOUSE!!!

My parents have wireless internet and we have been trying for months now to access it from our house and have been unable to do it. We have tried many things, and asked advice from all the computer "geeks" we know. (I don't mean to offend any of you that we asked for help!) All this has left us so frustrated and stumped - and not connected!

Dave is away tonight at a conference and I thought I would give it another try. I don't know what I did, but after a long time trying, I suddenly was connected. I DID IT!!!! YIPEE!!!!

So now that I am on here with my own computer, I think I will add a few photos of what we have been up to. Here goes...

My mom recently found this dress... I wore it in a wedding when I was Anna's age.

Emma had her best friend, Camille sleep over.

My parents took the girls to see "Arthur Live" at eh Honeywell Center. The girls had a blast!

Happy Valentine's Day...

a day late.