I'm making the leap.

Change your bookmarks - I'm moving for good. Blogger has been fine - really. But now that I'm working in Wordpress all the time in my job, I am really learning to prefer it.

So visit me at Finding Blanche http://findingblanche.wordpress.com

Thanks! See you there!

Brief interruption...

Sometimes, someone will ask me about something I've posted and they'll seem concerned or worried. Was I upset? Am I okay? It has led me to a realization. People take what I write seriously sometimes when I'm really being tongue-in-cheek or laughing at a situation.

So what do I make of this?

Well, first...I have great friends who care about me and worry that I feel hurt or sad about something I wrote. I am sensitive so I can understand why that might be. I thank my friends for caring. I'm extremely lucky.

Second. I must sound the same 'in writing' when I'm kidding and when I'm not. Now this is interesting to me.

I've always said that email and IM and text are terrible ways to communicate anything with depth. It's very easy to read with a bias and misinterpret or just miss the nuances that you can clearly detect in a phone or in-person conversation.

Is this the same with blogs? Maybe so. Maybe so.

I'm going to work on this. I definitely want my friends to worry about me when I am in need but don't want anyone unnecessarily concerned when I'm fine!

Back to my regularly scheduled weekend.

Hanging with dad.

It's early. Really, really early. I'm waiting for my dad to pick me up.

Why, you ask?

We're driving to the eastern shore to...wait for it....

Go to a casino!

Yes, it's true.

I'm taking the morning off to gamble with my dad.

Because I love gambling so much?

No. Because I love spending time with my dad so much.

Wish me luck.

The Hampton Humpdays

Duckpins for dollars.

If you're from around these parts, you know what Duckpin Bowling is. The balls are 5 inches in diameter, and weigh a maximum weight of 3 pounds, 12 ounces. They have no holes. The pins are smaller too. They're 9 13/32 inches tall, with a maximum diameter of 4 1/8 inches, and a minimum diameter of 1 3/8 inches at the base.

The best part of duckpins is that you get three rolls each turn. 2 balls roll off a strike. 1 ball rolls off a spare just like in 'regular' bowling. But you get that extra umph!

When I was a kid, there was a show on TV, Duckpins for Dollars. Un other, non-Bawlmer markets, hon, the show was called Bowling for Dollars. But I digress.

Today, we went bowling to raise money for MMCF. For a flat fee, each person could bowl for 3 hours, eat pizza and drink soda. We went with my mom. I drank a lot of soda. But that's a different conversation. One that I may well have with someone at 3 am - since they had no decaffeinated diet soda.

I bowled great! Well, not really, but greater than anyone in my lane. I scored in the 90's all three games. It could be worse. Well, actually it was worse, because we had the bumpers on our lane for the kids. Without them, who knows WHAT I would have done. Anyway....

I didn't win the raffle for the trip to Hawaii. Nor did I win the yacht dinner cruise or the weekend at the beach house in Ocean City. I did bowl a lot, eat mediocre pizza and drink too much Diet Pepsi.

And I felt great about taking the kids to raise money for this amazing organization. Nice way to spend a dreary Sunday, I'd say.