Nelly Narla

For my loyal Facebook stalkers, you may recall that just over a week ago, I “liked” this little girl from www.petfinder.com.
 

Well, I don’t know why I fell in love with her but I did.  It’s no secret that Budha is the joy in my every day, and she is getting up there in years; I will not get another dog while I have her.  A cat, maybe...but Budha gets all my dog-loving attention/affection.  So I “liked” Nelly Narla and carried on with my Sunday. 

On Monday I was still thinking about her a little and wondering who could resist that face.  She’s a German Shepherd/Rottweiler mix. 

On Tuesday I was really thinking about her, and how I wanted someone to take her home – why this dog?  I don’t know – she just stuck with me.  So I happened to be in our downstairs break room at work (where I usually am not) and a colleague came in with whom I generally have minimal contact as we are in 2 very different areas of the company, and as he poured his coffee, I said “Do you want a dog?”.  He looked at me and said “Yes, but we’re not ready.  Why?”  So I told him this silly story of how I was looking on PetFinder and now couldn’t get this pup (she’s 1 yr old) out of my head.  He listened and agreed to look at her photo as he was ready to head out of the break room.  When I pulled her up online he gasped and said “Is she a Rotti?”  I said “She’s a German Shepherd/Rotti mix”.  Then he tells me that he’s really been looking at Rottweilers and his wife has grown up with German Shepherd mixes.  He was pretty excited about it so I sent him the link for her. 

On Saturday they drove over an hour away to take a look at her, and now Nelly has a happy new home with a very loving family.

I AM...the best matchmaker ever.

Title Fury....and Online Dating

I’ve wanted to write this blog all week...but I’ve really been stuck on the title because what I wanted it to be is – well – inappropriate. I surely don’t want to offend my readers based on the title of the blog, but at the same time – I think it’s hilarious and appropriate and I want to use it. So...for those of you who know me well enough to know that I really do not generally post offensive material, and you have read thus far in hopes to find out what I wanted to title this – here it is:

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Don’t be a Snatch”

I wonder how many people just left the page. Well, in any case – here’s why that song parody came into my head. Online dating, the wave of the future? No, it’s the present. It’s everywhere. It’s been around for over a decade. I go on and off dating streaks, and lately have been off....but...ready to be back on. I’ve used the free sites, I’ve used the pay sites. For anyone who is interested but doesn’t know where to start, here is a list and my “professional” reviews of them. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about.

www.eharmony.com – okay actually I can’t remember this one. I think I tried it out once years ago, but as you can see.....it was not memorable....and I don’t think I met anyone from it. (this is pay site)
www.okcupid.com – Has a great mobile app – and it’s a free service. The downfall for this site is the compatibility “tests” which are generated by other users, and can be downright inappropriate questions, and I think actually may hurt their (site owner’s) reputation. I met 2 men on this site, both nice guys, but...
www.plentyoffish.com – I think this is a pretty good site for a free site. I’ve met a few fantastic people on this site. A couple I am still very good friends with. Does that mean because we didn’t settle down and get married that it didn’t “work out”? No. If nothing else – dating is a journey. You know what you’re looking for, but as with anything else in life....appreciate what you see along the way. Maybe you’ll learn something about other people, or about yourself. Maybe you’ll make new friends, and if you never see the person again – who cares – big deal. I sidetracked. It’s what I do. Anyway – not a bad site.
www.match.com – This is a pay site....but it is pretty good and very popular. I have met a couple people on here. Very decent people.

So.....a few weeks ago I decided to actually get back on match.com - which was actually really dumb of me to do now (playing volleyball 3 nights a week, dinner night one night a week, organizing a fundraiser, rearranging living situation, having company, taking on new tasks at work.....NO TIME). Regardless, I go to the gym 4-5 days per week. So I answered one of my questions that way. Well, now all my “matches” are these well sculpted athletes. Let’s get something straight here Match, because I DO go to the gym that often, does not mean I, myself, am a well sculpted machine, nor does it mean that I am looking for model/bodybuilder partner. It means, that I go because I need to, and do I care if a potential mate does? No – he should care about himself, but please – stop intimidating me with all these supermodels.

That’s really it....I thought I’d have more to say but what a shock, I ran out of time.