Giving the Gift of Gay

I sure hope all of your (both of you) holiday was merry and bright! I had a rather pleasant experience, despite being around some extended family members.

This year, my immediate family agreed not to exchange gifts, since we already get pretty much what we want. We ended up getting each other very small inexpensive gifts anyway.

I presented my parents with an extra special item...I finally came out to them!!! It was emotional for me...but it wasn't bad once I started talking. Dad didn't say much. Mom didn't really either...but she just said "we know, we've known, and we still love you no matter what!"

I couldn't have asked for a better response. I also told them about dating J and how happy he made me. Not wanting to push my luck...I didn't add much else.

More to come in the new year...one of my resolutions...to blog more than once a week.

"W"

Snicker-snap!

Yeah it's not what you think...it's not the latest gay term for an insult...it's a combination tasty treat!

Thursday evening, Gal Pal and some other friends met me for some holiday baking. I insisted on making Snickerdoodles. Problem is...Gal Pal has a completely different cookie recipe for Snickerdoodles. She makes what I call Gingersnaps...cinnamon sugar cookies.

My version involves.

1 bag butterscotch chips
1 bag chocolate chips (whatever level of sweetness you prefer...semi or otherwise)
1 can chow mien noodles
1 can cashews (or peanuts if you prefer)

Melt the chips together then add in your noodles...the more noodles the 'thicker' the cookies...same with cashews...add as much or as little as you like.

Then blot them out on wax paper...as big or small as you want to make them...and chill in the fridge until they solidify.

I'm off to the Big City again this weekend (as usual)...to see Wicked tonight, and the Choir Concert at church both Sat and Sun evening.

Smoooches.

"W"

I just got a decade older...

After finally doing a fitness evaluation at my gym, I got the terrible news. As if doing pushups till I had to stop, as many situps in less than a minutes, running for 12 minutes, body fat composition, some dude squeezing my pecs, stomach, and thigh, getting weighed, having a flex test, and a myriad of other hoops to jump through...I found out ....my physical age is....40!

I'm not the healthiest eater. I'm not the worst either. I also work out 2-3 times a week and stay pretty active. Yet, I'm eleven years older than my actual age. Definitely eye opening.

Ok...I'll leave you with a few Sarah Says from last weekend for this weekend.

Walking down the mall, after a surprise running into each other Sarah Says, "James' new boyfriend is hot, his stomach is ripped, he's got cum gutters." Then she adds, "Leave it to me to say cum gutters loudly in a mall full of small children."

When told of the fact we were moving church locations to one right downtown, Sarah Says, "I don't want to fucking drive farther to go to church."

Three day weekend for "W"...yay!

Hope yours is a good one!

"W"

Outed by a 1st Grader

So last Saturday night, J and I were eating out at a fabulous dirty little Tex Mex place, when one of his students walks by with his father. J says hello as they walk by. Fast forward to Monday, when the first grader says, "Mr. J...who was that man you were with the other night?" J replies, "Oh, that's my friend W". The kid says, "Oh, my dad said that was your partner!"

We both got a good laugh out of that one!

J is majorly stressing...busy time for him. School stuff, big choir concerts coming up, and we're moving at church. The last Sunday of the year is our last Sunday in the current space, and we're going to a temporary location....a banquet hall. Which means we have to set up and tear down every week. So J is a bit frustrated and flustered by the thought of all that.

Wicked is next week!!! Can't wait to see it.

Later,
"W"