Time for an update! It's been very hot and very busy here in Kansas. The first week of July I worked on packing up my house and moving to the new home. In the midst of that, I made my carpenter friend (Dale) a cherry pie. Homemade crust and all! I brought it to work and called him at the end of the day. I had to leave him a message so I just said there was a cherry pie here with his name on it and left my phone number. He called me right back and said he was working on my side of town and could be there soon. I made sure to have the pie in a glass dish which he would have to return. (That's some good old-fashioned flirting!) Of course, I didn't mention that... but sure enough HE noticed and said "oh, I'll have to bring your plate back". I just laughed it off by saying "oh, I just can't bake it in those tin ones!" (ha ha!!) He says, "I'm sorry I can't offer to sit down tonight and share a piece, but I'm going to keep this all to myself!" It was cute!
So, I wait about a week and he brings the plate back to my office. I was worried about how the pie turned out and he said yes, there was one problem. He said the pie was "this big, but it should have been THIS big" and made a large circle motion. YAY!! Then he complemented my crust- in fact, I got a "IT WAS JUST LIKE MOM'S"! YAY, again!! Then, talked a little bit.
So, I'm trying to get everything settled in the new house and time is ticking away. It's been 110 degrees for 2 weeks and way too hot to bake a lasagna. But I want to see him again, so I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and called him again. This time, he didn't call back. I waited a day and he came to the office. There were 2 other girls up front so we all chatted awhile. (Uncomfortable!) Anyway, he started to leave, then stopped and told a very nice story... He had been with his family that weekend and his 14-yr old niece says "Uncle Dale, you look old. You need to dress better and get a haircut. Then maybe you can find a wife." We all laughed and then He said, "yeah, maybe after I get this big job done I'll get to work on that." And he looked at me and gave me a BIG SMILE! How sweet!!!
Kind of exciting, right? I may win over this bachelor man yet! By the way, I don't have any problem with the way he dresses (like the construction worker he is) or his hair (because there isn't much!). :-)