Big upset!

[ilovesparkles]

Deco and others: I know I am not truly cut out for the LD thing, this was not a planned romance it was something that happened. But we both feel that we love each other so much it is worth waiting through the agony to be with one another. Right now the plan is for him to move here this coming January. And part of what helped me was being able to plan out the visits. Last January, this last March, end of May, September and then boom he''d be moving here. And when I could fram it like that, for some reason it wasn''t so bad. But now waiting until Sept seems like an eon away. Funny how that works no?

Well so far (a whole two nights) I have not brought it up at all and have been just happy to have my nightly talk with him. I think it is becoming a little bit easier as I have slowly accepted that I really don''t have the money to go see him either. And there is the small, read SMALL, possibility he will come out here for a weekend in July. Only time will tell. So my focus is to stay on track with school and all my finals (BLECH!) and prepare myself for fieldwork (internship basically) which I am really excited about! And lastly, to find another job to pay that darned visa!

 

[Mannequin]

ilovesparkles - I really feel for you, and I know September is going to feel like forever. There are things you can do to keep the relationship healthy and forward moving even at a distance though.

I have always been in an LD relationship with my BF. He and I have been living up to an hour and a half apart over the last four years, with him away at school in Lansing and me in the Detroit area. His family lives near the place I moved to this summer, and he will be finishing school and coming home soon, but distance has always been a factor. There were some times, especially in undergrad around our exams, that we wouldn''t really see or hear from each other at all for about a week. I kept in touch with him regularly with phone calls and email and IM, since he was at his computer a lot doing homework and studying, but I would also send lots of snail mail cards. You should see the stack he has collected, it''s unbelievable. I would also mail little packages here and there. I''d order him something silly or fun off of the web and have it shipped with a note from me - he LOVED that. We each have a lot of photos that we share in albums or digitally, and we try to take shots together as much as possible. Something that kept us very strong as a couple was instituting a "date night" on a certain night of the week where we''d meet halfway between our locations for dinner. I know you don''t have some of these options because you two are so far apart, but this was really what helped me get through nearly four years now with him so far away.

I also found that I did better with the time in between visits if I stayed busy and found some things to do that were just for me. I was involved in horses before my BF met me, and when I was lonely and missing him I would turn to another love that made me happy. Spending time in the barn always did it for me.

 

[Mandarine]

Sparkles I''m sorry to hear you are feeling down...I can''t imagine how hard it is to be apart from your BF!...

I would have been upset about his reaction too. I also couldn''t imagine having a caliing schedule....but whatever works!!!....but only you know the dynamics of your relationship...and as long as you are happy that''s all that matters!

Good luck!

M~

 

[Mara]

of course you can make lemon pie!!!! yum!

unfortunately i don''t have a lemon pie recipe

...i know..sacrilege...deco...anyone?

 

[Mandarine]

I don''t know a recipe either....BUT I do have some key lime pie left from my b-day......it''s not the same as lemon pie....but it is pretty delicious!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[blueroses]

Lemon Pie Copyright 2003, Cheryl Smith, All Rights Reserved

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 3 hours
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 2 pies or 1 deep-dish pie
User Rating:



4 whole eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream
2 pre-baked piecrusts
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and heavy cream together in a bowl. Strain and skim any foam.

Pour into prebaked pie shells, and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until the filling just sets, and center jiggles. Cool completely.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.


Episode#: DP1A18
Copyright © 2003 Television Food Network, G.P., All Rights Reserved

 

[Mannequin]

ilovesparkles - Found a picture for you...

 

[ilovesparkles]

Thanks Eques for the positive reinforcement! I love that picture I''m gonna have to email it to him! I left a book on LDRs with him last time I was there because I thought it was really good. But I think he has only picked it up once

Boys.

KUDOS TO BLUEROSES FOR THE RECIPE! Now I have a grocery run to get some lemons hehehehehe

Seriously I love baking! And have never had homemade lemon pie with real cream. And I won''t be using store bought crusts, I''ll make that from scratch too with the best recipe in the world

Only the Bakersquare stuff, which is pretty derned good if I do say so. I''ll have to remember to take a picture of it to post hehehehehe

Everyone else thank you so much! I am so excited about a lemon pie recipe right now I can''t think of what I was going to originally type here

I''ll be salivating until this weekend when I have time to make it

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Ilovesparkles,

It''s only Tuesday; by Friday you''ll be floating in saliva!