all the single ladies…

Tonight I’m trying something crazy. I’m switching from mommy/photography blog to hopefully try my role as online match maker. Single ladies, and anybody who knows a cool single chick, this blog is for you.

If you pay attention to this blog, you’ll know we hang out with our buddy Chris a lot. He’s John’s best friend and he has become my very good friend too. We figured once we had Miles, our life with baby would bore our single friend, but he hung around. As a matter of fact, our relationship has just grown deeper. Chris is AWESOME with kids and Miles LOVES him. Heck, Miles is so fascinated by Chris, we barely exist when Chris is around.

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So we hang out with Chris a lot. The four of us go shopping, to dinner and when I’m away or out at a shoot, Chris and John will join forces to take care of Miles and play with him. (Not that John doesn’t do the single dad thing well when he needs to.) We always have a great time together and there is nothing that makes a toddler eat his dinner more than when a cool bachelor is at the table eating their food too. (I learned that from this book.)

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Of course, Chris still has his single friends he hangs out with, but he says one of the reasons he enjoys hanging out with us is because he is ready for his own family and he wants to bring that into his own life. He believes that if you focus on what you want to bring into your life and spend your time around that, you’ll be more likely to attract that. (I may have messed up his quote a bit, but you know what I mean. He’s trying to attract love into his life by surrounding himself with it.)

John and I see this great guy who has such a huge heart, has really worked on himself to be ready for love but lives in a town where, let’s face it, married people are in the majority. Soooo, here’s where my blog readers come in.

Quick backstory, for John’s Christmas present, I got him tickets to see a comedian he and Chris really enjoy. Back in December, Chris agreed to join in on the gift and so he bought two more tickets. One for a mystery date to be determined later. Well, time flew by and the show is in two weeks. We have a seat next to him that might be a perfect fit for one of my blog readers.

Sooooooooo, LET’S FIND CHRIS A DATE!! (Yes, Chris is aware I’m doing this.) If you like what you read and see in this blog post, email me a little bit about your self and include a photo. (I know, no fair to have to show a photo, but Chris is showing a photo, so I”m keeping it even.) If it looks like you two will be a good match, we will invite you to come out to a laid back dinner and the show with us. It’s not a true blind date because my blog readers say they already feel like they know me since I talk about EVERYTHING on here, so it’s not as scary as a “real” blind date, right?

Chris also mentioned that if he ends up hitting it off with who ever he meets on my blog, I better like them because we will be hanging out a lot. John and I do fantasize about finding Chris an awesome chick so we can all go on vacations together, drink pina coladas and get caught in the rain. Oh, it would be fabulous! Wait a minute, we are looking for a date for Chris, not a double date for us, so I’ll shush and focus now.

So here we go, here’s what we, ahem, I mean, what CHRIS is looking for in a woman. I’ll actually keep this one vague, with just a couple of boundaries:

Age: mid-twenties to mid-thirties, non-smoker, likes kids and is open to the idea of having a family and loves to have a great time and laugh.

About Chris:

Here’s a self portrait Chris took recently.

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He owns his own business doing computer programing “stuff” but what he really loves to do is video production for fun and perhaps someday as a profession. (You should see his camera equipment. He even owns a green screen.) When he’s not working, you’ll find him dreaming up a project to work on with friends. (We are talking about the possibilities of a photo/video shoot someday. Any takers?) His latest project is shooting a video of his grandma documenting her life with his grandpa before he passed. He thinks his grandma and grandpa had an incredible love story and wants to capture her stories before it’s too late. His next project will be putting together his little sister’s wedding video that he just captured. He owns his own home and at the end of the day, he loves kicking back with friends playing guitar hero or hanging out in his hot tub. He loves going out and having a drink with friends from time to time. He’s a pretty social guy and friendships mean a lot to him. Chris LOVES to travel and tries to go on at least one cruise a year or some adventure. A big perk of Chris, and I know this from personally having my own personal Mac guru in my home, is if you do have a love connection, you’ll have your own personal 24 hour on-call computer genius on hand. Now how valuable is that? 😉 He’s a PC guy though, but he’s cool with MAC people as well. (Obviously!)

He’s a great guy who has had a lot of fun over the years, but has really done a lot of work on himself in the past year to be ready to settle down. He wants to find the love of his life and thinks who better to help him, but his closest friends.

So, is your heart melting yet? We only have TEN DAYS to find YOU!! So if you feel butterflies, take a big breath and EMAIL ME!!! Don’t worry about your photo, just because I’m a photographer doesn’t mean things have to be perfect. Let’s go have a blast and see if we can make a love connection…for Chris. 😉

Fine Print: No worries, I won’t blog about you or post your photos if you email me. If this crazy experiment does work, you’ll have the chance to chat with Chris ahead of time to get to know him before the date if you wish.

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  • RhondaMay 20, 2009 - 2:12 pm

    How cool is this! He sounds like an amazing guy so I hope you find him “the one!” 🙂 I’d love to set him up with my best frind but she lives in Nashville, TN. Their personalities seem so much alike! She’s a travel agent..loves to travel as well. Darn it for the distance! 🙁

  • ErickaMay 20, 2009 - 3:13 pm

    Betsy, what a cool thing for you and John to be doing for Chris! What huge hearts you both have!! I’m sure Chris feels lucky to have such caring friends!! I’ll send you all some good vibes that all goes well!! (He’s super cute and sounds like a great catch!!)

  • JoniMay 20, 2009 - 3:34 pm

    Betsy you are a good soul and it shows in little things like this. I wish you good luck in your newest “venture” and will keep my fingers crossed. Heck, Ron & I have 20 years under our belts right now and with the good Lords’ blessing, hopefully we’ll have another 20 or so. Take Care!

  • AlyssaMay 20, 2009 - 3:46 pm

    Hahah too bad i’m too young..he is pretty hot. GOOD LUCK!!

  • CassieMay 20, 2009 - 3:47 pm

    Ohhhh I hope this works!! 🙂

  • MichelleMay 20, 2009 - 4:31 pm

    This is so fun! Sadly, I know no single ladies. His idea of surrounding himself with love to attract love is genious! Please, please let us know how it goes! Now the whole internet is cheering him on!! 🙂

  • DanielleMay 21, 2009 - 3:08 am

    Aww, I try to read your blog everyday…I must say he sure is handsome and I bet he is a super guy…but…I’m all the way in the middle of Illinois (sigh). I would like to add that you are an inspiration to me, you are very talented!

  • HannahMay 22, 2009 - 1:45 am

    Ah Betsy, you make me smile! I am just tickled by this invitation (and admiring Chris’s courage for having you do this). I’ll be praying for you all. Peace to you.

  • Maya LaurentMay 23, 2009 - 2:07 pm

    You crack me up! Hopefully you get some good responses!

  • eyegirlMay 29, 2009 - 10:13 pm

    Tomorrow is the big day. I think you need to write a follow up post about if your matchmaking scored Chris a date.

  • JenniferJune 28, 2009 - 3:25 am

    Well I just had to send you a message even though you have no idea who I am. My name is Jennifer and I am a good family friend of Jon Cornell. I was on your site looking at pictures of Amy’s shower and got sucked into your blog. As a single gal, your post was ever so intriguing, not to mention it was written on my birthday…so I had to respond. Unfortunately I live in Minneapolis, but Chris sounds like a great guy and from one single girl looking for something strikingly similar, I wish him all the best and luck in the world in finding what he is looking and waiting for. I have a good friend who sounds similar to you and I think would put something similar out there on my behalf, that is if she were a tech savvy gal. Shoot me an update on if Chris found a date to fill that seat…everyone loves a great story!

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