I have sparkling white teeth now. Yesterday was a North Little Rock dentist appointment at the VA for a cleaning. That took up most of my day. What was left of it was taken up by laundry. Hohum.

I like driving to NLR for my doctor's and dentist's appointments. The drive (about 2 hours one way) gives me time to think and much needed alone time. I am typing this as the kids get ready for school and will be leaving momentarily, but felt guilty for not chiming in yesterday, so here you have it. Will chime in with more hohumness later today.

I get my hair colored at 10am. That will be interesting. Until then...CL

A few hours later...

We went to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was pretty funny. The boys finally consented to go with me, but they regretted it. They didn't really like the movie. However, they got to see the new Dragonball Evolution preview of the movie coming out this spring and that got them excited. A take off of the Dragonball Anime series.

Afterwards, I went to St. Mary's...barely had time to get there. The procession hymnal had already started. Low and behold, the sermon was along the same lines as the two Baptists sermons I heard this morning. This one was go out and fish for "people" (we must be politically correct). So I got told three times in three different versions of the same sermon to go out and bring people to love Jesus. If only it were that easy. I can try to live right. I'm not even too good at that. I guess all we can do is our best.

Well, right here in my house is a hero just returned from Iraq. Specialist Dustin Lincecum from the National Guard in Batesville. Blessings and safe keeping to all the soldiers serving so me and my children don't have to. This particular soldier is the younger brother of my niece-in-law. I guess that's what she's called. She's married to my nephew. He and my oldest son are discussing the minute details of Dragonball Z...oops, now the conversation has taken a turn to The Twilight Series. Time for me to zone out. Until next time... CL

Today is cold and cloudy and boring. I went to Journey Church this morning. The message was about spreading the Gospel to others...that it's not enough to be saved but you have to spread the word so others can be saved as well. It was the exact same message on the TV's In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley program. This evening I will go to St. Mary's. It'll be interesting to see what the message will be there. Both the other churches are Baptist churches. St. Mary's is an Episcopal Church. I am Episcopalian, but I have so many friends at Journey that I like to go there sometimes too.

Today the kids are just hanging out as usual. Lj is drawing comic books. He uses stick figures but makes them distinctive with colored pencils. Ely is playing with his cat. Music is blaring from the computer speakers as usual. I bought Lj speakers for his MP3 player for Christmas, but he'd rather listen to the music in my room. We are listening to Astronautilis right now. Not on of my favorite groups...oops, now Green Day just came on. I like them better. I couldn't convince them to go to the movies with me. Mall Cop is on, and so is Hotel for Dogs. But the boys weren't interested in going to see either one of them. I may just have to go by myself for a good laugh. Perhaps I'll come back tonight and add to today's blog. Let you know how the movie was. Ely and Shane (my brother) are trying to convince Lj to go to the movies. Ely wants to go, but Lj doesn't. If we go I probably won't have time to make it to St. Mary's 5:00 service. Oh well, I only have 4 more months to go out with my boys. I'll join their efforts and try to convince him with bribes of candy.

Wow, only if life were as easy to delete as my past blog posts were! I am starting anew (how many times have I said that?). Dating a guy named Mike Graves...he's actually been living with me and the boys, BUT he is moving out next week.

The boys (Lj - 13 & Ely - 10) and I are doing well. They are hanging out listening to music and playing video games. However, we have new life changes coming our way. The boys have decided they want to live in Minneapolis, MN with their father beginning this summer. I am in shock due to this life-altering decision. They have been with me, well, since before they were born. It will definitely take some getting used to. I guess there comes a time in life when boys just need to be with their dads. Jim is a great father and they like the woman who lives with him a lot. They'll even be taking their pets (Cali the calico cat and Bryce' the 1/2 springer spaniel 1/2 border collie dog). Add them to the cockatiel (Speck) they already have in MN and they'll have a perfect mini managerie. So I will be going from live-in boyfriend and 2 children to rattling around this house all by myself at the end of this school year. The idea is still surreal at the moment. It won't sink in until it all takes place. I have never had a time in my adult life where I lived totally alone and had only myself to take care of. This will be a very interesting time in my life. I will try to keep posting now to get used to the idea so that the kids can check on me whenever they want while living in MN. I'll have to add some pictures and such of how life is going.

Currently, I belong nowhere and do nothing but tend to people. Like I said, life-altering events taking place here. I did begin going to St. Mary's Episcopal church again. It is the church where me and both of my boys were baptized, back when I was married to Jim and my life was as close to normal as it has ever been. Last Sunday was my first Sunday back. They only meet at 5pm on Sundays. It is a very small church and the priest comes down from Trinity Episcopal in Pine Bluff to do the service. Check out www.trinitychurchpb.org.