A brief update . . . .

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Registered: 03-25-2003
A brief update . . . .
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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 12:43pm
Life is good . . . .

Yesterday, we closed on our new house, got the keys, and took the kids and laid on the carpet in the living room. So nice. :) TT went and grabbed fast food for dinner (I HATE moving - it means not being able to cook because everything is packed and being too busy to cook even if it WASN'T packed!) and we ate dinner in the back yard (which Jojo says "it looks like a park!!!!) Went to Home Depot and picked out paint for every room in the house (the guest/computer room is RED! WHOO HOO!!!!) - and my dad and BIL are painting the entire house in the next few days. TT and I will be cleaning the bathrooms and setting up the closets and cabinets at night, and/or painting. The carpets are being cleaned Friday morning, and we move in Saturday morning. I'm thrilled.

It's been almost 4 years since I moved out of "my" home, got a divorce, and started completely over with nothing but my clothing and "half a kid" (50/50 split custody). I remember crying for months and months over losing my house, over losing my definition of "family", over losing countless friends, over debt that I got stuck with, over feeling like I was competely starting over. It was not a very happy time. I never imagined that barely 4 years later I would be VERY happily remarried to a loving, supportive, man - who adores me and cherishes my son as his own, with ANOTHER beautiful son, two amazing "bonus" kids, with a beautiful new home that is 10x nicer than the home I lost, with more family and friends that I can keep up with. Life is good.

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Wed, 07-28-2004 - 7:49am
I'm so happy for you Mindy and your family That's just terrific! Thank you for giving us all hope in also finding that special person in our life.

Big hugs,

Catherine

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