Yet again...been too long...

OK, so I guess I'm averaging a post every 3-4 months, huh...still, even going by that timetable, I'm late for this one LOL!!

OK....so we're all doing really really well. I've met a wonderful man, AJ. We've been together since late August and he's amazing. He makes me so happy and my girls adore him. He's got a 10 yr old son, and the kid is just as great as the guy....we've met his family, he's met my family...and I think his son is going to come with me 7 my clan to the aquarium today, so that'll be really cool. AJ and I have been living together for a little while and he proposed to me as the ball dropped on New Year's Eve. My BIL, FIL, niece & nephew have all met him and like him...I've gotten their blessings on the wedding and both my niece & nephew are going to be in my bridal party.

The only person who could not deal with me moving on with my life is my MIL. I went back to Jersey to visit in October and immediately after I left, she started trashtalking about AJ and about me to my niece, who was upset enough to talk to her dad about it. He called me, filled me in on what was said, and I called my MIL and nailed her for it. She and I haven't really spoken much since then. I un-invited her for Thanksgiving. I did send her pics on the computer of the girls in the sweaters she made them fox Xmas ( I know how much time it takes to make things like that and I wasn't going to be a bitch about it). I just recently got the copy of the coronor's report on Jeff and when I asked my BIL if he wanted a copy, he said my MIL had received it months ago and just never told me. At this point, with the things that have been said, and the thought processes revealed by those comments, I want nothing to do with the woman. I will still make trips up to Jersey, and I will drop the girls off with her, but I am not going to deal with her. She is their grandmother and I will not keep her from them, but I see no need to subject myself to her crap. She is understandably hurting about Jeff, but she seems to think that because I actually DEAL with my pain and don't wallow in it like her, I obviously never cared for him. I've already let her know not to expect an invite to the wedding.

So that is the single cloud on my horizon right now. I decided not to go back to school...I just don't think I'm at a place in my life that I can deal with being a student again. I did find a local shop that will sell my crochet items on consignment, so that's great. R is doing wonderfully in school and, no that we've got the right meds going for her, has had very little disciplinary issues at her school. Now it's just to usual stuff that goes with having a very smart & articulate kid. L just started daycare a few weeks ago, and is loving going to see all her new friends every day. We're working on potty training and everything is going well. I've got 2 dogs now...Nova is a lab/shepard mix and Brin is a Boston terrier...it's really cute. They remind me of those commercials from the 80's with the big dog going "I'm a lucky dog" and the little yippy dog jumping back & forth over big dog's back...watching these two play is just hysterical.

We bought a bigger house to accomodate AJ's son, as well as my niece who plans to attend college here in NC, and we'll be moving in there in a month or two.

And now I have to get R ready for our trip to the aquarium...I have some of my older cousins & their kids down from Long Island, and there is no school for R today, so we're all going out to hang & have some fun!!