Who's Who

Older Son - CJ (24 years old, lives with his girlfriend, Amy, in an apartment close to me)

Younger Son - TJ (18 years old, lives at home with me, attends local college, works at Video Store)

The Dog - Baby (a four year old Lab mix)

Sister 1 - (18 months older than me, divorced with two grown children and three and a half grandchildren, lives 3 1/2 hours away)

Sister 2 - (5 years younger than me, re-married with one grown son from her first marriage and one grandchild. I have no relationship with this sister, lives locally )

Sister 3 - (10 years younger than me, married with no children but two dogs and one cat, lives locally but is hoping to move to LA soon to pursue her career as a script assistant)

The Real Life Blogger Buddies - L1 & L2:

L1 - (Single mom with three kids)

L2 - (Recently relocated into my area, re-married with one child from her first marriage and an adopted daughter with her current husband)

The Men who have come and gone:

My ex - (Not a bad person, just not a very good father. CJ refuses to have a relationship with him and TJ is unhappy that his father doesn't participate in his life. We were married for 13 years and have been divorced even longer)

The Boy Toy Asshole - (Worst relationship of my life. TBTA is 19 years younger than me. At the end of an almost six year relationship he started boning a chick at work. The end was not pretty)

The Dutch Boy (Rob) - (12 years younger than me, lives in The Netherlands. This relationship was great fun and brought me quite a bit of growth. We are still good friends)

The Musician Dude - (Should have known better than to try to have a relationship with a Musician, can you say egotisitical? This bad boy got under my skin and my defenses)

The Master - (5th Degree Black Belt Master, the nice guy you've heard tell of, an atypical man in almost every way. Drinking and dysfunction ended this one)