Cast

I've been somewhat busy in the past several months and/or years with a number of diversions which you may or may not be familiar with. Lately I have been doing a lot of stuff on Facebook, looking up and hooking up (in an old fashioned sense, mind you) with quite a few people I have not had contact with in a number of years. Naturally, amassing a large number of Facebook friends could mean doing a lot of Facebook posts to bring people up to speed as to what I've been doing over the past several years. With that in mind, I have decided to provide a capsule, of sorts, of the ever-changing cast of family and friends I have surrounded myself with.

The Basics:
I'm old enough to know better. I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. I still have no idea as to whether or not I will ever grow up. While I have some grey hair, it's still pretty much just a touch... and I won't panic when it all goes grey. I have two adorable children of my own, Sarah and Stuart. Sarah is free, white and 21, likes being an artist and has a great group of friends who are just like her. Stuart is as tall as I am or maybe taller by the time you read this. Stuart is and always has been charismatic, is soon to be 15 and loves sports.

Sarah and Stuart live with their mother. I no longer do. As I did not create this blog to speak ill of anyone, that's where I will leave the matter.

My partner-in-crime these days is Carol, or as I refer to her, the lovely Miss Carol. Carol, as I, had been previously married and has four children of her own. James, her eldest, is living with his long-time girlfriend Samantha and their child, Virginia. Virginia will be getting a sister at some point this coming June or July. Jaclyn, Carol's elder daughter is married and living with her husband Juan. We learned this past weekend that Jaclyn is expecting a child in October.

If you are keeping count, I will have 3 step-grandchildren by the end of this year.

Carol's daughter, Mary is six months younger than my Sarah. Mary lives with someone named Kenny and as I did not create this blog to speak ill of anyone, that's where I will leave the matter.

Carol's youngest, Warren, is less than 6 months younger than Stuart and Warren lives with us in a comfortable house in Allen, Texas. This is where I mention the dog, Chico, and the Cat, Morticia-High priestess of the underworld.

The lovely Miss Carol and I both have siblings who are scattered from New Mexico to Ohio. Both of the lovely Miss Carol's parents are living, my mother is still in Ohio and my father has been missed for a number of years.

I work at a Lowe's home improvement store selling flooring to unsuspecting victims... a heck of a change from the days I worked in radio making minimum wage and all the records I could eat. The lovely Miss Carol works as a visiting nurse. We are both Episcopalians, attending St. Peter's in McKinney, Texas and both of us have been on Cursillo (for the benefit of those of my Facebook friends who have also been pilgrims in Cursillo or one of the other renewal programs).

Both of us have had interesting lives and are looking forward to having more interesting times to come. We have had moments, good and bad and will probably have more like them.

And that's really about it.

Ordinary people with ordinary lives with some interesting friends both on and off the internet. Hope to see you around.

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