So - just a little update.

I recently had to get a new cell phone...and due to bear saliva in the phone, they could not transfer my numbers...All this to say - if you read this and your number was in my phone, give me a call.

We finally found a house to rent. It seems to be pretty nice...but lately I have been a little off on my estimation of what "nice" is. It is not an apartment. That's definitely a good thing. We thought that we would be safer just moving into a gated complex when we first moved here since we didn't know what areas of town were the preferred areas...Hah! The gates only keep people trapped in the complex - they don't keep people out...unless you honestly live there. Then they are a pain in the hunkus. I am going to have to get used to cleaning a big space again...But it does have a back yard. It's almost a whole acre...and they told us that deer occassionally come into the back yard, too. Can you tell that that excites me? It has a wooden playset - which excited my little boy greatly. (I could tell by the way he started shouting "slide!" and clapping his hands when he saw it...) And...everybody has a their own bedroom with one still left over. Nice. And we are not buying - though we might have the option later on - so, if we hate the area and the house, we ain't stuck with it. The town that we are moving to is small...and the mountains of North Georgia are in view.

We have found a church that we like. That's a first for me in the last ten years of my life. So far, I have greatly appreciated the absence of the "doctrines of men." The people are genuinely friendly. And there are no sermons on "tithe"..."church membership"..."love"..."happiness" or anyother "feel good" topic under the sun that some preachers like to build a sermon about from bits and pieces of verses in whatever translation best fits what they feel should be said. The Word of God is read. And then it is accepted. No choosing which verses are more important...No more thinking that God changed His mind after He gave a commandment. No more thinking..."Where did it say that in the Bible? Was that the Bible or Paradise Lost? Oh, well, just got to take it on faith."

The kids are doing GREAT!! My little boy has developed a love for pickles and chocolate ice cream. Sooooo goooood!!!!! My little princess is eating her veggies and fruits, rolling over, and doing her best to start crawling. I can't believe how fast they grow up. I had a wonderful dream last night that Princess and I took a girl's weekend to Charleston for shopping and the beach. It was so much fun...and she was such a grown-up, beautiful young lady. It made me a little sad to think of her growing up, but it also showed me that time will only bring more good things for me and my little brood.

And then there is pessimistic little me...just wondering when the bad stuff will happen...I'm probably going to find out that the house is haunted, one of us will get sick on the moving weekend, and the church that we are going to will suddenly get a case of pretentious-holier-than-thou-itis. But, you know what? I am just going to wait until it happens. Nothing like that ever really takes me by surprise. Right now, I am just going to be happy - despite that thought that alot of people that I care about are about 4 hours away...At least they are only 4 hours away. God has blessed me ALOT. And I just want to enjoy His blessings.