Hey Rin...

You sound exhausted. And think about it...two weeks ago you were on pins and needles just waiting for the final word. Then an emotional high just anticipating the return home. Then you return home to a mountain of repairs and maintenence that need to be dealt with.

You've just taken a small, very understandable, and very temporary crash. You simply can't sustain that level of emotional intensity for that period of time. This is your mind and body telling you to cool it.

Take a breather, would you, woman? Be still. There is no urgency (okay, yeah, the plumbing is truly urgent, but much of the other stuff can just wait).

You are fine. The boys are fine. Let yourself cry. This is a great release for all of that leftover emotion. Cleansing the soul. Just give yourself a couple of days.

((((rin)))

Hi SIS, then I'm right on task tonight...I haven't done much of anything and I'm cool with that...

Been sitting in the dining room a lot tonight...

I did sleep really good last night in my bed...onlt woke up twice...but today has been sooo long, boy's missed the bus, no water, had to call transportation to find out bus numbers, lawyer stuff, co-worker thing, L being sick and having to pick him up from school, dr. appt., meds pick up, twice I forgot mine, boss thing, too much for one day...

I have to admit that it's starting to look better around here...just put some things where they go...or should I said in the room there go...when I get around to that room, I get around to that room...LOL

I'm still trying to figure out everything that he took from inside the house...so far so good...the way I look at it is we have more than we've had int he past six months...

I haven't been to a meetin since last Tues. night, so I will be there tomorrow at noon...figure the other stuff I have to do can wait...

GOGO's in bed with OS IN THE TOP BUNK!!!! This should be interesting!!! She's really good for the most part...I ahve to get to the store and get her some stuff to chew on...tonight she had shreded a stuff animal, a sock, a football...STILL PUPPY...so I ahve to get her some more chew toys...she only has one left...OS said MOM she's still teething...I had to kind of grin at that one...

YS is still running a high fever but I FINALLY found some fever reducer to give him...he's sleeping on the sofa tonight...

I know that everyone keeps saying that it's just stuff that he took but that was pretty close to burning my books for me...NOT AS BAD AS D-day but it ranks...

:shrugging:

Like I told someone dear...you don't take an artist's paint brushes from them...I'll get over it, just like I have in the past...I can't wait for the day that we are truely D'ed and everything is separate...

Tonight I have been feelinga little fear, even thought the door locks are changed, I'm finding a tool or something here and there and I want to hide it, like I did my books after he burned them...like he'll come in and take the rest of what I have...

THe last thing I did last night was make sure that all the windows were locked...

HUm, I just found a socket sitting by my desk...what good fortune!

Well, I'm off to lay down...oh, the street light will be fixed this Thurs. and the home phone by the 3rd...

Morning...well, this morning was better...YS couldn't go to school so I brought him to the sitter and I called another old friend who use to cut grass...

he said that he doesn't do that anymore, but after explaining the sitch he said that he would, just to give him a few days since it rained the way it did here...

So, that's taken care of too! Hopefully, today we will have running water...things are coming together...

I slept pretty good again...only up twice and I was checking on YS...he seemed better this morning...he wanted to come to work with me but heck I don't want to be here after yesterday...

GOgo slept in the top bunk all night with OS, but he said this morning that she kept him up so that's not going to happen...and I had to write the teacher a note about homework and the sitch so hopefully, I helped him out today...I told him that was not going to happen again and I promised the teacher that I would work with him...

So many balls in the air right now...I have the grocery store on my agenda today, and bring OS to religion, YS will be coming to the store with me since he's sick...

I'm not in a rush for anything to be done right now...just trying to take it slow...what gets done gets done and the rest will have to wait!

WEll, I have a few minutes, so I'm going to get some coffee and see what needs to be done today...

I hope that everyone has a great day and your support is so helpful to me right now...Thank you all for that!!!

hi, i'M SNEAKING ON...MYBoss gave me a skill saw, brand new!!!!

I can do my modeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

HURRAYYYY!!!!

Yay for the new saw!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Sorry about the co-worker problems. This stuff is so consuming, I guess that could be hard for some people to understand.

Tell L to feel better, give him lots of hugs and lovin'!
Everything else can wait a little while. Well, maybe everything but getting some water going in the house -- how's that coming along?

Hang in there, girl. You're one tough cookie. You lasted this long in one bedroom .... all this new stuff is a piece of cake after that!

-AmI.

HI, AMI!!!

We have water tonight...all except my mastertub...problem and he'll be back for that...

He JUST FINSIHED!!! So, we are good to go...

I had to return some stuff at the home improvement store and there was a drill on clearance!!! HURRAY FOR CLEARANCE!!!

12 volt, two batteries, belt clip!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!

THen, OF COURSE, I HAD to HAVE bits to go with it and there was an AWESOME COMBO PACK...105 pieces, hole saw, spade bit, drill bits, phillip and flat bits, flexible shaft attachment...WOW BABY!!! Oh, and I got myself a measuring tape...

All those painting supplies that I didn't need came in handy!!!

So, we are on our way tonight...I will certainly enjoy a hot shower tonight...in MY house...with MY boys...

Shock is over and I'm moving on!!! POWS can kick my ....
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L is feeling better and wanted to go to religion class tonight so I dropped the boys off and went grocery shopping for the few things that we didn't have...it was wonderful shopping without the kids...it was sooo much faster...

Oh, on Thurs, I'll be finishing my bedroom and if my friend and I have time will we finish the bathroom painting...

From there I plan to move into the living room which I already have my drapes for...WHOO HOO!!!

Oh, meeting was canceled at lunch so I took that time to get my plate renew and visited one of my friend when I was at the DMV...

All in all, it was a good day, no co-worker, she'll be abck tomorrow and then teh boss is calling us in her office to talk about it...WHATEVER!!! Personally, it was yesterday and I think that it should be dropped, the past is the past...

So, tomorrow, I will be cooking my first meal back in MY house...

Have I said MY house..Yes, yes, I did... LMAO

Tough cookie...you betcha! Well, I won't be doing much of nothing tonight as far as the house is concerned...I need to relax, enjoy all this space and the freedom to roam...

Great, Rin! I'm so happy for you! Enjoy the hot shower, enjoy your new tools, enjoy cooking your meal, enjoy your boys, and be PROUD of yourself!

Morning!!! I really DID enjoy that shower...POWS changed the head and I'm loving it!!! WOW!

I did a little reading on Expectations last night...

I got into a size 4 this morning...LMAO...must be an irregular...LMAO...I was in a size 12 when I left...most of my clothes are 8's...and they fit good...

Watch out world, hot momma will be dating in the future...

WEll, let me go find my hairdryer and finish getting reday for work and get these boys together...LMAO...Hopefully they will catch the bus here this morning!!!

Rin...first of all...I am so happy you are back in your home. And a woman that handles tools! Be still my beating heart.
If you want to, feel free to email me with a list of what tools you might need. I have a pile of things that I was going to sell in a yard sale....I do a lot of wood working/cabinet making and have so many duplicate tools. I will be happy to ship something out should your needs match any of my duplicates.
Truly though...I hope the lawyers get your stuff back....it would not be uncommon for a judge to enter an order stating that he will need to replace everything he took.
Anyway, congrats again. Welcome home!

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WEll, it's been an extremely busy day...our bookkeeper's out and I'm having to take care of some of her job, then my co-worker apolozied to me this morning saying that she was out of line...

So, we're cool on that...no meeting like I thought...then, my co-worker which is suppose to be my assistant like to have had a melt down and started crying today...so I helped her with her job and got her up to task...b/c I'm off tomorrow...

Brought OS to tutoring and YS is going to be on the local Tv station @6pm, I have to met with OS's tutor about 30 minutes b/f that...so we should be home in time...

I'm helping YS with his homework...tons of it today since he missed school yesterday, but he's quick about it...

I worked on his room at lunch trying to remove POWS...it was the spare bedroom/relaoding room/OS room before we left...

This room's blue and YS wants the room blue, so he's getting the smaller room and OS is getting the bigger one...so, I'm trying to get YS's room in order...it's close to being clean...then it's on to OS room's so I can changed the beds from one room to the other...

I'm not looking forward to OS's room...TONS OF LEGOS!!!CLOTHES for the both of them...major destruction zone...

It's shaping up well...slowly but surely...if I was going to be home this weekend it would be well on it's way but I have a painting class to go to this weekend with my Aunt...

Beautiful flower with a black background...Sunday Spon will be comign over to check on me...

Tomorrow MY BEDROOM will be finished! HURRAY!!!! GO RIN! IT'S ALMOST YOUR B_DAY!!! :happy dancing:

Please feel free to join in!!! LOL

MEDC, shame you live so far away...I love working with wood!! I love fixing things!! I've worked on my car, taken things apart I've never worked on before and fixed it. MOF, I was two under the truck with my dad, chewing on his tools...he said that he would clean one off, get it to me, and then take the one that he needed...

I love getting dirty but I love being in Goddess mode too! LMAO

PM- watch out sweetie, I'm on my way...

Oh, called my Attorney's office today...para mentioned that he was out of the country Monday, but today I found out that he would be back until next Wed...she had to find out what he said first, b/c POWS's attorney was typing up the judgement, so she doesn't know...it's all good...

Para said that he would probably have to return the stuff, I said if not, he can keep it and I can go out and buy the new stuff and we can tack it on to the end...she laughed and said yea!

One way or another...Oh, before I went to work this morning, I got something to cut the weeds that were taller than the fence and the lower branches on the tree in the front...I could barely see down the street to see if the bus was coming...then, YS's bus passed him up, so I had to bring him to school!!! LMAO...We haven't got that bus since we moved back, that's okay I called and left a message witht he transportation department requesting that the driver stop here tomorrow! LMAO

It's amazing how little anxiety I have even when things are going completely wrong, like Sunday and Tuesday...

Well, I have to go pick up OS in a minute...I'll check in later!!

WEll, After tonight's plumbing fix, I have basically all new plumbing...my guy will be back to finish up some other stuff for me...

Got the water bill in today...it's about three months worth of the with the arrears...I wasn't surprised int he least...

WEll, I have really done some stuff tonight...cleaned out some stuff...it's coming together...starting to look up around here and then I have ALL day tomorrow to get some stuff done...

I've got boxes for POWS, boxes for rummage sale, and trash, and more trash...LMAO...

I had the water cooler picked up today...POWS didn't pay that bill either and of course, I was nice enough to give them his cell phone number to collect on it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OH, I have great water pressure now! It's awesome!!! I called the pest control company today and they said that they would work with me...this was the whole reason behind fixing the plumbing, I was endanger of losing my contact...

This was suppose to be fixed last Oct...Home girl is making her way and doing JUST FINE!!!

Confident, strong...you betcha'!

Rin-
You are ON FIRE!!!!

You are in charge, taking care of everything, you have YOUR house back, your dear boys are with you!!!

How wonderful!

AND... On top of that, your co-worker said she was sorry, you have a new dog, who will make your sons happy, your job is going well....

Let me see... you are fixing up your room, the kids rooms......

You are a woman on a mission!

Congratulations on getting the house back, and I am so happy for you and your boys!

Keep on chugging....

Morning! Early Morning! I've been up for a while...I was dreaming about POWS and how decietful he is and I couldn't take it anymore...so I got up...

I wasn't going to do anything but I went to make the kids something to drink and the drink mix was bad so I started throwing stuff away...and boxing...

Figured there was no point in laying there and continuing to dream about him and the sitch, may as well use the time to my advantage...house is quiet and I'm off today anyway...

I can always take a nap after my friend leaves...

Still finding a tool or something useful here and there and I'm all about things having a home...one central location to find them...so I'm grouping everything together as I go and will straighten them out when I get to that part...


Sadmo-THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I noticed that co-worker has been emotional this week, so I wrote it off...figure something COULD be going on with her and her life...I try really hard to be considerate of OP but sometimes I think that's a weakness, b/c I do view things from OP perpective...well, try too! And I think that's a major downfall sometimes for me...

perhaps part of giving myself away...but then I think that I have to know my truth and stick to it...I allow myself to get hurt in this way...guess I have to remember it's about them and not about me...learn how to let it go more...

What can I say I'm a work in progress! Well, I guess I'm going to go sort through some more stuff and see what I can do...the kids will need to get up in a little while anyway...

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Ahhh,,,the sweet success of having water! YIIPPEEE!!

Rin, enjoy your day off. Don't work yourself too hard. Remember, YOU aren't going anywhere & all of the 'stuff' to be done will be there when you get to it. That's a lesson I am still teaching to myself.

Have a GREAT day!

Rin,

I am so happy for you that everything is finally coming together. You have grown into a beautiful and capable woman.... the next man (when the time is right) is going to be lucky to have you.

Dreams of WH's stink.... had a couple myself this week.

Keep up the great work.

Still

Yeah...I was thinking the same thing too! Gotta love a woman that can go from a tool belt to a little black dress!

You sound as though you are getting things in order.

As I said in my email...let me know how you want to handle this...I still think it would be best to give your ex the chance to return things within a week...and I would NOT wait for your lawyer to get back in town...a call to the judge's office is in order...they may turn around and call your H immediately.

MEDC

BTW..the story about you and your dad is priceless. Very cute.

And to expound on this, my mom used to say something similar, only she always added... and those kids won't be little forever!

We're so proud of you Rin.

Hi, Guys, thanks for the back up...today's been good, I got the trash out, cleaned some cabinets, finished the primary color in my room, finished painting the tile in teh abthroom, and two colors of red on two of the small walls in the bathroom...that still needs another coat, but it's coming together...

I swept out part of the garage and put POWS's stuff in there, PASSED the pest control inspection ANDDDDD they came fix my street light today...

I'm going to head out in a minute to a local art shop to get a mirror cut down to a beautiful frame that I found...get mirro, get frame...should be a inexpensive new something beautiful for me!!!

I may depending on how I feel prime the trim in my bedroom before picking up the boys from the sitter...it's been a long day since I got up soooo early...

I have plans tonight to watch a movie I rented last Sunday so I can return them tomorrow..."Conversation with God"...sounds like it going to be intersting...

I plan on gettting some rest before I leave for my painting trip tomorrow...I'll be back Sunday well before the boys come back and I can do some stuff then if I feel up to it!

My guy's coming back to run a GFI plug so I can use the jacuzzi, and he has a few more things to do for me...figure if I can pay someone to do the things that I don't have time to do right now so be it...

THings are really looking up and I'm happy with the way things are going...we are all good...oh, I plan to surprise the boys with a trip to Petco this afternoon with GOGO to get her a good size bone or two so she can stop chewing up our socks or football or basketballs...she use to have her stuff but it's missing or she chewed them to pieces...LMAO

Well, let me get out of here...I can't get that mirror cut down if I don't do it today...

You are all SOOO wonderful! The support that I have gotten since last year is unbelievable...Thank you all!

Well, I had to go to the home improvement store for two more pieces of plumbing for under the sink in the kitchen and I was going to change that out myself but I don't have the right tools to undo the pipe...

I wonder where those vice grips when that my guy found HOLDING the hot and cold water lines in the house!If I find those they may do...

WE didn't bring the dog to Petco with us tonight...it's SPon.'s H's B-day so we stopped at the store and got him some moon pies, twislers, and two balloons...and we went visit with him a little while...Spon. is out of town and will be back tomorrow...

It been a really interesting day AND OMG...THE STREET LIGHT IS SOOOOO BRIGHT!!!!! I'm lite up like Christmas...it's the brightest one on the street!

OS asked me if the street light was out because POWS didn't pay the bill! LMAO...I could have lied BUT I didn't! I told the truth!!LMAO...

Well, let me get these kids straight and in bed so I can relax some...watch this movie and chill out from being SO HOT and getting things done like A TRUE CHARLIE'S ANGEL!!!!

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