No insult taken Jiji. I did just that today. I went for a couple brews, watched a little football and had a good time. I won't stay at home by myself unless I want to. I reckon what you guys are saying is true. The kids have noticed a change in that I do something other than work and come home.
As far as that Bahama trip is concerned, she came to me last December and asked if I cared if she went with her friend. She claims her friend paid for a trip for two and someone backed out. She claims the friend didn't want things to go to waste and asked her. It was a little funky at the time to me but I agreed. I wanted to be the one to take her to this islands so I was in a funk about that. As she gave me that date she was going, I was gettting worried, I'm no psychic and don't have any spies but in my mind, I knew the Iraq war would start the day she left. I told her I didn't want her out of country when a major strike was going on. She then told me how she's a big girl. I just called some buds down that way and asked them to keep a loose eye on her. No spying or anything. Buy her a drink but don't say who you are. Stuff like that. But now, I'm hearing rumors that she paid full price for that trip. That would explain why she couldn't pay her end of the mortgage in December and January. But enough of that. It makes me mad. I do need to get this money thing squared away, this is a huge part of what's going on here.
I alway cook something big on Sunday and a little something extra so I don't have to do it during the week unless it's in a crock pot. I usually freeze the left over and such. I'm not too bad around a stove. My goal is to work until 56. Get the kids out and start my own rib joint. We'll see how it works out.
I didn't mention but I spoke to my MIL and she was telling me other things the W said were baloney. It was good to hear her say this.