Glad to see you went ahead and skipped STBXW's party and put together one on your own. That was the right move, IMHO. Regarding the holiday emotional roller coaster, I'm with you- glad to see the holidays over with although we do have Valentine's day coming up.
As far as your STBXW's pettiness, I can relate to that too. Seems my STBXW can't miss any opportunity to find anything to either criticize or complain about. Just yesterday while at work I got about five TMs from her frantically reminding me I needed to give D4 a bath before D4 came back over to her place this Wednesday. I don't know what that was all about- maybe she was trying to impress someone by showing them what a horrible dad I am. The good thing is that all of her pettiness and obnoxious behavior is have less and less an effect on me. Hopefully you are having a similar experience in your sitch.
Have a good week, I'll try to check in later.
M: 41 W: 39 S: 11 S: 10 D: 4 1st contact w/OM: 1/19/09 EA began: 2/14/09 EA discovered: 3/1/09 I file for D 8/25/09 to protect myself _______________________________