Points to ponder...

[wishing, hoping]

Yay kid's are back. S is thrilled to be back. He is literally bouncing with happiness!! If course his birthday is in two days so he is excited about that! Lol! He talked me into getting him a new iPod. I caved. I told him that was his birthday and Easter presents. I found a refurbished one at the online apple store and I saved a boatload. That is the only reason I relented.

D has clung to me all night poor little dolly. She stunk of smoke and she said daddy was burning sticks in the firepit. So I let her soak in the tub with some of the new "spa body wash" I bought. She's such a diva. She just makes me laugh.

I got D a new dress. I won't have her on Easter Sunday so I will let her wear it next Sunday. I had two $10 coupons for Kohls and the dress was marked down to $21 so I paid $1.56 for it after tax. Can't beat that deal! I found a hair bow at another store that matches it exactly. We just have to find shoes now.

Landlord called and told me the utility bill is over $360. Highest bill ever. So I guess I need to figure out WTF is going on. I have a programmable furnace but perhaps something isn't programed correctly. I'll have him take a look at it.

In other news H has brought the dining room table and hutch that used to be in his mom's house. It looks nice and I told him so. Only thing is (and I have too much class to say this to H) it stinks. Literally. S was telling me about them moving it and S told me now the house smells like a bowling alley! Lol! See MIL smokes. Like a chimney. Pall mall non filtered. That table and hutch has been sitting in that house with her smoking like a chimney for over 25 years. Not to mention the 6 cats that used to urinate all over the house. I'm sure some of that got soaked up in that wood too. I shudder just thinking about it. I could smell it as soon as I walked in the house. Yep...smells just like MIL's house. Yuk! H wanted it because he thinks it's antique. I think he told me some story about how his grandfather brought it over on some Viking ship from Sweden. My SIL said her grandmother bought it at a department store in the 1960s. Ha! It's worth getting the divorce only to think I never have to smell that God awful smell ever again!!!

In the good news department the kids spent little time with OW this weekend and spent lots of time with just dad. They went there Friday night to get the table and came back Saturday since S had a "date" with his GF to see a late night showing of Captain America. H bought S some new socks (since S didn't have any) and a new ceiling fan for his room. At least they got time in their own house with their dad and no OW with brats in tow.

H also said since I paid the 50% deposit for S's party he would pay the rest when the party was over. I think I maybe should have gotten it in writing. Lol. He also packed up S's bike in the back of my car and didn't forget anything of the kid's. Will wonders ever cease? Makes me wonder what he is up to?

As far as the Friday deal I told D she must never ever run away. And she must never strike her brother. I gave her the speech about strangers who hurt little girls and boys and take them away. She said she understands, but I don't know for sure. I'm not letting H off the hook that easily. I'm not letting this drop.

And finally I found someone for S to talk to. Since he didn't want to see a new therapist, I talked to his Sunday School teacher at church. She wanted to talk to him and so I gave her a brief history. I asked S if he was okay with talking to her and he said yes. When he got home I asked him how it went and he said it went great and he really liked talking to her. So this will work for the interim at least. I asked her if she had any thoughts about someone who could talk to D if she needed it and she said she would think about it and let me know.

WH