thank you all for your condolences. It does mean a lot to me. thanks too for the encouragement on the cat - it's been 2 weeks tomorrow she's been gone. Leaving that in God's hands. I have no control over it anyway. Matt the Crue concert is their farewell tour so I had to go Alice Cooper opened, he's like 70 something and still put on an excellent show - I really had a great time. It was a very long drive to Cinci (I live in East Tennessee) but it was soooo much fun. Really took my mind off anything else. Tonight is pool with the girls. I feel so very blessed to have good friends now and new things to do. Talked to the mortgage guy last night, he's ready to send the paperwork to the underwriters but the exH has to sign the quit claim deed. They sent it to him Monday so hopefully he takes care of that this week. I won't hold my breath. Closing was supposed to be the 12th but I can tell that will be moved back. I'm ok with that, I'm being patient. I am not contacting the ex to see if he's taking care of it - he'll do it when he does it and I'll let the title company hound him for it. He doesn't have too much choice anyway. It's in the divorce decree which he wrote and did not want any of the equity, that's his own choice so I owe him nothing. He could potentially delay this for me but again he's the one that put it in the papers that I had to refi within 90 days, I had it changed to one year and still did it within 90 days (started it anyway) so just have to wait and see what happens with that. I will celebrate when it's over for sure. I plan on buying a new couch and rug for the LR which will change up the house, right now it's pretty much just as it was when he left other than I changed some deco around. A new couch is just what I need for a new vibe!! Going to paint as well now that I will have some extra funds. Looking forward to making this home more mine and wiping away the old memories. I've been doing little things, the other day I fixed the bathroom faucet all by myself. It is empowering to be able to do things like that on your own. Feeling stronger all the time. I'm still seeing someone new and he treats me so nice, really enjoying life in the present. I sold all the old jewelry at the gold place in town, not sure if I said that already. Better to have cash than see a bunch of memories in a box that i'll never wear again. I kept my diamond because it was my grandmothers so that had a different memory to it. All in all, today is a good day and I'm grateful!!
Me - 42 exH - 56 Married 10.5 years Together 17 bomb dropped 1/6/14 signed papers 2/4/14 H moved out 2/22/14 D final 4/4/14 Dropped the rope 5/17/14 2 cats, 2 dogs