You sound amazing ... you really do. Yeah that WAS birthday thing is a catch 22 is'nt it? I have W B-day coming up ... and am still not sure what to do ... so much can change in a month so I am not thinking about it right now..lol.
You and H seems to still talk and share things, I think thats good provided you stay detached and don't get sucked in.... all these things you are doing to the house I am sure H notices and hopefully dude will wake up and think "Hmmm she is actually doing well without me ... wtf" and start doing some work on himself.