Happy New Year! Sounds like you have set some realistic goals for yourself - good stuff!
I stopped letting my H in my house a couple of years ago. It seemed to be giving him the wrong message about my acceptance of his situation and that he could cake eat. Since I've moved I won't even allow him to come to the door. But we're a different couple in a different situation without small children. Still, I think you need to have some boundaries. It seems to me that he thinks he can push his way into your life any time he wants to. Be strong, sweetie.
I'm going to Disneyland in 2 weeks. Attending a convention there. I'm taking my almost 80 year old dad. He took me there 48 years ago and has never been back. It is my first ever memory with him, my mom and my brother (sisters weren't born yet). We visited his grandparents and aunts and uncles who lived there. He had been in the Navy and in port in Long Beach a couple of times too so wanted to go back. I plan to take him there too.
I'm used to taking my kids - this will be a whole new experience for me! I can't wait to share this trip and create new memories with him just as you will with your Ds. I'm a Disney fanatic. I've been dozens of times to the parks in Florida, California and Paris. If you need any advice - I'm a good person to ask.
I will also be meeting up with Karen (from Surviving) and Beth M and hopefully KML and Dust in the Wind, and my longtime California friend who lives in Burbank. So much to do in 10 days!!!
2007 will be a good year for you. The passport thing is a real pain here in Niagara. Will greatly reduce tourism for us. We've had ours for a long time but D can't find hers. Grrrr.... I told her she has to find it before we go to England (2 months) or she can go stand in line and pay for it herself.
Anyway, just stopped to say hi, not to write a volume.
