Back to work

It was back to work for me today and MAN it was tough. I was off for 11 days straight. Getting up when that alarm went off was very difficult. On top of that, I knew I had to weigh in for our contest at work and with the way I've eaten junk over the holiday....... Much to my surprise, I LOST 1/2 lb. Not much, but better than gaining. A minor miracle, I'd say.

I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with the daughter of "THE" barracuda of divorce attorneys, and she's also supposed to be really good. I need to go dig out some of my paperwork but it should be together, for the most part, so not too difficult.

It's RELLY cold and I would love to be snuggled up with someone in front of the fireplace. But no such luck. Oh well....

Happy 2008

Happy New Year! I hope that 2008 will be a great year for everyone. I spent the evening with my wonderful group of friends, and toasted in the new year with a glass of sparkling cider. In a few hours I am hosting most of them for brunch - coffee cake, a new quiche recipe, and mimosas. So I need to go vacuum and start cooking. But first I want to put down in print my New Year's Resolutions for 2008. Here goes:

1. Clean out one drawer, cupboard, or shelf each week.
2. Have at least 1 bag ready for pickup by the Veterans each month.
3. Go to the gym at least 3 times each week.
4. Get back to eating healthy - the holidays are over!
5. Get my finances in better order - record everything in my checkbook more frequently.
6. Go to bed a little earlier and read at least 15 minutes each night.
7. Resume having Monday night as "sewing night".

That's it for now. Do-able I'd say.

Happy 2008!

More Men Stuff!

I learned something terribly upsetting today and I am TOTALLY ticked off about it. I had lunch today with my oldest son, who was about to return home to NYC, plus my daughter and her husband, and my ex-husband. All was going well until the ex mentioned re-financing his house, and threw in a comment about how he had paid off the mortgage last year. Knowing that he had lost his job last year, I asked how he had done that - assuming he had gotten a severance package when that job ended. WRONG! At that time, he apparently took ALL of the money out of his pension and used IT to pay off the mortgage (and who knows what else). Big problem with that is this - a portion of that money was MINE according to Federal and State laws governing such things. Because I didn't work for so many years, while my kids were young, I don't have much pension of my own and I was counting on having that to help me retire some day. This is not only immoral, it is illegal for him to have done this - and his current wife is an attorney and should know that. I've let a lot of things slide over the past 8 years but this is different. So I will be hiring an attorney as soon as possible - within the next few days. I have a feeling this could get ugly. The really bad part is that this came out in front of my kids, and that's not right. I'm not ranting on here nearly as much as I have been doing on the phone since this all came out - but that's because this is all out there for public viewing. Trust me, I've been saying some really ugly things about a certain person!