Moving On to the Restructuring Phase

As I am making changes physically to the house, I believe it's also time to make changes mentally and away from spousal ennuie - which should not define me any longer - I need to move it along to something else. A new adventure and conversation on what it's like to start over again. Me and the millions of other bloggers who are doing the same thing for whatever reason.

So no doubt XSU will continue to play a hapless role in the writings of Marie, but they won't be structuring the what and the how. It's up to me now.

So I am ennuied no longer and am restructuring my life and ergo.... I have decided to move along and start to do a whole lotta restructuring
a how to guide or not, for the next phase of my life. Feel free to join in and read along and see what's going on as I move through to the next exciting page of the book of my life. I thank you for reading and hope you will continue along with me.

Wordless Part 2

yes... check here to see how I am starting to do some  Restructuring   for myself and for my surroundings.  More on this soon.  Yeah me Blondie I figured it out!  wink wink baby!

Wordless Wednesday

A short note from the road.

A short note from the road. Norway is a beautiful country. I had planned on uploading at least a couple of images but the hotel connection I am using in the business centre has blocked the ports I need to upload from my card. So annoying. For now, you'll have to accept my word that fjords, countryside and city are spectacular.

The work goes well too. I have a new appreciation for men dressed in the European style. The cut of the suits look very very good. I don't know what it is but I find it very attractive. Warning - Mrs Robinson comments coming next -

I have been enjoying the young men at the meeting. One in particular - a very gorgeous Danish specimen with a Don Johnson day old kind of beard thing and the most amazing blue eyes has me day dreaming when the speeches and presentations start to wane. Oh my... I could just eat this man up! He's my favourite suited specimen. Today he showed up in - swoon - jeans and a lovely dress shirt which now has me thinking that the suited look was merely an appetizer to the main event. NOTE - drop cougar image in here!

The above paragraph demonstrates my need I believe for um... something a little more substantial in the man department, but I will need to do something about this predilection for men under 35. But as we girls say... "Nothing wrong with looking at the dessert menu. You don't have to pick to enjoy."

On the road.... AGAIN

Well... really in the air.  I'm heading out for my annual international conference, starting again with a meeting in London and then heading to Oslo, Norway.   I had hoped to spend the weekend in Denmark with friends but the travel gods who control schedules are working against me.  Oh well... Denmark, Norway... either works for me.

Rebel Junior and Frenchy the exchange student will be at XSU's place.  I am told by Rebel that he doesn't even have any beds yet.  Should be fun for the girls.  And not my problem.

I have to say I am looking forward to the break.  This single parenting thing is exhausting.  I finally had it one evening and told RJ if she wanted to go out she'd have to get her dad to bring her home.  And he did.

Renos are going well.  I am more than half way done.  The before and after pictures will probably go on my new blog, once I get a minute to get that all organized. 

If I don't get a chance to post from Europe I'll be back on the 19th of September.

Back to reality

Back in town. Still on vacation. Two days left. I have lots of pictures. See me on Facebook for the full or most of the story.

I have prepared the tally to share the cost of this one with XSU because it involved the exchange student. He was over here yesterday to pick up RJ's laptop. I think she's overloaded it and it has run out of memory - cuz it's not working at all. Doesn't XSU come into the house - after knocking on the door at least- and come make himself comfortable at the kitchen table. WTF? My lovely red DELL was out and XSU had computer envy. heh heh heh. I believe he was rather surprised. whatEV!

I had signed over a drug plan cheque to him as he had paid for some of Rebel's meds. Well, as I knew, but he wouldn't listen, his bank wouldn't accept the cheque from him because I am no longer "known" to his accounts. "Very inconvenient," he said, "very inconvenient." Again I say whatEV!

The trip was pretty good. The girls enjoyed themselves though I am concerned about RJ's growing selfishness and "all about me" atttitude. I just don't know what the right way is to handle her on this. I am not at all impressed. We had a couple of "moments" that had me wanting a scotch or seven. I will mention them to the father and see if can have some kind of chat with her, but he too has his shelfish moments and I am not sure he'll be much help. However it must be duly noted.

I am back into the basement to get a bunch of stuff moved as I am having insulation sprayed into the "headers" tomorrow R24 here we come.

Road Trip

Meez didn't have a Niagara Falls image so road trip is as good as it will get. Taking Rebel Junior and her exchange student, already nicknamed "Frenchy" by RJ's friends, to the Falls. She wants to see the Falls by night and through the Maid of the Mist of course. I expect to be back on the weekend.
I don't post my whereabouts on Facebook - too easy to be a target there so if you read here you'll know where I am. I am taking the laptop with because teenage girls can't survive on texting alone apparently. If I am lucky I may even get access to it while we are away.

Renos going well. I am now the proud owner of lots of studs (-; and sheetrock.

Gotta love it all

Stay tuned. This blogger has been just a tad occupied with things around the home front.
I'll be back shortly with a little of this and a little of that.

The XSU moved out over three weeks ago - he has no phone and no computer so the girls can't reach him and he has to find a way to talk to them. Apparently he's been hitting up phone booths.
"It's very frustrating not having a phone and the phone company has not been good about the service" he says. And I have been having great pleasure in saying "no - he doesn't leave here any more. His phone number? Sorry I don't have that."
The daughter tells him - get a cell phone it would be hooked up in a minute. But he hasn't and probably won't.

Our exchange student has arrived. Her English is very good. We went to the lake today - she has only ever been in the ocean so this was very different for her! A bunch of my friends were there - it was a mother daughter good time. Even the dog came. He can do the dog paddle, but wasn't happy in the water at all.

I went out and bought a whole new living room. New love seat, chair, lamp nesting tables and area rug. Now THAT was fun. I think I will have to create a whole series of before and after photos. Except the before doesn't show the ugly furniture I had that XSU took. I am really gonna be happy with the new stuff. I am so not good on choosing colours and designs so I used the designer at the store where I liked the couches and chairs. She came to the house and gave me some good ideas on how to spruce up the kitchen as well. But that's on hold til EVERything else is done.

I have started getting the main floor ready to paint - my colours - my way. The basement is being demolished. The fecking eejits who did the original rec room put the vapour barrier against the cement wall THEN put in the insulation and then wall board. So I now have to take that all down and start from the studs and work up the insulation and new vapour barrier. Never mind the plastic they used was about as thick as Saran Wrap.

Gotta love the renos.