9/9/9

What a day, it is 9/9/9....I hear it is a lucky day. Certainly has been a fun day. Cleaned this morning, went to work. My poor boss got the flu... I feel sorry for him, but he says he feels better this evening. Went to dinner with my Mike, and beautiful daughter. Had the grand baby for a little while and visited with friends. Beautiful wonderful day, God has blessed me greatly. I am VERY thankful for all He has done.

Grand Baby...

Baby Lily came over to see us Saturday, it was nice. We had a beautiful time.

This week

What a week!! Mike has been working, not home very much. We started out so good. We babysat our little angel on Sunday. Had all the kids here and grilled hamburgers. It was fun, and sweet. Then Monday came, don't we LOVE Mondays (sarcasm)? Busy, at work, at home, with kids, you know how it all goes. We got rid of our home phone and as a courtesy, I let Mikes ex-wife know. Why, why, why? This woman takes a mole hill or maybe even a little tiny spider hole, and makes the Rockies out of it. I mean a total continental divide!!! We do not, absolutely do not, want this woman to have Mikes cell #. Why? Because, she is known to harrass him. I mean in the very first week of our marriage she called him and said she would pay for our divorce. She has, obviously, not loved the idea of us getting married. Mike NEVER would have divorced her, despite her having affairs and being, in general, a mean spirited person. She divorced him. But, he was her standby man, apparantly. She had her cake and was eating it too!!! I have never known ANYONE like her. When Mike was at my house visiting, before we got married, she kept calling and harrassing him. Mike and I decided a long time ago, that if she needed to contact him, she could call our home # or my cell. He usually doesn't even keep his cell on, except when he is away from home, so I can call him in case of emergency, or so WE can talk to each other. His cell phone is not to make him accessible to her or anyone else. She got so pissed that we wouldn't give HER his #. Why? If she calls my cell, or Jenna calls my cell, I will have Mike call them back or I will pass on the mesage. She doesn't think she should have to talk to me. I think, she thinks, she should have total access to him, like THEY are still married. What a complete nut.

I have been nice to her children, and to her. I have been accommodating, really MORE than accommodating. I have tried to be her friend. Mike does not want ANYTHING to do with her. He is tired of her anger, and her nastiness. I don't blame him and I think we are not asking anything unreasonable. What happened between her and Mike is between them. What happens now is between Mike and I. She is NOT his wife, she does NOT have the right to ANYTHING. I do exist, and I am not going away. I am his good wife.

OK done now.

In writing this, I have realized, I have allowed this to hit me and bug me far too long. Never mind. This week has been GREAT Mike and I have had a chance to hang out, and enjoy our family.... We have worked together to further our family, and solidify our marriage. What is wrong with me? Well...

We became grandparents

Well, on Thursday the 30th, we became grandparents. Amazing, how God works things like that out. We, Mike & I get to be grandparents together, how fun will that be? Hopefully a lot of fun. She is a beautiful wonderful baby. I am excited to be able to be a part of her growing up. Lord help me to be a good example of Your Love in her life.

Back to it

We have been taking a little break from the remodel, but today I get back to it. Mike is away for a couple of days, so I get to put the hardware on. I have about 6 more drawers to finish painting. I have all the cupboards marked for the hardware, so that is done. We have found out we need to poly the cupboards, to keep the paint from getting dirty. Mike got finger prints on some the other day, and it smudged. We saw a show on HGtv and they poly'd the painted cupboards, so we are giving it a shot. We decided to hang the doors then protect them. We need the room for the next part of our project. So off to the local hardware store today.

This is the kitchen now. We have been doing a lot. We got married Oct 23, 2007. Bought the house April 1, 2009. This is his 3rd marriage, my 2nd. I was married for 23 years years to the same person. He was married 9 to his first wife and 15 to his 2nd wife. Now the story is about us. Me and him. We have children, step children 1/2 children and adopted children. We have dogs and a cat. We have all my stuff from, my 1st marriage, and now we are merging it all together. His, mine, and ours. This story will be the story of our love nest. Of the love God gave us for each other. We believe, we were created for each other. There should have been no one else, but there was. And out of those others there came them, the children. Personally I love my children and other peoples children, but I've gotten to be tired. Tired of dealing with the Bull S**** that comes with the children. So, for now, we'll be nice, feed them, love them, kiss them, put them to bed and continue to support them, but we both can't wait until they are moved out.

No we don't care about the grandchildren. I know EVERYONE thinks it is great to have grandchildren, but I'm ready to be childless. I'm ready to build my life around just us. Probably not the right attitude, but it is mine. You don't have to agree, because it is my attitude, and I'm ok with that.

Sunday 12-Jul-09

This was my kitchen 4 months ago. Mike and I bought our house April 1, 2009 (our April fools joke to ourselves). We have been tearing it apart for 3 months now. This is the story of Mike and Michele. It will be about our remodel, it will be about our garden, our love, our lives, it will be about us growing.

I want to be self sustaining, but I don't know if that will happen. We are working on it. We are basically starting over, he is 51 I'm 47 so it seems to be harder to start over, but what the heck? Might as well. We were not doing anything else anyway, right?