Yep, I'm getting a divorce. DH and I separated in November, got back together, and then separated for good Jan 2nd. My decisions. He's an ass and a drunk and a liar. And probably would've gotten out of hand had I stayed.
I just started my new job on Monday. It's going great.
I'm moving into my new place over the next week.
I've lost 40 pounds since November and look smoking hot.
I'm happy and very proud of myself.

It hasn't been easy. And was still very sad. But it was what to happen.

DS is 2 and he's amazing.
His vocabulary is huge and he surprises me everyday.

I'll give a full fledged update soon. I just wanted to run this by everyone to see what they thought.

I'm weaning DS (19.5 months). He's only been nursing for nap and bedtime for a few months. And this week I'm taking the last steps to wean him. So Monday I put him down for his nap w/o nursing. It took well over 2 hours and was very emotional for both of us. When he's pull for my shirt, I'd tell him that we were all done with that. He finally went to sleep. Then Tuesday and today were much easier. He went down in under 30 minutes with no nursing.

I've been lurking lately. We've still got so much going on. And after my mom spanked DS and we moved in w/ my stepdad, I've had less time at a computer. I've been house hunting during the day and trying to be as pleasant as possible at night. And it's hard. Living with your spouse and child is hard enough. Living with extended family is a feat. To those that have done it for long periods of time, I salute you. I'm about to lose it. But we've finally found a house and may make an offer as soon as tomorrow. It's exciting. The thought of actually owning something?? I'm trying not to jinx it.

"I'll vote for whoever. Even Obama. Even though I feel like he'll shove the 'blacks' down our throat. He mentioned it several times tonight. I get tired of it. Us white people have problems, too"

My response, "And what was up with John Edwards talking about poverty. Geesh. I get tired of hearing about all poor the people".

Thought you'd enjoy that. Although my mother didn't find it funny.

DH and I are on the verge of buying our first house EVER. We've been renters up until now, and we are stoked to finally be in a place where we can buy a house. We just can't decided where we'd like to settle down. We've been living with family7 since returning to our hometown over a month ago. We know this area very well, we just cannot make up our mind.

Any words of advice? We're probably going to do a short-term Lease (4-6 months). We just need to establish some payment history on a few things before we can get financed.

My mother tried to instill very little in us that I care to hold on to. The only thing that I have found mildly helpful is my ability to show physically and express verbally my love. We never held back, in my house growing up.

My mother and DH got into a huge screaming match last night after she spanked DS (13 months) in front of us after weeks of us telling her not to.
DH was really calm at first, telling me "Please ask her not to do that" and leaving the room.

Did anyone see The Daily Show last night? And Samantha Bee's piece on adoption? It was frickin' hilarious!! I'm trying to find a clip.

**UPDATE**
Found a video of it. Really funny.

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml

Scroll under the highlights video and play the one that says 'Foreign Adoption' (as if you guys couldn't haven't figured that out).

I need a low impact exercise for a beginner. Just wanting to tone up and maybe lose my front butt. What do you recommend?