1 year

It's been 1 year since the divorce stuff started and my life changed. Who would have thought I'd be on my own, own a townhouse and be making all the decisions by myself. At times I can't believe how much my life has changed and wish I wasn't alone. But then I think back and honestly, I'd been 'alone' for years. I just feel bad because my kids don't have their childhood home anymore or parents that are still together. But then, we both are miserable - so I guess it's a trade off.
Had Thanksgiving at my sons house and he did the cooking. He smoked the turkey this year and it was very good. We had all the usually dishes - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, turnip, cranberry sauce and baked ziti. We all ate too much - but it was a nice day. Sarah brought home her boyfriend Dave for us all to met. Hopefully we didn't scare him off. He is a very nice young man - can't say 'boy' because he's almost 26 and he says he had a good time. I know we all liked him.
Brought a Christmas tree this weekend. Hopefully it will fit into my rotating tree stand - please. If not, I'll have to sell it - the tree stand not the tree. My goal is this week to get it up. It's pre-lit so that should be easy. And there is already nails around my window - so I can put lights outside. Notice some of the people in the development did it this past weekend - but next weekend is the first weekend in December - that's when I'll do it.