Lately, I have been over-stressed, moody and very irritable. The tension in my house is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Okay, so this has really been bugging me for about a week now.

Last week mil was mad at Dh and I because she thought that we were going to take an expensive trip before repaying some money that Dh had borrowed from her. She called me and lectured me as if I was ten years old, told me how dissapionted she was, demanded to be paid before we dared go anywhere then hung up on me. She completely took me by surprise and never gave me a chance to say a thing.

Hi ladies,

I am just curious as to what you think about this. My dh has split physical custody with the bm. We do not pay child support but we do pay for all of the skids needs, clothing, medical, etc... I am not sure what is in their divorce decree but this is how it has been since I have known dh.

Just a quick vent. Why is it when my bd does something it is her signature move and when sd does the same thing it is clever??? Okay here goes. Yesterday bd was home alone for a bit and used the coffee grinder to powder sugar. Bd learned this trick from sd. When it first happened and I was grumpy about it dh says "oh, that's clever." So when dh comes home and there is sugar in the grinder he asks my bd about it and she admits that she did it.

Do you ever do something that you would not usually do and then wonder what the f*ck you were thinking? I just have to get this off of my chest because I just think I am loosing it. This past weekend was our weekend with the skids. Since I am the one that is off, I deal with everyone. Which usually is no big deal and I really don't mind.

My Dh jumps through them regularly. I am really annoyed this morning. My Dh jumps through hoop after hoop to please his bd and ex wife. It just burns my ass. I am sick of saying anything because when I do I feel that he does not hear me at all and I end up feeling like my feelings don't matter, only bd's and ex's do. And anyway he just comes up with justification for his actions.

My ss said the rudest thing to me tonight. I was in the kithchen looking at a magazine with sd when sd made a comment about an actress not being very pretty. I said I don't think she is ugly, she just looks average there. So my ss pipes up and says "oh like you?" How rude. Do 8 year olds really come up with that sort of thing? I didn't say anything to him but I felt that for whatever reason he was trying to make a real effort to get to me. He has never done anything like that before. In fact, I thought we were buddies.

I haven't posted a blog lately. I just usually lurk and comment here and there. But I have a situation that has just floored me.
As I have posted in the past, my sd can be well...a challenge. I have taken a different approach with her. I just do not do the things I used to and have pretty much detached completly and let her dad deal with her. This has made my life much easier.

I don't know if I can survive my sd for the next five years. Because of her, I feel like I am losing (LOST) any connection that I may have had with Dh and my relationship is becoming extremely strained. It seems like there is always some issue with the princess. You know what is so sad? If only once her father could see her for the manipulative little liar that she is, or at least even admit that she just might be lying just once, without always accusing me of persecuting his little princess, I would not feel so aggravated.

i feel so defeated. i am frustrated because i just don't feel like i can communicate with dh. i feel like anything i say puts him on the defensive. i am frustrated because sd just gets away with everything and works and manipulates her father like a puppet. dh just seems to condone all of it. when i express any concern about her behavior i am not heard.

Today is s funny day. Just to give you a little background to see where this is going, and I promise I will try to be brief. I was missing a shirt. On occasion, my clothes have walked away. And, lo and behold, I have seen them show up on my step daughter and sometimes even on her mom. I am sure that bm does not realize they are mine, so that is a non-issue. However, where I am going with this is that we have three girls in the house that all wear roughly the same size. I can easily see how things can get into someone else's closet by mistake if someone is putting things away. But am I nuts to expect that if you discover something in your closet that is not yours that you might just try to find it's real owner instead of just claiming it as your own?

Hello everyone! Boy have things been crazy around here. My mom had her surgery on the 14th and thankfully, she is doing well. We have had such great support from the family. I will miss every one when they are gone.

Well, today was the day that we went get the results of the mri and find out more regarding her surgery. She will be having a lumpectomy. Doctor gave her a choice. The worrysome thing is that the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes next to the aorta. I didn't even know that there were lymph nodes there. What that means is that she will have to have chemo. She seemed to be relieved that she would still have her breast, but I don't think she realizes that the doctor was very concerned about the cancer in her chest and he basically said it would not matter if they did a mastectomy or a lumpectomy because she would have to have radiation and chemo anyway. Unfortunately, it is an aggressive cancer. The positive thing is that the radiation treatments combined with the chemo should get it all. I am so concerned for her. Thank God, some of her family came up to stay with her and give her support. My aunt is going to stay with her for a while. Now we have to wait for the surgery coordinator to call us with a date. More waiting...Please keep her in prayer.

Why is it that things can be going along okay then something simple happens that makes you feel completely lost and alone?

I was at a client's home on Sunday. Very nice people, however, they have just gone through a divorce and are selling their home. And wouldn't you know it they were a step couple. Anyway, I had met a staging professional at their home to give some suggestions on how to best show their property.

Well, we found out more about my mom. She definately has breast cancer and happily it is very treatable. The doctor wants her to go for an MRI, to get a clearer picture of the affected areas, so they can determine which way they are going to go. She is remaining optomistic, as am I. Thank you all for your support and prayers. It is nice to just get it out somewhere.