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I work from home. With the exception of checking on my employees and going to the warehouse I am pretty much home all the time.
I love to clean and cook almost every night. I am a very " homey" type person. I would rather be at home decorating or reading or playing with my dogs than shopping at the mall and being on the go. I've always been that way.
Anyway, Friday i was pretty much home all day.....cleaned the pool, washed the cars, etc.....I went to my therapist at 4 pm
I got the nerve to tell DH that I was unhappy with his lack of parenting now that i have disengaged and put the ball in his court...(where it should have been all along)...has caused me much anxiety and concern for the safety of others in my home...He seemed to listen....and said that he would work harder as he sees my point....wow....
I'm so proud of DH!! We invited my SIL and BIL over for Easter. My SIL brought my MIL and then my SIL's son and family showed up too. So we had 4 children and 9 adults in our house all day yesterday and we had tons of fun. It was so, so nice to have family in the house and everyone got along and noone was trying to be the center of attention or talking trash to me or my DH. One of the SD was supposed to come but she wasn't feeling well so they did not come. I asked my DH later in the day what his other skids were doing for Easter and he said he hadn't even asked them what they had planned!
I love feeding my family and we go big at the holidays. Yesterday for Easter Sunday we made ham, mashed potatoes, salad and a pan of lemon bars (Contessa's recipe). We had an awesome full table and a great time being together.
Of course, today the kids toddled off to their mom's house for two days, and hubby toddled off to work.
I work at home so I am now alone to deal with a savory half-ham and extremely seductive lemon bars calling my name all day .... Gwen, you know you want us, mmmmmmm, aren't we beautiful. LOL!
Our son called Sat afternoon. He sounded great. Very upbeat and energetic. He has received and enjoyed the letters that his mom and I as well as my parents wrote him.
Apparently DIs are very accomplished at getting in peoples faces and yelling. As my son said "Yes dad, they are much better at it than you are.". :?
He has been "drafted" to be in the Basic Training band though he does not seem too happy about that part of his basic experience.
He only had 5mins and he did most of the talking.
Lookin' good so far.
Best regards,
Reminder of the backstory: SD is not my fiance's daughter, but he raised her since she was an infant as "Daddy". Her bio dad has now been involved again for 2 years, but we continue to have SD come over to our house during the week when her younger brother, my SS3 comes (2-3 nights a week).
Our daycare does a cute little birthday party when it's someone's big day. They are supposed to hand out invitations 2 weeks prior, and then she provides the ice cream/decorations and gives a nice present and the other kids give presents, too. It's something the kids all look forward to.
So all of my bios and their spouses/SOs came over for dinner. At first GG just sat quiet in his rocking chair not making conversation when Peg and her hubby were first to arrive.
Apparently the tradition is to be a pain in the butt.
I'm not liking this new format here. Hope I'm putting this in the right place.
Just a quick question... So, you know how sometimes you send your kids to their rooms for a timeout, to be grounded, or whatever? Like sometimes my ds4 acts up and I send him to his room for a time out. Or my dd6 fights with her brother so I send her to her room to cool off. So, what do you do when skid is visiting and they may need time to cool off or need a 'timeout' but they don't have a room at your place? Where do you send them or what do you do?
Easter went ok she wasn't there. When she finalley picked up the kids from FMIL an hour late she saw me there while pulling up and threw her arms up at me and stared me down. This is ridiculous and if we would of been at my house I would have actually done more then just stand by and watch. I can't put up with being treated this way much longer. I know I shouldn't let it get to me but the kids aren't his so I shouldn't even have to deal with it.
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