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Submitted by ESMOD on Tue, 12/12/2017 - 4:02pm

Anyone getting this message when posting? Just wondering if I have somehow landed on the naughty list...lol.

It wasn't a 2 word response (because I can't possibly reply so succinctly) Blum 3

Anyway, just curious if this was specific to my response.. or me.. or whether this is just some random hold.

OT- New Style Fundraising

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Submitted by ESMOD on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 10:48am

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a bit put off by all the "gofundme" fundraisers or requests for other people to pay for stuff.

I have actually contributed to a few... but I kind of resent the fact that this kind of think seems to be pretty one way with little "thanks" from the recipient.

Like.. the guy that we donated to that was injured at his own engine repair business and was going to be out of work for a while. We donated a sizable amount.. never a thank you from him.

Eye-roll moment

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Submitted by ESMOD on Tue, 10/03/2017 - 9:53am

It's funny, I just had an "eye-roll" moment with my DH last night.

As most know, I have 2 SD's one 19 and the other 22. I came into their lives a couple years after their parents split when they were 5 and 9. They have always been very different kids.

The exhausting morning for a mom of 4.

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Submitted by ESMOD on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 8:13am

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/mother-4-shares-exhausting-reality-she-does-9-...

So, has anyone read the "exhausting" morning routine of a mother of 4? Her kids are 12, 11, 7 and 3. She is exhausted from waking them up... making all the beds... getting them dressed..feeding them breakfast.. driving to school and then going back to bring forgotten things and then getting her younger kids on the bus.

OT. Update on DH's surgery

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Submitted by ESMOD on Fri, 08/18/2017 - 12:58pm

My DH had his surgery on Tuesday. The doctor said it went very well. He only had to stay in the hospital one night. Which while short, we hope will reduce the chance of an infection.

So, he has now been home 2 nights and he said he is feeling remarkably good. His pain level is at about a 1 and only got about as high as a 4 when he was in the hospital and that mainly had to do with having stuff attached to him like a catheter, drain tube and IV ports in his hands.

Ask Amy and stepdaughter issues.

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Submitted by ESMOD on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 3:48pm

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/06/ask-amy-my-daughter-in-law-hates-m...

I just saw this column and noticed one thing that got glossed over. One of the step daughters was having a "hard time" with her father remarrying 6 years after her mother passed away and had to step out of the ceremony because of it.

Apparently new wife is not not encouraging dad to spend much time with his daughters.

How would we measure up as stepkids...honestly?

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Submitted by ESMOD on Fri, 06/09/2017 - 8:36am

I have come to a realization. I was one of those horrid little stepkids. But my family was intact. My brother was one too.

Here are just a few of my more stellar stepkidesque antics.

Used to fake sick to avoid going to school as a middle schooler. (horrid private school filled with cliquey girls)

Told my parents I was sleeping at a friends house.. we were out partying.

Didn't tell them I was dating a 24 yo at 16.

Fought with my dad (screaming) because I wanted to watch the Dukes of Hazzard.

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