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I dread when it's our weekend with the skids...

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I'm not not used to having kids around so when the skids are around I'm stressed to no end! They leave their crap out...they want sleep overs every night although they won't have sleep overs at their BM's house or sleep over at their friend's houses... I always feel like I have to look after not only the skids but their friends too. I'm already a baby-sitter for the skids...why do I have to be a friggin baby-sitter for their friends too???

Do you really miss the skids when they are away?

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I'll be honest...somtimes I do miss them but a lot of times I don't. Especially when they leave their crap all over the house. I often can't wait till they come back home to just tell them to pick their crap up. What REALLY pisses me off is when SS10 throws his clean clothes in his dirty laundry basket because he doesn't want to put his clean clothes away. I found his clean clothes in the wash the other day and told him if I EVER found that again that he would be washing his own clothes like his sister (13) is now!

Absence does make the heart grow fonder...

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FH has been gone on a 'boy's trip' for the past three days and I miss him terribly! Even though I said I wouldn't shed a tear while he was gone...I did. Only the first night though! I just miss him so much! We have our differences and arguements but when it comes down to it, he's my soulmate and I absolutely know we belong together!

What do you do when a child whines?

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SS10 whines all the time! He knows the drill after school...homework is done right away! Although every day he comes home and whines about doing homework and needing to get his assignment notebook out of his bookbag so I can check it. He whines any time he is asked to do something around the house, such as take the garbage out...let his dog out and in...vacuum his room...pick up after himself, etc.

FH is on my NERVES for the past week!

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I admit that I'm unemployed, but I'm taking care of my car payment, insurance, the household electric and gas and partial grocery bill for myself and him AND HIS two BRATS...plus I make all their breakfast, lunches and dinners....and do all their laundry and clean the house but apparently that's not enough for FH. I took down half the XMAS (and I say X-mas for a reason...I HATE the holidays and hated it even more this year) decorations....in the house today and I was happy with half because FH decorates like the griswald's....

FH's daughter got in trouble 2 weeks ago...

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She got caught lying...and lying is a "lame term" for what she got caught doing... Basically she was caught doing exactally what I thought she was doing on for months... So, she's been grounded from the phone, internet, friends since then... FH came home 2day and said the skids are coming home in the morn so they can hang out with their friends...including his daughter. I told him though that his daughter is STILL grounded and I'm NOT letting a friend come over! I don't feel comfortable with it and I DON'T trust her right now.

My bro and I HATE Xmas!

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My brother and I were trucked around to AT LEAST 4 different places on a Christmas...now we HATE Christmas! We both have come to HATE Christmas and we even talked about not celebrating next year and I made the mistake of telling our mom and she told her mom and I got the "guilt call" today from my gram about it... I'm SOOO grinding my teeth right now! My bro and I are going to Mexico next year for Xmas...just so we don't have deal with the bullshit that we have to deal with every year... WE DESERVE A CHRISTMAS THAT WE ENJOY!!!!

Christmas time and skids are ungratefully!

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So, skids made out on Christmas! They received at least 9 gifts each from my mom and step-dad...BF received more gifts than I did from my own family...skids got EVEN more from my grandparents! The skids also recieved money from my Dad which I am "stealing" because the brats won't even know if it's gone....it's going. In their savings account!

Should I send an email to SS10 teacher or is it not my place?

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I have an email waiting in my drafts to SS10's teacher about an Internet grading system where parents can log on and check on their kid's grades... FH and I don't know the website address nor a sign-on or password right now because it wasn't sent to us from BM. So, I want to gain some control and keep a track on SS's progress, since he has a learning disinility, plus I want to see how he did on his homework that I did with him and tests that I helped him study for. My question is though, should I send the email even though I am technically not his "step-mom" yet?

I left skids a little "to do" list on the bathroom mirror with a post-it to try to teach them some kind of responsibility!

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Does anyone else leave notes for the skids at night? I'm trying something different...so I left a note on a heart shaped post-it stuck on their bathroom mirror that said "Jane & Jack, please make sure that you pick everything up in your room and bathroom...also make sure you have everything packed up that you want to take to your mom's by the front door in the morning."

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