I thought I would start out with a bit of background so everyone could know who I am and where I come from. I am 33 and a biological mother to two girls. They are 7 and almost 11.

My older daugther (11) has a few medical issues (non life threatening). She has had surgery on her eyes, ears and stomach. She is tiny for her age and just a bit underweight. She is a joy to be around. She has an amazing curiosity and views the world in innocent eyes. She loves to sing and has a pretty voice. And she is absolutely beautiful.

My younger daughter (7) is very goal driven. She is intelligent and likes to show it. She does amazing in school and is eager to please her teachers. She is a tad on the smaller size. She loves to dance and is getting pretty good. She is respectful and beautiful and loves everyone.

I was married to their father for 8 years. I have been divorced for 3. Our divorce was quick and simple. I have custody of the children and we live about 1.5 hours apart. He chooses not to pick them up or contact them in any way. He wasn't an involved parent before the divorce, so it hasn't affected the girls in a negative way.

I met my SO just before the divorce. My divorce had nothing to do with him, it was just a coincidence. He has 3 kids. All 3 were living with him at the time. They were, girl 16, boy 14 and girl 9 at the time. The two oldest were from his first wife and the youngest from his second. He was married and living with his second wife. We were just friends.

A year later his marriage (bad for about 4 years) is coming to an end. His wife hated his kids and spoiled her daughter. (The wife's two kids from a previous marriage had been taken by their father and all her rights removed.) The divorce took an entire year for her to agree to everything. She constantly begged him to come back and try again. She even had the daughter do it too. During the divorce, his son moved to his mom's house (for ROTC because our highschool didn't have it)and the daughter moved in with her boyfriend. She was 18 and had graduated (daddy bought her a car). And the youngest moved with her mom 3 hours away (she is only restricted to the state). He moved in with me two weeks before the divorce was final.

Fast forward to today..........

SD 19 still lives with her boyfriend in his mom's garage. She tried college for a while and daddy paid for it but she quit. She has a job because my mom works for a temp agency and she placed her in a job.We pay her car insurance and cell phone. She also owes us $550 for car repairs.

SS 18 will graduate in a month. He asked daddy for $200 for summer camp. He has no job and no career or college in mind. Im not sure where this will go, but SO thinks it will be our couch. Not that he wants that, but that SS will try that.

SD 12 is in 6th grade. Still lives 3 hours away but SO picks her up first, third and fifth weekends and all holidays he is allowed including 6 weeks in the summer. She is a handfull, and there is way to much detail for this blog. I will have to start one just for her.

DD almost 11 is in 4th grade. She tries hard and makes good grades. She is with me full time

DD 7 is in first grade. She is an A student. She is with me full time.

All 3 younger girls share a room at our house.

SO pays child support to both ex wives. One will end in May upon graduation.

I know this is long and I hope it sums it all up. I left out all the crazy stuff. I didn't want to scare anyone off. LMAO