Some mixed progress with SD14, now resident with us for 3 and a half weeks and making efforts to get back on the rails following recent destructive activities. DH and BM have embarked on an ill planned effort to transfer SD to our local school, DH motivated by the desire to separate her from negative influences and give her a fresh start, BM clearly motivated by the desire to have an excuse to tell her family and friends about why SD has decided to live with her father.

Last night, Loghead and I were standing in the kitchen, talking about our school days. I was fixing myself a glass of juice, and had just loaded the cup with ice. Lazy Boye walks through the kitchen at that moment, just having come inside from playing basketball. He REACHES in my cup and TAKES out some of the ice. :sick: I just look at him in disbelief, and then look at Loghead. Loghead just shrugs his shoulders and keeps talking.

I stop and yell, "Get your hands outta my cup!"

Loghead tells me to relax, "He's your son, it's not like he's full of germs or something."

So it's another SK weekend, this time only with SS8. DH and XW#2 are establishing drop-off plans and then XW says "Is it okay to drop him off at 9PM? There's a church picnic and his older sister will be arriving late because of a field hockey game and she wants to spend time there." WTF? Since when are we making schedules around her other brats? Of course DH doesn't give a shit so he says that's fine. I'm irritated because it seems like we are constantly changing plans to accommodate her stupid packing-everything-into-every-minute ass.

Hi everyone, need some help with something...

I have 2 skids, age 7 and 10 and a 13 year old bio son.

Bio and skid7 get along just fine, she pesters him as a normal 7 year old would at times and he gets annoyed with her, but their relationship is what I would call a typical older brother/much younger sister relationship.

Skid7 doesnt like her sister very much....but knows no different.

I am sick and tired of my bios getting the blame for everything, big and little, that happens around here. The little stuff is almost more annoying than the big stuff, frankly.

SS16 has asked for visitation schedule to be at his discretion. We granted this request in exchange for counseling that he desperately needs. Problem is that he now thinks that this means that he shows up whenever he wants to - meaning if SS14 tells him we are going to do something fun for the weekend (ie - weekend trip, hockey game, camping, etc) then he shows up to go. If we tell him "no" then BM has a fit in front of God and everyone and submits reports to the FOC that we are being unreasonable in visitation and that his dad isn't being a good dad, etc.

I have the most boring avatar EVER. And I am too computer illiterate to find a cool one. How do you all find your avatars?

I have four pics on my desk top and they all stink.

but the manipulative behavior of BM is already beginning. Well, it's been a while since I posted anything but I am so irritated with that psycho that I want to vent.

I feel like I'm posting a ton lately, but hey, that's what StepTalk is for, right?! Sorry to be a blog-hog.

Anyway, my fiance's best friend from childhood is living with a girl who has come to be my friend. I'm going to call them Brandon and Heidi, just to make this easier to explain.

So, I was cleaning and I found an interesting picture....I was dusting one of the framed pictures of DH's daughter. I noticed the back of the frame was bowing out a bit, and when I tried to correct it, I could see that there was another picture behind the framed out in front..I was curious to see what it was of, so I pulled out the picture behind and it was a 8x7 of just BM and the kid together.

hmmmmm....doesn't make me too happy to stumble upon this.