The skids are constantly fighting. I'm tired to death of trying to sort out who did what first to cause the other skid to hit, push, punch, punish, the other.
I told them yesterday I cannot watch them 24 hours a day to decide who is doing what wrong. So my new rule: if the kids can't get along, both of them will be sent to their room. No arguing, no complainiing. Its as simple as that.
I told them we'll try this for a while and see how it works out for us.

Well SD15 & I left home around 10am and headed for Indianapolis(about a 9 hour drive). (Just to re-cap Now as you all know from my previous post...SD15, SD12, me, & BM were meeting and going to share a hotel room.) We arrived in Indianapolis @ 8pm. SD15 called BM and said "we'll be @ the hotel in about 10 minutes. Can you come outside so I can put my stuff in your car?" BM "Sure." So we fill the car will gas and head to hotel. We get there and BM was waiting at her car so we could put SD15's stuff in it. Then we head inside.

So Friday was the Christmas party for SD8 and SD10. I am head room mom for SD10's class. I had weeks of preparation for this party. I came up with a craft for the kids to make, a game for them to play, and I also baked 8 dozen cookies on Thursday for both parties because BM was unable to bake anything or even send in a bag of chips, or a 2 liter, or anything.......and she had also told the skids that she would be unable to attend.

Married for 28 years. Husband recently passed away. 2 adult BD and 2 adult SD. Over the years Christmas been stressful,due to the fact that my 2 adult SD give gifts to each other and not to my 2 BD at our Xmas get together. My husband, myself and 2 BD always felt this was not a kind thing to do, but my husband, fearing rejection from his BD would not say anything to them. All gifts from my husband and myself were and are now always approximtely equal in to the kids, their husands and grandchildren.

I think both SS's are going to live with their BM!!Last night I simply asked SS14 to help pick up some laundry that was on the couch that he had thrown on the floor. He wouldn't do it, so I just did it myself, and I told him to take his blanket upstairs because he wasn't sleeping downstairs again tonight and making the living room a mess again, so that I can clean it up. Well he just flipped out... I just told him he had to sleep upstairs like everyone else...

We picked up SD today and had a trying day of driving and then making some Xmas cookies. We (my DH and I) were just laying in bed and BM calls.
SHES MOVING BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN!!!

SS14 MISBEHAVES THEN GETS TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES??
Submitted by TBILL on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 8:56pm.

HI,
Searched this web site out tonight. Love my husband, hate my life. What to do. Had an early holiday with SD & family, her hubby (worthless alcoholic) 3 kids, 4year old, 3 year old & 2 month old.

He discussed (a little) his custody case with Kim Basinger. Remember that phone call he placed to his daughter, calling her a little pig?

He wrote a book about his divorce and discussed PAS. I don't know about you, but I haven't read the book. However, I would like to very much.

I think that Kim Basinger is one of the best-looking women to ever walk this planet; however, I do think she tried to PAS Ireland against her dad. Supposedly, Alec and Ireland have repaired their relationship and get along great now.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND....SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME OUT HERE, I'M O.K. WITH HEARING THAT I'M
CRAZY OR BEING TOO SENSITIVE....MY 14 YEAR OLD SS COULDN'T HATE ME ANYMORE THAN HE
ALREADY DOES. TO BE HONEST I'M DONE KISSING HIS ASS TRYING TO HAVE HIM LIKE ME!! SO
I'VE BEEN TAKING A BACK SEAT MORE HANDS OFFISH APPROACH. I JUST LISTEN DON'T DO MUCH
TALKING. THE THING THAT IRRITATES ME IS THAT AFTER HE BEHAVES AS A REAL JERK STARING AT
THE WALL DURING A MEAL, NOT ANSWERING ME OR INTERACTING IN ANY WAY WHAT SO EVER, EVEN WITH