December 2014 - StepTalk - The Network of Care

Article from Today - A decent BM

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but I came across this open letter from a BM to SM. I'm pretty lucky with 1 of our 2 BMs, but I'm sure many of you wish you had the BM in the letter! read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2014 5:32 AM by Step Talk

"Bros before Hos"

SS11, does he know what he's saying? He said this, "Bros before hos" as he went down stairs to play on his XBOX. I stopped him dead in his tracks. "Excuse me?!!" "What???" All innocent like. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 2:51 PM by Step Talk

OT - All I Want For Christmas Is A HAZMAT Team.

Well, my fundraiser so far has gotten a very greatly appreciated first donation, and the cleaning is still a helluva work in progress. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 2:59 PM by Step Talk

I wonder if SD14 is freaking out today

After I got onto her computer to do my spot check I opened up her Skype account. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 12:50 PM by Step Talk

Another view point would be nice

So my court order states first half of Christmas break to mom on even years, half to dad. One kid has 2 weeks, one has three. So we go off shortest time. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 9:40 PM by Step Talk

My 'mini-wife' theory

I have a theory about mini wives whether it be SDs or SS--as in my case. I think a lot of times the dads like to feel like they are being fought over. Especially by their kids. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 9:19 PM by Step Talk

Skids are obsessed with stepdad. Driving me insane!

Yes, this is petty I know. I just feel so bad for my dh watching this all unfold. Bm is engaged to a seemingly decent guy. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2014 2:57 AM by Step Talk

Hah! New strategy on the red hair dyed clothes!

Instead of me hanging on to them until I have a chance to bring them to the recycling center -- and having them clutter up my house -- I put them in a bag and sent them in with DH today with instructi read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2014 5:42 AM by Step Talk

Week 9: Stressed Out!!

This past week was a really stressed out week with tons of emotions and a Christmas Party. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 8:53 PM by Step Talk

More dumb stuff my ss14 says

All of a sudden our house smelled like perfume. I thought it had something to do with dd1. But ds10 came downstairs and I asked if they were spraying smelly stuff upstairs. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 5:35 PM by Step Talk

I'm sick of my condescending FIL (and the rest of DH's family)

DH and I went to SD18’s baptismal service, and it went pretty well—for the most part. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 4:25 AM by Step Talk

Universal Skid Mantra - If you can't do it the first time, give up and go back to whatever you were doing!

I know it's not just me because I read stories here like this all the time. This morning: read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 12:54 AM by Step Talk

Saturday School

So Spawn had Saturday school, and she has had her new phone for over a week now and has not contacted DH at all....this morning DH started getting texts from meth head ex about "Oh did Spawn send you read more Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 06 2014 2:39 PM by Step Talk

What the what??

Things have been going really well at home, DH is parenting and the skid is behaving. And then ... read more Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 9:40 AM by Step Talk

Are deleted blog entries still accessible?

That's pretty much what I wanted to know for privacy sake. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 8:07 AM by Step Talk

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