July 2015 - StepTalk - The Network of Care

Ode to Drac0 and....Nutella!

Dearest Drac0...the man I used to not understand. read more Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 08 2015 6:44 PM by Step Talk

Update on my English comprehension capabilities

Yesterday I vented about SO trying to give me feedback on his session and what my role is in this. I gave some serious though to how SO and I are communicating. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 1:11 AM by Step Talk

DH admits his part in producing entitled SD

VD's parents are special kinds of people

They really are. While they were visiting, DH and I dropped the kids off at her house and their grandparents were outside. They approached DH and had a 5-10 min conversation with him. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 6:19 AM by Step Talk

Facebook crap

There have been a recent influx of news reports in my newsfeed about children who have been killed or seriously injured by their mother's boyfriends or husband and sometimes the mother is involved. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 9:12 AM by Step Talk

E. coli update No. 1. Longish.

Some of you might remember E. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 10:05 AM by Step Talk

Good ol' BM

Softheart has been chomping at the bit to come see the new house. We haven't seen her in weeks. She and I get along really well so I am kind of looking forward to her coming. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 9:49 AM by Step Talk

Speaking of just a paycheck and a piece of ass

H's amily owns a couple of timeshares in the mountains. We pay $300 per year to be able to use one of them twice every five years. We had been splitting that cost 50-50. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 12:45 PM by Step Talk

E. coli to SS: Just get a job. Third & Final Installment

Next up: Summer visits. As some of you might recall, E. coli has no court-ordered visitation. All CO says is that visits must be arranged 30 days in advance. In May, before her vacation, E. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 3:04 PM by Step Talk

Disengaging worked great to stem the tide...but...

How do I deal with situations like family vacations, Birthdays and Christmas? I feel like a real jerk excluding my skids whom I have disengaged from when it comes to celebrations and/or holidays. read more Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 9:17 PM by Step Talk

What do you hate about the summer vacation re: Skids ?

I will start. Mine is that I can't bake or cook anything nice because SS will be wanting to gobble it up and if I make something gluten/lactose free for me, he expects something equivalent for him. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 4:32 AM by Step Talk

SS20 has overdosed again...part 2

So SS20 has pulled through his coma. He's still very out of it but last night his kidneys started functioning on their own and they took out his breathing tube. THANK GOD. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 7:36 AM by Step Talk

This is so ridiculous I don't even know what to say.

Honestly it seems like my husband's ex works like clockwork. Everytime things settle down and get quiet she pops up with some ridiculous thing. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 9:36 AM by Step Talk

this kid

SD has been super bratty. Last night we had adult company over and she just kept on jumping in the conversation. I was raised to scat when adults were talking, not this one. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 11:31 AM by Step Talk

Any Port In a Storm

Sigh. This week has been full of (step)family time, most of it really really good. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 12:50 PM by Step Talk

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