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I'm sure this topic has been brought up before, but HELP, Video Games

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Submitted by Ninji on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 9:25am

SO and I have always had the rule that the kids had to earn video game time. That meant 20 minutes reading or doing 4-5 workbook pages to earn 1hr of time.

While it showed them that they had to work for what they wanted, it was getting out of control. Every time one of them would walk out of the back bedrooms, the wanted to ask about earning video game time, how long the other had left, if they could get on SO's Ipad or tablet (even though they both had computers, WII, Xbox and DS's in their rooms).

Bored at work...So

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Submitted by Ninji on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 1:48pm

Some of our conversations this weekend

SD: I think I'm getting a pimple
ME: Do you wash your face
SD: No

SS: I'm gonna be a cop when I grow up
SD: I'm not going to work. I'm going to get a husband.

SS: I have that game at BM's house
Me: I don't care
SS gives me a dirty look

ME: Sweep your bathroom floor so I can clean around the toilet with bleach. It stinks in there
2 hrs later
ME: SD I told you to sweep your bathroom
SO: I stopped her to run to the store with me

Had something else that I wanted to write about today, but then this happened.

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Submitted by Ninji on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 7:16am

Background: In Aug we went on a family vacation to the FL Keys. When we got back, I put the remaining body wash that we brought with us in the Skids bathroom. It was a little less than half full.

In Oct/Nov sometime, I mentioned to SO that the body wash in the kids bathroom still had the same amount in it. I told him I wasn't dealing with it and it was on him. Since then, every time he tells the kids to shower, I laugh and tell him that they aren't washing. He hadn't said a word about the body wash not being used.

How long can BM continue a lie

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Submitted by Ninji on Fri, 01/23/2015 - 2:18pm

I pick Skids up from school earlier today because SS8 had an eye dr appt. SS's teacher came down to the office to speak to me. Gave me a Vocabulary test that he will be missing so that he can do it at home. She said he could use his book but he took it to BM's house two weeks ago and they haven't gotten it back.

She then tells me that SS turned in his math homework but that BM had done it for him and she was only going to give him part credit for it.

Fur Babies

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Submitted by Ninji on Thu, 01/22/2015 - 11:06am

I've noticed a lot of folks mentioning their pets.

Let's talk about something we all love. Our animals.

What kind of pet do you have and what is something really cute they do.

I have three dogs and a cat.

The two little dogs are Mini Schnauzers, and our bigger dog is a Sheltie

Just to share

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Submitted by Ninji on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 11:05am

I made this for dinner last night and SO loved it (as did I). I substituted the asparagus for roasted broccoli because that's what I had and used cherry tomatoes instead of sun dried.

Ingredients
8 ounces medium shell pasta
1 pound asparagus, trimmed
2 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 cup basil pesto
1/3 cup julienned sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, drained
1/3 cup diced mozzarella cubes
Fried egg, for serving

Horrible start to the day already

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Submitted by Ninji on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 6:48am

SO and I drive to work together every day. Today he decides to be a jerk and I have no idea why.

It's 55 degrees out. To those of you up north, I know that is warm but to me it's chilly in FL. SO decides he wants to drive to work with the window down. For some reason every couple of days he wants to start this argument. I tell him it's too cold and I'm on my way to work. I don't want my hair to be blowing all around.

OT - Not about step anything

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Submitted by Ninji on Tue, 01/20/2015 - 1:18pm

Intact families are not that great either

Background: My mother has worked nights since I was a teenager. It's been about 23 years. She is the type that wakes up right before she has to leave for work and then stays up until all hours of the night. She's an adult whatever. The problem is that I have a very limited time that I can call her because I never know when she's awake during the day and she can't have her phone at work. Even when I was a teen, I would leave notes on the table for her to answer because I never saw her.

Another wonderful family dinner

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Submitted by Ninji on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 6:49am

Yesterday was FIL's birthday. SO and I took FIL and MIL (SO's SM) out to dinner.

Every time I see MIL she does nothing but talk about BM and seems to need to tell me "8 is enough" ALL the time. (Her bio daughter has 4 kids, SO has 2 and BM has 2 from another relationship) Is she trying to tell me not to have children with SO? I don't know.

Anyway, before we left for dinner, SO said he would try to steer any conversation MIL brings up about BM to a different conversation. Ha yeah right

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