Recent content by openbj

Well, I have officially reached the "completely drained, no energy left" part of all the stress and moving lately. Pain is doing pretty well. It flairs up for a couple of hours, then goes away (haven't taken any pain meds since last week :) ), so that's good considering how it usually goes...

Well, the kitchen is done, the living room is done, our bedroom is done, our youngest son's bedroom is done, and the bathroom is done. Just have to finish our oldest son's bedroom and finish washing all the bedding that's been sitting in storage for a while because we didn't have room for it...

We are in our new house!! Got most of our essentials unpacked today, so we're actually in a functioning house lol. On a sadder note, J left for NM for his new job this morning. I cried when he left. He held me for a long time and just reassured me that everything is going to be okay and...

I love this book!! J and I read it years ago and we've always recommended it to our friends. There's also a 5 Love Languages for teens to help parents relate and express their love more effectively with their children. We have both. There's a lot of insight into everyday relationships...

Got two loads of stuff moved to our new house by myself and then the boys helped me move a third this evening after school. It's coming along! Tomorrow, more moving lol. We have a flag pole in the front yard of the new house, so I'm hoping to have our UT Longhorn flag found and flying in time...

We found a house and will be signing the lease this evening!! So excited! We'll get to move away from J's dad's house and the gossip queen step-mom, finally! That will most definitely help to ease a lot of our stress I'm sure. Bad part about the move, is I will only have J's help for a...

Minxxa, THANK YOU!! We have already been talking about the online talking and went and looked at some cameras for the computer so we can budget for it. The plan is to talk online every night. That way he can see the boys everyday, see how their day was at school, if they're behaving, see how...

The boys' first day at school went well. Our oldest is an overachiever lol. So proud of him!! We got his classes set this morning and he is taking Pre-AP Life Science, Pre-AP Literature, Pre-Algebra, Geography, Spanish, and Basic Keyboarding. He is going to test to see if he can by pass...

Doing much better today. Found out why I was especially sensitive to all the stress and such. Thank you Mother Nature!! I really don't like you :( Anyways, the evening and night ended much better than the day started yesterday and today has been nothing but family time, looking at houses...

Everything is just a mess right now. Hubby has to report to his first work site in Albuquerque on the 6th. We have had everything set to move to NM to work out of a home base there, but it turns out that it isn't so. They are going to have him working all over the district (LA to W NM and...

I'm sorry Mohegan and Karma. It really sucks that they just can't let things go and move on already. {HUGS} to you both. I know it's not great that these other people have the info, but at least they can read the blogs through and get both sides of the story instead of just taking her word...

Your story right now sounds so similar to J and I's with the girl he's been seeing. He told her that we were separating, they told each other "no relationship, just fun", etc., etc., etc. Now, couple of months down the road, they are fully boyfriend/girlfriend, and she has this idea that he...

Sorry, but I think it's sad that you blame poly for this. You were given great advice on here. But you refused to tell them where you stood, and what you were feeling. They're not mind readers!! You have to express yourself, not just here on the forum, but to the people involved. It's actually...

The girlfriend left for college yesterday morning, which I'm happy about but J is struggling with a bit. They're still talking and texting and FBing, but he feels it will die off over the next month. He told me last night that she really sucks at communicating, so it probably won't last much...

Thanks! She's been behaving so far. But, I'm not holding my breath about it lasting very long.