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I have a 10yr old son David,from a previous relationship.  I was a single mother for 6yrs until I met my amazing husband Chris. 

It had to be fate, the way we met.  We went to the same highschool for about 6months but didnt meet, we had the same friends at different times but didnt meet, we even hung out at the same places but didnt meet, he even lived in the house directly behind me but we still didnt meet!  We actually met through work, I was the receptionist at a hotel and he was the linen delivery guy and one day he asked me out.  I found out he lived behind me when my grandmother said "I think that's Christian..... honey..... he's married!"  I thought "that would be right" I had a terrible history with picking losers so we devised a plan to let me know if it was the same guy. 

My grandma was going to answer the door when he came to pick me up and if it was the same guy she was going to say really loudly, so i could hear her up the hall "Oh hello Christian, nice to see you again"  So I was hiding in my bedroom and I heard the code words and my heart sunk as my temper soared.  I got in the car with him not really knowing what to do about it, so I just blurted it out, in a fashion that has been my trademark for yrs.  "So....." I said "I hear you come with a wife?"  He stumbled, blurted, and made some sounds that I wasnt even sure were human before he finally told me that, yes, he was married but they were broken up and living separately for the last 6months.  "PHEW!"  I thought!thank god ...

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Jun

Illawarra Girls.... I need you!!

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Hi All

I have just joined up with Lorraine Lea Linen.  

To start up I need 8 parties under my belt within a 4 week period.  I have 5 locked in so I need 3 more.

If any of you lovely minti members is interested in hosting a party please let me know.  I need them locked in by this Monday so I can start having parties by mid July.

The website is listed below.  Go on and have a look at their stuff.  There is HEAPS more in the catalogue than there is on the website but even the stuff on the website is gorgeous.  I have a linen fetish so I will struggle not to spend all of my commissions every month.

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Mar

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My uncle has started his own net based business selling silver jewellery. It is really nice stuff and not expensive either. Please go and check it out. http://www.tanjohsilverjewelry.com

925 silver jewelry ,RINGS,NECKLACES, BRACELETS, EARINGS
24
Jan

The good old thong

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What to do...... What to do...... 

My 11yr old, David, is getting his "manly hormones" in and I am at the end of a very short stick as to what I am going to do with him. 

I will give you a quick update on what has been happening in our lives so you can all understand where I am coming from.

We have recently moved back to our home town although my husband is still working in our old town which is 5 hrs drive from here, which means, he doesnt live with us through the week.  He comes home on Friday afternoons and goes back on Mondays.  This is what I am pinning my sons latest behaviour on.

Since hubby is away all week, David is strutting his groove thang around my house like a stallion during breeding season!  He thinks he is running the show, ruling the roost and bringing down the house with his new testosterone and I dont like it one bit! 

Do you know what the little punk said to me yesterday?  "What's cookin good looking"  He says this as he's swaggering through the door with his mates and his pimp daddy attitude.  He is a completely different boy when the Big D is home on weekends, he wouldn't dare swinging his bits in front of his old man so why on earth does he think its ok to speak to me like Im the hired help when his dad isnt here? 

I have always been a strong mother as I was on my own with him for 6 yrs.  I was a mother to be feared!  Even other peoples kids feared me as there were no exceptions to my rules and every child that entered my domain followed my rules or copped the consequences! 

So what has happened?  Have I gone soft in my old age or has my son grown out of being afraid of my consequences?

Im thinking its a combination of the two....  I think that since I married my husband, I have often been the softer parent as he can be quite strict and harsh.  I figured my son already copped it once from the big fella so I neednt go there.  Now that Chris isnt around on a full time basis my son no longer fears the wrath of the mamma bear.

Hmmmmmmm what to do...... what to do. 

As I sit here with my Beer (yes I have started beer o'clock just to cope with the demands of my men folk) Im feeling awfully staunch as i envision scenes of me with Daddy's thong in my hand slicing and dicing at my 11yr old terrorists ass as he screams "please mummy I'll be good, I'll be good"  Is that even legal anymore or are they still in the process of outlawing any form of punishment that allows us to have any real control over our children?  Ahhhhh the good old thong.....  I have many memories of my own of the my mum chasing me around with the good old thong......

So apart from flogging the ass off my preteen monster what the fuck am I supposed to do with him?  I have tried sending him to his room, banning xbox, grounding him..... all these things just seem to make him worse!  If he's not sprouting cheeky blurbs infront of his mates he is skulking around the house like a bear with a sore prick!  Some nights I think about all the wonderful things I want to do with him the next day but the minute it gets out of bed it  is bitching and moaning about how its bored and there is nothing to do?  Where was I taking him for the day or who could he invite over? What was all that shit I bought him for xmas then???   I spent good bloody money on buying him enough shit that I wouldnt see him or him from him for atleast 6 months! 

It seems to be all about him for the last 6 months..... He wants to know everything I am doing, who Im on the phone to, what do they want and then he starts telling me things he wants me to tell them??? WHAT^ THA???  How the fuck does he figure that I am, not only, his house keeper and cook but now I am his fucking receptionist, relaying messages??  Oh MY GOD it has turned into a monster!

I thought I had a few more yrs before the teenager in him reared its ugly head.... 

 

08
Aug

I found the sleep!!

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As some of you might know, I have been having a few problems with Sebastians sleeping habits at night.  Well we did the controlled crying for 2 nights and the 3rd night he slept right through!

Its amazing how sleep deprivation can alter the way you look at your child.  After the first couple of days, even 3 or 4 it doesn't really matter.  You think "that's what babies do".  But after a week of only getting 4-5 hrs a night you start looking at this creature a whole lot differently. 

I didnt want to play with him, I forced smiles.  It was horrible.  I am happy to report though that after 2 good nights sleep I am well and truly ready for the next round of torture he decides to throw at me  (My mum is talking toilet training already )

I am also happy to report that we have found a home based day care lady to take him 1 day a week to give me a break.  We dont have any family or friends here so I am with the kids 24/7 and it can get a little noisy in my head some times.  So I have decided to kick him out on Wednesdays so mummy can have a noise free day.

I cant wait!!  I am sooooooo looking forward to having a "me" day.  I can go to the hairdressers, I can do some sewing, Hell, I can sleep all bloody day if I choose!  It will be so nice to have those few, sweet hours where nobody wants anything from me!  Now I just have to keep my hubby off me.  I know what this will mean to him........  FREE SHAG DAY!!!  He will think that coz the kids aren't here it will be a perfect opportunity.  I know I should be thinking the same thing but I have to be selfish and say that all I want is 1 day a week to be left alone!  I will have to have a chat in advance I think and warn him.

Well, thats all the latest with us. See you round like a fruit loop[.

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