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Saw everyone's comments on the other forum, glad you enjoyed seeing them. I really enjoy painting--don't know why my projects are so few and far between! Just procrastinate too much I think. Have a couple other Christmas things I want to get done and ready for next year, but I've also been going through my patterns for some Valentine's ideas. I need a couple of signs for outside, I hardly have any Valentines decos. Usually I like to put a little sign on my lamppost in the yard, on my side gate, and on the side door to the garage off my front patio for the holidays. Mostly have things for Halloween and Christmas so need to get busy and make some for these other holidays too. Anyone making any kind of crafts for Valentine's or St. Pat's? Did all of you see Oddie's baggie wreath with the red ribbon and little red hearts on it? And she posted a pic of bunny boxes that are so cute too. You can see them all on the crafts forum. Luvs

My youngest son once asked Santa to make him older than his older brother. Another time he asked for a Toys R Us. That was after we told him not to be greedy and ask for lots of things. So, he decided if he just put one thing on the list (a toy store), he wouldn't really need anything else. He was always very disappointed because Santa never brought things on his list --- he just got "surprises". Lily is adorable, and I'm afraid if I were Santa she'd melt my heart and get everything she asked for!

Shannon, "I know when my DH's kids are with us,like out to dinner, or over here for a visit, he finds it very difficult because he feels like we can't really "talk" openly, we have to keep it to ourselves because he KNOWS that everything we say will go home to BM and there will be hell to pay....arrgghh!!" EXACTLY!!!! The only difference is that SD lives WITH us... it's not just a visit. ARRGGHH!!!!!! For Christmas she asked for a cell phone, camera & laptop.... common things kids today ask for. Our thoughts... oh hell no! she wants the cell phone to call her mom & keep her updated minute by minute. she wants the camera to take pictures she can upload to the laptop & email to her mom. like I said, it's the lack of trust that is going to doom her... those are things it would be nice to get for her. Sadly we can't trust her to use them responsibly or appropriately... we would expect her to try to use them against us and we've done nothing wrong. I hate feeling that way! The only problem I see in making up some good stories for her to repeat... she ALREADY makes up crap that isn't true and we don't want the phone calls or emails that eventually follow when her mom gets all worked up. We sure don't want her filing to go back to court because she thinks we are moving.. lol She spent all last summer telling us that she was going to Hawaii with her mom & grandma. When her grandma came to pick her up from the house, DH asked her if she's excited about their trip? She said there's no trip, they have no money for a trip to Hawaii and had no idea what SD was talking about. Yeah, I think SD likes to stir it up... the difference is we don't react in an angry way to whatever BM is doing. (remember BM has been planning her wedding to BF for over two years, but she's still married to older DD's father. Now, BM is supposedly pregnant and due next month. She stays on her porch during exchanges so we can't really tell if she's showing... to me she still looks the same but I guess next month we shall find out. lol) I guess I can't really blame SD for lying so much, it's been modeled to her since she was little... her mom is a pathological liar. I am just finding it impossible to have a relationship with her when the knife is still in my back from the last attack. The whole thing makes me sad but I guess the only answer is: "It's not MY problem"