Tag Archives: holidays
Holidays?
I am absolutely trashed with tiredness. It’s been a busy few days; the Boys’ arrival, visitors, including a child who gets up four-plus times for the toilet each night, a midnight replay of some Grand Final or other that the … Continue reading
Filed under Kids, Stepfamily Life
Under the surface
On our overseas trip earlier this year, the Lovely Man and I met up with some friends, a couple who’ve been together about the same length of time as us, F & G. Like us, they are a few years … Continue reading
Filed under Counselling, Random, Stepfamily Life, Travel
Star-crossed lovers?
One night during our recent Easter holiday with the Boys at my parents’ beach shack, the Lovely Man decided it would be fun to take them out for a traditional country-town Chinese meal, complete with lurid plum sauce and deep-fried … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Food, Kids, Random, Stepfamily Life
Making rules…
…but for pity’s sake don’t even think of calling them “family rules”! I can almost hear the reaction now, echoed back from eleventy million step households: “You’re not my family and you don’t make rules for me!” [Sarcasm switches off] … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Counselling, Kids, Lovely Man, Me, Stepfamily Life
Easter ergs
The Boys are with their Mum for Easter this year, and with us in our state for the second week of the school holidays. We’ll head down for a few days in my parents’ caravan at the beach – I’m … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Kids, Lovely Man, Me, Stepfamily Life
Isn’t it funny….
Why blogging about your stepfamily is harder when you’re actually trying to manage your stepfamily! Continue reading
Filed under Christmas, Kids, Me, Stepfamily Life, Writing
