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Yet another Holiday blog!

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Christmas is approaching way to fast this year and I am freaking out (like usual). Every year I say I am going to plan, but don't because life gets in the way. This year I want to stick to a real budget and not go over board. My kids and SS are spoiled beyond belief! Between each of them having 4 sets of grandparents, 2 great grandparents, aunts, uncles, the other parents and us- Christmas gets out of control! My kids are also the only kids of this generation on my entire side of the family. Literally thousands of dollars are spent every year on the 3 of them.

It all makes sense! Posting as a BM

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My exh is taking me back for reduced cs. He lied to the judge about his up coming deployment so that he scrapes by at the shared custody visitation time so that it drops by $250/month. Anyway, his gf (that was married and still living with her husband when they first got together) is in the same unit. I knew she wouldn't leave her 2 yr old and I have been expecting that she was going to "accidentally" get knocked up any day.

Yep, they called tonight to let me know. Lmao all I could say was "yep, I figured. Congrats. "

Happy!!

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Dh called as I was leaving work to tell me he would be a little late getting home. No biggie. Then he tells me he did some stuff around the house :jawdrop: Biggrin

He fixed a dresser situation that we had (it was too tall for our new house), did laundry and cleaned!! I am a happy woman!

DH is stupid and so is the "affordable healthcare act"

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So, we got the letter from our insurance company stating that DH/SS's policy is about to expire and we can either go to marketplace or we can try and find a new policy with them. I called and found out our options. We can't afford to put them on my company policy since that is 3x what we currently pay. We are just going to have to bite the bullet and pay the 25% increase for basically what we have now.

The ADHD talk, AGAIN!

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DH and I were sitting on the porch yesterday when BM sent a picture to us saying what a good big brother SS is :sick: , whatever. Anyway, DH gets all gooey and said that SS really is such a good kid. I have to steel my nerves and kind of keep quiet and he looks at me and says 'What!?!" I say: "yes, he can be a good kid, I just wish he wasn't in trouble all the time". DH just kind of agreed and when I brought up the fact that he was in trouble at school all 5 days last week and then no punishment was dealt out at home, he got defensive.

CS question -Posting as a BM

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OK, so a couple of months ago my ex took me back to court jumping up and down how he wanted a month in the summer with the kids. Ok- I agreed to 3 - 10 day visits (my kids are kind of young and a month straight is a long time). He promises that he can take vacation and actually spend that time with them, blah, blah, blah. He only took one week off during that time- (eye roll, like I didn't see that coming). Whatever, that's why I pay for daycare.

Anyone ever missed mediation before the hearing?

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My exH has taken me back and forth to court more times than I can count over the last 3 years. This was another attempt to lower his CS payment. I must be dyslexic and wrote down that it was on the 19th not 16th and missed mediation before the hearing. I have never done this before and am not sure what to do. I left a message at the mediators office. How much will this hurt me?

2 Things!

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1) BM's sister invited me and DH to her wedding. We like her, she is super nice and we like her fiancee too. They both were there for SS when BM was homeless/in jail/rehab. I am also invited to the bridal shower thrown by BM and GBM. BM was even asking me for wording ideas for the invitation because they are doing this project that is really cute for the decoration for the wedding.

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