So it's been better dealing with SKs as of late, but I still have my days. My latest is pealing gum out of the new carpet in their room and then turning around to find crayon ground into it. Then they both lied about having any gum left. I went through their things after their last visit and found tons of it. DH just shakes it off like it's nothing, but they're trashing their room and lying to us both. I told DH that it's time to have some consequences and he finally agreed that there would be no tv or wii at their next visit.

So I have no dignity when it comes to being a nosey internet stalker & I found BM's myspace page. It was awesome. She admits that she's a jobless single mom of three (omiting that her kids have different dads), talks about how she needs to lose weight, claims she's single (she's not), then lies about her age, claiming to be a year younger than she is. Then there's a picture of her & her boyfriend under which she's posted the caption, "whew! What a hot couple!" The thing is, BM's BF is at least 15 years older than her. It looks like they're father & daughter!!

The SKs acted exactly as a predicted. When they got here this evening I was in the shower. DH was in bed & said that all the kids were as well. I heard voices & when I went to check things out I found them smothering my cat into a pillow. I took her away & told them that all the animals in this house are mine because I clean up after them. I've decided to only interfere when they actively chase my pets. Let the cat, like the dog, learn to stay away from them. I could crawl up the walls & claw my eyes out. I know I upset them & for this I hope I made them cry.

After this last SK visit DH & I talked about these last few years together. It left me thinking. I feel like i've gone backwards as far as excepting the SKs into my life. When DH & I were first dating, we used to have a lot of fun together. We'd go on trips. Did I not notice or did they not demand gifts & suck down sugar filled drinks & snacks the whole way? It was before SS4 could talk so I didn't hear that grating, high pitched & barely understandable voice constantly saying, "Daddy me want juice".