Just another thing that I have to vent about because I just don't get this at all...Step Brat (age 12) is all picky about her clothes and how her hair is styled...(IE..not liking the shoes purchased for the recital or the shirt that I pulled out of my closet to let her try on for said recital.) And she is real big into having accessories ect. However, what I don't get is that she is so concerned about her clothing and her hair "looking retarded". Yet, her hair is greasy as hell.

StepBrats band recital is tomorrow night at her middle school (approximatley a 1 hour drive each way from our house). Now, Her and DH have known about this band recital for over two weeks. They have both also known that she must have a nice pair of black pants, black shoes, and a white shirt for said recital. Last weekend DH was going to take Step Brat to the PX (military department store about an hour away) to get her said clothing. Step Brat came down staires and said she had the pants and white shirt already so he just took her to get the black shoes...

Could it be that he has gotten a clue??? Step brat likes to go into my daughters room and steal/break her things..She also always has her nasty little fingers all over other peoples belongings...I can't count the stuff belonging to everyone else she has broken...Today, she was messing around with a pen that belongs to me..Granted it's just a pen but it is mine and our son bought it for me for mothers day so it means alot to me..

There has been alot of talk of disengaging on the board and I think its a very valuable topic to discuss...I have gone back to disengaging since DH returned from a 15 month tour in IRAQ four weeks ago and then began to undermine me with Step brat...Yep, I kept her here with me for the duration of the 15 months tour only to have him begin stripping me of my authority and respect or critisizing the little things that he feels that I "didn't do right" with her while he was gone...I enjoy disengaging because it tends to "stick it" to DH in a matter that isn't negative...