I posted some affirmations yesterday because I wanted to officially start making a better life for myself, my husband, my kids, and yes, even my skids }:)
I did a really good job on doing most of the things that I said I was going to do. And when I faltered, oh well, I wasn't too hard on myself and I didn't give up. I need to re-read that post every time I start to lose focus or feel tense.

One thing I really want to work on is to stop discussing his kids/my kids behavior issues with DH. I removed myself from my SD's bad behavior and let my DH deal with it, but I bitched a little to him after the fact and I need to learn to stay silent. I did a good job at that yesterday when it was bedtime, gave my kids a kiss, told them how much I loved them and they hopped off to bed. My skids were in and out of bed, needing numerous "Goodnight's, I love You's, Do you love me's?" My DH dealt with that for about 30 minutes will I was snuggled up peacefully reading When he was done, he was venting about how hard it was to get them to bed and how needy they are. Before I would have felt the need to tell him " It's your fault, a 9 year old doesn't need a 45 minute bedtime ritual, etc" But I didn't I stayed silent, listened and moved on. It felt good! I WILL get better at this, it will create so much less stress in my life.

At 7:00pm tonight we will be kid free for three nights. I cannot be more excited. My affirmation for this weekend is that I will use this time to re-charge!