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School is out in 2 days and I am looking forward to many days at the beach, pool, and playing with the kids. Here are some things we have been up to lately; we have been having dinner together a
spring with the groms
camping without my kids
Just this past weekend we went camping. We were north of Santa Barbara at El Capitan State Beach, CA. It was beautiful. I recommend visiting and hope we go back next year. I went with Surfer Boy, some friends and their kids,
forgiveness
Why is it so hard to forgive someone who has wronged you? Why is there so much anger and blame? Does it feel better inside to harbor spite and resentment instead of forgiving someone for their mistakes? Is that inner
hostile bio-parent
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard stories about divorced couples and how one of the parents becomes completely hostile, or if you are living in it? *Raising my hand!!* If you don’t know what this is, please let me explain in
putting your cart ahead of the horse
This blog really started with Surfer Boy and I wanting to open a wine shop with a California-Surf, easy laid back theme, hence the name of the blog. We even had a design laid out. Look at that cart going
softball and baseball
Right now softball and baseball are running our lives. We are eating, breathing and sleeping around our kid’s sport schedules. Maybe that is a little dramatic but my point is we love every minute that our kids play sports. It
squirt part deuce
This is Squirt. You can read more about him under the groms. Just to recap, he is the youngest of Surfer Boy’s two boys and his 8th birthday is this coming weekend. He is the second youngest if you combine
traveling companion
Have I ever mentioned I travel a bit? Not like on a plane for business, but more simple like in a car to my boyfriends house. I don’t have to travel far just one little city over but I do
who me a stepdad?
When saying good night last night on the phone with Sufer Boy our conversation sort-of turned out a little different than usual and the conversation went in a direction on a subject that we never really talked about before.
what holidays?
It’s January 23rd, 2013. What happened to the holidays? I am not sure if I even took enough pictures. The truth is I know I didn’t take enough pictures and this bums me out. I know I wanted to update