My First Blog - Intro

I am a crazy Mom of 5. (Three wonderful children of my own and two wonderful step-children.)
Ages: 13, 13, 11, 10 and 3.
Married to a wonderful Man for almost 4 years now and he is still the love of my life.
We live in Michigan, where you never know what the weather will be like one moment to the next.
I work part-time out of the home and full-time in it. (Running after the 3 year old.)
I live with the daily stresses of life which include dealing with 1 child that is ADHD (and slightly autistic), 1 child that is a whiz in all she does and 1 child who just whizzes all the time. No, seriously, we are going through the potty training thing (For the LAST time! Yay!) and by George I think she's got it! The jury is still out on the final say on that subject right now though.
Nothing will make you smile like a 3 year old screaming through the house on the way to the bathroom yelling "I gotta go potttttyyyyyy!!" And nothing makes a Mom move faster than a 3 year old running through the house yelling the same.
Not to mention the ba-zillion times after you put them in bed that they " have to go."
In to bed, out of bed, in to bed, out of bed. I feel like putting in a revolving door connecting the bathroom to the bedroom and making it a toll door, just so I can say I work from home and make an income.
And it's not like you can ignore the request. Because about the time you do, that will be when you end up with a wet spot on the floor... or worse.
We even tried the 1/2 streak method of potty training. (And believe it or not, this one has worked the best so far!) If anyone is unfamiliar with this method, it is where the child has on a shirt... and nothing else. We tried panties, pull-ups and nothing worked. She would still pee in them. So one day I decided she would go bottom-less, and lo and behold, it worked. She knew she couldn't pee on the floor and has made it to the potty every time since. She still has accidents when wearing a pull-up, but we, (my Hubby and I) are winning the battle so far. Knock on wood.
Does it sound like my life is centered around my family? Yep, it sure is. I enjoy my blended family. Not that it doesn't have it's challenges, because those happen daily. We are full of challenges, from dinner to room cleaning and beyond.
This is one of the reasons why I call myself crazy.
Hopefully you will see why in other blogs.