Where's The Lemonade?

The Horrible First Year - Overcoming obstacles when blending families

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Engagement PictureLove does not conquer allFor those of you that think everything has been rosy. It has not.This has brought up some tension and memories of the hard times. Sacramento Airport.We were naive enough that we thought love would be able to handle all of the problems we faced. That helped but was not enough.Everything was hard.Meshing kids. We had two 16-year-olds that were completely different from different kinds of friends. One very social and another not very social at all. You cannot force them to be friends, and they didn't want to be. Now they are really good friends.Meshing rules. Is there a double standard for some of the kids? Or is everything the same?Meshing discipline. Understanding boundaries with step kids were hard. Older kids and younger kids.Expectations for a clean house.  Darren's idea of clean is picked up. Not clean. Paige wanted things cleaned.Logistics of a blended familyMovingLogistics. What to keep what to throw out? Where do we fit everything? Two households crammed into o