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That's good that you've found a way to move on, past all of it.

Mmmm, yeah - I can understand it, but also annoying that they can't just accept who you are and move on. I can imagine them trying to push you in the other way gets annoying! But hey, grandson! Distract them with him! ;) I have to say that at times I know I distract my mum with the kids when she starts asking if we're having another... "MUUUM!!!" xD lol, she knows that we're waiting, she just loves being a grandma. :P
Ah, you'll still be close enough that you can ask for help but far away where you can be on your own. Hope that all goes smoothly for you, getting all that figured out.
Totally can get that - we have some decent schools here, but I can understand not wanting him to go to those schools. Not too far a drive, that isn't too bad. :) You have some time before he'll be in schools though so that helps there at least.

Jerk-face is a wonderful name for him. I'm sorry that things went the way that they did with him being your best friend and all. :( Apparently he's not able to be an adult despite playing a part in what happened. *pokes him with a very long stick*

Awww, that sounds horrible with you and your ex-fiancee... :( Sorry you had to go through that. Sounds like you've gone through a lot in the last few years!! :( But sounds like your parents are definitely there for you which is wonderful!! That sounds like a good plan - still close to your parents, yeah? But off on your own. I do hope that all goes well for you with everything.

Totally understandable that you wouldn't want to deal with that after going through all that - I can SO relate!!
It's interesting how things tend to land when one rolls the dice of life, isn't it?
You just do what's best for you and your son! And I pray that he doesn't do anything too jerk-y!

Sorry for the confusion!! I'd probably go crazy if I had to live with mum and dad! I love them to pieces but I'm so used to my own space - I've been living out of their house since I was almost 18 - and I'm turning 30 next year. LOL. But that's great that they're there to help support you and your son. Do you think you'll try to get a place on your own or what's the plan there?

You're very welcome! I know how it feels to be a first time mom and being nervous and all that.
:( That is just insane though that he's throwing basically a temper tantrum and acting like my 4 year old!! At least she has an excuse... she's 4.... he has no excuse! If he is throwing this big of a fit over this, you have EVERY right to give your son your last name! If he's going from wanting to be in your lives, to not wanting to and back and forth... I'd tell him "Pick one... STOP acting childish... GROW up."
Wow! What a jerk!! D: At least he pays child support but grrr! Sorry, men like him really bother me! :( It isn't an excuse you're so right about that. He's just someone who seems to not want to take responsibility!
I do totally get what you're saying though! Maybe when he gets around to wondering about his dad, maybe his dad will have grown up enough to realize that what he's doing is wrong? But who knows. I know that it's awkward and hard. Well as best as I can understand it having never been in your shoes.

Oh, and here is another really amazing pattern. It makes such a cute little pouch! I haven't tried it, since I only just learned how to do the macrame flower.

Haha. Thanks. I'm sure yours are just as amazing.

Oh, those flower macrame mandalas weren't mine. That's from that facebook page that I showed you. But they are beautiful

I use the same site I sent you to for the tutorial earlier. Here you can look through alpha patterns. Once you understand it, you can do so much with it. I just use graph paper and make my own patterns now. It's a great personalized gift. I'll show you two examples that I've made. There is this panda one that I made for my boyfriend. Took me 2 days of working on it during breaks at work (I was a camp counselor, so I worked 24/7 lol). And then there is this raccoon, and it's the one that I think is 24 strings. It was a pattern that was about a third of that design, and I just created the rest myself to make it longer. And have you seen the patterns like this? They're fun once you can read them, but they do take time. Since you know how to do the backward knots, you'd be able to do them. I used that pattern to make this bracelet for a friend. I just changed the colors to the ninja turtle colors.

OMG, those colors sound to die for! You must take pics for me to see. If she likes those kind of colors, she may like something like the green one in this, or these earrings.

That's what the alpha are like. Really wide. And they're really neat because you can personalize them. I like to create my own patterns for it. The biggest one I did was 20-something strands wide, and that took me several days to actually get done. But it's way easier than regular patterns, because it's just one row straight across at a time. I just finished a 16-strand american flag one that was for fourth of July, and that pattern took awhile to get through, especially since I was being so lazy about it. xP What colors are you doing for the chevron?

You are very welcome! You'll have to let me know if you make any

OH, no! Mum and I are only like 45 minutes apart - the one far away is my mum's family, my cousin I was skyping last night. She's in England. :) It is WAY too far! I love being on my own, well as on my own as I can being married with two kids under 5... haha, but having mum close is wonderful! I can call on her 'nana powers' as we jokingly call them, whenever I need a mom's day away from the two crazed munchkins I call my daughters.

You're welcome hon! One thing I've learned is that I know I was in the same boat as you when I was pregnant with my first - but with her, I learned that not everything will go perfectly, things do change at the drop of a hat and it's exhausting. But at the end of the day... they are totally worth it. The tears and the frustrations are worth it! I remember turning to my husband that first night at home and asking him "are you sure you just didn't misplace her instruction manual?" But really, it's trial and error and you will make mistakes - we all do. But you will be wonderful.
Awww! I am so happy for them!!
Yeah, that is totally understandable. Oh geeze!! :( Ugh... men! I swear... I mean yeah, I'm straight and married, and I love Alex, but sometimes... Men are just frustrating! D: I'm sorry that he's such a looser.
But you can show the world that you can do this... you are going to make a wonderful mum!!

Here is an easy tutorial to follow for the macrame mandala flowers

There are also video tutorials on youtube. Most seem to be in other languages, or kind of far away so it's hard to see details. But I found this one and if you kind of skip past her ramblings can help get the grasp of it. It's really simple, honestly, once you understand how it's set up.

And then I came across this ladies ones that she makes, and it can give you some creative ideas to go with it. Plus, her color schemes are gorgeous!